PhotoWorld Asia 2008
PhP 4,000 participant fee for the conference until Jan. 30, 2008 only!
PhP 4,500 starting Jan. 31, 2008
Conference Schedule
Register online at http://www.photoworldmanila.com/form_pwa08_reg.html
Canon laucnhes the EOS 450D as its newest addition to their entry level DSLRs. The 450D now has 12MP resolution, 3.5fps shooting capability and 3.0″ LCD with Live View. It now uses SD/SDHC instead of the usual CF from the 350D/400D. You won’t be able to use your BG-E3 battery grips from your 350D/400D as the 450D uses the BG-E5 battery grip.
The EOS 450D features at a glance:
Check out the detailed specs of the Canon EOS 450D at DPReview.
2 New Canon L-Series Telephotos
The EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM and EF200mm f/2L IS USM are professional L-Series lenses that incorporate the latest generation of Canon’s high-performance Optical Image Stabilizer system (OIS), giving them a stabilization effect equivalent to a shutter speed four settings faster. In addition, they feature optical systems utilizing fluorite and UD lens elements to provide excellent chromatic aberration correction for high-resolution, high-contrast shooting performance. Both lenses use only lead-free glass, and also incorporate lightweight yet durable magnesium alloy lens barrels with enhanced resistance to moisture and dust.
The Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM is an exceptionally sharp lens that is significantly lighter (2520g/5.5 lbs. vs. 3000g/6.6 lbs.) than its predecessor, the renowned EF200mm f/1.8L USM lens, while adding OIS and a weather-resistant design. Ideal for all kinds of low-light photography including portraiture as well as indoor sports, the EF200mm f/2L IS USM has a close-focus setting of 1.9 m/6.2 feet and a circular aperture system that enhances its background blur rendition at wide apertures.
The Canon EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM is not only the longest focal length lens available with OIS, it is also virtually the same physical size as the EF600mm f/4L IS USM (461mm vs. 456mm), while weighing nearly 2 lbs. less (4500g/9.9 lbs. vs. 5360g/11.8 lbs.). These outstanding features were made possible by the use of a lightweight magnesium alloy lens barrel construction and a state-of-the-art super-telephoto optical system featuring 2 fluorite elements as well as Super UD and UD glass elements. The EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM is well-suited for a wide variety of long-range photo applications such as wildlife and nature photography as well as sports and documentary photojournalism.
The new Canon EF200mm f/2L IS USM is scheduled to be available in April at an estimated retail price of $5,999.00 and the new Canon EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM is scheduled to be available in May for an estimated retail price of $11,999.00.
Canon and DPP will be having another Print Like A Pro seminar on October 12, 6:00pm-10:00pm at Bella Luce (a.k.a. DPP HQ).
This is the second time that they will be having this event. Topics to be tackled will be Basic Color Management and Inkjet Printing. There will only be forty (40) slots available for this seminar.
The Canon Pixma Pro9500 and the Pixma MP970 will be officially launched during this seminar.
The seminar will also showcase the black & white printing capabilities of the Canon Pixma Pro9500. Participants are encouraged to submit images for digital mono images for printing and display during the seminar.
Printing stations will be set up in the venue so that participants can print their images for free.
Remember to submit an image ASAP for printing and display.
Only 30 images will be displayed during the seminar - and they will all be printed on A3 Canon Fine Art Photo Paper
This seminar is for free.
Register online at DPP.
You are invited to the 3rd Philippine Bird Festival Sugbu. This event is open to the public, whole day, no need to pre-register and it’s FREE.
Nilo Arribas Jr, Bobby Kintanar and Raul Puentespina will be launching their photographic bird coffee table book entitled Birds of Cebu and Bohol, Philippines.
There are also about 30 selected framed 11×14 wild bird photos as part of the exhibit at Waterfront Cebu. All photos were taken using Digital SLR system.
Check out Wild Bird Club of the Philippines for more info on the event.
Thanks to Nilo Arribas Jr. for the invitation.
