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I’m sure you’ve all heard about this: President-elect Barack Obama was walking out of the gym half-naked–which in some cultures is referred to as “wearing shorts”–and some photographer nabbed a bunch of shots of his ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=1EgQ3q (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=1EgQ3q)

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Here’s a unique experiment: While working as a delivery driver in Southampton, England, Howard Stone discovered how to make his van backfire loudly, and then set up a camera to document people reacting to the ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=pbhoSe (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=pbhoSe)

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Freelance photographer Jeff Lewis has been toting his new Canon 5D Mark II to sporting events around the country for the past several weeks. Here's his take on the camera, as well as hi-res shots and a video clip. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=VMihEk (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=VMihEk)

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Polaroid announced today that an ongoing investigation into its parent company, Petters Group Worldwide, has “compromised the financial condition” of the camera and electronics company, and so it would begin Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. It is ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=sn4dr1 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=sn4dr1)

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Professional photographer Mark J. Rebilas--who specializes in motorsports photography--shows and comments on his favorite drag racing photos of 2008. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=kUPeBl (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=kUPeBl)

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Canon U.S.A. released a statement today announcing that the company would develop a firmware fix for the tiny black dots some 5D Mark II users are noticing to the right of bright spots under certain ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=KKqC22 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=KKqC22)

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Among the many “best photos of the year” slideshows gracing the Web this month, here’s a stunning assemblage of 40 that will have you studying your screen for quite a while. This is the first of ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=BmXjoP (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=BmXjoP)

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Photographer-turned psychologist Lisa Jack has unearthed film from a photo shoot she did with Barack Obama in 1980, when the president-elect was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and the shots got picked ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=YLKRU7 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=YLKRU7)

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* Pentax Imaging announced this week the release of a limited edition white version of its 10.2-megapixel, entry-level K2000 DSLR bundled with an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens and a 50-200mm f/4-5.6 zoom lens–both of which are ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=tSpjSE (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=tSpjSE)

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Two separate lawsuits allege that world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz has neglected to pay a combined $778,000 to a stylist and a lighting company. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=0bFKRi (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=0bFKRi)

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*Photoshop Lady has aggregated 100 popular Photoshop tips from 2008, and while “popular” in this case is not completely synonymous with “professionally applicable,” they’re definitely worth glancing over.We’re not sure who Photoshop Lady is, by ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=vNXGa6 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=vNXGa6)

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Many people will likely remember 2008 for the economic battering it doled out to the world. The world of photography is no different: It was a tough year financially for both photography companies and for ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=vyN2yG (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=vyN2yG)

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Photographer John Isaac arrived to New York from India in 1965, penniless. He would go on to a career as the United Nations' top photographer, traveling the world covering war, famine and chaos before getting to turn his camera toward beauty and wildlife.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=CvgSK8 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=CvgSK8)

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JPG Magazine announced on Jan. 1*that it couldn’t make ends meet and would shut down effective today, and almost immediately more than a dozen potential buyers came scrambling to make offers for the beleaguered photography ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=mljooN (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=mljooN)

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Here’s a contest with an incredibly robust set of prizes: Lou Manna, who we interviewed in November, is hosting the “Best Looking Food of 2009,” and the winning shot will be used as the subject ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=adFRBa (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=adFRBa)

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Pentax announced this week the release of two new compact cameras: The Optio P70 and the Optio E70. The P70 is a 12-megapixel, higher-performance model with 4x zoom and a 28mm wide angle lens, while ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=nHYjjp (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=nHYjjp)

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*Kodak announced today several new digital cameras to be unveiled during this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including the new 12-megapixel Z980 Digital Camera, new additions to the company’s M-Series, and a ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=d2aop4 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=d2aop4)

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Kodak announced this week several new digital cameras to be unveiled during this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including the 12-megapixel Z980 Digital Camera, new additions to the company’s M-Series cameras and ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=VIHOXI (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=VIHOXI)

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Adding to its line of waterproof, crushproof, freezeproof cameras, Olympus today released two new models in the recently re-branded “Stylus Tough” series: The Stylus Tough 8000 and the Stylus Tough 6000. The Stylus Tough 8000 is ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=dbP9h4 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=dbP9h4)

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Olympus Imaging announced today the release of a 12-megapixel compact camera with an ultra high-powered zoom lens: The SP-590UZ, a $450 camera with 29 shooting modes that, among its other features, can connect directly to ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=QPfHWo (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=QPfHWo)

