Press Release:
Extensis Portfolio 8 Now Available
Centralizes Key Digital Assets for Easier Sharing Across Workgroups
Portland, Ore. - Nov. 29th, 2005 - Extensis, a division of Celartem, Inc., today announced the availability of Portfolio 8, a major advance in its digital asset management (DAM) solution. The new version of Portfolio provides industrial-strength workflow features to organize and share digital files with visual catalogs and embedded metadata, making it easy to quickly find, route and distribute valuable branding collateral like images, brochures, layouts and logos within asset creation workgroups and externally with global partners. The Portfolio 8 product family includes a standalone version, Client/Server solution, as well as NetPublish and SQL Connect Modules. [click to continue...]
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Sony’s 10.3 megapixel Cyber-shot SSC-R1 has had a user review posted at Photographic Review and here’s their opinion. “Very impressive picture Quality and an unique stellar fixed Zoom lens without any problems with Dust on Sensor. Sony listened to the 7×7 and 8×8 users and improved some features, for example - timed exposure, - 2nd parameter Dial, - quick switch from playback to record mode via half- pressing the shutter release button - focus push button in manual focusing, - exact flash exposure correction, - complete technical information in the EVF/LCD, - Grid lines for picture composing and architectural shots in the viewfinder, - overexposure warning via “Zebra mode”, - histogramm for all RGB channels. - improved LCD/EVF - information board about important fotographic paramaters like exposure time, f-Stop, ISO, etc. under (oand therefore outside) the preview pic in EVF/LCD This means also: If You are familiar with the 7×7 or 8×8 Sony cameras, you can use also the R1. The only camera with live histogramm and overexposure warning with APS sized sensor! A really impressive all in one tool.”
HP’s 5.1 megapixel Photosmart R817 has beed reviewed at Megapixel and here’s the bottom line.
Olympus’s 8 megapixel EVOLT E-500 has been reviewed at CNET Asia and here is their summary. “The Olympus E-500 dSLR is an excellent all-rounder for photography enthusiasts who wish to step up to the digital SLR arena and budding professionals. While it may not be the best in its class, it’s definitely scoring lots of value points.”
The good: Lightweight body; easy-to-understand button layout; full-frame transfer CCD; Supersonic Wave Filter; 15 scene modes; excellent performance in its class; battery lasts over 300 shots; usable pictures up to ISO 800.
The bad: Small optical viewfinder; boring menus layout; no status LCD; over-exposed pictures may exhibit hard clip properties; USB 1.1 connection.
Olympus’s 6 megapixel FE-120 has been reviewed at Digicam Review and here’s the verdict. “The Olympus FE-120 / X700 is a compact 6 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom lens and is excellent value for money, however, even more impressive is that the camera produces good to very good results, with good quality pictures with good colour and detail. The camera is consistently able to focus, even in low-light although slow focusing may put some people off - the high success rate should compensate for the delays. The huge number of scene modes make this already easy to use camera even easier to use, and help achieve very good results. The Olympus FE-120 / X700 is definitely a bargain, and is definitely recommended for those looking for an easy to use point and shoot camera capable of making large prints.”
Digital camera sleuths at Rob Galbraith today reported on a new CR card storage device for digital photographers called the Digital Remora.
As Shutterbug reporter Peter Burian writes: “The most affordable 6-megapixel digital SLR at the time of this writing, the Nikon D50 sells for about $250 less than the new/improved D70s. In spite of that substantial difference, the entry-level model incorporates much of the same technology and many of the same capabilities. And as a bonus, it’s a bit smaller and lighter, more likely to appeal to those switching from a compact digicam or a lightweight 35mm SLR.”
