Here’s the link to the Huffington Post piece on the exhibition.

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide(1), today introduced iProjection – its first projection app for wirelessly displaying documents and photos to Epson projectors, allowing mobile professionals and educators the freedom to present content wirelessly with ease. Available for free in the App Store^SM, iProjection enables wireless projection from most iOS Apple devices running iOS 4.2 or later, including the iPad^®, iPhone^® and iPod touch^®. iProjection is also cloud-ready, supporting cloud files services such as Dropbox or various email applications.

“As tablet and smart phone popularity continues to grow, both business users and teachers are in need of an intuitive and easy-to-use application that will allow them to leverage content from their Apple iOS devices and project it wirelessly,” said Brian Savarese, product manager, Epson America, Inc. “Whether presenting on the road or in the classroom, iProjection expands iOS device’s wireless capabilities for collaboration with larger than life images on wireless Epson projectors.”

iProjection allows mobile users to present to any Epson wireless projector from mobile Apple iOS devices such as an iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and is ideal for business users who need to travel light yet maintain the capability of presenting with a full-featured projector. In addition, as more teachers integrate mobile content into their lesson plans, iProjection is beneficial in a classroom environment, allowing teachers the flexibility to move about the classroom while simultaneously sharing larger than life content. This versatile app also allows teachers and business professionals to access files through the cloud, offering the ability to display documents and files not residing on the mobile device. The app is compatible with Microsoft Word^®, PowerPoint^®, Excel^®, Apple Keynote, Adobe^® PDF, and JPEG and PNG image files, as well as cloud services such as Dropbox and email applications such as Gmail.

iProjection is currently available for free download in the App Store. For more information on iProjection, visit http://www.epson.com/projectorapp.

About Epson

Epson is a global imaging and innovation leader dedicated to exceeding the vision of customers worldwide through its compact, energy-saving, high-precision technologies, with a product line-up ranging from printers and 3LCD projectors for enterprise and the home, to sensors and other microdevices. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 78,000 employees in 99 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates. To learn more about Epson, please visit: http://global.epson.com.

You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (http://facebook.com/EpsonAmerica), Twitter (http://twitter.com/EpsonAmerica and http://twitter.com/EpsonEducation) and YouTube (http://youtube.com/EpsonTV).

(1)Based upon Q3 2011 worldwide front projection market share estimates from Pacific Media Associates.

Note: Epson is a registered trademarks and Epson Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation. Apple, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. All other product brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks.

• Winner to get €1,000 Amazon voucher and winning photo to become part of professional photography archive; five runners up get €250
• Winning photos to be announced by Global Wind Day, 15 June 2012

A wind energy photo competition, open to all, was launched today. In the run-up to Global Wind Day on 15 June – the annual day promoting the power of the wind around the world – photographers are invited to let their imaginations take the lead and show wind energy technology in a new way, in line with the competition title, “Wind in Mind”.

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The six winners, who will receive a €1,000 Amazon voucher or one of five €250 vouchers, will be chosen by an expert jury and announced shortly after Global Wind Day. All the winning pictures will be displayed outdoors the EU area of Brussels.

The overall winning photo will also become part of an online professional photography collection, http://www.hardrainproject.com, and be published in renewable energy newspaper ‘Recharge‘ and in the European wind energy industry magazine Wind Directions.

“I can’t think of a better subject for a contemporary photo competition than wind energy,” said Julian Scola, Communication Director of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), organisers of the Global Wind Day alongside the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). “Wind turbines are an icon: symbols of the fight against climate change, of sustainability, of our modern age. While some people noisily oppose wind turbines there are many others who love them and find them a graceful addition to our landscape”.

Lauha Fried, Communications Director at GWEC, highlighted the global nature of the competition: “Wind power is an essential source of clean energy in over 80 countries today – we’d like to see photos taken from all around the world and encourage everyone to participate by sending us your best shots. A new feature for this year’s edition is the continental subcategory where a winner will be chosen for each continent”.

The competition is open until 6 May; for more information on the competition, on Global Wind Day, and to submit photos: http://www.globalwindday.org.