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Adding to its slew of new cameras announced today, Olympus released a $200 waterproof camera–the Stylus -550WP. While not shock- or freeze-proof like the Stylus Tough series, the 550WP, available in February, can function up ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=Y86HME (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=Y86HME)

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Canon has released a firmware update for the 5D Mark II to correct the “black dot phenomenon” early users were reporting when shooting under certain conditions. The update also improves a vertical banding noise problem ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=pHRS91 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=pHRS91)

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Casio announced this week the development of six new Exilim cameras—ultra high-speed compact cameras,* some models of which can shoot in bursts of 30 shots per second and can capture video at 1,000 frames per ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=qW5S8a (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=qW5S8a)

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Sony’s new Cyber-shot DSC-G3 camera is the first wi-fi enabled camera with a built-in Web browser, allowing users to directly upload shots to the Internet straight from the device.The $500, 10.1-megapixel compact camera comes with ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=6hlVz8 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=6hlVz8)

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In addition to new Stylus Tough cameras, a new waterproof camera and a new high-level zoom camera, Olympus Imaging announced this week the release of two new, 12-megapixel, ultra-compact Stylus cameras.The new Stylus cameras, the ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=JBAQmg (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=JBAQmg)

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The mega-discount stock photo giant iStockphoto announced it will soon release a public beta version of a desktop photo-browsing software program it has code-named “Dexter,” which will allow users to browse through iStock’s content, manage ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=zYsEpk (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=zYsEpk)

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In a brief video posted on the magazine’s Web site, National Geographic*Editor in Chief Chris Johns shows some of his favorite photos published in 2008 and explains why he finds them captivating.The magazine is perhaps ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=qP5VNn (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=qP5VNn)

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Canon Europe announced today the release of a new addition to its line of *compact cameras: The 10-megapixel PowerShot A480, slated for release in February.The camera is equipped with the DIGIC III image processor and ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=icnNfg (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=icnNfg)

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Panasonic announced today the release of four new compact cameras in their Lumix line with sensors ranging from 8.1 megapixels to 12.1 megapixels, and several come equipped with f/2.8 lenses. Pricing information wasn’t immediately available for ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=SPpgnY (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=SPpgnY)

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Three private photography companies–Rubberball, Glow Images and Blend Images–have won an auction for the bankrupt stock agency SuperStock, Blend CEO Rick Becker-Leckrone confirmed this week. SuperStock was owned by the public media company a21, which announced ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=XGaH49 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=XGaH49)

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Making full-sized objects look miniature in photos* has skyrocketed in popularity recently, and even those without the tilt-shift lenses you need to pull it off straight from the camera have been using Photoshop to create ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=dA06k7 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=dA06k7)

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Using a Canon 5d Mark II set up remotely inside a customized Pelican case, McClatchy-Tribune Photographer Chuck Kennedy captured a never-before-seen angle of the presidential inauguration, NPPA’s News Photographer Magazine reports. Kennedy started making his case ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=NKhOxp (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=NKhOxp)

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Eyes around the world are focused on President Barack Obama following his inauguration. Check out this smattering of photo galleries from around the country depicting today’s historic event. Photographically speaking, this year’s inauguration is almost certainly ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=6Ll3tX (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=6Ll3tX)

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In the early 1970s, Eli Reed spent six years working nights in a cancer ward to support his photography. He would go on to travel the world as a newspaper, documentary and movie industry photographer, garnering numerous awards and a coveted spot at the elite photo agency Magnum.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=zs3yMy (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=zs3yMy)

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Sanyo Fisher Company has released six new HD video/still photo combo cameras with both horizontal and vertical, “pistol grip” style bodies, and two of the new models are waterproof. All six of the cameras use SD ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=BYB2RC (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=BYB2RC)

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Photographer David Bergman compiled a nearly 1.5 gigapixel panoramic shot of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, and zooming in to check out the incredible level of detail is–and we don’t say things like this lightly–almost as ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=shsXOw (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=shsXOw)

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By Dustin Snipes For the last few months, people have been asking me about the post-production involved in the photos on my blog post*“70 basketball portraits I did in two days.”*I had always planned on sharing ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=EMBGIF (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=EMBGIF)

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Two years after buying the photo licensing agency Scoopt, Getty Images has announced it will close the UK-based company and meld a select portion of Scoopt’s images with Getty’s as the company focuses on “core ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=hK9xi3 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=hK9xi3)

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Nikon announced this week eight new COOLPIX point-and-shoot cameras, ranging from small, economy-minded offerings like the L19 to the more advanced P90, which comes equipped with a 24x optical zoom lens and is the first ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=cQNsDU (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=cQNsDU)

