OLYMPUS August 29, 2005 - announces new cameras and printer: New Olympus Stylus 600 Delivers Superior Performance In Compact, All-Weather Design Olympus Debuts New “Easy And Fun” Digital Camera Series Designed For Effortless Photography Olympus Announces Launch Of New SP-Series Digital Cameras Designed To Deliver Performance And Creative Control Olympus Launches Latest Ultra Zoom Digital Camera And Demonstrates The Versatility Of New SP-Series Olympus P-11 Digital Photo Printer Produces Photo-Lab Quality Prints At Remarkable Speed
Spyder2PRO Studio 2.0 calibrates LCD & DLP multi-media projectors! This update is now available as a free software download from www.colorvision.com for all existing Spyder2PRO Studio users. Click here to download the update. This is a full install so use Spyder2PRO 2.0 Installer released August 26, 2005 for Windows or Mac as appropriate.
Nikon Capture 4 (Version 4.3.1 Update) TOKYO – Nikon Corporation announces an update of Nikon Capture 4, to version 4.3.1, which became available for download from August 22. In response to users' requests, the latest version of Nikon's image processing software has realized faster processing and handling of image data for compatible Microsoft Windows and Mac OS computers (see specifications). Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is supported.
The following aspects have faster processing speed:
Optimization of RAW (NEF) image processing
More efficiency for using memory (RAM) on PC for image data processing
Improved program for creating histograms and faster response for full image display
Click on this link to get to the download site
August 22, 2005 - Canon introduces 2 new EOS Digital SLR Camers, lenses, a new flash and 5 new point and shoot cameras. The all new EOS-5D which is an 12.8 Mega pixel full frame camera (Est. $ 3,300.00) Click here for a PDF version of the news release. The new EOS 1D Mark 2 II which is an updated 1D-Mark II with a new LCD screen and image profiling (Est. $ 4,000.00) Click here for a PDF version of the news release. Two new EF lenses; the 24 - 105 mm F4.0L IS USM and the 70 - 300 mm F4.0 - F5.6 IS USM. A New Speedlite 430EX flash that replaces the 420EX And five new point and shoot Powershot series cameras.
August 22, 2005 - PENTAX announces the update to *ist DS the *ist DS2 – a few smaller upgrades. See press release here
August 9, 2005 - Canon releases firmware update for the Canon 20D This firmware update (version 2.0.2) fixes bugs that occurred when using the EOS Capture application. This firmware update applies to cameras with firmware versions up to 2.0.0 installed. If your camera's firmware is already version 2.0.2, it is not necessary to perform this update. Get the download here: http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/eos20d/eos20d_firmware-e.html
August 2, 2005 - Kodak announces new EASYSHARE P-Series Digital Cameras Unveiled; High Performance Models Bring KODAK Technologies, Simplicity to Serious Photographers See release at: http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2709&pq-locale=en_US&gpcid=0900688a803806c3