As in all competitions, check the terms and conditions carefully. The copyright section discussing the uses of the image is below:
COPYRIGHT AND PUBLICITY:
- Entrants must be the photographer and owner of the copyright for any image entered.
- By entering the contest participants grant GWEC and EWEA a worldwide non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute and display the photos in their publications, on the website and through social media channels. Photos will not be used for commercial gain. The photos may be also used in marketing materials relating to the competition.
- By entering the contest participants grant all Global Wind Day partners (see website http://www.globalwindday.org/) a non-exclusive license to reproduce, display and distribute the photos in their publications, on the website and through social media channels in connection only with Global Wind Day and clearly labeled as an entry to the 2012 Global Wind day Photo Competition.
- Photographers will always be credited alongside their image.

Great Output is an excellent blog on printing and related topics to do with imaging and art. Definitely worth a read.

For those who don’t know, Hermeticism is a philosophical system that has greatly influenced Western esoteric thought. For the last few weeks I have been totally absorbed, to the exclusion of all else, in Western Kabbalistic and esoteric thought as it relates to the arts as part of a Masters degree I am working on, so the topic is forefront in my mind at present.

One of the core concepts of the Western esoteric tradition, including Hermeticism, is that of the four classical elements: earth, air, fire and water. These four classical elements are tied to aspects of our being, so earth is the physical, air is the mental, fire is the inspirational and water is the emotional. In many systems of esoteric thought there is a fifth element, spirit. So at the personal level we consist of five ‘dimensions’ of ourselves: the physical, intellectual (conscious), inspirational (subconscious), emotional and spiritual aspects that as a whole make up who we are.

When I consider the artwork that has really touched me profoundly over the years I realise that such work has impacted me at all five levels or dimensions of my being. Take, for example, the large, dark paintings from Rothko’s mature work, the viewing of which I consider one of the most profound experiences of my life. These works impacted me on all five levels:

• physically, by their size and dominant ‘presence’ in the space;
• mentally, by stimulating thought of colour resonances, use of space and proportion, etc;
• inspirationally, in that they appear in my dreams and have inspired some of my own, meagre in comparison, art explorations;
• emotionally, as they evoked deep and profound emotional reactions;
• spiritually, in that even now, many years later, when I bring them to mind there is a shift in consciousness and a profound connection with the ‘other’ that is impossible to put in writing.

I have had similar reactions with other works of art: Pollack’s action paintings, especially Blue Poles, some of Bill Viola’s video works and such.

In thinking about all this I realised that, informally, I rate art and photography on this five point scale: the most profound work hits all five levels, other work may only hit one, two, three or four of them.

Contemporary art has stressed the intellectual, the conceptual and, indeed, there has been an active pull away from emotional and spiritual art. However, as the research I’ve been doing has shown, whilst the pull away from the emotional and spiritual in art has certainly been there at the institutional level and among most art critics, curators and art historians, it has certainly not been there for the actual creators themselves. A careful examination of the literature shows large numbers of artists who are connecting with their work at all levels and certainly aspire to state something profound in their work on all five levels. It is just that, for the sake of their careers, many artists are reticent to speak of such things until such time as they are well enough established that the institutions will want to show their work no matter what they say.

This idea of multi-dimensionality also explains why much of contemporary art is shallow. Certainly when I examine new work being shown I find it appealing at some levels, perhaps physically from its presence or use of materials, or intellectually from the conceptual aspects. But if that is as far as it goes it only rises to a one or two on my five-point scale. This is a particular problem for digital art and photography, which can often even miss out on the physicality aspect.

As an artist, I strive to bring all five aspects into play in my own work. I’ve not succeeded yet, to my satisfaction. In my writing I try for the same, as yet, unachieved target. And that is the thing that pushes me to keep trying, to keep going deeper into my own self and tap all levels when making my art.

It may benefit you in the production of your own work to just try looking at things from this way too and seeing how you feel about it.

You can find details on this website.

Art Wolfe and a Southern elephant seal weaner, South Georgia Island

Below is the press release.

