The Canon PIXMA MG8150 offers advanced printing technology in a beautiful black box design. With the new Intelligent Touch System and direct Flickr? access from the Canon Easy-PhotoPrint EX software, making photo prints from a variety of sources has been made easier for all levels of photographers. The new Full HD Movie Print Function allows … Read more
Mitsubishi brings the 3D experience to home theatres with its Diamond HC9000D 1080p full HD home theatre projector. The projector has a 120Hz refresh rate for ultra-smooth transitions and very natural images, while a comprehensive management function allows individual adjustment of each colour characteristic without affecting the other colours. Mitsubishi also has incorporated extra-low dispersion … Read more
This camcorder could be considered the perfect ?convergence? imaging system, equally serving the still photo and video worlds. The novel NEX-VG10 uses most of the electronics of Sony NEX-5 CSC, the same Exmor HD CMOS APS-C size sensor and the same E-mount for interchangeable lenses. However, its architecture and layout clearly favours video with a … Read more
The Canon PowerShot SX230 HS features a 12.1-Megapixel HS System with high-sensitivity CMOS sensor, and a 14x optical zoom (28-392mm equivalent) with optical image stabilisation. A 3-inch LCD screen, with 100% frame coverage, makes for easy viewing and menu control. TIPA members were impressed with features such as Full HD 1080p video with Dynamic Image … Read more
Professional monitors are key to end result image quality, and TIPA members were very impressed with the NEC SpectraView Reference 271, a 27-inch wide-format LCD. Calibration functionality is enhanced by a state of the art P-IPS Panel with 10-bit performance that can reproduce 1.07 billion colours and 97% usable Adobe RGB colour space. Featuring 2560 … Read more
Sony has developed translucent mirror technology for a new level of functionality. The advantages of a translucent, fixed mirror technology are evident in the form of real time, phase detect autofocus (also available in Movie Mode) and much increased burst mode speed. By means of SLT design bodies can also be made smaller, thus reducing … Read more
The TIPA Design Award goes to innovative products that combine form and function in new and unique ways, and that is why we choose CASIO EXILIM TRYX EX-TR100. Offering ‘freestyle’ shooting, the Casio can be used equally well by right and left-handed photographers and can be oriented any which way. The 21mm wide angle lens … Read more
Photoshop plug-ins take away some of the most labour-intensive photo manipulations and replace them with an easier to use ?script?, or presets. Nik plug-ins go one step further and provide the user with a unique ‘U-Point’ technology, allowing for customisation of individual image parameters. And all presets can be further customised to each photographer?s taste. … Read more
This premium, state-of-the-art, telephoto zoom lens provides users of full-frame and APS-C format digital SLR cameras with a myriad of features that make it stand out in the telephoto zoom class. Built to exacting SP (Super Performance) standards, it features the first-ever Tamron USD (Ultrasonic Silent Drive) for enhanced auto-focusing speed and responsiveness. To assist … Read more
The Epson Perfection V330 Photo scanner features an impressive 4800 x 9600 dpi optical resolution, four customisable buttons for easy one-touch operation, a built-in transparency unit for scanning film, and a 180-degree lid for scanning oversized objects. The scanner uses ReadyScan LED Technology for faster scan speeds, no warm-up time and lower power consumption. Epson’s … Read more