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Lightroom 5 Public Beta Now Available

on April 16th, 2013 with 0 Comments

  Adobe Labs surprisingly released the a public beta of its famous software for photographers today. Currently we have a released version of Lightroom 4.4 and now Adobe is giving us the chance to try it next major release. Just like any beta version of Lightroom Adobe wants us to try it and send them feedback so they’ll be able to asses the good and bad of the pre-release version. Here are the new features in this beta version from Adobe’s Blog page. Advance Healing Brush Radial Filter Upright Smart Preview The most interesting among these features is the Advance Healing Brush [...]

A PIXMA Love Affair – PiPho Org and Canon PIXMA Partnership

on March 15th, 2013 with 0 Comments

  Pinoy Photography Organization and Canon PIXMA renewed their partnership for the third year. Canon PIXMA the number 1 inkjet brand printer in the Philippines will provide all the prints of the club’s Monthly Photo Contest. PiPho Org president Larry Marbella said in an email, “We are very pleased with the renewal of the PiPho-Canon Pixma partnership as PiPho trusts Canon Pixma printers to deliver quality prints every time.” Surely it will be another vibrant year for both PiPho Org and Canon PIXMA! Photo above L to R: R-Ace Porlet  - PIXMA Supervisor, PRO Marketing, Abigail Engco – PIXMA Sr. [...]

PiPho Org February 2013 Monthly Photo Contest Results

on March 15th, 2013 with 0 Comments

  1st Place – Regie Fernando 2nd Place – Chris Domingo 3rd Place – Edgar Gabriel The first PiPho Org (Club) MPC result is out, February is the first meeting of the year. The theme is “Textures” judged by Nino Carandang, Romyr Mariano and Dennis Apuntar. Chairman Regie Fernando got the 1st place then followed by a newly swore member Chris Domingo as the 2nd placer and the 3rd place goes to Edgar Gabriel. You may check the complete results at the Club’s official site here at PiPho.Org. The current president Atty. Larry Marbella preceded the meeting and discussed the [...]

Pinoy Photography Online Photo Contest 2013 February Results Is Out

on February 21st, 2013 with 1 Comment

  1st Place – Jojo Tan | Big Blue Cheese 2nd Place – Klienne | cradleofklienne 3rd Place - Nathaniel Castaritas | wiesbock Results of the  2013 Pinoy Photography Online Photo Contest is out. Congratulations to Jojo Tan a.k.a. Big Blue Cheese a forum member got the first place of this month’s themed “Philippine Travel and Tourist Destinations”. You can look at the amazing 146 (combined) entries here on PiPho Forum thread and entries from the FB Group. To check out the announcement and photo contest mechanics hit this link. The next theme for March is “Still life and food”. Wait for the next [...]

Join The 2013 PiPho Online Photo Contest And be Part of The Annual Photo Exhibit

on January 25th, 2013 with 4 Comments

Here’s your chance to be part of the annual PiPho anniversary exhibit! Pinoy Photography Organization (Club) will be holding the 2013 PiPho Online Photo Contest from February to June 2013. The Contest will have a category for PiPho Forum members, and another for PiPho Facebook members. There will be a theme for each month. The themes are as follows: February 2013 – Philippine travel and tourist destinations March 2013 – Still life and food April 2013 – Nature, Wildlife and Animals May 2013 – Portraiture, fashion and glam June 2013 – Street photography, documentary, photojournalism Every month, the Club will [...]

Canon PIXMA iP4970 A4 Printer Review

on January 21st, 2013 with 4 Comments

 Canon PIXMA the leading inkjet printer brand in the Philippines sent me a review unit of the PIXMA iP4970.  It’s a single function A4 printer that umm yes functions as a printer. The iP4970 is the top of the line model among the A4 single function bunch. Kindly note that the printer is not brand new, thus you will see some noticeable scratches with the actual photos of the unit. Physical The PIXMA iP4970 being the top of the line single function A4 printer share a lot of things from its higher-end models like the MG6270 and the A3 wonder [...]

