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Thursday, 08/07/08 - -ROCK is excited to announce the brand new Zion 525 & McKinley 526 camera backpacks. Both bags are identical except the McKinley includes large roller wheels and locking telescope handle. The backpacks include a modular interior with a removable Accessory Bag and spare dividers for three set up options. The basic set up is for a regular or Pro DSLR camera with up to a six inch lens attached, with room for an additional two to four lenses or photo accessories. The Accessory Bag above can hold more electronics, personal items or hiking gear. Replace the Accessory Bag with the extra dividers will allow you to load use all of the interior space for extra photographic supplies and load your SLR camera with up to a nine inch lens attached. The removed Accessory Bag has Web & Velcro arms below that can securely attach to the fabric handle on top of the backpacks. The suggested retail of the Zion 525 is $230 and $290 for the McKinley 526. Read full story for additional details.
Thursday, 08/07/08 - Canon today announces the VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder, and the VIXIA HG21 and VIXIA HG20 Hard Disk Drive camcorders, providing greater internal storage capacity, enhanced High-Definition image quality and added versatility for preserving life's most precious moments. The VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory camcorder can record up to 12 hours of High-Definition video to a 32GB internal Flash drive, as well as record directly to a removable SDHC card for expanded recording time. The VIXIA HG21 and VIXIA HG20 camcorders feature 120GB and 60GB Hard Disk Drives, respectively, for recording up to 45 or 22 hours of HD video, and also offer the ability to record directly to an SDHC card. All three models now offer 24Mbps bit rate recording - the highest possible bit rate in the AVCHD format. The faster bit rate offers enhanced detail, finer tonal gradation and improved reproduction of moving subjects. Available in September, the Canon VIXIA HF11 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder, and VIXIA HG21 and VIXIA HG20 Hard Disk Drive camcorders will have a suggested selling price of $1199, $1299, and $949, respectively.
Thursday, 08/07/08 - Sony today introduces two new Cyber-shot® digital cameras, the Cyber-shot® DSC-T700 and DSC-T77. The 10-megapixel T77 camera is Sony’s thinnest model at less than 5/8 of an inch with a 3-inch, 16 x 9 touch panel LCD screen. It features updated intelligent scene recognition technology, Smile Shutter™ and face detection technologies with child and adult priority, as well as high sensitivity shooting (up to ISO 3200), eleven scene modes, and in-camera image management.
The T700 model earns extra points as a "photo album in your pocket." It has all the features of the T77 unit plus 4GB of internal memory that can store nearly 1,000 full-resolution or 40,000 VGA-quality photos; a 3.5-inch, wide touch panel Xtra Fine LCD™ screen for photo-like viewing (210 pixel-per-inch resolution) with high contrast and wide-angle viewing; and a thin profile (slightly more than 5/8 of an inch) so it can easily slip into a pocket or purse.
The DSC-T77 camera replaces the former T70 model and will be available in brown, green, pink, black and silver in late September for about $300. The new DSC-T700 cameras ships at the same time in red, champagne gold, pink, dark gray and silver for about $400.
Thursday, 08/07/08 - Nikon is pleased to introduce its sixth generation of Wi-Fi enabled cameras, the new COOLPIX S610c. New to this generation of Wi-Fi cameras, the S610c's wireless service is provided by Wayport®, allowing consumers to share their images and videos from over 10,000 locations nationwide including over 9,700 participating McDonald's® restaurants and major hotel chains. As with previous generations of Nikon Wi-Fi cameras, the COOLPIX S610c can also take advantage of users' home wireless networks to email and store pictures on my Picturetown, Nikon's photo storage and sharing service. Other specs include a 10 Megapixel sensor, 3.6x Zoom-NIKKOR wide angle zoom lens, large 3.0" LCD screen, world's fastest start-up time, and more. The COOLPIX S610c digital camera will be available in Midnight Black nationwide beginning September 2008 with an MSRP of $329.95.
