OnOne Software Update DSLR Camera Remote Professional iPhone Edition

OnOne Software now have three iOS DSL Camera Remote Professional apps in the app store, these include one full iPhone version, one lite iPhone version and an iPad HD edition too. OnOne have just updated the iPhone versions and we have detailed what's included below.

This app allows you to connect your camera to a WiFi enabled computer so that you can instantly adjust its settings, fire the shutter, review images, get a live viewfinder preview, even start video recording (in-app purchase required) using your Apple iOS device. With its advanced bracketing and intervalometers, makes shooting for animation and HDR incredibly simple.

What's New

Added support for new cameras
• Canon 60D
• Nikon D7000

Improved preview zoom and pan
Save a low res version of an image to your device
Start, monitor and stop video recording on supported cameras (in-app purchase required)

 

Important Note

DSLR Camera Remote requires the free server software on a Mac OSX or Windows host computer. You can download the server software from www.ononesoftware.com/iPhone.

 

Key Features

• Remotely fire your DSLR Camera over any WiFi network
• Remotely adjust your DSLR Camera settings like White Balance, Shutter Speed, Aperture and Exposure Compensation
• Image Review lets you see the image you just photographed from your DSLR Camera on your iOS device
• LiveView mode lets you see through the camera's viewfinder right on your iPhone or iPod touch (requires the use of a supported camera)
• Start, monitor and stop video recording on supported cameras (in-app purchase required)
• Intervalometer – This lets you create a custom self-timer or take up to 999 shots from as little as 1 second apart to up to 1 day apart.
• Auto Bracketing mode for expanded exposure brackets, perfect for HDR.
• Burst Mode for continuous shooting.
• Great for difficult camera angles where it is difficult to see through the viewfinder
• Use it for self-portraits, you can compose and review your shot without having to move to the camera
• Use it for remote firing at weddings and sporting events

Supported Cameras

Canon EOS
- EOS Rebel XT/350D/Kiss Digital N
- EOS Rebel XTi/400D/Kiss Digital X
- EOS Rebel Xsi/450D/Kiss X2
- EOS Rebel XS/1000D/KISS F
- EOS Rebel T1i/500D/Kiss X3
- EOS Rebel T2i/550D/Kiss X4
- EOS 20D
- EOS 30D
- EOS 40D
- EOS 50D
- EOS 60D
- EOS 5D
- EOS 5D Mark II
- EOS 7D
- EOS-1D Mark II
- EOS-1Ds Mark II
- EOS-1D Mark II N
- EOS-1D Mark III
- EOS-1Ds Mark III
- EOS-1D Mark IV

Nikon
- D40/D40x
- D60
- D80
- D90
- D5000
- D7000
- D200
- D300
- D300s
- D700
- D3
- D3x
- D3s

Note: Feature availability varies from camera to camera. Check the onOne website for details on your camera.

 

Download/iPhone Full $19.99
Download/iPhone Lite
Download/iPad HD $49.99

Kodak Launch New Film - Professional Portra 160

Today Kodak introduced the new Kodak professional Portra 160 film, featuring a significantly finer grain structure in a 160-speed colour negative film.  The new Kodak professional Portra 160 film incorporates Kodak's advanced cubic emulsions to achieve this finer grain. Like the new Kodak professional Portra 400 film, Kodak professional Portra 160 film also employs Kodak vision film technology and antenna dye sensitisation in the magenta emulsion layers. photographers can trust the new Kodak professional Portra 160 film to deliver exceptional skin tones, the hallmark of the Kodak professional Portra film family.  Kodak showcased the new film today at the annual WPPI trade show in Las Vegas.

“as film making technology evolves, we continue to seek ways to improve our films to better serve the professional film shooter,” said Dennis Olbrich, general manager, film, paper and output systems, and vice president, film, photofinishing and entertainment group, Kodak. “Kodak is leading the way, delivering innovative product improvements designed to optimise scanning and enlargement in today’s workflow.” 
 