Corel AfterShot Pro User Interface - Mac

Corel AfterShot Pro User Interface - Windows

Sydney, Australia — Media OutReach — January 10, 2012 — Corel is pleased to announced the exciting expansion of its digital photography portfolio with the introduction of Corel® AfterShot™ Pro. The total photographic workflow solution for professional and enthusiast photographers will be displayed today at Pepcom®’s Digital Experience!® and tomorrow at Showstopper® at CES. Providing complete RAW workflow, flexible photo management, advanced, nondestructive editing and breakthrough performance, AfterShot Pro offers a powerful and affordable alternative to products like Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® and ACD Systems ACDSee™ Pro. Based on technology from Corel’s acquisition of Bibble Labs, Corel AfterShot Pro provides Windows®, Mac OS® and Linux® users with the tools they need to get the most out of their photos.

“Today’s photographers, whether they’re professional or enthusiast, are coming from shoots with hundreds, if not thousands of photos,” said Chad Kinzelberg, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Digital Media at Corel. “They want to be able to bring in their photos and get right to work finding their best shots and making them better. With AfterShot Pro we are delivering a powerful RAW workflow solution to help photographers power through their photo workflow and get back to doing what they love — taking great pictures.”

Flexible Workflow Gives Photographers Great Results – Fast

Fully multithreaded and optimized for multi-core and multi-CPU computers, Corel AfterShot Pro delivers fast RAW processing and incredibly color-accurate images with regular support for an ever-increasing number of major camera manufacturers and models. Unlike current competitors, AfterShot Pro offers workflow capabilities that enable you to work with photos virtually any way you want, such as quickly accessing images from existing file folders or memory cards or importing them into searchable catalogs. Corel AfterShot Pro’s powerful, non-destructive editing tools let you make your photos look their best, while unique selective editing capabilities provide incredible control over image adjustments by letting you apply them exactly where you want them. Corel AfterShot Pro key features include:

·         Breakthrough Performance: Corel AfterShot Pro is designed for speed and allows those with and without the latest hardware to process their images fast. AfterShot Pro is fully multithreaded and optimized for multi-core computers by taking advantage of every CPU at its disposal to maximize the speed of onscreen preview, adjustment and output generation.

·         RAW power: Corel AfterShot Pro is designed to help you make the most of the extra detail and data in your RAW images by offering fast RAW processing and incredibly color-accurate images.

Corel AfterShot Pro Adjustments

·         Flexible photo management:  Whether reviewing, adjusting or exporting RAW, JPEG or TIFF images, Corel AfterShot Pro gives you the freedom to work the way you want. Create custom or even portable catalogues that can be moved to another computer, or if you already organize your photos in folders on your computer, you aren’t required to catalogue them at all. Work with photos wherever they are, whether they are in folders on your hard drive or on a memory card.

Corel AfterShot Pro User Interface with Directory View - Mac

·         Robust Metadata tools: Browse and search your photos with ease using the powerful metadata features in Corel AfterShot Pro. Easily find your images with automatically imported EXIF data such as camera settings, lenses and dates. Add your own keywords, ratings, labels and tags or use industry-standard IPTC Metadata, such as captions and copyright. Tailor metadata sets to display only the information you want to see or use AfterShot™ Pro Presets to attach information to your photos for easy searching.

·         Advanced, Non-destructive editing: With the non-destructive editing tools in Corel AfterShot Pro, refine and enhance your photos without ever altering your original image. Apply intelligent automatic or manual adjustments–including complete exposure and tone control, color correction, white balance, noise reduction, curves and levels, lens correction and many more–knowing you can always revert to an earlier version of the image at any time.

·         Selective editing: The unique Regions and Layers capabilities in Corel AfterShot Pro give you incredible control over image adjustments by letting you apply them exactly where you want them.

Corel AfterShot Pro User Interface Selective Editing

·         Easy Photo-Editing Software Integration: When you’re ready to get into deeper photo editing and advanced image manipulation, Corel AfterShot Pro lets you to bring your image into Corel® PaintShop™ Pro,  Adobe® Photoshop® or the image editor of your choice from directly within the application.

·         Batch processing: Corel AfterShot Pro saves you time with some of the most advanced and flexible batch processing tools available. Use them to rename multiple files, apply adjustments to groups of similar files with the same settings, or convert and export files to one or more pre-defined image formats and sizes.

