Canon and Sony News for Jul 2011 (Page 2)
Canon Europe has posted a nice Wireless File Transmitter overview.
Lensbaby has announced availability of its Portrait Kits and Senior Style Portrait Photo Contest (press release).
That's right - Lensrentals is now shipping a chess set - as in the game.
This is definitely the most awesome chess set I have seen to date.
B&H is accepting preorders for the new Apple MacBook Air and 27" Thunderbolt Monitor.
"B&H Photo is happy to announce that we will no longer charge customer's credit cards for pre-orders, backorders or special order items at the time of order. Credit cards will be charged once the item is actually shipped."
The (American Society of Media Photographers) has posted a Social Media Tutorial for photographers.
After a positive 1st half of 2011, Tamron has announced a Revision of Forecast on Earnings and Dividends.
As with any new operating system release, software compatibility must be considered.
The first compatibility consideration for Canon DSLR owners is that Canon EOS Utility reportedly does not work under Mac OS X Lion.
Update: Canon EOS Utility 2.8.1 is compatible, but the next two versions are not (thanks Vas).
Nikon has issued the following statement regarding Mac OS X version 10.7 Lion Compatibility (note that "plan to test" does not mean "currently functions properly"):
We plan to test the Macintosh versions of the following software applications for compatibility with Mac OS X version 10.7 (some older applications will not be tested). We will announce our plans regarding full compatibility once testing is complete.
- Capture NX 2
- ViewNX 2
- Camera Control Pro 2
- WT-4 Setup Utility/Thumbnail Selector
- nik Color Efex Pro 3.0
- PC-PJ Transfer
We do not intend to provide compatibility with the following applications.
- Capture NX Ver. 1.x
- Camera Control Pro Ver. 1.x
- Nikon Capture series
- ViewNX Ver. 1.x
- Nikon Transfer Ver. 1.x
- PictureProject
- Nikon View series
- Nikon Scan series
- PictureProject COOLPIX Remote Control
- WT-3 Setup Utility
- Wireless Camera Setup Utility
- Wireless Connecting Utility
- nik Color Efex Pro 2.0
In addition, we do not plan to provide compatibility for other software, or SCSI- or serial-connection products. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause
Thanks John
DxO Labs has added 29 new lens / camera combinations to the DxO Optics Modules library, providing supports for Sigma, Tamron, Nikkor, Panasonic, and Pentax lenses, for numerous Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, and Pentax cameras.
Visit this page to see the new combinations.
DxO Optics Pro is available at B&H.
Apple has introduced several new products - and has discontinued the white plastic MacBook.
Apple MacBook Air
Apple Mac Mini
Apple Thunderbolt 27" Display
Apple OS X Lion is now shipping
More information from Macworld:
New Mac minis add Thunderbolt, lose optical drive
Apple brings Thunderbolt to its 27-inch display
Apple adds Core i5, Thunderbolt to MacBook Air
Lion arrives in Mac App Store
Canon USA has added the newly announced Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II Lens to their website - assuring that the lens will indeed be coming to the USA.
The Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 II DG HSM Lens (press release) has been announced.
Adobe has made Photoshop Elements 9 Editor (press release) available in the Mac App Store.
Canon has posted EOS 60D Firmware Version 1.1.0.
Firmware Version 1.1.0 incorporates the following fixes and improvements.
1. Fixes a phenomenon where the wireless built-in flash settings are reset to defaults when the battery is removed from the camera.
2. Fixes an intermittent phenomenon where image-rotation information is not recognized correctly when shooting with the camera in the vertical position depending on the timing of the shutter release.
Western Digital has announced that it is now shipping a new 1TB hard drive sized to fit mainstream notebook computers (press release).
B&H has the Western Digital 1TB Scorpio Blue SATA 2.5" Hard Drive in stock.
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