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Responsive
6 MP Compact
Get quick shutter response
that feels like a film camera with Olympus’ pocketable
C-60 Zoom. The truly compact camera features quickly
accessed manual settings for serious users along with
easy-to-use automatic controls for beginners. The camera’s
6.1-megapixel resolution ensures sharp, enlargeable images.
Estimated Street Price: $449. Contact:
Olympus, (888) 553-4448, www.olympusamerica.com.
Video-Editing Suite
Have as much fun editing your
movies as you did shooting them with Ulead’s VideoStudio
8. The three-step Movie Wizard helps novices, while
advanced users will appreciate the software’s powerful
editing tools, including real-time audio mixing. Output
to DVD, VHS, video e-mail and more. Suggested Retail Price:
$99.95. Contact: Ulead
Systems, (800) 85-ULEAD, www.ulead.com.
Computer-Less Image Transfer
Use Alera’s Digital Photo
Copy Cruiser to transfer your images from your memory
cards directly onto CDs. The Cruiser works without
a computer and lets you burn large-capacity cards of more
than 700 MB across several CDs with its disc-spanning
feature. Estimated Street Price: $229. Contact:
Argraph, (800) 526-6290, www.argraph.com.
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Ultra-Compact
Digital Video Camera
Shoot DVD-quality video with
Panasonic’s tiny SV-AV100 D-snap SD Camera.
The 3.5x1.3x2.6-inch videocam captures MPEG2 video with
terrific image clarity, and records your movies on SD
media cards. The unit features a flip-open, 2.5-inch LCD
screen and a 10x optical zoom with image stabilization.
Suggested Retail Price: $999.95. Contact:
Panasonic, (800) 211-PANA, www.panasonic.com. |
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1
GB SecureDigital Card
Store about 400 high-quality
JPEGs from your 5-megapixel camera on a 1 GB SD memory
card from ATP. The fast-writing media clears your
camera’s memory buffer faster with its 60x, 10 MB/sec.
transfer rate. List Price: $380. Contact:
ATP Electronics, (408) 732-5000, http://flash.atpinc.com.
Power Your Flash And Digital
Camera
Take more flash pictures and
get ultra-fast recycling with the Quantum Turbo Compact
Battery. Its NiMH technology supplies enough energy
for hundreds of full-power flash photos with your shoe-mount
strobe, even when the battery also runs your camera. The
16-ounce Turbo Compact recharges in just 90 minutes. List
Price: $512. Contact:
Quantum Instruments, (516) 222-6000, www.qtm.com.
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See
Your Photos On TV
View “albums” of
your digital images on your TV without a computer using
the FlipAlbum Recorder. Just plug it into your
television and insert a memory card. A built-in CD burner
records your FlipAlbums so you can share them with friends
and family. The device also plays back FlipAlbum CDs created
on a computer. Suggested Retail Price: $299. Contact:
E-Book Systems, (866) 532-8080, www.flipalbum.com.
Project Your Digital Images
Shoot a brighter image onto
the screen with Toshiba’s TLP-S70U Mobile Projector.
The portable unit boasts brilliant 2,000-lumen illumination,
a 400:1 contrast ratio, and 800 x 600 resolution for impressive
big-image viewing. The five-pound projector comes with
a remote control. Estimated Street Price: $1,399. Contact:
Toshiba, (800) TOSHIBA, www.toshiba.com.
Process Your Raw Files
Use Phase One’s improved
C1 RAW software to get the full potential of your RAW
files. The program taps the larger number of tones
in RAW images so you can make bold adjustments to your
curves, levels, saturation and other controls without
banding. The software also allows you to rework sharpness
and white-balance settings. List Price: $99 to $599, depending
on version. Contact:
Phase One, (888) PHASE-ONE, www.c1dslr.com.
Panorama Software
Stitch your digital images
into wide panoramas, quickly and easily, with ArcSoft
Panorama Maker 3 software. The simple-to-use program
creates horizontal, vertical, tiled and 360-degree panoramas
from a series of your photos. The new version features
automatic de-ghosting for truly seamless images. List
Price: $39.99. Contact:
ArcSoft, (800) 762-8657, www.arcsoft.com.
Viewing Hood With Magnifier
Keep the sunlight off your
LCD monitor with Hoodman’s H-DCR universal camera
hood. Fitting up to a 1.8-inch LCD, the H-DCR’s
collapsible rubber hood features an eyecup with a built-in
2x magnifier so you can see your screen clearly in all
kinds of light. Slide the hood in place only when you
want it, or attach it with the integral strap. List Price:
$19.95. Contact: Hoodman,
(800) 818-3946, www.hoodmanusa.com.
