Fantasea Line announces the addition of a new housing specifically designed for the Nikon Coolpix S610 and S610c digital cameras. The FS-610 housing is fully functional providing photographers with access to all camera functions. Fantasea's new housing design and improved construction, together with a depth rating to 60 meters/200 feet, makes the FS-610 ideal for outdoor and underwater photographers. The Fantasea FS-610 housing has a double O-ring seal on all controls, anti-glare hood over LCD screen, and built-in diffuser. The FS-610 also features a 46mm port ring thread for easy attachment of accessory lenses and filters.

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onOne Software today announced the availability of holiday-themed frames, textures, layouts, backgrounds, and adornments for their award-winning Photoshop® plug-ins, PhotoFrame 3 and PhotoFrame 4. The new content adds the perfect finishing touch to holiday cards, portraits or albums and is immediately available as free downloads from the onOne Exchange. These free elements are in addition to the 1000+ frames, backgrounds, textures, and adornments included with PhotoFrame 4 and are compatible with Essentials 2 for Apple® iPhoto® and Essentials 2 for Adobe® Photoshop® Elements®.

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Nikon has released updated firmware for its SB-900 Speedlight flash strobe on its support website. The Nikon SB-900 was introduced in July 2008, and Nikon states that version 5.02 of firmware includes two changes as follows: "With uninterrupted shooting with the SB-900 set to i-TTL mode, images captured just before the flash ceased firing were sometimes overexposed. This issue has been resolved. By resolving this issue, metering precision has...

MAGIX, the market leader in video editing*, releases its Video Pro X, a program for professional video editing and post production. MAGIX is offering a special introductory price to the users of Magix. Users of other MAGIX software or other video editing software packages may buy MAGIX Video Pro X for a special introductory price of 199.99 (249.99 Regular Price) - This software is available today online to download and purchase for 199.9

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It's not too late to subscribe to our free newsletter in time to get Friday night's issue with our Holiday Gift Guides. In this week's issue, we've got another exclusive: our 2008 Holiday Gift Guides. Our Camera Gift Guide lists the top digital cameras in a wide range of categories with links to each review and the average street price. Our Grab Bag Gift Guide with everything from books to tripods, including lenses, batteries, bags, straps, f...

Review (Summary): "... There are a lot of ways in which the D3 is superior to the A900: it's clearly quieter, and the mirror blackout is much shorter, and the camera as a whole is faster, crisper, more responsive (although the A900 is by no means bad). It's also bigger and heavier, and I don't like the user interface as much. Of course, those are things you get used to. ..

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Review (Summary): "... There are a lot of ways in which the D3 is superior to the A900: it's clearly quieter, and the mirror blackout is much shorter, and the camera as a whole is faster, crisper, more responsive (although the A900 is by no means bad). It's also bigger and heavier, and I don't like the user interface as much. Of course, those are things you get used to. ..

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Review Diary (Summary): "... Panasonic and Olympus realized the need and market for a new standard. Because they wanted to keep the sensor size (smaller than APS-C but much larger than in P&S cameras) and allow for interchangeable lenses. The Micro FourThirds standard was born. Essentially keeping the sensor size of the FourThirds system and removing the need for a mirror box. ...

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Los Angeles, CA -- November 20, 2008 -- Microtek, a world-leading manufacturer of digital imaging products, announced today a change in its sales strategy for digital imaging products in North America. For the North American market, Microtek is moving from an emphasis on selling a wide portfolio of consumer and professional scanners and digital imaging products to an exclusive emphasis on developing OEM relationships and vertical market opportunities....

(Weymouth, MA) November 13, 2008. . . According to new research from InfoTrends, Digital SLRs (DSLRs) are emerging as an area of rapid growth within the digital camera industry. Lower selling prices, a greater range of models, and better distribution have contributed to the growth in this market. Vendors and service providers that can provide solutions for how consumers connect, share, and create their images will realize success and future growth....