Digital kamera guide - Nikon

Free Macintosh tool for image collaboration

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:34:21 +0200

The Nikonians Image Uploader for Mac is available for free to all Silver, Gold and Platinum members. With the Image Uploader you can easily upload images to your gallery. Check it out!

Non-Destructive Edits with Collaboration Imaging Tool

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:23:14 +0200

Nikonians Annotate Expert software allows you to keyword images and relate keywords to certain areas of the image - like writing on a sheet of glass on top of the image - and to use these annotations as IPTC keywords. Annotate Expert also has a very fast indexing and search functionality that works across all of your images, making it very easy to find the right images again.

Best of all: Annotate comes in a free edition that costs nothing. Download your free copy of Annotate today and start keyword tagging your image library in a new way.

Nikonians Academy update: New workshops to fit your needs

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:11:58 +0200

Nikonians Academy Director Mike Hagen tells us the Academy staff is adding new dates, courses and locations. In a nod to the increasing demand for professional guidance with the new video enabled Nikon DSLR's the new calendar includes the debut of a specialized workshop concentrating on the topic.

Three Adobe software final versions released

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:21:21 +0200

Adobe Lightroom 2.7, Camera Raw 5.7 and DNG-Converter 5.7 are now available as final versions for both Mac and Windows systems.

Only two weeks after Adobe's announcement of so called "Release Candidates" the three software applications are now available as finalized versions.

Spring Fever Drawing

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:03:16 +0200

ThinkTankPhoto (TTP) started a unique contest and will draw a random user from their follower groups at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.

The winner gets TTP's Logistics Manager and all Think Tank Photo bags that will fit into the equipment case. These can be bags-within-bags-within-bags.

Interesting film workshop in New Orleans coming up

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:18:07 +0200

If you live near New Orleans and if you have piles of film left from the good old days, this might be of interest for you.

The New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) hosts a workshop where you learn how to preserve your valuable negatives and transparencies. This evening workshop will present an affordable and rapid method for creating digital scans from your film by using a digital camera.

Annotate Software for free

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:16:39 +0200

The Nikonians Annotate software is free and there is a 30 days trial of the Expert features. Check out Annotate today! :-)

"Spring Expo and Sale" in Indianapolis

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:24:18 +0200

Roberts Imaging, a long-time partner to Nikonians, presents their "Spring Expo and Sale" in Indianapolis, IN. this week.

Chris Butcher, National Sales Manager with another loyal Nikonians partner, Think Tank Photo, will also be there to show TTPs latest products.

The show starts Friday, April 23, 10:00 a.m. and ends Saturday, April 24, at 6:00 p. m.

The address is: 255 S. Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46225.

Winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Prizes announced

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:06:33 +0200

The 94th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, have been announced by Columbia University.

The winners in the two photography categories are Mary Chind (Breaking News Photography) and Craig F. Walker (Feature Photo-graphy). Both receive $10,000 - next to all the fame connected to these prizes.

New Compact Prime Lenses from Zeiss

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:51:36 +0200

The trend of filming in high definition using a digital SLR camera is unstoppable. Carl Zeiss now introduces the worlds first set of cine lenses designed especially for HD-SLR cameras: the Compact Prime CP.2 lenses.

Nikonians Academy Workshops Update

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:07:20 +0200

David Tejada's Professional Lighting workshop is down to a few seats left and Michael Mariant will be in Lake Tahoe soon to lead you through video techniques with your SLR. We also have updates on the busy schedules for Winston Hall and Nikonians Academy Director Mike Hagen

Nikonians News Flash #151

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:12:20 +0200

This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news relating to Nikon
-Two Coolpix cameras get firmware upgrades
-Nikon sponsored workshops
-Nik Summit
-200-400mm reincarnation
-Nikon 24mm 1.4 availability-Rent it!
-Energizer Recharge Smart battery charger
-OnOne Software's Plugin Suite 5 discount
-Nikonians new member photo contest
-Amy from Nikonians Photo Pro Shop North America on Markins new ball head
-Next week Nikonians co-founder JRP

Download Nikonians News Flash #151 (NPC-NF-2010-04-18.mp3;4:19; 3.95MB; MP3 format)

New 24mm Nikkor lens in stock

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:48:31 +0200

We would like to inform you that BorrowLenses now has the new Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED in stock. It is designed primarily for Nikon's FX format, currently consisting of D3-series and D700 digital SLR cameras.

Welcoming Photo Contest - Phase VI debuts

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:35:41 +0200

New members of the Nikonians community will be eligible for a welcoming gift in Phase VI of our popular Welcoming Photo Contest.
All members registered between April 12 and May 18 2010, no matter at which level (from Basic to Platinum) will be eligible to participate in this five-week contest.
Each weekly winner will be receiving one license of the Award winning Topaz Photoshop Plug-in Bundle courtesy of Topaz Labs (currently valued each at $180 USD.
Check the Contest Announcement for details.

New programs make image uploading very easy

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:18:47 +0200

Share your work and enjoy your photography - We have two new applications that make it easier to share your images: Nikonians Uploader for Mac and Annotate Expert's uploader module for Windows users.