Digital kamera guide

Jobo AG and Jobo Labortechnik GmbH u. Co. KG filed for bankruptcy at the municipal court in Cologne,Germany last Friday.

Tamron today introduced its latest lens, the SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di VC USD (Model A005).

It features a new Tamron developed USD (Ultrasonic Silent Drive) motor and a Vibration Compensation (VC)  that enables the photographer to shoot at a shutter speed that is an extra four stops slower without having to worry about blurring.

This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news relating to Nikon:
-Nikon instant rebates being offered
-Still image quality will be number one priority for Nikon
-"I am Nikon" campaign
-New Super Coolpix may be coming soon
-Wacom releases Cintiq 21UX
-Topaz Labs releases version 4
-Sanho announces "Hyperdrive Album"
-Apple releases Aperture 3 update
-Earn Nikonians membership discounts
-Nikonians Rewards
-Photos from Atlanta Area Nikonians

Download Nikonians News Flash #148 (NPC-NF-2010-03-07.mp3;3:50; 3.51MB; MP3 format)

The exact name of the new compilation is CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 and it is supposed to be qicker, more powerful and more flexible than its predecessor. According to Corel the bulk of the improvements were in response to requests from users.

We would like to introduce you to an application that enables you to put your images online and to manage and distribute them: Zensario.ImagePool.

Jason & Rick have received their Nikon 16-35mm f/4 G zoom lenses and give their initial impressions in a FX-format super-wide shootout!  Also in this episode, we introduce "The Back Story," where the doctors give the behind the scenes details of some of their favorite images.

Download The Image Doctors #112 (NPC-ID-2010-03-04.m4a MP4 format)

Spread the news about the Nikonians community and earn one additional month on your membership for each friend that signs up. After you have logged in, just click the "My User Menu" link top right corner and select the tab "Invitations". Now invite friends to join Nikonians. Each one of them gets a 5% discount on their membership and you get one additional month for each one of them signing up. Start inviting friends now :-)

Check your Nikonians Rewards Page!
Silver, Gold and Platinum members have a new discount source on PHOTORECOVERY® software and extra savings potential from LaserSoft Imaging available through their personal Nikonians Rewards coupons and vouchers section.

SanDisk last week announced that it has begun to ship its latest flash card SanDisk Ultra® SDXC™.

The Class 4 card has a read speed of 15 MB/s and a capacity of 64 Gigabyte. It uses the new SDXC format which can easily deal with High Definition videos.

Today on News Flash Extra, Ray speaks with Kiwi Nikonian Wayne Lorimer

Download Nikonians News Flash Extra #5 (NPC-NF-2010-02-28.mp3;
17:37; 16.1MB; MP3 format)