With the new Kodak professional Portra 160 film, photographers looking for ultimate quality now have an unmatched portfolio from which to select, including the recently announced Kodak professional Portra 400 film and the award winning Kodak professional Ektar 100 film. together, this new family of Kodak colour negative films offers an extraordinary palette of colour, speed, latitude and unmatched fine grain for superior performance in every shooting situation.
 
“I found the versatility of the new Portra 160 film simply astounding. so many elements of it make my job easier. the latitude has freed me up to approach each shoot uniquely,” Ryan Muirhead, a professional photographer based in the United States.  “the new Portra 160 is also a dream to scan. Everything I love about photography takes place behind a camera; everything I hate about photography takes place behind a computer. With this new film, using the proper exposure, I often find myself cutting Photoshop out of my workflow. As a result, I spend more time shooting and less time editing - priceless.”
 
The new Kodak professional Portra 160 film will be available in 35 mm, 120/220, 4x5 and 8x10 sheet format, beginning march 2011. it replaces the existing Kodak professional Portra 160nc and 160vc film offerings on a stock turnover basis.

PhotoVoice add extra dates to 2011 workshop series

PhotoVoice, the UK based charity, has announced three further dates for their workshop series on designing and running participatory photography projects. For more information please see the mail out below.

 

 

Designing and running participatory photography projects March 23-25th 2011

Due to overwhelming demand we have decided to add an extra set of dates to our workshop programme for 2011. 'Designing, running and facilitating a participatory photography project' is for photographers, social change practitioners and other professionals. We focus on the key things you need to consider to design and deliver a participatory photography project, and provide resources, games and activities that can be used in workshops.

The workshop will cover:
What is participatory photography
The benefits and limitations of participatory photography
Facilitating participatory workshops 
Designing participatory photography projects and the project cycle
Exploring participation
Risk and safety
Ethics and informed consent
Images and Audience

 

Book your place here, or visit the PhotoVoice site.

Top 10 Price Drops In The iOS Photography App Store - 02/21/11

Price drops are always occuring in the App Store, we're here to help you know what they are so you don't miss out on a bargain, take a look at these photography apps for example...

Xtrafolio Photo Portfolio Professional

This application provides you the possibility to personalise and the control to use your iPad as a professional photo Portfolio. With the Xtrafolio application your iPad will look as if it were designed especially for you.

Only you will be able to enter the hidden edit menu, with an optional passcode. You can change the way it looks, so it will fit your personal style. Change Background colours, change Folder colours even change Folder text colours. Add your Company Logo, use the optional Home Page where you can provide your client with information about you or your projects. Add a Watermark to the emailed images, add info to each image, change the sequence or delete images within Folders, the list is endless.

This is a must have app for any serious creative professional who want to use the iPad as a portfolio to show their work!

Half price $11.99/Download

Mega Camera

➤ All-In-One Multifunction camera app with MEGA Features
➤ On Sale For a Limited time ONLY
➤ Now with Geo-Tagging & Print option

Mega Camera is a full function camera app with over 25 customizable filters and effects that enables you to see the results LIVE before you take a picture. It also has a super fast burst mode and many photo editing features that enable you to create unique and fun pictures quickly and easily.

Whether you want to take sports photos or picture of kids, Mega Camera enables you to take up to 50 burst mode photos at rates of up to 20 shots per second, so you won't miss those special moments. You can also apply any of our filters and effects to all those photos as you take them and keep only the shots that you want.

You can also have fun with the live effects mode of Mega Camera, where you can watch a funny, distorted, or just different, world in full screen on your iPhone or iPod.

30% off $1.99/Download

GPS MapCard 2

GPS MapCard is FREE until 40,000 download for purpose of wide testing.

∙ Save your photo with map.
∙ Excellent quality with attention to detail.
∙ Automatically display the address where a photo was taken.
∙ Share MapCard on Twitter.

Now free/download

Photo.net Gallery

The online community of photo.net maintains extensive galleries of portfolios. These portfolios are from members who range from successful professionals to beginning photography enthusiasts.
In any case, the quality of images provided on photo.net is amazingly high and this application allows to you to view the tens of thousands photos available and browse through them in a leisurely way.