Complete Lineup of Canon PIXMA Pro Printers Now Available in the Philippines

on January 14th, 2013 with 0 Comments

Canon PIXMA the leading brand of quality printers just passed us a great announcement. The complete lineup of PIXMA Pro printers are now here available in the Island of the Philippines. These professional printers caters to different types of photographers. Models are PIXMA Pro-1 the top of the line, Pro-10 which is the mid-level and the more affordable Pro-100. We are looking forward in reviewing one of these printers, actually we owe you a Pro-1 review but we will after we receive the unit. For now read the quote below for the full PR from Canon PIXMA. Canon PIXMA launches new [...]

PiPho Org October 2012 Monthly Photo Contest Results

on November 13th, 2012 with 0 Comments

PiPho Org October 2012 Monthly Photo Contest Results

Irving Velasco – 1st Place Reposting from the official PiPho Org site, the clubs October monthly photo contest results popularly known as MPC. Theme for last month was “Seven Deadly Sins”. Irving Velasco made the top spot again while the 2nd placer is VP Zer Cabatuan, 3rd is by Nicco Valenzuela and Ralph Licerio, Irving Velasco holds the 4th and 5th places in particular order. Judges are Mark Burgos, Oly Ruiz and Gina Avecilla. Zer Cabatuan – 2nd Place Nicco Valenzuela – 3rd Place Ralph Licerio – 4th Place Irving Velasco – 5th Place Since we missed on reposting here the [...]

Professional Prints With The Canon PIXMA Pro-1 Printer

on September 26th, 2012 with 0 Comments

Canon Marketing Philippines Inc. announces the PIXMA Pro-1 fine art printer. A 12 LUCIA ink system that will give the artist a redefined brilliance and better color gamut. Judging its specs, we can see that its a different kind of printer than the PIXMA Pro 9500 II. We are gunning for a review unit of the Pro-1 and if that happens we will for sure make an in-depth testing and post it here. It is now available here locally for Php 53,000.  Read the PR to read the impressive features this printer below. CMPI’s PR: Canon PIXMA Pro 1 Professional Inkjet [...]

STYLUS XZ-2 – The New Rebranded Flagship Compact Camera From Olympus

on September 18th, 2012 with 0 Comments

Olympus now calls its compact cameras STYLUS, it just updated its high-end compact XZ-1 now to be called STYLUS XZ-2. The STYLUS XZ-2 has all the features of the XZ-1 with bumped up 12.0 resolution sensor. The sensor is now powered by the new TruePic VI image processing engine found in the newly updated PEN cameras and OM-D EM-5 . The XZ-2 has the mighty 28-112mm lens with f1.8 to f2.5 achieving the largest opening with an all-arounder focal lengths iZuiko lens. The new exciting addition to this camera is the 3″ tilting touchscreen LCD making this camera truly versatile, feature set [...]

Olympus Updates Its PEN Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds Cameras – PEN E-PL5 And E-PM2

on September 18th, 2012 with 2 Comments

Olympus updated its PEN lite E-PL5 and mini E-PM2 mirrorless Micro Four Thirds cameras. These cameras now has the TruPic VI image processing engine found in their flagship m 4/3 OM-D EM-5. The new image processing engine and 16 megapixels sensor promises a better image quality than its predecessors. As you can see on the PR images above, Olympus now incorporates the hand grip found on the higher PEN model E-P3 which is a welcome design update. Aside from the slight tweak in design, these PEN’s got the capacitive  touchscreen inherited again from the E-P3. Of course the Art Filters are [...]

Stylish Fujifilm XF1 Compact Camera Now Out

on September 17th, 2012 with 0 Comments

Fujifilm brings in a cheaper model X brother of the X100 and X10. The XF1 is a stylish compact retro looking digital point and shoot camera that inherits many features of last years higher model the X10. Its a 12 MP cam with f1.8 largest opening at wide end (25mm) while the long end (100mm) is a struggling f4.9 small aperture. The 2/3 sensor size is just the same as the X10 that will most likely give you a better high ISO than the smaller sensor sized cameras. Fuji said that it will be available next week in the US [...]

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