Thursday, 08/07/08 - Nikon today announces the COOLPIX S60, a stylish compact camera that introduces an entirely new, amazingly innovative, 3.5-inch TOUCH-SCREEN LCD and a new graphic user interface that places shooting and playback controls at the user's fingertips. To accompany its new TOUCH-SCREEN LCD, the COOLPIX S60 features several innovative shooting modes that are seamlessly integrated into the camera's interface. The camera's only "physical" buttons include the power and shutter release, leaving all the camera functions to the TOUCH-SCREEN display. Beyond the touch-screen, the Coolpix S60 features 10 Megapixel resolution, a 5x Zoom-NIKKOR lens with Optical VR image stabilization, smile mode, blink warning, and new fingertip control to zoom or scroll through images. The COOLPIX S60 will be available nationwide in September 2008 at an MSRP of $349.95
Thursday, 08/07/08 - Building on the success of the COOLPIX Style Series of digital cameras, Nikon today introduces the new COOLPIX S610, which blends elegant design and quality construction with high performance and intuitive controls and features. With 10 effective megapixels, a 4x Zoom-NIKKOR wide-angle lens, Optical VR Image Stabilization technology and automated modes like Active Child Mode, the COOLPIX S610 is perfect for consumers looking for a quality camera equipped with powerful photographic tools. The COOLPIX S610 offers the world's fastest start-up time and a new active child mode for tracking children and pets. The Nikon COOLPIX S610 will be available nationwide beginning September 2008 with an MSRP of $279.95.
Thursday, 08/07/08 - Nikon today announced the COOLPIX S710, a premium compact camera that not only masters the ease-of-use a compact camera offers, but also successfully incorporates many of the functions creative photographers demand from their traditional SLR cameras like Program, Aperture, Manual and Shutter priority modes. Further expanding the Style series of COOLPIX cameras, the S710 features 14.5 megapixels of ultra-sharp resolution, the precision optics of a 3.6x Zoom-NIKKOR wide-angle glass lens and the contours and fine finish of a stainless steel body. The Nikon COOLPIX S710 will be available nationwide beginning September 2008 at a MSRP of $379.95.
Thursday, 08/07/08 - Nikon Inc. is pleased to introduce the COOLPIX S560, a stylish new compact camera that offers photographic performance and easy-to-use features and controls. Sporting 10 effective megapixels, a 5x Zoom-NIKKOR lens, Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Image Stabilization technology, and 15 user-friendly scene modes, the COOLPIX S560 is the perfect camera for photographers looking for a compact, lightweight camera that is user-friendly with great creative power. Nikon has added two modes designed to help enhance yet simplify consumers' photo sharing experiences: Auto Sort Mode, which automatically categorizes images into folders for easy access, and Favorite Pictures Playback Mode, which takes selected photos in the Favorite folders and makes them an easily viewable slideshow. The Nikon COOLPIX S560 will be available nationwide beginning September 2008 at a MSRP of $249.95.
Thursday, 08/07/08 - Nikon Inc. today introduced its newest flagship COOLPIX compact camera, the COOLPIX P6000. Featuring 13.5 megapixels, a new, built-in global positioning system (GPS) unit, my Picturetown connectivity and the power of Nikon's exclusive EXPEED™ image processing concept, the P6000 offers the perfect photographic tool for photo and camera enthusiasts seeking the creative control of a Digital SLR in the compact body of a COOLPIX camera. The Nikon COOLPIX P6000 will be available nationwide beginning September 2008 at a MSRP of $499.95.
Wednesday, 08/06/08 - Eye-Fi Inc., makers of the world's first wireless memory card for digital cameras, today announced it has secured Series B funding of $11 million. The round was led by TransLink Capital, with new funding from LMS Capital and participation from existing investors Opus Capital and Shasta Ventures. TransLink Capital's co-founder and managing director, Toshi Otani, will join the Eye-Fi board. Eye-Fi will use the investment to fund further development of its portfolio, expand distribution into new markets, and scale its organization and market development activities to support its fast-growing business.
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