The Digital Camera Photographer of the Year Competition in Full Swing
June 23, 2009
Reports say that the Digital Camera Photographer of the Year photography competition for 2009 is getting more and more thrilling with days progressing, as more entries are flowing in. The competition, which is organised by the Digital Camera Magazine that is arguably the fastest growing photography title in the UK, is open to both professionals and amateurs.
The aim of the competition, according to the conductors is to reveal the most imaginative as well as the most inspirational photographers across the world. September 30 is the last date to close the entries. The categories pertaining to the competition entries are; World in Motion, Planet Earth, Man-made, Destination Everywhere, Black & White, People & Portraits, Digital Vision, Landscapes, Fashion and This is Britain.
To take part in the competition by entering an image, the candidate is required to be a registered member of the magazine's website, agreeing to the terms and conditions put forth by the website at the entry. For the promotion of the competition event, Digital Camera is working in association with Sky Arts, Telegraph Media Group and the Royal Photographic Society.
A prize of GBP10,000 will be awarded to the competition's most memorable, as well as outstanding picture entered. He will also receive the title of the Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2009. The category winners from the ten categories will receive as follows; GBP 500 beside one year's subscription to Digital Camera magazine for free waits the person coming first, the second prize is GBP250 and an year's magazine subscription, and the third price is all about GBP 100 plus the magazine subscription.
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The persons coming first in the categories will also be awarded the free membership to the Royal Photographic Society for an year.
Casio Exilim EX-H10: World’s Lightest 10x Zoom Digital Camera
June 12, 2009
The new Casio Exilim EX-H10 Digital Camera comes with the aura of the world's lightest as well as the thinnest digital camera with a 10 x zoom factor. The model that has been announced by Casio recently is claimed to be coming with an ultra compact 24 mm body.
The stylish grey and black finish of the digital camera that appeared in the picture let out by the company apparently makes it a stylishly sleek device. The snapper button of the digital camera appears on the top part of the device that is adorned by a shiny silver panel.
Casio has claimed that the sleek snapper can capture up to a thousand shots on a single charging of the battery. If the claims turn out genuine, it is likely that this model within no time evolves into one of the hottest compact digital cameras in the history of the digital camera market.
The device is driven by an Exilim Engine 4.0, and would come with a sensor resolution of 12.1 mega pixels. Besides an all significant 10 x optical zoom of the camera, a few more impressive features such as make-up mode, night scene function, advance dynamic phot feature and a fresh landscape mode also accompanies the device.
Another important feature of the EX-H10 is its high-definition movie mode which allows the customers to shoot footage at a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The slim digital camera will hit he UK markets on early July 2009 with a price tag of GBP 299.
Sony Launches Cyber-Shot W180 Compact Digital Camera
June 1, 2009
Sony Cyber-Shot W180 Digital Camera has been launched by Sony with a statement that it is an ideal point and shoot snapper for families having fun outings and partylovers alike. The main features of the impressive digital compact camera is its CCD sensor of 10 mega pixel resolution and a remarkable ISO sensitivity of up to ISO 3200.
The colour options offered by the W180 are black, red or silver. The optical zoom of 3x can be enhanced using the digital Smart Zoom feature of the snapper to a maximum magnification of 17x. Sony presents seven standalone scene modes to the W180 that detects faces of up to eight people in a shot automatically, apart from releasing shutter only at the instance of subjects smiling.
The viewfinder of the camera is an LCD screen of 2.8 inches diagonal size. The display of the W180 is well complimented by a SteadyShot blur reduction feature. For switching between video playback/recording and still photography modes, the W180 provides a dedicated button. PC users are entitled to browse as well as share their videos and pictures using a software of the snapper called Picture Motion Browser 4.2.1.
Sony has described their new launch as the ideal, no fuss option for anyone who aspires to capture nights out, holidays and family moments. The UK digital camera markets can expect the W180 in early July, although the pricing is not yet been disclosed.
