Friday, October 8, 2004

MercuryNews.com | 10/08/2004 | Nearly all expansion of state parks halted: "The Schwarzenegger administration has quietly shut down virtually all expansion of California's state parks -- even land paid for with private donations, the Mercury News has learned." (Via The Mercury News.) 5:11:26 PM

JVC unveils HDD digital still, video camera: "Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. (JVC) will begin selling two cameras later this month that feature both still and video recording modes and store data on a removable hard-disk drive, the company said at Ceatec Japan 2004 on Friday. The GZ-MC100 and GZ-MC200 will both be sold under the 'Everio' name and have similar specifications, but are built into different style cases. The GZ-MC100 is built into a thin case that is held upright with a monitor that hinges out from the side, while the GZ-MC200 (pictured) is a little squarer and gripped with the hand and has a lens that swivels to point forward." (Via MacCentral.) 5:10:27 PM

60GB iPod to pack photo-viewing features: "It looks like those of us who have been waiting for an iPod designed with photo viewing capabilities might be about to have all our dreams come true if Think Secret have it right. They write: “After three years..." (Via Digital Photography Blog.) 5:10:17 PM

Rumors of Next Generation of Ipods: "xyankee writes "Apple is on the verge of releasing a 60GB iPod that will not only hold a ton of music, but also sport photo-viewing capabilities! Think Secret is reporting that the new iPod will also have a 2-inch high-resolution LCD display, video-out, and enhancements to iPhoto for synchronizing photos. The best part is it'll be just 2mm thicker than regular iPods. Does this mean that iPhoto for Windows might not be far behind? Also, as a note to all the rumor pundits, Think Secret nailed the iMac G5 specs a month before its announcement, so I'm inclined to believe them with this bit as well."" (Via Slashdot.) 5:10:09 PM

PhotoReviewer adds QuickTime support, more: "Stick Software on Friday announced the release of PhotoReviewer 1.4, a new version of their photo management utility for Mac OS X. The software, developed as a complement to iPhoto, lets users quickly flip through imported photos, discarding duplicates or shots you don't want, renaming images and more. This new release adds support for QuickTime video and audio, new configurable key controls and a reorganized menu structure. New voting and navigation commands have been added, along with improved thumbnail and dragged image features and more. PhotoReviewer is US$10. The update is free for registered users." (Via MacCentral.) 6:40:53 AM

Canon updates EOS-20D firmware and gets it right this time: "Canon has released a firmware update for the EOS-20D, which fixes the same things as the one a few days ago, without crashing your camera. The update fixes a problem with the shutter release not working and improves compatibility with certain CompactFlash cards as well. If you did manage to install v 1.0.4 a few days ago, Canon recommends updating to 1.0.5 "just to be safe"." (Via DCResource.com.) 6:03:32 AM

Rollei dk4010: "The Rollei dk4010 is a 4 megapixel digital camera camera with a 10x Optical Zoom lens, 1.5inch LCD and video clips up to 30 frames per second. Read the following press release from Rollei to learn more about this..." (Via Digital Photography Blog.) 6:03:26 AM

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