Digital Camera News and Reviews

Canon i-SENSYS LBP3010

Trusted Reviews has tested a Canon laser printer that has a low price tag. The laser printer is called Canon i-SENSYS LBP3010 and is able to print up to 14 pages per minute in monochrome. The Canon printer seems to be targeted at the entry-level laser printer market.

Some key features for the Canon i-SENSYS LBP3010 printer:
-Print speeds up to 14 pages per minute
-Monochrome laser printer
-Up to 2400 x 600 dpi print resolution
-USB 2 connectivity

Trusted Reviews ends up giving the Canon i-SENSYS LBP3010 a very good review and even gives it a “Trusted Reviews Recommended” award. The printer gets an overall score of 9 out of 10 possible points. The Canon scores highest on print speeds and value for your money, a little lower on print quality and lowest on features. The LBP3010 seems to be a great little mono laser printer for personal use in your home office or for school work. It may be a little expensive to run, but it is still a good choice if you are looking for a cheap laser printer.
Read the full review of the Canon i-SENSYS LBP3010 laser printer here.

HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf

About.com has reviewed a monochrome laser printer from HP. The printer is called HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf and has duplex capabilities along with a 150 sheet input tray and automatic document feeder.

Some key features for the HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf:
-150-sheet input tray
-100-sheet face-down bin
-35 sheets automatic document feeder
-Automatic duplexer
-2-line, 16-character display

About.com ends up giving the HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf an ok review with a total score of 3.5 out of 5 possible stars. The reviewer really like the extremely fast printing, the quality of the monochrome prints and the easy Plug and Play technology. On the negative side we find aspects such as high price tag and that links to online user guides did not work when the tests were done. Overall the HP printer seems like a good choice looking for a fast printer that makes monochrome prints of high quality.
Read the full review of the HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf laser printer here.

Praktica DPix 5000WP

Prakticka has announced a new digital camera. The compact camera is called Praktica DPix 5000WP and is waterproof with a modest 5 megapixels, but at a low price.

Some key features for the Praktica DPix 5000WP:
-Waterproof
-1/3.2” CMOS sensor
-5 megapixels
-5 scene modes
-5 white balance settings
-Able to record 720p HD video at 30 frames per second
-Uses AAA batteries

The Praktica DPix 5000WP will be available soon according to Amazon.de and will cost about €63.98.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.0

Adobe has announced the release of two new release candidates of their products. The release candiditates are Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.2 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.2. The updates adds support for Raw files from 12 new models, improved lens correction profiles and over 50 new lens profiles.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.2 and Adobe Camera Raw 6.2 can be downloaded for free for Lightroom customers and Photoshop CS5 customers.

Press release:
Adobe Posts Lightroom 3.2 and Camera Raw 6.2 Release Candidates on Adobe Labs

Adobe today announced the Lightroom 3.2 and Camera Raw 6.2 Release Candidates, available for immediate download on Adobe Labs. The updates extend raw file support to 12 new popular camera models, improve on several of the lens correction profiles introduced as part of the Lightroom 3 and Camera Raw 6.1 releases, and add over 50 new lens profiles to help photographers automatically correct for undesirable distortion and aberration effects.

In addition, the Lightroom 3.2 Release Candidate now allows Lightroom 3 customers the ability to publish their photos directly to Facebook from within the application, and addresses issues reported by customers on the Lightroom 3.0 release. Adobe continues to encourage the community to provide feedback on the updates so it can ensure the highest quality experience for customers working on a variety of hardware and software configurations.

Lightroom is the essential digital photography workflow solution, helping serious amateur and professional photographers quickly import, manage, enhance and showcase all their images from one application. The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in provides fast and easy access within Photoshop to the raw image formats produced by many leading digital cameras.

Pricing and Availability
The Lightroom 3.2 Release Candidate is available as a free download for Lightroom 3 customers, and the Photoshop Camera Raw 6.2 Release Candidate is available as a free download for Photoshop CS5 customers. For more information and to test out the updates visit http://labs.adobe.com/uk. Feedback can be provided on the Adobe User to User forum at http://forums.adobe.com.

*Please visit the Lightroom Journal for more information on these Release Candidates and a full list of the improved and newly added lens profiles: http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal

Newly Supported Camera Models
Panasonic DMC-FZ100, Panasonic DMC-FZ40 (FZ45), Panasonic DMC-LX5, Pentax 645D, Samsung NX10, Samsung TL500 (EX1), Sony A290, Sony A390, Sony Alpha NEX-3, Sony Alpha NEX-5

Also, this update improves the colour and noise profiles for the following cameras that utilise the DNG raw file format already supported in previous versions of Lightroom and Camera Raw: Casio EXILIM EX-FH100 (DNG) and Leica S2 (DNG).