·         Speed to output: When you’re ready to create image files to print, share online or access in other applications, Corel AfterShot Pro offers lightning-fast output generation. Plus, use Batch Output to quickly process images according to predefined output settings like JPEG and PDF, create contact sheets or standard print sizes, and more. It’s easy to modify Batch settings or create a custom Batch process that suits your workflow.

Pricing and Availability

Corel AfterShot Pro is available in English, German, French, Dutch, Italian and Japanese immediately as an electronic download (ESD) from www.corel.com.au. Box versions will be available from Corel’s global resellers later in January 2012. Australia pricing is $99.99 (AUD).

To download a free fully-functional trial version or for more information about AfterShot Pro, please visit www.corel.com.au/aftershotpro

About Corel

Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world’s most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel®, PaintShop™ Pro, PaintShop Photo®, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip® and Corel® Digital Studio™.

© 2012 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, the Corel logo, the Corel Balloon logo, AfterShot Pro, Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, Digital Studio, PaintShop, PaintShop Photo, Painter, VideoStudio, WordPerfect, and WinDVD are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. WinZip is a registered trademark of WinZip International LLC. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today launched a number of new WiFi, networking, storage and media streaming products at CES 2012 that are set to transform the home computing and entertainment experience for consumers around the world, and cement the company’s position as the global leader of complete connectivity solutions.

Three of NETGEAR’s new products have also been honored as CES 2012 Innovations Design and Engineering Award winners. These include the company’s Media Storage Router (WNDR4700), the N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit DSL Modem Router (DGND4000) and the NETGEAR Genie® network management application.

“NETGEAR is leading the home networking revolution by redefining what the home network does and expanding its capabilities and functionality to help make people’s lives richer, more rewarding and more productive than ever before.” said NETGEAR CEO, Patrick Lo. “The smartest phone, the most capable tablet, the most feature rich connected TV, even smart appliances, all need a high performance, reliable and secure network to live up to their fullest potential. This is NETGEAR’s core mission – to deliver complete connectivity solutions and new features and capabilities for consumers around the world.”

A Better WiFi Experience
NETGEAR’s Universal Dual Band WiFi Range Extender (WN2500RP) extends dual band WiFi coverage for any home network. The WN2500RP offers simultaneous dual band WiFi which extends both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands concurrently, therefore reducing the effects of WiFi interference. The device is easy to install and set up with no need for a CD or Ethernet cable. With NETGEAR’s exclusive FastLane technology, customers can enjoy fast WiFi speeds at longer distances. This NETGEAR Dual Band WiFi Range Extender is ideal for homes with a mix of high bandwidth video streaming devices such as HD/3D Smart TVs, network DVRs, streaming media players, and more. For more information, please visit: www.netgear.com/WN2500RP

NETGEAR’s N900 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (WNDA4100) connects a notebook or desktop computer to a wireless network with ultra high speeds and is perfect for demanding applications like streaming HD video, downloading large files, and online gaming. The WNDA4100 delivers up to 450 Mbps WiFi speed on 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz frequencies and is the ideal complement to the N900 Dual Band Wireless Router (WNDR4500) and Media Storage Router (WNDR4700). Push ‘N’ Connect offers a secured connection and easy setup at the push of a button. For more information, please visit: http://www.netgear.com/wnda4100

Home Networking and Home Storage Converge
A CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree, the NETGEAR Media Storage Router (WNDR4700) embodies the intersection of two of the most important consumer technology trends of the last few years: The desire to store and stream large amounts of HD content and other media around the home and the need for high-speed, secure wireless connectivity for the rapidly growing number of Internet enabled devices in the home – everything from smartphones and tablets to game consoles, TVs and more. The ability to provide both Apple Time Machine backup and Windows PC backup services differentiates the high performance storage capabilities of this product. The Media Storage Router leaps ahead with up to 900 Mbps of combined WiFi speed and the industry’s best WiFi range for maximum performance.