A photo.net account is not needed at all to use this application although an internet connection is required.

$1.99/Download

Time Lapse Photo Journal Pro (Upload & Share Videos)

Time Lapse Photo Journal makes it easy to create Photo Journals of your life by taking and adding photos of yourself, or your loved ones. Then you can play back the photos you take over the weeks, months and years, as Time Lapse video slideshows. And the video can be uploaded to Facebook and YouTube to share with your friends.

Now at $2.99/Download

MonoPhix HD

**-50% for an undetermined amount of time, grab MonoPhix HD while you can**

MonoPhix lets you quickly and easily create beautiful high contrast black and white scenes from your existing pictures. After opening an image you can use two sliders to adjust the intensity of light and shadow tones. Additional features enable you to apply vignetting, color your monochrome photo, set the alpha of the black & white to blend it with the colors of your original picture to get a magnificent effect and much more. MonoPhix HD is optimized for your iPad, is fun to use and produces beautiful results.

$0.99/Download

PhotoRaw

PhotoRaw for iOS is a viewer and developer for image files in raw format. Raw file formats from most camera manufacturers are supported, for example Nikon NEF files, Canon CR2 files, Leica DNG files, etc - see the product web site for a full list of supported cameras. PhotoRaw allows you to view these files at full 1:1 pixel resolution, even 16 mega-pixel plus images such as from a Nikon D3x or a Leica M9.

Most images viewers for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are only able to display low resolution thumbnails of raw images, making it difficult to use the iPhone or iPad to evaluate and view raw files in the field. PhotoRaw changes all that. PhotoRaw incorporates a state-of-the-art AHD raw image demosaicing algorithm right into an iOS app. So now you can view every single pixel in a raw file, without needing a desktop machine or laptop.

50% Off

$9.99/download

GeoPhoto

Browse photos from around the world: just select an area in the map, select the number of results you want and click the search button.

Free for a limited time.

Download

Rick Sammon's Light It!

Rick Sammon’s Light It! is an iPad app that’s designed to help you make professional-quality digital SLR people pictures – without spending a small fortune on professional lighting accessories.

The app (packed with 1.5 GB of info) includes both video lessons and before/after photographs.

We suggest you download the app first to your computer and then transfer to your iPad.

Rick Sammon took the illustrative photographs with a range of digital SLR cameras – from entry-level to top-of-the-line models. While watching the video lessons, you’ll learn how pros photograph people indoors and outdoors, in bright light and in low light, at home and on location, and even in a studio. In looking at the photographs, you’ll see the effects of Rick’s recommended techniques.

50% Off

$4.99/Download

Photo Pool for iPad

Designed with photography teachers and photography clubs in mind (not casual browsing of flickr), Photo Pool allows you to view photos from your flickr groups and view the EXIF data, giving you some insight into the photographer's methods.

For those with an external display, such as a projector, Photo Pool will also display the photographs on that secondary display.

Free for a limited time/Download

No More MacBook Pros Until Thursday - Apple

So, you're desperate for an Apple MacBook Pro, well who could blame you. Apple are not accepting anymore orders until Thursday this week.

Don't despair it means you could get your hands on a brand new model. If you take a look, as we have on the Apple US Store, you will see that the current models are shipping within 3-5 business days, usually these laptops ship in 24 hours. That's because of course the new models are due out Thursday and Apple have just adjusted the time schedule right now on their site, but not the specs. That's something still to look forward to and if the rumor mill is anything to go by, it's going to be good. With SSD 'hard drives' and Sandy Bridge chipsets amongst others, we can't wait.

Leica X1 review

Along with the 35mm M9 rangefinder and űber-expensive medium format S2, the X1 reviewed here is the more affordable of the three digital cameras designed and made by Leica in Germany.

Adopting a 12-megapixel APS-C format CMOS sensor with a fixed focal length Leica 35mm equivalent f/2.8, that retracts into the camera body the X1 is by far the smallest of the trio too, boasting a design and similar dimensions reminiscent to that of the original pre-war Leitz rangefinder cameras.