Take Photography to a New Level
The Blue Leaf (Jade Pavillion)
McKinley Hill Village
Fort Bonifacio Taguig
6:30PM September 20, 2007)
Join Canon Philippines on Thursday, September 20, 2007 for a night of cocktails, entertainment, prizes and special promos as they introduce the newest additios to Canon’s renowned line of Digital SLR Cameras.
The Canon EOS 40D and the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III.
Get a chance to own a new Canon EOS 40D.
Canon is also celebrating their 20th Anniversary of the EOS System. In honor of the milestone event, bring the following to the event for a chance to win special prizes!
Map to Blue Leaf
Register online for the Canon EOS 40D and Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Philippine Launch
Canon Launches photo contest in celebration of its 10th year
Canon Marketing Philippines Inc. calls on all amateur and professional Canon digital camera owners and users to join Canon’s SMILE7107, a photo competition that aims to showcase the best and distinct Filipino images taken in and around the Philippine archipelago. The activity will provide a venue to showcase exemplary photos from Canon photographers and to assist in the promotion of the beauty of the Philippines.
“The SMILE 7107 photo competition is just one component of our ImageNation campaign to celebrate Canon’s 10th anniversary in the Philippines,” said Ramon Arteficio, president and CEO of Canon Marketing (Philippines) Inc. ” Canon users have definitely captured and stored millions or even billions of images, enough to create a Canon ImageNation. This contest also provides a venue for us to suppoert Canon users and reqard them for their passions, while promoting everything beautiful and wonderful in the Philippines.”
Aptly named after the Philippines’ 7,107 islands, SMILE 7107 will have 10 themes:
These themes will allow participants to capture all that is beautiful and wonderful in the country.
Creative effects done within the camera at the time of exposure, such as multiple exposures, flash fill, lighting, filtration, etc. are allowed. Digital retouching is allowable on density, contrast adjustments, minor cropping on composition, burning, and dodging, and global adjustments. Major manipulation of main images through adding and subtracting are not allowed.
To join, interested citizens and permanent residents of the Philippines only need to submit a completed SMILE 7107 entry form, a CD containing the photo entry in jpeg format (at least 300 dpi), and a 4×6 sized print out. The CD must be labeled with the photographer’s name and photo title. All these requirements should be sealed in an envelope and labeled: SMILE 7107, Canon Marketing Philippines, Inc., Marvin Plaza Building, 2153 Don Chino Roces Ave., Makati City.
Drop boxes are located at the 1st, 2nd and 5th floors of the Canon head office at Marvin Plaza Building and at the head offices of I-Magazine Photography and Digital Photographer Philippines. Entry forms and additional information can be requested at the Canon head office at Marvin Plaza Building or it can be downloaded from www.canon.com.ph (What’s Hot Section), the Club EOS website (www.canon.com.ph/clubeos), the Digital Photographer Philippines’s forum (www.digitalphotographer.com.ph), or via email request from SMILE7107@canon.com.ph
Deadline of entries is at 12noon of September 15, 2007. A first, second and third place winner will be awarded per theme. The 10 first place winners will be given a PowerShot S3 IS digital camera and an A3+ sized printout with frame; the 10 second place winners will take home a Selphy photo printer and the 10 third place winners will receive a Canon Pixma iP1880. Aside from the 30 winners, a special category winner, the Judge’s Favorite, will be selected across all categories and will receive a voucher for Canon products worth P50,000.
“With Canon celebrating the 10th year in the Philippines, we are poised to strengthen our leadership position, making the brand synonymous to imageing through activities like the SMILE 7107 photo contest,” said Margie Escueta, corporate planning and communications, Canon Marketing (Philippines), Inc.
The exclusive photo contest is open to all Canon camera users, both digital point and shoot and digital SLR users.
Personally capturing the wonders and majesty of the 7,107 island of the Philippines using one’s camera is one awesome feat, but bringing home a prize and being recognized for it is more astounding.
Show the world how beautiful the Philippines is. Grab your Canon camera today and capture 7,107 smiles now.
Source: Philippines STAR
Capture One 4 is a brand new application building upon cutting edge technology. It keeps its predecessors’ great toolkit, but improves upon existing features and offers you several brand new ones.
The workflow orientation is still high in Capture One 4, and the simplified new user interface leaves more room for your images.