The Media Storage Router comes with an integrated 2TB hard drive that is consumer-upgradable at any time. The Storage Router also provides two high-speed USB 3.0 ports for adding more storage capacity or for converting existing external USB hard drives into networked drives, making it the most advanced combination of wireless router and storage available to consumers today. For more information, please visit: http://www.netgear.com/wndr4700

Streaming Media and Home Theater
NETGEAR announced two products that make it easier than ever to connect Ethernet-enabled gaming and home theater devices to your home network. For consumers who want simple plug-and-play networking for a single device, such as a TV or a game console, NETGEAR’s new Powerline 500 Nano (XAVB5101) instantly converts a standard electrical wall outlet into a high-speed network connection that easily accommodates the most demanding multimedia tasks. For consumers who want to connect multiple devices in a room – including TVs, a network disk, media players, game consoles, PCs and other Ethernet-enabled devices – NETGEAR’s new N900 Video and Gaming 4-Port WiFi Adapter (WNCE4004) is the perfect device that can simultaneously connect up to four wired devices to your WiFi router at top speed.

NETGEAR also announced that Hulu Plus is now available on the NeoTV™ Streaming Player. Hulu Plus is the leading streaming service for current and back season TV episodes and acclaimed movies. With Hulu Plus, Netflix, Vudu™, Best Buy CinemaNow™, YouTube, Pandora®, and hundreds of other channels, NeoTV offers the best variety of both premium and long tail content. In addition, NETGEAR also announced that Intel Wireless Display technology (WiDi) will be added to future NeoTV streaming players. With Intel WiDi, customers can wirelessly display content from their laptop screen on their TV, in up to 1080p full HD video resolution. With Intel WiDi, the world of the Internet becomes available on the TV through the NeoTV.

To learn more about NETGEAR’s Powerline 500 Nano and N900 Video and Gaming 4-Port WiFi Adapter, please visit http://www.netgear.com/N500 and http://www.netgear.com/N900. To learn more about NeoTV200, please visit www.netgear.com/ntv

Complete Connectivity for DSL and Cable Homes
The NETGEAR CGD3700B/CGE3700B is the industry’s first concurrent dual band WiFi cable gateway to receive modem certifications for both DOCSIS 3.0 from CableLabs and EuroDOCSIS 3.0 from Cable Europe Labs. The NETGEAR CGD3700T is the first model of its kind based on an Intel chip set to receive DOCSIS 3.0 modem certification from CableLabs. Cable Europe Labs and CableLabs develop industry specifications and conduct product certification, among other activities. For more information, please visit: http://www.cablelabs.com/ and http://www.cableeurope.eu/index.php?page=technology.

With these products, NETGEAR is also the first company to provide a choice of Broadcom or Intel based DOCSIS 3.0 and EuroDOCSIS 3.0 modems with concurrent dual-band gateways to North American and European Multiple System Operators. This demonstrates the company’s continued leadership in offering next-generation DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS 3.0 gateway devices for consumers and businesses with advanced WiFi performance. For more information, please visit: www.netgear.com/CGD3700B-CGE3700B and http://www.netgear.com/CGD3700T-CGE3700T.

Another CES 2012 Innovations Design and Engineering award honoree product, the N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit DSL Modem Router (DGND4000) provides an integrated DSL modem with high performance wireless router with speeds of up to 450 Mbps for demanding applications such as streaming HD video and multiplayer gaming. The router also includes premium features such as ReadySHARE® Cloud for remote access to the USB hard drive and ReadySHARE Printer to convert your USB printer into a networked printer.

Introducing the Smart Network Cloud Application Platform
NETGEAR’s Smart Network Cloud Application Platform is a new technology platform that enables consumers to purchase and download apps from the cloud to optimize and personalize their connected home. Enabled exclusively on NETGEAR’s latest routers, ReadyNAS® storage devices, media players and future products, the NETGEAR Smart Network gives consumers far more control over their home network than ever before and enables enhanced capabilities and management of practically any connected device.

