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  Panasonic offers big and fast SD card — for US$700

  If you want high data transfer speeds (20 megabytes per second) in a 32-gigabyte SD flash memory card — an industry first, Panasonic asserts — prepare to pay up for it.

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  SanDisk takes SDHC memory card to 32GB

  Flash card sizes continue to grow, and SanDisk has moved another rung up the ladder with its 32GB SDHC card, which will ship in Q2.

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  PNY, Transcend flash cards move to 32GB

  Jumping the Photo Marketing Association trade show gun by a few days, PNY Technologies announced several new 16GB and 32GB flash cards for cameras and video cameras on Thursday.

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  GPS gadget aims to ease geotagging

  ATP's GPS Photo Finder aims to automate the process of adding location data to digital photos, which today is usually a tedious manual process.

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  Eye-Fi joins with Lexar for licensed Wi-Fi memory cards

  Eye-Fi has announced a partnership with Lexar to produce wireless memory cards with Lexar memory.

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  Mac OS X gets Windows Media Photo

  Microsoft, while trying to get its HD Photo image format standardised as "JPEG XR", also continues to work on spreading the technology by more conventional means -- such as building Photoshop and Mac OS X support.

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  'Lucky' camera boosts telescope

  Photographers take multiple shots to reduce the chance that pictures will be marred by blinking or grimacing subjects. Now astronomers are applying the same technique to improve images of distant objects.

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  Microsoft photo standard comes into focus

  The company is optimistic that its HD Photo format will be renamed JPEG XR and standardised by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.

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  Wi-Fi memory cards coming to cameras

  It's an SD memory card with built-in networking. Sounds cool, but will you spring US$100 for it when it's released later this year?

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  Sony unveils latest Cybershots, Vaios and Handycams

  Sony hosted a product showcase at Carriageworks in Sydney's innner west yesterday, with the latest Handycam camcorders, Vaio notebooks and Cyber-shot digital cameras on display.

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  Memory cards: All your questions answered

  With all the different types and variations available, it's easy to get confused about memory cards. But as they now fit into everything from digital cameras to printers, phones and televisions, it's important to know your way around the memory card maze.

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  Photos: Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef

  Where better to launch a new range of cameras and camcorders than at the Great Barrier Reef?

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  Valentine's Day Gift Guide

  Face it -- roses, chocolates, and yes, diamond rings, have been done before. If you really want to impress your sweetheart, surprise him or her with a tech present that will have them remembering you the whole year through.

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  GPS: not just for the car anymore

  Declining prices and improved miniaturisation mean GPS is making its way out of the car and into other gadgets. You may never get lost again.

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  Modern-day Monet?

  A software engineer turned artist scours the Web for digital images, and the result pays homage to the Impressionists.

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  Inside Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

  Lightroom, like Apple Aperture, is designed for photographers who don't need all the compositing and effects tools in Photoshop. It provides a more work flow-oriented approach to photographic production tasks -- specifically viewing, selecting, organising, retouching, and outputting photos.

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  Watch the Lumixes fly up, up, up!

  Eight new Panasonic Lumix cameras, all featuring optical image stabilisation and Leica lenses, are due in shops this March.

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  Become your own cable guy

  For even the most mild-mannered gadget freak, keeping track of cables has become an unwanted challenge when travelling. David Braue offers a few tips for making the trip easier.

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  Oi!: Brand Tags' clouds cut through marketing hype

  CEOs and marketing types talk about improving or maintaining "brand values" all the time. But what do we really think of the companies that deliver us our modern existence? The site Brand Tags is attempting to find out.

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  Oi!: "Super lens" for phone photographers?

  Would a camera phone lens kit including an 8x optical zoom lens and a tripod coerce you to finally sell your stand-alone camera on eBay?

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  Oi!: Stocking stuffers from Snapfish

  Adding to its selection of custom-photo tree ornaments, key rings, coasters, mugs and T-shirts, you can now also order fridge magnets and good old fashioned wooden jigsaw puzzles from Snapfish's online printing service.

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  Oi!: New technology makes resizing images a snap

  While it's currently only proof of concept, this new technology will change the way we view images.

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  Oi!: Kodak enters the fashion fray

  Kodak attempts to take a leaf out of Nokia's book by offering a range of fashion accessories for its EasyShare cameras.

