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Recently, DSLR cameras have become the most popular models for astronomical photography. Intended for serious amateur photographers and all types of shooting, DSLRs have several key features that make them particularly desirable for nighttime photography. First and most important, their large sensors offer much lower noise and cleaner images than do compact point-and-shoot digital cameras, especially at ISO 400 and higher. DSLRs feature interchangeable lenses— or direct attachment to a telescope’s focuser —making them by far the most versatile cameras for all forms of astrophotography, from panoramas with wide-angle lenses to deep-sky close-ups through a telescope. Alan Dyer from SkyNews compared the three commonly available DSLRs in the market today for astronomical photography - the Canon Digital Rebel XTi (400D), Nikon D80, and Pentax K10D. Here’s the conclusion:

“At the end of the testing, Canon emerged victorious. Its low noise and lack of other artifacts make it the most suitable for long exposures. Nevertheless, the Nikon and Pentax put up a good fight. Both produce fine results at ISO 400 and 800 settings if exposures are kept short. If you’re looking for a camera that’s compatible with existing hardware and planning to use it for only casual short-exposure astrophotography, the Pentax K10D and Nikon D80 will work very well.

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The National Park Foundation and Ford Motor Company are sponsoring a photography contest that will award some extravagant prizes. The 2007 Federal Recreational Lands Share the Experience Photo Contest will give a Ford Escape Hybrid sports utility vehicle, a trip for four to any federal recreation land, a digital camera, and an all-in-one photo printer to the grand prize winner. Second, third, and fourth prizes will include cameras and travel awards, and ten honorable mention winners will receive smaller prizes. The grand-prize-winning photo will be displayed on the 2009 Federal Recreational Lands Pass.

The 2007 Share the Experience Photo Contest will be open for submissions through December 31, 2007. Legal U.S. residents at least 18 years of age can enter by submitting up to three photos taken in one of the Federal Recreation Agency Lands during 2007.

According to the Share the Experience rules, submitted photos will be judged on “creativity; photographic quality; visual appeal; appropriateness; ability to show diversity and the richness of the Federal Recreation Lands.” Winners will be announced in late May 2008.

Website :  Photography Contest to win an Escape hybrid SUV

Camera & Imaging Products Association(CIPA) is an organization in Japan made up of members engaged in the production or distribution of silver halide cameras, digital cameras, and related devices, instruments and software. A recent data released last week shows that the DSLR production and high megapixel counts are on the rise.

In the first half of 2007, manufacturers shipped out 42.4 million digital still cameras; a 27 percent increase from the same period last year. The increase is valued at 899.5 billion yen ($7.54 billion USD); an 18 percent increase.

Nearly 3.38 million of the cameras shipped from January to June 2007 were digital SLRs, an increase of 75 percent from the first half of 2006. Compact cameras with built-in lenses, however, grew only 24 percent year-over-year, accounting for 39.06 million units.

The report shows digital cameras shipped during the first half of this year have higher megapixel counts compared to last year. Cameras with image sensors of less than 6 megapixels dropped significantly, falling 72 percent, as manufacturers continue bumping up megapixel counts. Cameras with 6- to 8-megapixel counts rose in production by 62 percent, while cameras with 8 megapixels or higher more than doubled, at a 156 percent increase.

Website :  DSLR Camera Production Grows 75 Percent from Last Year

Sigma Corp. of America, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., announces its third photo contest of the season, “Summer Dreams.” Entrants must submit photos that follow the summer dreams theme and submitted photos must be taken using a Sigma lens. Each photo must be accompanied by an entry form, detailing equipment used and why the entrant believes the submitted image fits in with the summer dreams theme.

The contest is for U.S. residents and all entries must be received by Sept. 30. The wnners will be announced Oct. 31. The award for first prize is a 50-150mm f2.8 EX DC lens, second prize award is a 70mm f2.8 EX DG lens, and the third prize is a 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 EX DC lens.

Website :  Sigma Corp. announces “Summer Dreams” photo contest

Kingston Technology announced it is increasing the write speed of its popular line of CompactFlash Ultimate memory cards to 266X - twice the minimum sustained write speed previously available in the Ultimate line. Kingston CF Ultimate cards will also have an added feature of free MediaRecover data recovery software that serves as a recovery tool to help restore lost, deleted or corrupted image files.

“Photographers using DSLR cameras are looking for faster card write speeds to capture life’s moments as they happen without interruption,” said Mark Akoubian, Flash memory product manager, Kingston. “Kingston CompactFlash Ultimate 266X memory cards maximize a digital camera’s performance”

Kingston CompactFlash Ultimate Cards - Prices
• 2GB CompactFlash Ultimate card : $83.00 US price
• 4GB CompactFlash Ultimate card : $144.00 US price
• 8GB CompactFlash Ultimate card : $280.00 US price

Eastman Kodak Co., the world’s largest photography company, sued Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., claiming infringement of four U.S. patents on digital-camera technology.Matsushita, the world’s biggest maker of consumer electronics, is using Kodak’s inventions without permission, Kodak said in a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Tyler, Texas. Also sued were Panasonic Corp., Victor Co., and JVC Americas Corp. Matsushita owns all of Panasonic and a majority stake in Victor, which makes the JVC brand.

Kodak, based in Rochester, New York, claims that digital cameras made by the companies are using Kodak inventions patented between 1991 and 2001 for image compression, storage, color sensors and previews. The patents are among those Kodak used against Sony Corp. in a suit that was settled in January.

Kodak, which popularized film cameras, licenses technology to camera makers, such as Olympus Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. It gets royalties from Sony as part of the patent settlement.

The case is Eastman-Kodak Co. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., 07cv352, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (Tyler). To review the disputed patents through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Web site, search for patent numbers 5,016,107; 5,164,831; 5,493,335; and 6,292,218 at http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/srchnum.htm .

Website :  Kodak Sues Matsushita Over Digital Camera Patents

According to the figures released by GfK Marketing Services, British consumers snapped up 32% more digital SLRs in the three months to 30 June - compared to the same quarter last year - triggering a 37% rise in lens sales

Around 101,000 digital SLRs were sold from April-June 2007, generating £48m. Though overall digital camera unit sales grew by 12% - including 11% more compact cameras - the total value of the market fell by 3%.

Lens sales increased by 37% in volume and 25% in value terms, when comparing April-June 2007 to the same three months last year.

Also booming are tripod sales which pulled in £2m in value over the quarter. The figure also reveals a 19% rise in unit sales of compacts at ‘Mass Merchandisers’ - a market that includes supermarkets, department stores, mail order and internet sales.
Website :  Britain’s digital SLR camera sales rise 32%