Canon's EOS-1D Mark IV, EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 7D SLR cameras are all now compatible with new Canon wireless file transfer (WFT) systems.

With a WFT system, users are able to fire up to 10 cameras simultaneously with the camera linking function, geo-tag images with GPS devices, and send images to a computer for instant prints or screen projection. Users can also set up an FTP connection on which they...

Samsung's line of point-and-shoot cameras now includes the 12.2-megapixel HZ35W and HZ30W. Both have a 24mm wide-angle lens and feature 15x optical zoom, 3-inch displays and HD video recording.

The 35W has a brighter and more easily viewable AMOLED display, while the 30W has a traditional LCD screen. The 35W also has built-in GPS and geo-tagging technology. In video mode, both cameras record at 720p and use scene recognition systems such as...

Ricoh has created the GXR interchangeable unit, a small, lightweight SLR camera. Unlike other mirrorless cameras, the GXR combines the lens, image sensor and processing engines into a single, detachable unit.

Packaging the lens allows each unit to be fitted with its own sensor size and processing capabilities, essentially rendering a new camera with every lens. With the GXR, the body simply houses the controls, screen and card slots. Only 4.5 by 2.75 by 1.1 inches in size and less than...

Samsung has released a new line of cameras, the NX10 — a compact, mirrorless product with 14.6-megapixel resolution, a larger APS-C sensor, a brighter AMOLED screen and faster autofocus.

The APS-C mirrorless sensor is 1.5 times as large as a traditional 4:3 sensor, and it reduces the size of the camera by 15 percent to 87 x 123mm. The improved, 3-inch AMOLED screen now allows users to view images on the monitor at any angle and in any lighting condition, including acute angles and bright sunlight. A new autofocus DRIMe II Pro engine allows for...

The 12.4-megapixel TL210 and the 12.2-megapixel TL205 compact cameras are the latest in Samsung's line of dual-LCD-screen products. With a 1.5-inch color screen on the front and a 3-inch (TL210) or 2.7-inch (TL205) screen on the back, both cameras offer increased viewing capabilities for self-portrait and timed shots.

In addition to higher resolution, the TL210 is also equipped with 720p HD video recording capabilities and can be configured with an HDMI adapter to view images or video on an HDTV or HD monitor. The TL210 can also capture...

Samsung debuts four full-HD camcorders, the HMX-H200, HMX-H203, HMX-H204 and HMX-H205 — all of which have enhanced BSI CMOS sensors and low-light capabilities.

The H-series has internal solid-state drives, which offer fast boot-up and read-write speeds, and increased durability compared to other hard-disk memory devices. Memory size ranges from a 32GB SSD in the H205 to a 16GB SSD in the H204, an 8GB SSD in the H203 and an external HD/SDHC memory card in the HMX-H200.

All four camcorders, to be released in March, feature a...

Home and Studio: San Francisco, with a month and a half spent in Norway each year (erikalmas.com).

Selected Clients: Nike, Puma, Pfizer, Neutrogena, Hyatt, Waldorf, Citibank, Toyota, Lantus, Advair, U.S. Postal Service, Adobe, Amtrak, Brides magazine, Golf Pride, Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, Bristol Myers, Sorel.

Personal Projects: A continuing series of nudes, a series of "Falling Women" images that came from a dream, and working with a series of storytelling images based on books such as Jack Kerouac's "On the Road."

Website: erikalmas.com

Fine-art photographer Larry Sultan, who was known for his deconstructive images of day-to-day life, died in December 2009 at the age of 63.

Born in New York in 1946, Sultan began college as a political science student but ended up receiving a master’s degree in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1973.

Most notably, Sultan’s work included “Evidence,” a project he worked on with fellow art student Mike Mandel that decontextualized photographs from business, industry and government photo archives; “Pictures from Home,” a....

RED has released the Scarlet, a 3K video camera available either in “brain” format — the interchangeable lens version — or with a fixed 8x zoom lens.

The camera can capture 120 fps, records at 720p or full HD 1080p, and has a 4.8-inch LCD screen with touch-focus tracking capabilities. The Scarlet “brain” has a lens mount that is compatible with RED, Canon and Nikon lenses and retails for $2,750. The five optional fixed-focal-length, interchangeable RED lenses range from 6 to 50mm and retail for $950 each. The fixed-lens version of the camera retails for...

Nikon debuts its fast-aperture AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II super telephoto and AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III for FX- and DX-format cameras.

The lens is equipped with improved vibration reduction (VR II) and optimized autofocus (AF) modes in the lens. With this lens, users have three focusing options: manual mode, autofocus with manual priority mode, and the new...