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July - August 2006...

Canon Announce the 400D

Canon have announced the replacement for the 350D, the 400D has many new and exciting features, this is not just an upgrade but a whole new camera. With a 10.1 megapixel sensor allows for better resolution and the ability to crop and still retain a quality image. The dust removal technology they are using is extensive, they have also developed a dust map software program that if you sensor does have dust on it will be able to remove it automatically on your computer. Due in the shops in September and the cost will be even lower. More...

Microsoft Photosynth

Microsoft have just announced a new software package that will revolutionise digital photography, the software not released yet will reconstruct pictures into a 3 dimensional space. Quite amazing if it works, and how well it works or how quick we don't know but it is pretty amazing. More...

Alien Skin Software release Blow Up

Alien skins new Blow Up is a image resizing plugin for Photoshop and Elements. It claims to be better than bicubic and any third party resizer, it can blow up to 6 times without any noticeable artefacts. More...

Massive 85w and 105w 5500k - 5600k Energy Efficient Bulbs

We now have in stock 2 new balanced daylight compact fluorescent bulbs. The 85w which is the equivalent of 400 watts and the 105w which is the equivalent of 525 watts ideally suited to the photographer because the colour temperature of 5500k - 5600k is the colour temperature used in most electronic flashes and strobes. Checkout the lighting kits in our online shop. More...

Ulead Videostudio 10

If you want to make impressive slide shows the latest version of Ulead's award winning software is out. With some new impressive functions and a free trial on offer it's worth giving it a go. More...

Pixmantec taken over by Adobe

The raw conversion specialist has been taken over by Adobe, they plan to incorporate Pixmantec's raw conversion technology into their products namely Adobe camera raw and Lightroom. More...

New! BreezeBrowser Pro v1.5 released

The professional tool for viewing, enhancing and presenting your digital images including raw conversion, lossless rotation of JPEG Images and automated templates for creating sophisticated web page galleries.
Now includes reading and writing of Adobe XMP data, new keyword editor and picture frames for slideshows and proofs. More...