NETGEAR’s Smart Network Cloud Application Platform allows consumers to download apps from a variety of categories to their NETGEAR home network products. These downloaded apps will enable a nearly infinite number of capabilities, controls and applications for these connected NETGEAR home network devices, including media, gaming, security, energy conservation, and more. Consumers can use apps to do everything from managing smart home devices, such as WiFi thermostats, for increased energy efficiency, to ensuring priority and performance for streaming media entertainment. Other apps will greatly enhance personal productivity tasks, such as enabling simple print sharing and cloud printing capabilities for tablets or sharing pictures and home videos with friends and family on social networks without having to upload any files to public web sites. NETGEAR’s AppManager is a dashboard that enables consumers to select and use downloadable apps from a convenient cloud operated by NETGEAR. The AppManager dashboard offers a variety of apps built by NETGEAR as well as third party vendors, with more apps being added all the time. Users can interact with the apps directly from the dashboard, giving them a simple overview of their connected devices. From the NETGEAR Smart Network Cloud Application, consumers can easily download and install new apps to fit their needs. For more information, please visit: http://www.netgear.com/smartnetwork.

NETGEAR Genie Mobile
The NETGEAR Genie application, originally introduced as a desktop application for PCs and Macs, will be available as a smartphone and tablet app. The NETGEAR Genie mobile app for iOS and Android devices allows customers to easily monitor, control, and repair their home networks, ensuring that the network ‘just works.’ Parental Controls, Guest Networks, and a Network Map all can be managed through the Genie Mobile app. With the innovative MyMedia feature, Genie Mobile turns the smartphone or tablet into a DLNA controller – customers can find videos, music, and photos on their network and push them to SmartTVs. The NETGEAR Genie Mobile app will be available in Apple’s App Store and Android Market. The NETGEAR Genie is a CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree – the first ever software award winner from NETGEAR.

Next Gen WiFi
NETGEAR will also introduce new wireless network devices based on the upcoming IEEE 802.11ac WiFi standard. This 5th generation WiFi standard delivers greater than Gigabit speeds – up to 3 times faster than today’s fastest 802.11n products. 802.11ac includes technologies which substantially improve reliability, range, and power saving, making it the ideal wireless technology for video streaming and mobile devices. To learn more about 802.11ac please visit www.netgear.com/80211ac.

More information
Please visit www.netgear.com to learn more about NETGEAR’s new products and services.

About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of big IT. The company also supplies top service providers with retail proven, whole home solutions for their customers. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 28,000 retail locations around the globe, and through more than 37,000 value-added resellers. The company’s headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at http://www.NETGEAR.com or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at http://twitter.com/NETGEAR and http://www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.

© 2012 NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo, NETGEAR Genie, NeoTV, ReadyShare and ReadyNAS are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Apple, iPad, iPhone, Mac are trademarks of Apple, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.

Groundbreaking new Canon PowerShot G1X sets a new standard in advanced digital compact cameras

Canon’s new top-of-the-line compact takes quality and creative potential to unprecedented levels, setting the benchmark for low-noise/low-light shooting, creative control and picture quality in stills and video

Key features:

• New 1.5 type (18.7 x 14.0 mm) High Sensitivity CMOS Sensor for unprecedented detail, low noise and background blur
• New f/2.8 Lens (4x Optical Zoom and 28mm wide) designed to optimise the performance of the large-size sensor
• New DiG!C 5 Image Processor
• New 14-bit RAW shooting for richer gradation
• Manual control for full creative flexibility
• High-speed consecutive shooting at up to 4.5 frames per second at full resolution
• Full HD movie recording
• New 3.0 type vari-angle LCD with 922k dots (in addition to Optical Viewfinder)

SYDNEY, 10 January, 2012 – Pushing the limits of compact camera performance, Canon Australia is pleased to announce the ground-breaking new addition to the renowned PowerShot G-series – the PowerShot G1X – revealed today at the Canon booth (Booths N109 and 13304) at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. Setting it apart from its competitors, the PowerShot G1X features a unique Canon-developed 1.5 type High Sensitivity CMOS sensor (14.3MP), delivering unmatched light sensitivity and noise reduction for true-to-life image clarity never before seen in a compact camera – clearly positioning it as the new leader in its class.

