Japan’s Press Club has awarded the Nikon D3 as the Camera Grand Prix 2008 Camera of the Year amongst 170 contenders. The Nikon D3 also won the Camera Grand Prix 2008 Readers Award.

More information about the award can be found by clicking here.

Lowepro has released a new range of beltpacks called the “Inverse”. They are available in three colours; black, green, blue; and in two sizes; 100 & 200.

The Inverse series offers photographers exceptional comfort with a breathable back-panel and weight-distributing carrying options. Specialized compartments hold plenty of accessories and, when combined with the adjustable compression pulls on the lumbar belt, enable photographers of any body-type to load up on extras. The sturdy, yet comfortable, design of the beltpack enables photographers to easily work while wearing the pack.

Lowepro has also unleashed the next generation of Nova shoulder bags.

The newly launched models of the Nova AW series offer a large central compartment with movable dividers large enough to accommodate digital SLR kits. The larger models, Nova 180, 190, and 200 AW, can easily secure a pro digital SLR while the smaller models, Nova 140, 160, 170 AW, have been designed for enthusiast kits.

More information on pricing and availability will be posted shortly.
If you would like to be informed when these are available, please email us.

The Manfrotto 314B Background Kit is designed to support rolls or sheets of background paper or any other background material. The kit comprises of: 1 x 3 Section Telescopic Pole, 2 x Baby Stand, 2 x Mini Spring Clamp and Transport Kit Bag.  

For a limited time when you buy the Manfrotto 314B Background Kit you will receive FREE 1 roll of Superior Arctic White background paper (2.75m) and 1 roll of Superior Jet Black background paper (2.75m). Offer valid until 30^th June 2008.

 Olympus have upgraded the firmware on their FE series cameras including the FE-270, FE-290, FE-310, FE-330 and FE-350.

The upgrades address the following fixes and improvements:

• The camera’s stability improves during operation
• Changes have been made to the Korean version

click here to go to the Olympus firmware update page that has the downloads and instructions.

Ricoh have updated the firmware to ver. 2.03 on their GR Digital II so that it will recognise the following recommended Sigma flash units when attached to the camera:

EF-530 DG ST (SA-STTL)
EF-530 DG SUPER (SA-STTL)
EF-500 DG ST (SA-STTL)
EF-500 DG SUPER (SA-STTL)

click this link to be taken to the Ricoh firmware update and instructions

Along with the newly-launched Olympus E-520 Digital SLR is another new Zuiko lens, this time covering the ultra-wide zoom range of 9-18mm, which on the Olympus 2x crop sensor represents a 35mm equivalent range of 18-36mm. It features 13 elements in 9 groups with a Dual Super Aspherical (DSA) front element, is 73mm long, and weighs in at 280 grams.

Please send us an email if you wish to be notified when this lens is in stock

Olympus Australia have launched the E-520, the replacement for their highly-popular E-510 model Digital SLR camera. Olympus Australia had this to say about the new E-520:

“The exciting new Olympus E-520 represents a significant performance upgrade with an extensive range of important new hardware and feature improvements, providing the digital SLR photographer with even better imaging quality and wider creative flexibility.”

• 10 Megapixel
• AF Live View
• Image Shift Stabilisation
• Face Detection and Shadow Adjust
• Dust Reduction
• 2.7″ LCD Screen

Please send us an email if you wish to be notified when this camera is in stock

Fujifilm have released firmware update Ver. 1.02 for the Finepix F100fd. The update addresses the following fix:

• Reduce “pinkish-colored band” which may be rarely found in the left side edge of image when the image is shot at ISO 400 or shot without flash on “NATURAL & FLASH MODE”.

You can download the update here

Last night (6th May, 2008) the Digital Camera Warehouse Sydney staff attended the 2008 Canterbury Local Business Awards presentation dinner at Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL Club. Everyone was most anxious waiting for the nominated category (Specialised Business) to be announced.

One by one the ten finalists in the Specialised Business category were read out. The winner was finally read out “Digital Camera Warehouse”…. the whole table cheered and whooped for joy as everyone clambered up on stage to get their photo taken.

The party didn’t really start until drinks after the presentation had been officially wrapped up by the MC.

The much anticipated Tamron 70-200 SP AF f2.8 is finally in stock for Canon users. Pre-order now to secure stock for Nikon, Pentax and Sony mounts to avoid missing out!