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Pretec, as the 2nd in the world to offer CF card (1995) and the producer of the world’s largest capacity CF card (64GB), proudly unveils at CES 2009 today the Pretec CFast™Storage Card, another breakthrough in the flash. Pretec CFast™Storage Card is a revolutionary product with CF card sized form factor incorporating the key strength of high speed SATA interface.

Pretec 333X CF card, the highest speed CF card in the world released on September 2008 at Photokina is running at the speed up to 50MB/s, such traditional CF standard adopts PATA standard with maximum transfer speed of 133MB/s, will soon become the bottleneck for the ever increased speed demand of SSD. CFast™is developed by CompactFlash Association (http://www.compactflash.org) to break the speed limit from 133MB/s (PATA) to 375MB/s (SATA) while keep the small and popular original CF mechanical form factor.

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Breeze Systems Release NKRemote 1.0: remote capture software for Nikon D3, D700, D300, D90 and D200 cameras

14th January 2009: Breeze Systems announce the immediate availability of NKRemote 1.0; Windows based software to control Nikon DSLR cameras from a PC. Breeze Systems’ highly regarded software has been used to control Canon cameras since 2001. NKRemote 1.0 is the first full release of similar software for Nikon DSLR cameras and currently supports the Nikon D3, D700, D300, D90 and D200.

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Direct Purchasing Relationship with Product Manufacturer Enables ExpoImaging to Lower Price of Lightweight, Portable Ray Flash to $199.95

ExpoImaging Inc., developer of innovative camera accessories, including the ExpoDisc Digital White Balance Filter and the ExpoAperture2 Depth-of-Field Guide, today announced it has lowered the price of the popular Ray Flash Adapter by $100 to $199.95, after entering into a direct purchasing relationship with the Czech Republic-based manufacturer of the product. The Ray Flash, which was launched in the U.S. in the spring of 2008, is a portable and lightweight adapter for shoe-mount flash units that replicates the unique lighting effect produced by heavy, tethered, powered studio ring flash units.
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A second selection of photos featuring beautiful reflections.

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Portrait Retouching in photoshop video tutorial

SpeedlightProKit is making its first foray into the UK with the launch of its ProKit flash accessory pack.

The kit consists of a reflector hood that fastens to the flash light with a non slip Velcro strap, a diffuser panel and a large honeycomb panel, both of which fit into the reflector and two smaller honeycombs each with their own hood.

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XDepth Raw Converter: A Digital Raw Photo Development, Processing and Compression Software Released Free of Charge

XDepth Raw Converter is a high quality raw development and 48bit image processing software featuring proprietary XDepth Jpeg-compatible compression technologies and several exclusive features

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When Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski was asked why he wrote this book, he replied, “It’s simple: I wanted to write the Photoshop book that I wished was around when I was learning Photoshop”. You’ve always known that layers were the key to understanding Photoshop, and now you have a resource to show you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, and concise writing style you’ll learn about:

• Working with and managing multiple layers
• Building multiple layered images
• Blending layers together
• Exactly which of the 25+ Blend Modes you need to worry about (there’s just a few)
• Layer Masking and just how easy it is.
• Using layers to enhance and retouch your photos
• All of the tips and tricks that make using layers a breeze.

If you want to finally understand layers in Photoshop, this book is the one you’ve been waiting for.

Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature

All photography needs light.  It’s at the heart of the word photography.  For the most part that light comes from the sun or from an artificial flash.  But today I’d like to talk about the use of fire as the primary source of light.  Fire, from a single candle to a raging inferno, presents some great opportunities to stretch your creative side.

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Successful photographers have a particular style of post processing for their images. This “style” is a signature that defines their product from other photographers. However, this doesn’t mean that they spend hours upon hours figuring out how to unify every single image. What gives?

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Casio America, Inc. and its parent company, Casio Computer Co., Ltd., released some exciting details about its upcoming digital camera models today. Soon to be released are the EXILIM models EX-Z400, EX-Z270, and EX-S12, which make the most of Casio’s high-speed image processing engine to enable users to cut and paste moving subjects onto still backgrounds.

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