Digital Camera Tests Advised to Diabetics
May 20, 2009
Diabetes UK, a British charities aid foundation and diabetic association that functions for the welfare of the diabetes patients as well as the people who care for them, has opined that the best way to capture in-depth images of the eye to locate blindness causing diabetic retinopathy is through a digital camera.
The opinion of the association comes in the wake of a report stating around half a million UK diabetics were risking their eyesight by shying away from advanced tests. The charity makes it clearer by pointing out the fact that above 26 percent of the diabetes stricken adults in the UK had not taken the test last year.
The information, care and advocacy services director at Diabetes UK, Simon O'Neill commented that the charity was concerned that half a million diabetics in the country have still not had their eye-check using an advanced digital camera, as part of a retinal screening programme. Reports also substantiate his arguments saying that above sixty percent of the primary NHS care trusts were seldom hitting the 80 percent screening rate for adults with diabetes.
Meanwhile, a fund raising event was run by Diabetes UK on 15th May, which was titled 'Care for a Cuppa Day'. The event aimed at the hosting of a thousand tea parties in order to generate a fund of GBP150,000 as support offer to the charity.
David Miliband Burnt in Effigy in Sri Lankan Capital
May 18, 2009
The effigy of the UK's Foreign Secretary, David Miliband has been burned on the streets of Columbo, by the Sri Lankan protesters today, accusing the UK of backing the LTTE rebels. Beside, the protestors also attacked the British High Commission in Columbo by pelting stones and rotten eggs, as well as spraying graffiti. The protestors who numbered around a thousand had some placards with them, which carried slogans such as, 'Miliband is White Tiger' and 'Hands off Sri Lanka. We are no more your colony'.
The protesters who left after an hour of turbulent demonstration had also damaged the outer wall and a CCTV camera of the compound. However, no staff of the High Commission was injured. The protesters' mob had emerged all of a sudden from amid the jubiliation scenes in the city that followed the declaration by the Sri Lankan governmnent that combat operations in the twenty-six year old civil war of the country has come to an end with the routing of the rebel outfit. Today came the news of the death of the rebel leader V.Prabhakaran, his son Charles Anthony and a number of close aides of the rebel supremo, along with the news of Sri Lankan army winning the long civil war.
Meanwhile, the belligerent demonstration has in its turn triggered an enraged response from the UK that reprimanded the island authorities for allowing the protest to turn violent. A high commission spokesman said after the infuriating incident that it was an outrage that the demonstration was allowed by the authorities to turn out that violent enough to cause damage to their property, in apparent contravention of their responsibilities. On the other side, a Sri Lankan policeman said to the staff reporter cum photographer of the Digital Camera Reviews, Amy Don that they had not expected a sudden turn out of the kind. He added that the UK also had been equally irresponsible in allowing the same sort of action against the Sri Lankan embassy in London.
Numerous Sri Lankan citizens still hold on to a firm belief that the Western Countries had hypocritically backed the cause of the LTTE rebels by criticising both the Sri Lankan government's reluctance to call a ceasfire amidst the battle to allow the tens of thousands of civilians to escape and the Army's offensive against the rebel outfit. The government also was found acting in an apprehensive manner towards the journalists from the West, as the Nikon D90 Digital Camera that was seized by the officials from Don was not returned until the time this report has been completed.
Nevertheless, the UK has still been holding on to its GBP 5 billion promise to the Sri Lankan government for more efficient relief operations. Don, in her day's report hoped that the journalists would be permitted into the war-torn area now that the military operations are almost over, along with the safe returning of her advanced digital SLR. She also have reported that the condition of the tens of thousands of civilians who were caught in the cease-fire in the past week was not known, although the Army sources have avered that they are being attended with dedication.
However, the detainment of the three Sri Lankan doctors who had attended to the bruises of hundreds of civilians in the makeshift health care centres in the war zone by the authorities, accusing them of rendering false information to the media, has invited scorn from numerous countries all over the world, according to the latest reports.
