LENS CAPTURE

Vol. 1 No. 48
Autumn is in full swing and there are several things going on in the realm of photography to report on here.

There's the PDN Photo Expo which I attended this past Thursday to check out the latest gear and products. 

Tomorrow, Sunday October 25th, we are visiting the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.  Weather at meeting time is forecast to be sunny at 60°F. There's still time to join us there for some great photo opportunities.  We are meeting at 10:00 am at Pier 86 in Manhattan, 12th Avenue and 46th Street.  Tickets are $19.50 at the gate or you can save some time on line and buy them online.   So far we have a small group attending but I urge you to join us for an amazing walk aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid (CVS-11).  If you would like to sign-up so I know you are joining us, you can register here for the Intrepid Museum Photography Meet.  UPDATE - NO TRIPODS.

Adobe Releases Lightroom 3 Public Beta
You can download the latest release of Lightroom 3 beta free.  Adobe has made some really nice improvements to, what is already, a great application.  The importing feature has been redesigned and is more intuitive.  There's professional level noise reduction, and built-in film grain simulation. Drag and drop publishing to the web has been added so you can go directly from Lightroom to Flickr.  And you can finally export a slideshow with music embedded.  You can try out the beta for free until it expires on April 30, 2010.  Get Lightroom 3 Public Beta here. Did I mention it's FREE!

Lexar announces discounts off Adobe Software
In an October 20, 2009 press release Lexar Media, a leading provider of professional memory cards, has teamed with Adobe to offer rebates on popular Adobe photo and video editing tools.  More information can be found in Lexar's full press release.

Is it cool - Yeah!
While attending the PDN Photo Expo this past Thursday at the Javits Center in NYC, I visted the Nikon Booth to look over some of the new offerings.  One struck me as the coolest gadget out there right now.  Doesn't mean I would buy it, but cool none the less.   how many times have you shown family and friends images you've captured on the back of your tiny point-and-shoot lcd monitor.  Everyone squints to view the tiny 2.5" monitor to make out the tiny little colorful shapes. Well, those days are over with the new Nikon Coolpix S1000pj (street price $429.95).  This is the first camera with a built-in projector which can project 40" images up to 5.5 feet away.  Most of the other camera features are fairly standard in today's point-and-shoot arena.  The S1000pj is a 12.1 megapixel with a 5x (28-140mm equivalent) Nikkor zoom, image stabilization, motion detection, and high ISO (6400) capability.  The jury is still out on this one as I expect the reviews will be mixed. The issues I see are projector brightness and contrast along with battery life. But, the Coolpix S1000pj is definitely ground breaking.  For more info, visit Nikon's website.

That's it for now.  I'll be announcing the next LensCapture photo walk in the coming weeks.  So stay tuned!


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