Providing best possible image quality is a cornerstone of Capture One. New tools for this and improved out-of-the-box results are part of Capture One 4. Check out some of the new features here:
Capture One 4 includes much more, so visit their new web site www.phaseone.com/4 to learn more - and check out the beta version! It is available now for download. Free of charge.
PENTAX has opened the doors of www.pentaxphotogallery.com to give PENTAX shooters around the world the opportunity to be represented in the gallery and share their most defining moments of photography. This virtual Photo Gallery is the first of its kind to offer space for passionate PENTAX photographers to exhibit their work, share and gain resources within an artistic community, create an online portfolio, and more.
“For decades, PENTAX collected the best images captured with our cameras and published the work annually in an historical, coffee table-type, book collection,” said Ned Bunnell, Vice President Marketing, PENTAX Imaging Company. “Now we are taking things in a new direction with the PENTAX Photo Gallery that offers 24/7/365 virtual access to the best photography captured by PENTAX photographers.”
Unlike most photo sharing websites, www.pentaxphotogallery.com is an original website that was designed exclusively for Pentaxians by PENTAX Imaging Company. PENTAX photographers may submit work for display and become part of an online photography community that reflects a collaborative archive of talent. Biographies of each photographer help reveal the personalities behind each lens.
With limitless virtual capacity, the PENTAX gallery already features more than 2,500 images submitted by more than 300 artists. Photographers range from 16 to 80 years of age and hail from more than 40 countries throughout Europe; Asia; the Middle East; North, South and Central Americas; Africa; and the Pacific Rim. The gallery offers site navigation in six languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, and Italian.
Featuring a search engine that locates images according to camera bodies and individual lenses (as well as photographer and subject category), the gallery educates budding photographers about the creative capabilities offered by the vast array of PENTAX digital SLR lenses.
PENTAX photographers interested in more information regarding submitting work to the gallery may email: photogallery@pentax.com. An informative flash demonstration of this process is also available at: http://extranet.texturemedia.com/pentax/photogallery/demo2/demo.html
Jo Avila’s former students and VAs got together during Jo Avila’s Annual VA & Student party held last Saturday, July 21, 2007 at his studio and everyone had a great time!
The group had discussions in putting up an online venue where all of Jo Avila’s former students and VA’s can meet each other and share some ideas. With Jo Avila’s approval, Raymond Veran created a Yahoo! Group aptly name Magalingdinkami with a tagline Disciples of Jo Avila; Jo uses pinakamagalingako as his nick/username in forums and emails thus the name Magalingdinkami.
This groups exists as a venue for us friends, students and va’s alike, to share in our common passion for Photography. Here, we freely exchange ideas, techniques, experiences, “kwento”, good times, and of course, good photos.
Feel free to shout out to anyone in the group and to express anything on your mind (Photography related of course). We welcome everything from equipment reviews to info and tidbits on the goings-on of the photography world.
Let’s all get together and talk about photography and why we all shouldn’t take photos of a cow eating grass
Cheers!
Jo Avila
Please come join us if you are a former photography student or VA of Jo Avila.
All photographers are advised that drawing of lots for Wedding Expo Philippines - 11th edition (Sept. 1 - 2, 2007; The PICC Forum, CCP Complex) photographers will be on Tuesday, July 24, 5 pm at the Themes & Motifs Makati Shangri-la Branch (Hotel corner along Ayala Ave.)
A total of twenty (20) slots will be drawn to determine the photographers who will exhibit in WEDDING EXPO PHILIPPINES - 11th edition on top of the Themes & Motifs one-stop-shop photographers. Photographers DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT during the drawing of lots. However, to be included in the draw, photographers must send a message (”Please include me in the draw”) through ANY ONE OF THE FF:
a. Email: info@themesnmotifs.
b. Call : (632) 413.7892
c. Text : 0919.3798206
d. Fax : (632) 410.0032
Don’t forget to include your name & contact details in your message so we can contact you, should your name be chosen as one of the twenty (20).
For more details about WEDDING EXPO PHILIPPINES, the most prestigious wedding fair in the country (biggest, most comprehensive, and longest running), please visit www.themesnmotifs.
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