It has the same rounded body that can be found on the modern day classic 18-megapixel full-frame M9, each harking back to the days of the 35mm cassette, but thereafter the similarities end. It lacks a rangefinder system for focusing, or indeed any built-in optical finder, relying instead on the large 2.7-inch LCD to the rear for composition and a contrast-detection system for AF.

If you’re feeling flush, though, the X1 boasts an excellent, bright and clear optional optical viewfinder, but it will set you back a further £204 ex VAT. Ouch. A small LED placed near the accessory shoe flashes when the AF system has found focus, but other than that there’s no further shooting data as you might expect with an EVF.

Despite the metal body, in the hands the X1 feels strangely delicate. On the top plate two machined dials provide the user with settings for the shutter-speeds and, interestingly, apertures. Both dials have an Auto setting, for shutter and aperture-priority exposure modes while aligning the two gives you the handy program mode. It’s neat, but with aperture dial close to edge and not particularly stiff to turn we found it occasionally nudged inadvertently.

At the rear the X1 has similar controls and layout to the M9. The Leica’s various menus are straightforward to navigate but there’s one particularly frustrating anomaly. As part of the direction-pad, a dedicated self-timer button will only function if the shutter release lever is set to the self-timer mode.

As well as an additional command dial, which can be used for scrolling through menus, playback images and for manual focusing. The latter is handy particularly when used with the enlarged view option, not just for confirming focus accuracy, but also for reducing shutter-lag.

It’s a likely deal-breaker for those who had wanted the X1 for street photography, as the various AF system options are all leisurely in operation. The flip-side is that focus accuracy is some of the best we’ve seen, and the 35mm f/2.8 equivalent lens is top-notch in terms of optical quality. Wide open the lens is sharp out to the corners and needs only closing down a stop or two to produce its best performance.

Light fall off, or vignetting, was low for this type of compact too, with the corners just 0.7 stops darker at maximum aperture. Unlike some rivals the X1’s image processing engine doesn’t remove chromatic fringing, distortion or the vignetting, as each are visible in JPEGs when scrutinized. But in each case they’re trifling.

Another highlight is the auto WB. Even under difficult mixed lighting at high ISO’s the X1 produced low noise with truly excellent colors. We’re not so enthused about the Vibrant color mode, greens were too garish for our liking but otherwise Leica’s processing engine produced brilliantly sharpened JPEGs that even professional retouchers would find difficult to replicate.

The X1 is something of a conundrum then. On the one hand there’s no faulting of the snaps it can produce, but the speed of operation is a burden at times and like every Leica, they really don’t come cheap.





Leica X1, taken with a Nikon D3s with 85mm f/1.4 AF-S at f/1.4 (notice the slight spherochromatism of the Nikkor at maximum aperture).





It would be nice if the lens was as compact as it is shown in the first image, but that's not the case. There are two extending barrels, adding another couple of centimeters to the overall length but it's well made and there's very little movement unlike some rivals offerings.





The optional Leica finder is a must for day-to-day operation. Note the two command-style dials to the rear - the upper most is used for manual focusing and scrolling through the menu / picture memory - the two shooting dials on the top-plate are used for shutter speed / aperture selection.





Poor light and shot at ISO3200. No additional noise reduction.





Abysmal lighting saw off a Sony NEX 3 and Sigma DP2 I was using at the same time, the Leica X1 had by far the better white-balance of the three. ISO3200.





The first of a sequence of five shots, taken in continuous mode. Believe it or not this was taken (mistakenly) at ISO1600.





Black and white conversions (in Lightroom) look good from the X1.





Out of camera JPEG. ISO100 f/5.6 but set to vibrant - makes for punchy if somewhat garish greens.





If you needed any convincing about the quality of Leica optics, then take a look at this MTF 50 chart produced in Imatest. Central sharpness is consistently good throughout the aperture range with the edges only behind slightly over the first couple of stops. That's what you're paying for.








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Top 10 Newest iOS Photography Apps - 02/19/11

New apps arrive in the App Store every few minutes, as we are sure you know. We have selected our top 10 of the very lastest photography apps to be approved, some are only a matter of hours old, take a look at these...

