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Christmas is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the season of giving than with gifts! Make this Christmas extra special with RDP's Christmas promotions! With products suitable for photographers of all levels, you're bound to find something suitable for that special shutterbug in your life.
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Occurring over two action packed days with big names in the photography world such as Michael Yamashita, Steve McCurry and Michael Freeman, the 2011 edition of Images of Asia promises to be bigger than ever before! Get free entry to several talks and enter photo competitions and stand a chance to win $10,000.
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Established in 1952, Marumi is one of the world's oldest optics companies, with experience in all steps of production from manufacturing, to final assembly, to marketing. Material processing and glass polishing are all conducted in-house, producing some of the highest quality products in the world today.
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The holidays season is fast approaching, and what better way to usher it in than to get out there and take photos? We'll tell you what's better: standing a chance to win great prizes. With the theme 'Memory is Personal', tell us what memories mean to you through your photos!
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Rumours have been flying around, for a new Panasonic Lumix G camera, to possibly rival the very successful Olympus PEN E-P3. Panasonic GF3 has taken the 'mini mirrorless' section whilst the G3 and GH2 has yet to compete successfully with the Olympus PEN E-P3. Here comes the Panasonic GX1? A new series, with a very good grip, while looking very much like a Panasonic GF2 and the very first GF1 (in terms of size) could be a serious content to the EP3. The Panasonic GF2 was only launched early this year, and the GX1 looks very similar to it, with a souped up Venus engine and 0.09 second AF!
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Yesterday, Canon Inc. and Canon Singapore today announced the company’s foray into the motion picture production industry with the Cinema EOS System, a new professional Digital Cinematography ...

The successor to the venerable Canon Powershot S95 has been announced! While following the same formula that made the S90 and S95 such popular cameras - large sensor in a compact body, 5x ...

After 12 hours, 3 themes, and a record number of 2078 participants, the 9th Canon PhotoMarathon Singapore has reached its conclusion. With the three themes of 'Eat', 'Circle', and 'Imagine', participants were challenged to frame, take, and submit their photographs in the stipulated time periods.

Submissions were judged according to the following criteria:
- Relevance to theme
- Creativity in theme interpretation
- Use of colours and light/shadows
- Composition of photograph
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Sony is expanding its range of interchangeable lens cameras today with a new A-mount model appealing to advanced amateurs and serious photo enthusiasts, the Alpha-77. The new camera is the fastest ...

Nikon has announced the new CoolPix P7100, an addition to the popular mid-range compact Nikon CoolPix P7000. Key features include a 3.0 inch tilt, vari-angle LCD screen, and filter effects. ...

Is Canon finally coming out with a Mirrorless camera system? The rumours are intensifying after the slew of launches of the dominant players in the Mirrorless market, with recent launches of the Sony NEX-C3, launch of Olympus E-P3, E-PL3, E-PM1 and Panasonic G3 and GF3.

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Hoya has sold the Pentax camera division to Ricoh. The Pentax Imaging Systems Division will be spun-out as a new company and its shares transfered to Ricoh on October 1st. The deal will ...

The 2011 Asian Auto Salon kicks off today at the Singapore EXPO hall 5 with exhibitors from Taiwan, Japan and China. Get your fixed on the latest carbon fibre parts, LED auto lighting, suspension systems at the show! The AAS is from 1st July till 3rd July Sunday (10am to 10pm!)
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Along with its announcement of the Lumix DMC-GF3, Panasonic also announced the Leica Summilux 25mm f/1.4 ASPH lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras.

The lens promises superb optical ...

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the release of Creative Suite 5.5 in April 2011. Part of a new release strategy, this mid-cycle release will allow both designers and developers to keep up ...

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Four Nikon products receive the "red dot award: product design 2011" - Nikon D7000, COOLPIX P7000 COOLPIX S1100pj, and EDG 8X42.


TOKYO-Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that the Nikon D7000 digital-SLR camera, the COOLPIX P7000 and S1100pj compact digital cameras, and the EDG 8x42 binoculars, developed, manufactured and sold by Nikon subsidiary Nikon Vision Co., Ltd, have been awarded the "red dot award: product design 2011" by Germany's Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen.

The "red dot award: product design" is a world-class award presented to products released over the past two years that exhibit superiority in terms of a total of nine aspects, including innovation, functionality, ergonomics, ecology and durability.
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Positive Production of NIKKOR Lenses Continues

Total Production of NIKKOR Lenses for Nikon SLR Cameras Reaches Sixty Million
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April 5, 2011

Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of NIKKOR interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras reached 60 million in March 2011.



In 1959, Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) released its first SLR camera, the Nikon F. At the same time, Nikon also released its first NIKKOR interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras, among them the NIKKOR-S Auto 5cm f/2. In the half century since, NIKKOR lenses have become the favorite lenses of a wide variety of users, and have been extremely well received by a great number of photo enthusiasts and professional photographers.
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Di1000 is the latest product on cutting edge of design, technology and innovation. This new model features the world first high resistance ability from overheated reaction, a new flash tube invented by Nissin is able to flash up to 100 times continuously which is 3 times more than the standard. Working Di1000 with Nissin Power Pack PS300 maximizes the flash to ultimate performance of high speed charging. Main features include the outstanding functions of Di866 Mark II, extraordinary powerful guide number of 60 and user friendly design of color display.
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