“The PowerShot G1X is the ultimate companion camera for DSLR users from professionals to advanced amateurs who demand the highest quality in a compact size and the kind of creative image control that they’re used to in a DSLR,” said James Lai, Assistant Brand Manager – Digital Still Cameras, Canon Australia. “The G1X takes the G-series to a new level, offering the largest sensor ever in a Canon compact camera, a new optimised lens and a range of features that simply allow people to capture shots that were impossible with a compact camera before now. This is the camera both enthusiasts and pros will be putting at the top of their wish-lists for their ‘everyday’ camera option.”

The PowerShot G1X overcomes the problems that compacts struggle with to capture the detail in low light or varying light conditions, and achieve the creative effects that are typically associated with DSLR photography such as exquisite background blur that highlights the subject of the photo. Through the combination of the 1.5 type 14.3 megapixel High Sensitivity CMOS sensor and a newly developed Canon f/2.8 lens (4x Optical Zoom and 28mm Wide Angle), the camera delivers outstanding light sensitivity with low noise, and high resolution with enhanced clarity to bring images to life.

The new DiG!C 5 image processor delivers a new level of colour definition that shows off every shade in mother nature’s palette. Also, the DiG!C 5 processor and new large-area 1.5 type CMOS sensor are optimised to work together, producing clear pictures in dark situations with detail that is indiscernible to the human eye. Furthermore, the maximum 1/4000 shutter speed combined with light sensitivity up to ISO 12800 enable sports shooting in dimly lit environments.

For those whose talents stretch beyond just still imaging, the PowerShot G1X also features full HD (1080p) digital video recording capabilities. To ensure beautiful expression in both still and moving images, the G1X’s large sensor and 6-blade iris diaphragm combine to create a beautiful background blur to moving images as well as stills. The result is the photo or video subject being seen as the clear focus of the image, with background blurring far beyond what compact cameras have previously been able to produce.

“The PowerShot G1X has arrived to meet the growing demand for compact cameras that offer very high quality and full creative potential,” continued Lai. “We expect it to shake up the compact category with DSLR users and compact camera upgraders taking advantage of the powerful performance that has not existed at this level or in this compact form. The G1X is an unmatched compact camera option for those who demand high-quality results in a ready-to-go format”

Ensuring full creative expression, the PowerShot G1X is compatible with a comprehensive range of Canon EOS-related DSLR accessories including Speedlites, brackets, remote switches and lens filters.

Availability

The Canon G1X is set for launch in Australia in March (RRP TBC). For further details, keep your eye on the Canon website via: www.canon.com.au

In the US the estimated selling price of the Canon PowerShot G1 X camera is $799.99 and is scheduled to be available in February.

About Canon

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Improving your ability to see images is key to developing as a photographer. In fact it is this photographic seeing that is a large contributor to a photographer’s style: what you see and how you choose to capture it. Photographic seeing can be practiced.

Now I normally do this exercise with my students in courses, so there is the added push of having to bring resulting images to class next week to motivate, so you, working at home, will need to provide this push for yourself. Perhaps decide that each week you will put the best image up on your Facebook page for feedback, or on Flickr or your blog, show it to your husband or wife, or take it to the camera club. Whatever you need to do to motivate yourself, do it.

The exercise is in fact very simple. Pick a location that you are very familiar with, one where you would normally not consider taking photos, go there and keep shooting all sorts of different images until you think you have something. Then evaluate the images, paying attention to sections that work and not just the whole image. Then return to the same location and repeat.

Vision and perception is a muscle, like any other (figuratively) and so must be exercised to get stronger. I often point students to their local shopping strip, school and even rooms in their own home. In fact one of the most interesting I have ever set, and the results being so amazing that I now do this every course, is to get students to shoot in the smallest room of their home, which is usually the toilet. It pushes so many buttons: “what could I possibly shoot there”, “that’s disgusting”, “boring”, and so much more. Yet the photos that people bring back the following week are really amazing. In fact I sometimes push this further and make the assignment to only shoot within the toilet bowl. It is amazing just how creative you can be.

This exercise is really about restriction. By restricting your shooting to a well-known location it pushes the brain into a problem-solving mode of operation: “what can I do to get a good shot HERE?”

The extension of this exercise is to do this whenever you have some time to kill, such as waiting for an appointment or whatever. Use whatever camera you have with you, which for many will be their phone, and explore the space photographically in the time available.

Give it a try.