PhotoRaw

PhotoRaw for iOS is a viewer and developer for image files in raw format. Raw file formats from most camera manufacturers are supported, for example Nikon NEF files, Canon CR2 files, Leica DNG files, etc - see the product web site for a full list of supported cameras. PhotoRaw allows you to view these files at full 1:1 pixel resolution, even 16 mega-pixel plus images such as from a Nikon D3x or a Leica M9.

Most images viewers for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are only able to display low resolution thumbnails of raw images, making it difficult to use the iPhone or iPad to evaluate and view raw files in the field. PhotoRaw changes all that. PhotoRaw incorporates a state-of-the-art AHD raw image demosaicing algorithm right into an iOS app. So now you can view every single pixel in a raw file, without needing a desktop machine or laptop.

To ensure that you see your images in a form as close as possible to what you'll see using a full featured desktop raw developer program such as Aperture, PhotoRaw incorporates a full demosaicing engine, as well as basic exposure controls such as exposure, contrast and brightness. You can even control sharpening to make sure that the image looks its best.

You can also export images, or cropped portions of images, from PhotoRaw in JPEG format. So you can email a processed, cropped JPEG to clients or friends right from your iPad or iPhone.

$9.99/Download

PhotoSync - wirelessly transfers your photos and videos

PhotoSync will transform your photo handling forever.
It's the first app that makes wireless transfer of your photos/videos from/to your computer as well as to your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch - a breeze!
You will never want to use a cable again!

► Simple transfer
Just select, choose target and you’re done. No need to be in front of your computer or entering IP-Addresses! Sending will continue in the background – even if you receive phone calls or are playing your favorite games.

► No limitations
One or thousands of photos/videos from your last trip – you can transfer them all at once.

► Smart
PhotoSync keeps track of your actions and notes which photos/videos have already been transferred from your camera roll. Transfer new photos/videos with just one touch!

► Direct exchange between iPhone and iPad
Buy once and use PhotoSync on all your iPhones, iPod touches and iPads. PhotoSync is optimized for direct transfer between your devices over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth – no computer needed!

► Access by Web-Browser
Wi-Fi access to your photos/videos wherever you are – from any computer on the same Wi-Fi network by just opening a web-browser! View your photos on a big screen, download selected photos/videos or upload photos/videos to your device. A great feature when at friends!

► Direct import into Aperture & iPhoto / Sending by drag & drop (Mac)
Download the free PhotoSync companion software for your Mac. Drag photos/videos onto the PhotoSync icon and they are transferred instantly to your device within seconds – no need for iTunes!

► Share on the go
Show your photos to friends, family and the world. PhotoSync supports direct upload to Flickr.

► Quicklook mode
Click on the "eye-icon" and view all your photos/videos directly within the app - no need to quit it!

$1.99/Download

Photos & Friends

Photos & Friends brings quick and easy photo sharing to all of your iPhone and iPod Touch devices. All you need is a couple of devices and a shared Wi-Fi connection...

Showing photos to your friends on your iPhone or iPod Touch has just gotten a whole lot easier - and much more fun! No more will you and your friends have to crowd around your device's screen to see photos! And forget about passing your device around and risking it being dropped.

Photos & Friends makes sharing your photos as simple as loading an app and scrolling through them as you normally would, and the best part of it is that you can all see the same photo at the same time.

$1.99/Download

ChronoCam

ChronoCam is an application that can shoot chronophotographs. The shooting interval is selectable from 20 shots per second to 1 shot per 2 seconds.
ChronoCam works on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4th. generation.

Shooting mode:
There are 4 different types of shooting mode:
- chronophotographic mode
- background + chronophotographic mode
- rapid fire mode
- comparing level mode

Shooting speed: 20fps, 10fps, 5fps, 2fps, 1fps, 0.5fps
Number of shooting per push: 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5
Self-timer: 10 seconds, 5 seconds, 1 second, normal
Photo size: 1280x720(only iPhone4 or iPod touch 4th.gen.), 640x480, 480x360
Detecting sensitivity of moving body: 5 levels from 1 to 5.

