Just Posted! Sony Alpha 900 in-depth review. Sony’s eagerly anticipated flagship digital SLR finally gives Minolta/Konica Minolta users a full frame option and, on paper, looks like a strong new entry to the exclusive full frame club. Featuring the 24.6 MP CMOS sensor announced in January, the Alpha 900 offers several enticing features, including sensor-shift image stabilization, a super 100% coverage viewfinder and the same high resolution screen as the Alpha 700. To find out how it fared in our extensive testing check out the in-depth review after the link.

Read the Review here: dPreview Reviews Sony Alpha 900

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original one that was installed with Adobe® Photoshop® CS3; Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0; and Adobe Premiere® Elements 3.0 and 4.0 software. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

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Apple® today unveiled the LED Cinema Display featuring a stunning 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display with built-in iSight® video camera, mic and speakers in an elegant, thin aluminum and glass enclosure. Designed for the new MacBook® family - Full Press Release

So who will be picking one of these up?

Canon has announced the EOS 1000D, a new entry-level DSLR that slots into the model lineup beneath the 450D. The 10 megapixel digital camera, known as the Digital Rebel XS in the US, takes many of the new features of its big brother and presents them in a lighter, less expensive format that Canon hopes will re-shape the market in the same way as the first Rebel (300D) did. No word yet from Canon US about their intentions.

It will be interesting to see how this camera fairs when dpreview can get a review out to the public. The front of the body looks similar to the 40D but the rear of the body still holds true to the EOS Rebel form. Sporting the DIGIC III processor is a nice bonus. I personally would like to get my hands on this new Canon camera, if canon would only send me one to play with!

Our review of the Sony Alpha 350. The A350 shows a much greater Sony influence than its Konica-Minolta-based predecessor, the A100. Its radical live view system uses a secondary sensor to provide a real-time preview image without slowing down the shooting process, promising the speed and quality of a DSLR with the familiar behavior of a compact. So what’s the biggest of the baby Alphas like to use and can it live up to that promise?

Imagine using your Nikon dSLR or Canon dSLR with a 64Gb SSD instead of a removable memory card? That would be insanely cool!

From the SanDisk Press Release:

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for an emerging new category of portable consumer electronics – called Ultra Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) or “netbooks” – that allow users to have an enhanced experience while easily surfing the Internet using wireless communication. The SanDisk^® pSSD™ (Parallel ATA solid state drive) eliminates the need for a hard disk drive and can store both the operating system and application data for these new devices.

A pioneer in developing SSDs for laptop computers, tablet PCs and blade servers, SanDisk is making the new SSD modules available in 4-, 8- and 16-gigabyte (GB)¹ capacities, with a streaming read speed of 39 megabytes per second (MB/s)² and a streaming write performance of 17MB/s.² Supporting both Linux and Microsoft^® Windows^® XP operating systems, SanDisk pSSD solid state drives are being shown this week at Computex Taipei, where SanDisk is exhibiting at Booth M320 in Nangang Exhibition Hall.

SanDisk’s pSSD solid state drives, which are expected to be available starting in August, are built using the company’s reliable Multi-Level Cell (MLC) and Single-Level Cell (SLC) flash memory. This technology is produced at fabrication plants in Yokkaichi, Japan, where SanDisk and its partner, Toshiba Corporation, share the output. The two companies have co-developed many of the designs and technologies in NAND flash.

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced the fastest card in its Memory Stick product family: the SanDisk Extreme^® III Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™ with read and write speeds of 30 megabytes (MB)¹ per second. The card, available in June in 4-gigabyte (GB)¹ and 8GB capacities, is ideal for professional photographers and advanced amateurs who use Sony digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras.

SanDisk and Sony jointly developed Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo as an extension of the existing Memory Stick PRO format, to offer faster read and write speeds for PRO-HG capable Sony digital SLRs, point-and-shoot cameras and digital camcorders.

Apple has announced that they have extended RAW file compatibility for Aperture 2 and iPhoto ’08 for several dSLR models, like the Canon Rebel XSi, Pentax K20D and Pentax K200D.