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Fujifilm has announced this week the release of what it’s calling its most advanced compact camera to date: The FinePix F200EXR, a 12-megapixel camera with 5x optical zoom and a three-inch LCD screen. To reduce noise ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=g5LhME (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=g5LhME)

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In addition to the new F200EXR, Fujifilm released today the budget A150, a 10-megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom and a three-inch LCD that will retail for $130.FujiFilm is billing this AA battery-powered compact camera ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=ULs71R (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=ULs71R)

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Professional photographer David Allio has been brought on as a regular contributor to Ask the Photographer and will answer reader questions with information from his upcoming book, “101 Things Every Photographer Should Know.” In addition to ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=St4wqO (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=St4wqO)

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A photographer in San Diego is wondering how to get the best shot of a cityscape at night. Pro photographer David Allio answers with information from his upcoming book, “101 Things Every Photographer Should Know.”CC ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=z9wFdy (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=z9wFdy)

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Canon has released a firmware update for the G10 that corrects a “magenta cast” that appears over some images when shooting RAW photos in continuous mode at ISO 1600. However, only cameras with a “0″ ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=75y46a (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=75y46a)

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Panasonic has released a firmware update that the company says improves both performance and compatibility for the Lumix DMC-G1 Micro Four Thirds system camera. Firmware version 1.2 for the camera makes the following improvements, according to ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=FgZodX (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=FgZodX)

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Nikon has released a new 35mm f/1.8 lens designed to give DX system shooters–those using the D40, D60 and D90 DSLRs–an affordabl 50mm equivalent lens that “produces a picture angle similar to the field of ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=mXbsGT (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=mXbsGT)

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New York photographer Vincent Laforet, who was already well-known but gained added national notoriety after directing the short film “Reverie” with a pre-release Canon 5D Mark II, has posted a sneak peek at a new ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=4FvMEU (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=4FvMEU)

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The NCAA and the Associated Press announced this week a three-year agreement making AP Images the global distributor of the NCAA’s photo collection, a move the NCAA says will create the largest existing pool of ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=3t2iUy (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=3t2iUy)

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American Anthony Suau’s stirring photograph of a sheriff’s deputy searching a foreclosed home was declared today the grand prize winner of the 52nd World Press Photo Contest, with judges terming it a “double entendre” representative ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=O0vOIE (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=O0vOIE)

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Samsung unveiled yesterday the Memoir, a new touch-screen phone with an 8-megapixel camera to be available exclusively through T-Mobile. The company is teaming up with Danish supermodel Helena Christensen to market the new device, which touts ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=Ja6u2M (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=Ja6u2M)

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The re-wording of Facebook’s terms of use has fueled a deluge of online criticism as major players in the blogosphere complain that the company has given itself a perpetual, virtually limitless right to profit from ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=ZDte2C (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=ZDte2C)

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Samsung has added to its lineup four new SL series compact cameras–two 12.2 megapixel models and two 10.2-megapixel models. The two 10.2-megapixel offerings, the SL202 and the SL30, are basic, budget models, while the 12.2-megapixel models, ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=X0o6b1 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=X0o6b1)

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Sony revealed five new Cyber-shot compact cameras today, four of which have a new “intelligent auto mode” designed to reduce the need to change camera settings. Those same four cameras, the*DSC-T900, the DSC-T90, the DSC-W290 and ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=fUW60M (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=fUW60M)

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Fujifilm released today five new compact cameras for its FinePix lineup, including the FinePix Z33WP, a model waterproof up to 10 feet deep, and the S1500, which sports a 12x optical zoom lens. Another model, the ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=TBZEs4 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=TBZEs4)

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Canon USA has announced 10 new PowerShot compact cameras, including a waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof model and a higher-end model that records full 1080p HD video and is equipped with a 20x optical zoom.The waterproof model, ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=VK6tqk (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=VK6tqk)

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Just a day after it sparked a public outcry, Facebook has removed controversial language in its terms of use that apparently gave the company perpetual rights to user-submitted content.Facebook has temporarily reverted to its previous ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=nnH7qC (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=nnH7qC)

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Canon USA has released two new tilt-shift lenses, one of which–the TS-E 17mm f/4L–has the shortest focal-length of any tilt-shift lens with full-frame coverage, according to the company.The second lens, the aptly named TS-E 24mm ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=aVn10H (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=aVn10H)