$1.99/Download

Smart Photo Trigger

Start up Smart Photo Trigger application, go where do you want to be in a picture and your iPhone takes a photo of you. Smart Photo Trigger recognizes, when there is no movement in the front of the camera and it triggers the photo taking process. You don't need to bother with the self timers and be in hurry to catch the photo shot.

You can use this application for better self portrait photos or for the photos of the large crowd of people.

FEATURES
* Three levels of trigger sensitivity. They can handle all standard photo situations.
* Photos are stored in the iPhone photo library.
* Replace standard camera self timer feature.
* More functions are implemented right now and they will be available in the next version.

Free/Download

Grunge Picture - LIVE Cam

Grunge Picture - LIVE Cam"! is a free, fast and full functional App to make your photos look grunge.

Capture your photos LIVE and add Texture, Frame and Color to your view. Just one simple click and save your photo to your photo album.

Just have a look at the amazing screenshots! It's easy and it is real fun.

Free/Download

TimeShift HD

TimeShift makes it easy to create professional time-lapse videos for your iPhone 4/ 4th generation iPod touch. With powerful functionalities such as tap-on-screen focus and exposure, as well as six filters.

TimeShift can create HD time-lapse videos on your iPhone 4 on the fly, as well as add them to your camera roll for easy viewing.

-Tap to focus (draggable icon on screen that specifies focus point.)
-Tap for exposure (You can base the exposure on a certain area on screen, by dragging the exposure icon to that area.)
-Up to 720p video.
-Filters: Sepia, black and white, dark blue sky, old times, low light, and invert colors.
-Flash support (On, off, auto.)
-Focus, and exposure can all be set at the start of the video or continuously between shots.
-Change the video bit rate (3/8/11/16 Mbits). By choosing a high video rate, it will improve the quality of the video, but also increase the size.
-Saves all videos to your camera roll.
-Camera roll for viewing videos.
-The application automatically dims the screen after a few minutes to save power.
- Share your videos by E-mail, MMS and Youtube. (Using Camera Roll)

$1.99/Download

Secret Photo

Share the secret photo by this app!
This app can hide your secret photo with another photo. You can send the image to your friends by email. Then your friends can open this specify file format by this app, and her or she will see the secret photo by erase the cover image on it.

There are many other funny usage with this app:
•Color splash photo
•Perspective drawing
•Packaged gift
•Structure drawing

$1.99/Download

Miniatures

Create time-lapse miniature movies using your iPhone!

Features:

- Control shooting interval in wide range.
- Apply Tilt & Shift blur effect.
- Increase color saturation.
- Create videos directly on your device.

All together makes everything look like it is a miniature.
No further post processing is required.

Free/Download

LomoLomo

Color your life with amazing photo effects. Share and interact, with lomolomoers in the world, instantly. Share your colorful life with friends at Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Picasa.

Paired with iPhone LomoLomo app, Lomolomo for iPad is a perfect place for viewing lomo photos in Lomolomo community, and perfect place to share your colorful life to your social networks.

SNS support: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Picasa

$2.99/Download

Hipstamatic App Gets Updated For Verizon

That wonderful app, Hipstamatic has been updated today, head over to the App Store to download the latest version, which as well as bug fixes for iOS 4.2.6 - Verizon iPhone - there are also some shiny new FreePak prdoucts, Chunky Lens and Fasionista Camera Case and lots more besides...

What's New

** Version 201 fixes a bug with iOS 4.2.6 (Verizon iPhone) and iOS 4.3 which caused crashes when setting up a Hipstaccount (and also prevented downloading the new Fashion FreePak) **

It also includes all the new goodies from the 200, including:

* Quicksta Snap film queue system - as you shoot images are processed in the background, enabling you to rapid-fire up to nine images in a row without waiting for processing (requires iOS 4)
* Camera Bag organization system - rearrange and disable lenses, flashes, and films, as well as specifying ones for shake-to-randomize
* Improved HipstaMart, with shiny new FreePak products
* New limited edition FreePak: Fashion FreePak (Chunky Lens and Fashionista Camera Case)
* Other bug fixes and user interface refinements

STANDARD EQUIPMENT (INCLUDED)

John S lens
Jimmy lens
Kaimal Mark II lens
Ina's 1969 film
Kodot Verichrome film
Blanko film
Standard flash
Dreampop flash
Cherry Shine flash

CURRENT HIPSTAPAKS (available in-app)

Williamsburg [99¢]
Includes Helga Viking lens, 3 color flash gels, and Pistil film.