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  Oi!: Lowepro celebrates 40 years by hugging bears

  To celebrate its 40th anniversary, camera bag manufacturer Lowepro has announced the release of a backpack which allows you to both shoot and protect polar bears at the same time.

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  Oi!: Got grip? MonsterPod does!

  MonsterPod is a gravity defying camera tripod that claims it will stick to just about any surface.

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  Oi!: Fur or fins: Snapfish expands with Rabbit Photo

  You can now pick up prints ordered online through 70 Rabbit Photo outlets Australia-wide.

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  Oi!: SANYO powers up green initiative

  Consumer electronics vendor SANYO today announced a new environmentally-friendly rechargeable battery product dubbed "eneloop".

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  Memory cards: All your questions answered

  With all the different types and variations available, it's easy to get confused about memory cards. But as they now fit into everything from digital cameras to printers, phones and televisions, it's important to know your way around the memory card maze.

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  Adobe to take Photoshop online

  Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said.

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  Microsoft: Make our HD Photo format a standard

  Software giant would turn over its image tech to a standards group in a bid to displace today's reigning JPEG format.

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  Making art from tourists' digital photos

  Looking at 10 different photos of Niagara Falls, it might be hard to tell the difference between amateur snapshots and professional postcards.

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  Got grip? MonsterPod does!

  MonsterPod is a gravity defying camera tripod that claims it will stick to just about any surface.

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  Wi-Fi memory cards coming to cameras

  It's an SD memory card with built-in networking. Sounds cool, but will you spring US$100 for it when it's released later this year?

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  Share and organise holiday photos in a snap

  Suffering post holiday happy-snap headaches? Got so many photos crowding the hard-disk, you feel like throwing them all away? If that sounds like you, we've got some programs and pointers to help ease your nightmare.

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  Lowepro celebrates 40 years by hugging bears

  To celebrate its 40th anniversary, camera bag manufacturer Lowepro has announced the release of a backpack which allows you to both shoot and protect polar bears at the same time.

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  Kodak enters the fashion fray

  Kodak attempts to take a leaf out of Nokia's book by offering a range of fashion accessories for its EasyShare cameras.

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  Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4.0-5.6 IS lens

  A lightweight, compact design with its stabilisation and an affordable price make the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 IS a versatile lens for entry-level shooters and amateurs on a budget.

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  NU 8-inch Digital Photo Frame

  The NU Digital Photo Frame fares well against its big-name competitors but is ultimately letdown by poor viewing angles and limited file format support.

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  Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

  A tough, full-featured, well-built medium zoom lens, the Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR's relatively high price tag may nevertheless make you want to consider other options.

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  Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens

  The Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens is a solidly performing medium-zoom lens, with good optics and image stabilisation, that will appeal to more than just the entry-level crowd.

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  Panasonic DMW-MCFS5 Marine Case

  Being waterproof up to 40m and with access to all of the FS5 or FS3's functionality, the MCFS5 marine case is perfect for the regular scuba diver or snorkeller. If you can afford it, that is.

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  Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4.0-5.6 IS lens

  A lightweight, compact design with its stabilisation and an affordable price make the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 IS a versatile lens for entry-level shooters and amateurs on a budget.

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  Maxtor Shared Storage Plus

  Consumer NAS drives don't get classier or easier than the Maxtor Shared Storage Plus, but we'd like to see Gigabit Ethernet on it.

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  Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens

  The Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens is a solidly performing medium-zoom lens, with good optics and image stabilisation, that will appeal to more than just the entry-level crowd.

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  Kaiser Baas 8-inch Digital Photo Frame

  This Kaiser Baas frame offers a stylish, convenient way to display your digital photos, but its appeal is hindered by cumbersome performance and an expensive price tag.

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  Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR

  A tough, full-featured, well-built medium zoom lens, the Nikon AF-S DX 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR's relatively high price tag may nevertheless make you want to consider other options.

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  Canon 1000D photos

  Canon's new entry-level digital SLR, the EOS 1000D, replaces the widely-popular 400D, adding new features to bring it more closely in line with the company's 450D.

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  Nikon P80 photo samples

  Photo samples plus a discussion of the photo quality of the Nikon Coolpix P80.

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