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This HDR News Section Provides News Archives Of Tech News Concerning High Dynamic Range Imaging

Below are HDR news snippets from press releases on high dynamic range imaging from their respective companies.

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Sony's Compact NEX-5 and NEX-3 ... May 11, 2010 ... The NEX-5 and NEX-3 can now shoot a high-speed burst of three images at different exposure values that are electronically combined in the camera.

BenQ's T1260 HDR Camera ... May 7, 2010 ... BenQ's unique HDR image enhancement technology empowers the camera to overcome lighting challenges by differentiating between the tiniest increments in highly contrasting light levels of an image.

Adobe Launches Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended ... April 12, 2010 ... Photoshop CS5 now offers next-generation high dynamic range (HDR) capabilities.

PENTAX 645D ... March 2010 ... HDR (high dynamic range) function to create one composite image with an extra-wide gradation range from three images with different exposures.

Nikon COOLPIX P100, L110 Released ... Feb. 3, 2010 ... A new Backlit Scene HDR scene mode has been added to enable capture of intended photographs.

Unified Color Technologies Launches Mac Version Of Its Acclaimed HDR PhotoStudio Software ... Feb. 2, 2010 ... HDR PhotoStudio’s unique 32-bit floating-point technology and Beyond RGB color space is the only HDR-capable software which can accurately depict and edit all the colors the human visual system can recognize.

Simply Better Pictures With The a450 ... Jan. 5, 2010 ... Creative options are enhanced with Auto HDR mode that accommodates bright highlights and dark shadow details in a single frame.

TrueHDR Released ... Dec. 1, 2009 ... TrueHDR is the first app for the iPhone that does HDR in the true sense, in that it combines two photos taken at different exposures and presents a higher dynamic range than a single photo can capture.

Pentax K-7 Voted Readers’ Choice Camera 2009 by Adorama Learning Center Readers ... Nov. 27, 2009 ... 1,524 voted for the Pentax K-7—a small, water-resistant digital SLR camera that was the first DSLR to offer internal High Dynamic Range when it was introduced earlier this year.

onOne Software Announces PhotoTune 3 ... Oct. 27, 2009 ... The new PhotoTune 3 uses patented eye-fidelity™ technology, originally developed by and licensed from imsense. imsense has developed and patented breakthrough algorithms to solve the problem of Dynamic Range Correction in standard and HDR images.

Ohanaware Issues HDRtist 1.0 For Mac OS X ... Sept. 30, 2009 ... HDRtist is easy to use HDR software, that creates HDR photos and tone maps them in a single step. An intuitive design makes it simple to choose from our 4 different tone mapping techniques.

Adobe Releases Photoshop Elements 8 ... Sept. 23, 2009 ... With Adobe Photomerge® Exposure, users can simply merge multiple shots of the same scene, with and without a flash, together to create a perfectly lit photo that shows every detail.

Pentax Announces Affordable, New Pentax K-x ... Sept. 16, 2009 ... True High Dynamic Range (HDR) image capture blends 3 bracketed images into a single picture with outstanding shadow, highlight, and midrange detail.

Open-Source Camera Could Revolutionize Digital Photography ... Sept. 4, 2009 ... The process of high-dynamic-range imaging is to capture pictures of the same scene with different exposures and then to combine them into a composite image in which every pixel is optimally lit. Until now, this trick could be done only with images in computers. Levoy wants cameras to do this right at the scene, on demand.

Try Hydra And Its HDR Imagery ... Aug. 28, 2009 ... The very first HDR application for the Mac supporting 64-bit architectures.

Sony Brings Full-Frame Quality To A New Class Of DSLR Photo Enthusiasts ... Aug. 27, 2009 ... Other key features aimed to expand creative options include the Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO).

Capture The Moment In Perfect Detail With New Sony DSLR Cameras ... Aug. 27, 2009 ... These are Sony’s first DSLR cameras that offer an in-camera High Dynamic Range (HDR) feature for capturing highlights and shadows.

onOne Software Announces Support For Nikon DSLRs in DSLR Camera Remote iPhone Application ... Aug. 27, 2009 ... Auto Bracketing to create a series of bracketed exposures for HDR images.

Hyperfocal Design Announces "V-Series: Night Skies 2" ... Aug. 26, 2009 ... V-Series' signature features are super high resolution and in the case of HDRs, very high dynamic range.

Ricoh Announces The CX2 ... Aug. 20, 2009 ... Dynamic range double shot mode makes it possible to record images with an almost naked-eye impression; it has a new AUTO option where the camera automatically defines the optimal exposure difference. Now it is even easier to enjoy the benefits of dynamic range expansion of up to 12EV.

Fujifilm's unique Super CCD EXR Sensor Wins EISA "European Digital Imaging Innovation 2009-2010" Award ... Aug. 15, 2009 ... A further high dynamic range (DR) mode combines two exposures to deal with high contrast situations.

New Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ35, 18X Optical Superzoom Digital Camera Features High Definition Video Recording ... July 27, 2009 ... High Dynamic Mode – Helps to capture a scene with moderate exposure even though the scene may contain both bright and dark areas.

AKVIS Enhancer v.10.0: Improve Detail in Digital Images! Now with Smart Correction ... July 24, 2009 ... The HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging) technology expands the dynamic range of an image and shows details in both shadows and highlights. Note that you will need several shots of the same scene to generate one HDR-image. But the result is impressive.

Fujifilm Unveils Its Most Advanced Consumer Model To Date: The Finepix S200EXR Digital Camera ... July 22, 2009 ... Wide Dynamic Range (DR) Mode: Captures different exposures with two sets of 6 million pixels, which, when combined, gives an excellent level of detail in highlights that would otherwise be lost.

SilverFast HDRi ... July 2, 2009 ... The new 64 bit HDRi format from LaserSoft Imaging contains the full dynamic range data of the original plus all image correction data in one file.

Introducing Advanced Remote Control for Digital Cameras: The Promote® Control ... June 26, 2009 ... Promote Control offers unique flexibility for exposure bracketing, which is commonly used to create High Dynamic Range images. High Dynamic Range, or HDR imaging quickly gains popularity these days, thanks to stunning detail and tone range rendition.

Unified Color Unveils Updated Version of its HDR PhotoStudio™ Image Editing Software ... June 9, 2009 ... Modeled after human vision, HDR PhotoStudio is the only imaging software featuring accurate color, full color gamut and HDR editing capability.

Pentax Introduces Advanced Pentax K-7 Digital SLR ... May 20, 2009 ... A High Dynamic Range (HDR) image capture mode captures three images then combines them in camera to widen the exposure gamut to bring out detail in all exposure areas of images.

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