Kodak continues to set new standards in professional film with the new KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTAR 100 (EKTAR 100) film which is considered to be highest quality of film for professional photographers. EKTAR 100 film include ISO 100 speed, high saturation and ultra-vivid color that offers the finest, smoothest grain of any color negative film available today.
As per Mary Jane Hellyar, president, Film, Photofinishing & Entertainment Group “Photography has always been about capturing a moment or story and sharing it, with just a few or with the world,” “It is often the smallest details that mark the difference between a good photograph and one that stands out and becomes memorable. With our new EKTAR 100 film, we’ve created a film that helps the photographer capture unprecedented detail in remarkably vivid color. This film continues a Kodak tradition of providing photographers with the highest quality films that expand the range over which they can create outstanding images.” said executive vice president, Eastman Kodak Company.
The component of the spy lens looks like a regular lens but has a cloak-and-dagger opening on the side with a mirror that allows you to shoot at a 90 degree angle. The universal unit fits on any SLR camera lens and also swivels 360 degrees. As per photojojo.com, “It’s the ultimate accessory for kids, the photo-shy, street photography or any time you want natural, unposed shots”. Indeed nice idea to capture the photograph while people are not aware that you are taking their shot.
Flickr has released a new version of its mobile site that feature the ability to stream video clips up to 90-seconds in length. Currently Video streaming will be available for only the iPhone/ iPod Touch, and it will also support other handsets that use Firefox Mobile, Webkit or Opera Mini. Flickr’s Mobile playback is based on Yahoo’s Video Platform, which can serve content to various device types, screen sizes and codecs. It will also let you favorite photos and videos, as well as the changing of photo permissions. [ Read More about Flickr's video Features at Techcrunch ]
The Nikon D90 builds on quite impressive performance of D80 and breaks a little ground of its own as the first DSLR to incorporate video. Using Auto Exposure and Auto Focus featured in Nikon’s pro model DSLRs the Nikon D90 has a 12.3 megapixel sensor, ISO range of between 100 to 6400, 3 inch LCD screen, Live View mode (for framing shots with the LCD) and a lot of other great features that make it revolutionary camera.
Nikon D90 Key Features
* 12.9 megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor (effective pixels: 12.3 million)
* 3.0-inch 920,000 pixel (VGA x 3 colors) TFT-LCD
* Live View with contrast-detect AF, face detection
* Image sensor cleaning
* Illuminated focus points
* Movie capture at up to 1280 x 720 (720p) 24 fps with mono sound
* IS0 200-3200 range (100-6400 expanded)
* 4.5 frames per second continuous shooting (buffer: 7 RAW, 25 JPEG fine, 100 JPEG Normal)
* Expeed image processing engine
* 3D tracking AF (11 point)
* Short startup time, viewfinder blackout and shutter lag
* Slightly improved viewfinder (96% frame coverage)
* Extensive in-camera retouching including raw development and straightening
* Improved user interface
* New optional compact GPS unit
* Same battery and vertical grip as D80
* Vignetting control in-camera
* 72 thumbnail and calendar view in playback
D90 shoots movies (a first for DSLRs) at 24 frames per second and at a resolution of 1280×720 pixels (16:9), 640×424 (3:2), and 320×216 (3:2).
Asian Elephant are getting their own photo IDs now in an effort to help monitor their survival rates and track their movements. The researchers are taking photos of individual elephants - in only 80 days they were able to get images of 2400 individuals.
According to the Mongabay News “These data revealed some 134 individual male elephants in a population of 991 elephants, with an adult male/female ratio of 1 to 4.33,” The new method complements traditional survey techniques, which can gauge overall elephant densities and sex ratios at population levels, but are unable to monitor demographics of male elephants with a degree of rigor attained by studies that focus on data from individual animals.
More importantly, such accurate assessments of male elephants can help conservationists monitor poaching rates over the long term. Also, elephant carcasses can be compared with archival photos to identify individuals and even to aid in law enforcement efforts. In addition to poaching, another threat to male elephants comes from human farmers defending their food resources from crop-raiders. Recognizing individual males that are prone to crop-raiding can inform better management interventions. however, how many male elephants engage in crop-raiding is unknown.
Google team up with LIFE to open an online photo gallery that will have extensive collection of image on the web featuring millions of images fromthe archive of Life magazine’s that said to be never been seen before. Both Google and LIFE together bring 10 million historic Life Magazine Photo to public that include the works of photojournalists in the 20th century and renowned photographers like Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gjon Mili, Nina Leen. The brilliant photography collection can be seen here at
The most bizarre photo shoot on the steps of London’s Trafalgar Square being found in The Guinness Book of Records which launched its 2009 edition recently.
It featured the world’s smallest man, Pingping from China who stands just 2 ft 5 inches with the world’s longest pair of legs of Svetlana Pankratova, she is not the tallest woman but her legs are more than four feet long - far taller than Pingping’s height.
20 year old Pingping’s first appeared in a Japanese television program in 2007. Pingping protects his image well, insisting on substantial fees. He is from China’s Inner Mongolia region. His father says that when he was born, he was as small as the palm of his hand. He might have deformity called Osteogenesis Imperfecta or Primordial Dwarfism.
The Discovery Channel’s newest show, ‘Time Warp,’ demonstrate a hummingbird capturing its different movement with high-speed photography through combining high speed photography while they feed nectar. A High speed photography combined with x-ray photography make it possible to the hosts Matt Kearney and Jeff Lieberman those filming a hummingbird feeding exactly they do so on their natural way.
The Lumix DMC-TZ5K from Panasonic is ideal for traveling, this megapixel digital camera combines a wide-ranging LEICA DC Vario-Elmar lens with a handy, compact body. The Extra Optical Zoom function also extends the zoom to as much as 16.9x and the optical Image Stabilization keeps the picture steady giving you even greater telephoto setting alongwith enhanced capability for power landscapes. It automatically adjusts its brightness depending on ambient light levels and prevent shooting errors.
‘The Man with a Hundred Faces by Julien Lassort and Matthieu Burlot is a fascinating art project that explores the human face dynamically with showcase of “100 and one faces” via a “mosaic of portraits and emotions that plays off of the power of faces that seen close up.” This project was created for “Transformation : Live-React contest” and has won the third prize at Panasonic’Art 2008.
Canon promote the image stabilizer feature with the collaboration of Armstrong & Asociados ad agency, the ad is Weird but fun which communicates the effectiveness of the Canon image stabilizer by showing a mutant man using his three legs as a tripod while taking the picture. Ohotographer Colin Anderson, creative director Marcelo Quintana, art director Nicolás Fracchia, copywriter Philip Honeyman, and illustrator Ricardo Hitschfield are behind this creative ads;
Micro Innovations Digital PhotoCam 3130 digital-video-web camera is best to capture photos during special events, vacations or any special days at your home. You can share your photos with family and friends quickly and easily.
More Specification;
Capture up to 152 photos
Ideal for home, trips, and events
E-mail photos and video
Share photos with family and friends
Video Instant Messaging
Chat live with family and friends
Video Instant Messaging from AOL, MSN, Yahoo and more (software not included)
