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    Panasonic 3D Camcorder Makes Winner's Eyes Water 

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    Harriet Weston
    Published on 10th January 2012 02:04 PM
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    Emap and Holdan are delighted to announce that Tristan Hall is the winner of the BVE North's Show Video competition. Tristan wins a new Panasonic HDC-Z10000 3D camcorder, courtesy of official Panasonic distributor Holdan and Panasonic, a half day's training from F-Stop Academy and £1,000 in prize money.
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    Sigma Announce Three New Lenses 

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    Harriet Weston
    Published on 10th January 2012 12:53 PM
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    Sigma 19mm F2.8 EX DN
    The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the new Sigma 19mm F2.8 EX DN. This high-performance wide angle lens is designed exclusively for mirrorless interchangeable lens
    cameras and has the equivalent angle of view as a 38mm (35mm equivalent focal length) on the Micro Four Thirds systems and 28.5mm (35mm equivalent focal length) on the E-mount system.
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    Color Confidence announce launch and availability of new DataColor Spyder4 range 

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    Harriet Weston
    Published on 5th January 2012 04:36 PM
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    Color Confidence, Europe’s leading value added distributor into the digital imaging markets, have today announced the launch and immediate availability of the Spyder4 range from DataColor. The new range of monitor calibration solutions consists of the Spyder4Express (basic functionality), Spyder4Pro (more control) and Spyder4Elite (professional capability)     and all devices can colour calibrate monitors, laptops, projectors, TVs, iPads and even iPhones. ...
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    Lexar Introduces Industry’s First 1000x Memory Card 

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    Harriet Weston
    Published on 5th January 2012 03:08 PM
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    Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory products, today announced the industry’s first 1000x memory card, the Lexar® Professional 1000x CompactFlash® (CF) card. The new card provides professional photographers and advanced photo and video enthusiasts with blazing-fast 150MB per second minimum guaranteed sustained read speed.
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    Camera Control Software Dedicated for the Sigma SD1 

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    Harriet Weston
    Published on 22nd December 2011 10:16 AM
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    The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of Sigma Capture Pro 1.0, remote camera control software dedicated to the Sigma SD1. Sigma Capture Pro 1.0 allows photographers to tether the Sigma SD1 camera to their computer and take control over camera settings and capture images remotely. By using a standard USB cable, SD1 users’ can adjust camera settings in the software such as aperture and shutter speed, exposure compensation and ISO value along with releasing the shutter to capture images.
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    Consumer confidence remains resoundingly low 

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    Harriet Weston
    Published on 20th December 2011 11:38 AM
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    Figures today from Nationwide reveal less than promising news for retailers. An increase of four points in confidence effects no significant change for a retail sector under considerable strain. The figures shown represent all too well a gloomy trend for high street consumers. The overall index score this month has increased to 40 from a record low of 36 in October, while the spending index rose two points to 77.
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    Why bother Christmas shopping? 

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    Harriet Weston
    Published on 19th December 2011 02:05 PM
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    Christmas shopping seems like too much hassle, effort and wasted time – that and you can’t decide what to buy
    The last week of Christmas shopping mayhem dawns; cash strapped consumers are on the hunt for last minute presents but are increasingly looking online for big discounts. Online shoppers will spend around £750 million this week in the last dash before Christmas.Studies are suggesting that bargain hunters will be walking 30 miles shopping and     ...
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