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LCD Picture
Frame
Put a digital picture frame
right on your desk with Vialta’s VistaFrame.
The compact viewer’s 6.8-inch LCD displays the images
directly from inserted memory cards or up to eight images
you store in its built-in memory. Show your images one
at a time or in slideshow format. The device’s motion
sensor only shows pictures when there’s someone around
to see them. List Price: $299.99. Contact:
Vialta, (877) 963- 8383, www.vialta.com. |
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Digital
Media Suite
Handle all your media needs
with one handy application using Roxio’s Easy Media
Creator 7. The program lets you enhance your still
photos, create panoramas and slideshows, capture and edit
video and more. When you’re done, the software can
burn all your data to CDs and DVDs, and remind you to
perform backups. Suggested Retail Price: $99.95. Contact:
Roxio, (866) 280-ROXI, www.roxio.com.
DVD Burner
Transfer your digital videos
and old VHS tapes directly onto DVD discs with the Lite-On
AllWrite LVW-5005 DVD recorder. Its DV Link (IEEE
1394 mini) connection interfaces with your miniDV camera,
and an S-video input transfers analog video from your
VHS deck or TV. The device is compatible with DVD-R/W,
DVD+R/W and CD-R/W media. Suggested Retail Price: $379.
Contact: Lite-On IT,
(408) 935-5353, www.liteonamericas.com.
Camera Bag For Compact Digital
Protect your compact digital
camera in Norazza’s Ape Case NAC250 camera bag.
Its padded yellow interior makes it easy to find what
you’re looking for and handles the bumps when you’re
on the go. The 4.73x6.3x1.97-inch interior holds your
camera, batteries, memory cards and other accessories.
List Price: $24.99. Contact:
OmegaSatter, (410) 374-3250, www.omegasatter.com.
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Keep
Your Laptop Cool
Put the Bigfoot Laptop Cooler
between your laptop and the surface the computer rests
on to promote better air circulation and cooling.
The handy device also provides an angled keyboard for
better ergonomics. Its feet can fit in your pocket when
they’re not needed. List Price: $5.95 per two-foot
set. Contact: UPstrap,
(877) 872-7639, www.upstrap.com.
Photo Enhancement By E-Mail
Get better-looking images with
Bellamax’s online service. E-mail them your
photo, and they’ll tweak its color, exposure and
sharpening, as well as remove the noise before e-mailing
your image back to you. The service also offers portrait
retouching, including the removal of wrinkles or blemishes
and the opening of half-closed eyes, at a nominal cost.
List Price: Starts at $4.99. Contact:
Bellamax, (415) 344-7800, www.bellamax.com.
The Reel Thing
Share an hour of high-quality digital video on a recordable
DVD disc. Verbatim’s 4.7
GB DigitalMovie DVD-Recordable discs hold much more data
than CDs, giving you longer-running, higher-quality movies.
The discs come in 4x-speed, DVD-R and DVD+R formats, and
feature a top surface resembling an old-time film reel.
Street Price: $11.99 for a pack of three. Contact:
Verbatim, (800) 538-8589, www.verbatim.com.
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Hard Copy
How to Do
Everything With Digital Photography by Dave Huss
(McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2004, ISBN: 0-07-225435-1). Inside you’ll
find expert advice on selecting a digital camera and accessories,
photographing everything from portraits to pano-ramas, editing
and printing your images and more.
How to Cheat in Photoshop: The
Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages, Second Edition
by Steve Caplin (Focal Press, 2004, ISBN: 0-240-51953-1).
Learn from a professional illustrator how to skillfully manipulate
images using Photoshop. The book includes a CD-ROM with dozens
of royalty-free images to use in montages.
Portrait Photography: Secrets
of Posing & Lighting by Mark Cleghorn (Lark
Books/Sterling, 2004, ISBN: 1-57990-548-X). This guide highlights
the essential techniques in using light and posing a subject
for interesting and inventive portraits.
Plug-Ins for Adobe Photoshop:
A Guide for Photographers by Jack & Sue Drafahl
(Amherst Media, 2004, ISBN: 1-58428-129-4). Covering a multitude
of practical and imaginative plug-ins from hundreds of manufacturers,
this book contains tons of information you’ll need to
get started using these powerful tools.