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Following last week’s announcement of four new SL cameras, Samsung USA announced today the release of two new 12-megapixel compact cameras: The TL320 and the HZ15W.The new TL320 is equipped with an AMOLED (Active Matrix ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=q8wlyO (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=q8wlyO)

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Ritz Camera, which bills itself as the nation’s largest camera retailer, has apparently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a U.S. District Court in Delaware.The Maryland-based company says in its filing that it has ...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=BUu7uA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=BUu7uA)

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Veer, the visual design elements company owned by Corbis Images, announced this week that it has launched its new royalty-free microstock service, the Veer Marketplace, which will offer images for between $1 and $20. Veer has ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=ieuiYN (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=ieuiYN)

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This one is interesting–someone in the UK has been collecting photos found around the country there and posting them online in the hopes that the subjects will be able to reclaim the images. The conundrum of ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?i=0d7F56 (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/Askthephotographer?a=0d7F56)

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Olympus Imaging announced today the release of the E-620 DSLR, a 12.3-megapixel camera rich in creative features that falls into the lineup between the E-520 and the recently released E-30. The E-620, the smallest DSLR on ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/kbPX4_4yy1Q

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We’ll be giving you live updates throughout the upcoming week, starting as we follow photographers covering the NASCAR event in Las Vegas this weekend and finishing with reports from PMA 2009 next week.Photographers and editors ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/NtnZPvHXW44

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Just 55 days shy of 150 years in circulation, the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colo. has announced that it will shut down. The paper’s closure makes Denver a one-newspaper town–The Denver Post remains open–and marks ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/mFBO_tEGuIc

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Pentax Imaging representatives at PMA 2009 announced today the release of the new X70 Megazoom compact camera, a 12-megapixel model with a 24x optical zoom lens and the same Shake Reduction ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/B0iUn3Cgdpo

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Panasonic unveiled today the Lumix DMC-GH1, a Micro Four Thirds system camera that can shoot still images and record full HD video*while retaining*the use of*autofocus–even when zooming in or out during ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/KUvJcb49pOw

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Samsung debuted at PMA*its new NX series–a non-DSLR system with *interchangeable lenses. Scheduled for release later this year, it will be only the second such system on the market. The other is ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/-jdLzQ9tyYE

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Eastman Kodak Company released at PMA*the new EasyShare Z915, a megazoom compact camera with a 10x optical zoom lens and a 10-megapixel sensor. The EasyShare Z915 will be available in April 2009 ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/8ss4dhsP6zA

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Sony representatives at PMA 2009 unveiled the new HX1 Cyber-shot, which the company is billing as the world’s first to sport “sweep panorama technology.” As the name of the feature would suggest, ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/BGubyN56KJ4

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Canon has announced yet another firmware update for the EOS 1D-Mark III and the EOS 1Ds-Mark III that the company says should rectify the oft-discussed autofocus problems with those cameras. The Mark III’s autofocus dilemma has ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/Ry6A5LSFoSc

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After having faded into relative obscurity, the once-prominent Vivitar brand–now owned by Sakar International–re-entered the market at PMA last week with a new line of cameras, lenses and flashes.The company kept it modest on the ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/U-G9VXlu8ZA

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Here’s a pretty sweet deal: Retailer J&R is offering a factory-refurbished Nikon D60 with an*18-55mm AFS DX Nikkor VR Lens for just $400.The 10.2-megapixel camera comes with a 90-warrantee from Nikon.*There’s plenty of reading material ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/VTpdxodkqWc

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Olympus Imaging announced today the E-450, the newest addition to its amateur DSLR lineup. The E-450 is ostensibly the same as the popular E-420, with a few key additions including three new art filters–Pop Art, ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/OIvztbW_riE

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**Canon has termed this camera an “entry-level juggernaut”: The new EOS Rebel T1i, a 15.1-megapixel camera with the DIGIC 4 Imaging Processor that can record full 1080p HD video at 20 frames per second.Much like ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/g91WJeBaayA

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Patrick Farrell of the Miami Herald and Damon Winter of The New York Times were awarded Pulitzer Prizes–the most prestigious award in journalism–for their photography, with Farrell winning for breaking news photography and Winter for ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/eBqm2f4uMxo

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Nikon has announced the new D5000, a 12.3-megapixel, upper-end consumer DSLR with 720p HD video at 24 frames per second. The D5000 also boasts live-view and a 2.7-inch, “Vari-angle” swivel-tilt LCD monitor, as well as continuous ...http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Askthephotographer/~4/I9BYy0245r4

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