Imaging News, Articles and Reviews

Digital Cameras

Monster SD cards (SDXC) announced:  Toshiba has announced plans to be the first to ship the new SDXC memory cards starting with capacities of 64gb from Q2 2010.  More info info on CNET.

Digital Photography School have some tips on night photography with a digital SLR.  If you have a spare $22k (USD) you could consider getting one of these.  If you already have a Canon 50d digital SLR Photography Bay have word of a firmware update to correct magenta casts in certain conditions.  The very capable Canon PowerShot SX200 IS has been reviewed by Macworld and it seems they are quite smitten. Oh and there is another review of it here too.

Hollywood have figured out how to make you look like a complete Muppet using a Canon 5D II digital SLR… more on Gizmodo

Document Scanners

Life hacker have a quick guide to going paperless. All fairly common sense and orientated towards US readers but still worth a look. Imaging Resource report that the Epson V500 document scanner has been announced.  Maybe just the thing for a very small office or home office.

On a lighter note check out Gizmodo’s retro gadgets.

Printers and Multifunctions

The Epson PX650 has been announced. Lots of coverage  here, here and here.  Trying to call a printer high definition is a bit ridiculous but the promise of better than lab quality prints sounds appealing.  Also there is a video review of the Epson Stylus NX515 on Cnet.