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What's New And Notable In
Photography And Computing |
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Responsive
6 MP Compact
Get quick shutter response
that feels like a film camera with Olympus’ pocketable
C-60 Zoom. The truly compact camera features quickly
accessed manual settings for serious users along with
easy-to-use automatic controls for beginners. The camera’s
6.1-megapixel resolution ensures sharp, enlargeable images.
Estimated Street Price: $449. Contact:
Olympus, (888) 553-4448, www.olympusamerica.com.
Video-Editing Suite
Have as much fun editing your
movies as you did shooting them with Ulead’s VideoStudio
8. The three-step Movie Wizard helps novices, while
advanced users will appreciate the software’s powerful
editing tools, including real-time audio mixing. Output
to DVD, VHS, video e-mail and more. Suggested Retail Price:
$99.95. Contact: Ulead
Systems, (800) 85-ULEAD, www.ulead.com.
Computer-Less Image Transfer
Use Alera’s Digital Photo
Copy Cruiser to transfer your images from your memory
cards directly onto CDs. The Cruiser works without
a computer and lets you burn large-capacity cards of more
than 700 MB across several CDs with its disc-spanning
feature. Estimated Street Price: $229. Contact:
Argraph, (800) 526-6290, www.argraph.com.
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Ultra-Compact
Digital Video Camera
Shoot DVD-quality video with
Panasonic’s tiny SV-AV100 D-snap SD Camera.
The 3.5x1.3x2.6-inch videocam captures MPEG2 video with
terrific image clarity, and records your movies on SD
media cards. The unit features a flip-open, 2.5-inch LCD
screen and a 10x optical zoom with image stabilization.
Suggested Retail Price: $999.95. Contact:
Panasonic, (800) 211-PANA, www.panasonic.com. |
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1
GB SecureDigital Card
Store about 400 high-quality
JPEGs from your 5-megapixel camera on a 1 GB SD memory
card from ATP. The fast-writing media clears your
camera’s memory buffer faster with its 60x, 10 MB/sec.
transfer rate. List Price: $380. Contact:
ATP Electronics, (408) 732-5000, http://flash.atpinc.com.
Power Your Flash And Digital
Camera
Take more flash pictures and
get ultra-fast recycling with the Quantum Turbo Compact
Battery. Its NiMH technology supplies enough energy
for hundreds of full-power flash photos with your shoe-mount
strobe, even when the battery also runs your camera. The
16-ounce Turbo Compact recharges in just 90 minutes. List
Price: $512. Contact:
Quantum Instruments, (516) 222-6000, www.qtm.com.
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See
Your Photos On TV
View “albums” of
your digital images on your TV without a computer using
the FlipAlbum Recorder. Just plug it into your
television and insert a memory card. A built-in CD burner
records your FlipAlbums so you can share them with friends
and family. The device also plays back FlipAlbum CDs created
on a computer. Suggested Retail Price: $299. Contact:
E-Book Systems, (866) 532-8080, www.flipalbum.com.
Project Your Digital Images
Shoot a brighter image onto
the screen with Toshiba’s TLP-S70U Mobile Projector.
The portable unit boasts brilliant 2,000-lumen illumination,
a 400:1 contrast ratio, and 800 x 600 resolution for impressive
big-image viewing. The five-pound projector comes with
a remote control. Estimated Street Price: $1,399. Contact:
Toshiba, (800) TOSHIBA, www.toshiba.com.
Process Your Raw Files
Use Phase One’s improved
C1 RAW software to get the full potential of your RAW
files. The program taps the larger number of tones
in RAW images so you can make bold adjustments to your
curves, levels, saturation and other controls without
banding. The software also allows you to rework sharpness
and white-balance settings. List Price: $99 to $599, depending
on version. Contact:
Phase One, (888) PHASE-ONE, www.c1dslr.com.
Panorama Software
Stitch your digital images
into wide panoramas, quickly and easily, with ArcSoft
Panorama Maker 3 software. The simple-to-use program
creates horizontal, vertical, tiled and 360-degree panoramas
from a series of your photos. The new version features
automatic de-ghosting for truly seamless images. List
Price: $39.99. Contact:
ArcSoft, (800) 762-8657, www.arcsoft.com.
Viewing Hood With Magnifier
Keep the sunlight off your
LCD monitor with Hoodman’s H-DCR universal camera
hood. Fitting up to a 1.8-inch LCD, the H-DCR’s
collapsible rubber hood features an eyecup with a built-in
2x magnifier so you can see your screen clearly in all
kinds of light. Slide the hood in place only when you
want it, or attach it with the integral strap. List Price:
$19.95. Contact: Hoodman,
(800) 818-3946, www.hoodmanusa.com.