The Portland [99¢]
Includes the Lucifer VI lens and BlacKeys film.

Shibuya 渋谷区 [99¢]
Includes the Roboto Glitter lens, Berry Pop flash, and Float film.

Camden [99¢]
Includes Alfred Infrared film and BlacKeys Supergrain film

The Mission [99¢]
Includes Bettie XL lens, Eggshell White camera case, and Ina's 1935 film

Soho [99¢]
Includes Chunky lens, Cano Cafenol film, Blanko Noir film, and Mr. Bling camera case

The Hipstamatic brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras of the past! The Hipstamatic keeps the the quirks of shooting old school but gives you the ability to swap lenses, film, and flash settings all with the swipe of a finger.

$1.99/Download

Image Trends updates plug-ins with 64-bit support

Image Trends, the company originally behind ICE image enhancement software (and hardware) for film scanners, has emailed out a reminder that all their plug-ins have been updated to include 64 bit support for Mac and Windows. The updates are free to existing users, while new purchases qualify for 25% discount through 2/28/11. For more information visit here or to download please use the link here (log-in required)

Apple Updates Digital Raw Compatiblity For Mac OS X v10.6

Digital camera RAW formats retain more image information than JPEGs and can produce better results when used with imaging applications such as Aperture and iPhoto. Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard provides system-level support for digital camera RAW formats from the following cameras:

This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto '11:

    •    Canon EOS Rebel T3 / 1100D / Kiss X50
    •    Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D / Kiss X5
    •    Olympus E-5
    •    Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100
    •    Pentax K-r
    •    Pentax K-5

It also addresses processing issues for the following cameras:
    •    Nikon D7000
    •    Nikon COOLPIX P7000
    •    Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
    •    Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2

JixiPix announces a major new release of VintageScene for the Mac

JixiPix today is pleased to announce that its award winning retro photography application, VintageScene is now available for the Mac at the Mac App Store. VintageScene is the premier app for converting photographs into retro, aged, and vintage style effects.

Have you ever wondered the best way to take your modern pictures and make them look like they came from your parents or grandparents photo album? VintageScene is the premier app to make new photos look vintage, old school, retro, aged, faded, or weathered. VintageScene helps photographers stand out from the crowd by taking a regular photograph and turning it into a photo that looks like it was dug out of the attic or an old shoebox. No longer do photographers and enthusiasts need to have normal looking photos. Add a little style and pizzazz with a few taps of the finger.

VintageScene allows people to:
* Take total control over the age, fade, distress, weathering, and tint of their photos
* Emulate looks from the early 1800s all the way through current times
* Control age and color of photo
* Assign paper age and color
* Choose an overlay or border to accentuate the age of the photo and add interesting details
* Save presets for any custom designed look
* Randomize effect to get a unique look with one tap of a button
* Create an infinite number of combinations with over 60 built in presets

VintageScene has received numerous outstanding reviews and awards. People love the product, its ease of use, and the ability to created unlimited custom looks. And now that it is on Mac they are going to love it even more.

System Requirements:
* Mac OS X 10.6 or later
* 149 MB

Pricing and Availability:
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We hear from Scott Willis Director of The Woodmans

Further to our post on the The Woodmans, a documentary on the life (and untimely death) of Francesca Woodman and the family she left behind, the Director, C. Scott Willis, took time out to contact the DJP about the possibility of the film being shown here in the UK. At this time and over March, the film is being screened in the US only, but Willis says they're "...working hard to bring it to the UK and appreciate your support..." We also hope to hear from the agent and will post news of any developments.

Director, C. Scott Willis. Credit Lorber Films / Michael Bowles.