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The Pentax 645D has just seen another major price drop. This 40-megapixel medium format digital camera, which retailed for around $10,000 when it launched in 2010, is now selling for $3999 from B&H Photo, Amazon, and other locations.

In the wake of a controversial federal plan that would force photographers to buy a pricey permit to film on federal wilderness areas, a new act named after one of America’s most famous and beloved photographers has been proposed. The bill, called the Ansel Adams Act, would also allow photographers to record the actions of police and government employees in the line of duty.

Ansel Adams--John Muir Trail Exhibit, Opens September 23, 2006. This exhibit
features more than 20 Ansel Adams originals as well as over a dozen vintage
prints. It will also showcase over 100 landscapes captured on the trail.

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New Portrait Professional 9 is portrait airbrushing software that has actually been trained in human appearance, using thousands of example photographs. The software therefore has a built in ‘knowledge base’ of human beauty, which makes it far faster and easier to use than conventional airbrushing software.

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Apple has announced a major update to Apple 3. Visit Support at www.apple.com for more information and download. This update improves overall stability and performance, and also includes the following specific fixes.

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Apple has announced that a 30-day free trial version of Aperture 1.5 is now
available on the web site. This is a fully functional version of this exciting
image management and editing program. The program is of course only available
for Apple computer users.



For a free download and more information visit: http://www.apple.com/aperture/trial/

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If you're a photographer who is considering upgrading from the Apple iPhone 12 Pro to the recently released iPhone Pro 13, the video below is for you. In the iPhone comparison, photographer Anita Sadowska pits the 13 Pro vs the 12 Pro to see which one performs better for portraits.