If you're serious about shooting digital images with an SLR, and you love to be in the continuous shooting mode to capture sports images, or your kid running across the carpet, this card might be for you. Lexar introduced its Professional 600x CompactFlash card and ExpressCard CF card reader, as well as the latest version of its image/video recovery software, Image Rescue 4, designed to deliver enhanced recovery with any memory card. Professional 600x CF Cards. For faster workflow, these cards boast guaranteed minimum sustained write speeds of 533x (80MB/sec) or faster (600x, 90MB/sec) when paired with a UDMA 6-enabled reader. Providing...

  If you have some prints or slides that you'd like to preserve, you might want to consider a flatbed scanner, for higher quality results. Epson America’s Perfection V600 photo scanner is a mid-range scanning solution to scan photos and everyday documents, while its built-in transparency unit enables the scanning of 35mm slides, negatives and medium-format panoramic film. The scanner features 6,400x9,600-dpi resolution and 3.4 Dmax for creating enlargements up to 17x22 inches, and it includes photo restoration tools for both film and prints to bring faded and damaged photos back to life. Digital Ice technology is incorporated to remove the appearance of...

Unless you're the frequent upgrader type, memory cards are usually something you buy once and forget about. Still, if you're swinging through the market again there were a few developments these past two weeks worth your attention. Lexar introduced a professional level CompactFlash card with a data speed of 600x or 90MBps. It's available in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities and perfect for high-end cameras like Canon's new 1D Mark IV. The cards will include the newest version (4) of the company's Image Rescue software for retrieving accidentally deleted images. Lexar also said they would bundle some generous discounts on...

The German paper Der Spiegel collects what it dubs the most powerful photos of the decade.  Strikes me as a bit early, no?

Gizmodo readers riff off of a lame Microsoft/Dominoes PR stunt at the launch of Windows 7 by dropping this fellow into 50 historic scenes. Hillarious.

Sony is not the first company to wedge a printer into a digital photo frame, but they are the latest and the highest profile brand (that I'm aware of) to do so. Let's go to the specs: The DPP-F700 features a 7-inch widescreen LCD display with WVGA (800 x 480) resolution. It prints 4 x 6-inch photos at  300 x 300 dpi in 45 seconds. It supports on-screen editing before you print and includes built-in templates for making creative items such as calendars or ID photos.  A Screen Capture...

Chalk up the Canon EOS 1D Mark IV as more evidence that we're emerging from the recession. This $4,999 (body only) professional gem is sure to get high-end photogs reaching for their wallet. There are any number of impressive performance specs but to my mind the super-high ISO shooting stands out: The Canon EOS-1D Mark IV ISO speed settings range from 100 to 12,800 in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments with expansion settings of L: 50 for bright light or H1: 25,600, H2: 51,200 and H3: 102,400 for even the most dimly lit situations. Video footage can be captured at settings as...

One of the great, unspoken challenges of digital photography is handling the ever-growing collection of photos piling up in your computer's hard drive. Your computer's an obvious destination for photos but it can't be their last stop. If you don't make some kind of back-up, you stand to lose your entire collection in one catastrophic swoop. Obviously, external hard drives are an excellent way to back those images up. Western Digital is out with a new line of Mac-based My Book Studio drives which can certainly do the trick. The new drives (in 500GB, 1TB, 1.5TB and 2TB capacities) offer a...

The Japanese trade show CEATEC is underway and the big news coming from the show is 3D television (or 3D HDTV). I've seen some 3D TV in action and think it's pretty neat, but what really intrigues me is the prospect of viewing your photos in 3D on your HD set. Several years ago I met with a firm (whose name escapes me) that was offering a way for consumers to snap three dimensional photographs. It was a very labor intensive process, involving a tripod with a built-in level and software, and you'd need 3D glasses to view the result. No...

In support of breast cancer awareness month, Polaroid will offer a version of its PoGo portable printer in pink. $10 from the sale of these $49 printers will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The printer itself cranks out 2 x 3 inch color photos from digital cameras (via USB) and Bluetooth-enabled cell phones via, well, Bluetooth. You can see full specs here.