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LCD Picture
Frame
Put a digital picture frame
right on your desk with Vialta’s VistaFrame.
The compact viewer’s 6.8-inch LCD displays the images
directly from inserted memory cards or up to eight images
you store in its built-in memory. Show your images one
at a time or in slideshow format. The device’s motion
sensor only shows pictures when there’s someone around
to see them. List Price: $299.99. Contact:
Vialta, (877) 963- 8383, www.vialta.com. |
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Digital
Media Suite
Handle all your media needs
with one handy application using Roxio’s Easy Media
Creator 7. The program lets you enhance your still
photos, create panoramas and slideshows, capture and edit
video and more. When you’re done, the software can
burn all your data to CDs and DVDs, and remind you to
perform backups. Suggested Retail Price: $99.95. Contact:
Roxio, (866) 280-ROXI, www.roxio.com.
DVD Burner
Transfer your digital videos
and old VHS tapes directly onto DVD discs with the Lite-On
AllWrite LVW-5005 DVD recorder. Its DV Link (IEEE
1394 mini) connection interfaces with your miniDV camera,
and an S-video input transfers analog video from your
VHS deck or TV. The device is compatible with DVD-R/W,
DVD+R/W and CD-R/W media. Suggested Retail Price: $379.
Contact: Lite-On IT,
(408) 935-5353, www.liteonamericas.com.
Camera Bag For Compact Digital
Protect your compact digital
camera in Norazza’s Ape Case NAC250 camera bag.
Its padded yellow interior makes it easy to find what
you’re looking for and handles the bumps when you’re
on the go. The 4.73x6.3x1.97-inch interior holds your
camera, batteries, memory cards and other accessories.
List Price: $24.99. Contact:
OmegaSatter, (410) 374-3250, www.omegasatter.com.
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Keep
Your Laptop Cool
Put the Bigfoot Laptop Cooler
between your laptop and the surface the computer rests
on to promote better air circulation and cooling.
The handy device also provides an angled keyboard for
better ergonomics. Its feet can fit in your pocket when
they’re not needed. List Price: $5.95 per two-foot
set. Contact: UPstrap,
(877) 872-7639, www.upstrap.com.
Photo Enhancement By E-Mail
Get better-looking images with
Bellamax’s online service. E-mail them your
photo, and they’ll tweak its color, exposure and
sharpening, as well as remove the noise before e-mailing
your image back to you. The service also offers portrait
retouching, including the removal of wrinkles or blemishes
and the opening of half-closed eyes, at a nominal cost.
List Price: Starts at $4.99. Contact:
Bellamax, (415) 344-7800, www.bellamax.com.
The Reel Thing
Share an hour of high-quality digital video on a recordable
DVD disc. Verbatim’s 4.7
GB DigitalMovie DVD-Recordable discs hold much more data
than CDs, giving you longer-running, higher-quality movies.
The discs come in 4x-speed, DVD-R and DVD+R formats, and
feature a top surface resembling an old-time film reel.
Street Price: $11.99 for a pack of three. Contact:
Verbatim, (800) 538-8589, www.verbatim.com.
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Hard Copy
How to Do
Everything With Digital Photography by Dave Huss
(McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2004, ISBN: 0-07-225435-1). Inside you’ll
find expert advice on selecting a digital camera and accessories,
photographing everything from portraits to pano-ramas, editing
and printing your images and more.
How to Cheat in Photoshop: The
Art of Creating Photorealistic Montages, Second Edition
by Steve Caplin (Focal Press, 2004, ISBN: 0-240-51953-1).
Learn from a professional illustrator how to skillfully manipulate
images using Photoshop. The book includes a CD-ROM with dozens
of royalty-free images to use in montages.
Portrait Photography: Secrets
of Posing & Lighting by Mark Cleghorn (Lark
Books/Sterling, 2004, ISBN: 1-57990-548-X). This guide highlights
the essential techniques in using light and posing a subject
for interesting and inventive portraits.
Plug-Ins for Adobe Photoshop:
A Guide for Photographers by Jack & Sue Drafahl
(Amherst Media, 2004, ISBN: 1-58428-129-4). Covering a multitude
of practical and imaginative plug-ins from hundreds of manufacturers,
this book contains tons of information you’ll need to
get started using these powerful tools.
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