Last month we shared the first “Sh*t Photographers Say” video with you and now, lo and behold, here’s another, completely different, “Sh*t Photographers Say [Official]” video (see below.)

All of which begs the question: are we starting to get tired of the sh*t photographers say?

Vimeo just announced a new design of its video-sharing service. The main feature of the redesign is a new video player that Vimeo says is twice as large as the previous set-up, making it easier to display video content.

Vimeo says the redesign also gives users the ability to play videos from their personal homepage, improves the overall navigation, and adds more privacy options on your account.

Many of the new features are outlined in the video below. Also, after the jump is a press release about Vimeo’s revamp.

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Nikon handed photographer and video maker Corey Rich a prototype of the new Nikon D4 and assigned him to create a short feature that would demonstrate the DSLR’s full 1080p HD video capabilities, before the camera goes on sale in February. With no restrictions on what he could shoot, Rich decided to focus on action sports. His seven-and-half minute video, titled “Why,” footage of kayakers and mountain bikers in action, as well as interviews with some action sports fanatics. Rich says the sweeping helicopter footage is thanks to Michael Hagadorn, a pilot who fashioned a special rig for the camera. (You can see Rich’s acknowledgements and a full list of crew members on Vimeo.)

To read PDN’s report on the Nikon D4, see our preliminary hands-on review and our coverage of hot cameras from the CES/PMA 2012 trade show last week.

CES/PMA 2012: Hands On with the New 16.2MP Full-Frame Nikon D4 Professional DSLR

The Hottest Cameras of CES 2012

We reviewed Nik Software’s photo sharing and enhancement app Snapseed when it came out for the iPad last year and liked it a lot.

In fact, we weren’t the only ones. Apple itself named Snapseed “App of the Year” for the iPad.

The software has been so well received, Nik announced this morning that Snapeed will now also become an application for Mac computers.

The new app, which carries over features from the iPad version, is available now for $19.99 from the Mac App Store.

Read more here.

Sigma debuted a new 180mm f/2.8 macro lens for digital SLRs and a new line of Micro Four Thirds and E-mount lenses for mirrorless interchangeable lens compact system cameras at the CES show in Las Vegas today.

The 180mm f/2.8 lens is a successor to the older 180mm F3.5 EX DG macro and adds Sigma’s proprietary Optical Stabilizer (OS) technology and a wide f/2.8 aperture to allow for faster shutter speeds in low light and a narrow depth of field.

Sigma also took the wraps off a 30mm f/2.8 EX DN and 19mm f/2.8 EX DN lenses in the Micro Four Thirds mounts for Olympus and Panasonic, and E-mount for Sony NEX-series cameras.
Pricing and availability of these lenses has not been announced yet.

Read more here.

By Dan Havlik

Fujifilm jumped into the mirrorless compact system camera category this afternoon with the new Fujifilm X-Pro1. The small retro-style camera, which accepts interchangeable lenses and uses a new APS-C size sensor about the size of what’s in an entry-level digital SLR, will go on sale in late February.

“We’re aiming this camera at the professional,” said Fujifilm Marketing Manager Kayce M. Baker at a press conference in Las Vegas today as part of the CES and PMA shows. “We’re aiming it at the wedding and portrait photographer, the studio photographer, the street photographer and anyone who likes to take a nice compact camera out and shoot.”

Read more of this story here.

Corel entered the professional photography photo management software market this morning with its new Corel AfterShot Pro imaging workflow software.

The software is designed to compete with Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture but is priced at just $99. And unlike some Corel products in the past, it’s Mac-compatible along with being friendly with Windows and Linux-based computers.

AfterShot Pro is based on technology from Bibble Labs, which Corel acquired last year. The software is designed to be optimized to work with multi-core and multi-CPU promises to deliver fast RAW processing and color accurate images.

According to Corel, “AfterShot Pro offers workflow capabilities that enable you to work with photos virtually any way you want, such as quickly accessing images from existing file folders or memory cards or importing them into searchable catalogs.”

Read more here.

Professional photographers looking for a smaller alternative to their digital SLRs will have a portable new camera option starting in February. Canon announced the new PowerShot G1 X, a compact camera which uses a 1.5-inch (18.7 x 14mm), 14.3-megapixel CMOS sensor, just a step down from what you’d find in a DSLR.

The G1 X will replace Canon’s former flagship PowerShot model: the 10MP Canon PowerShot G12, a popular thrown-in-the-bag camera for pros announced back in 2010.

The G1 X won’t be cheap though: when it ship in February it will sell for $800.

If the Canon G1 X lives up to the promise of its specs though, it should produce some very nice images and help out in a pinch when you don’t want to lug around your big rig.

Read more here.

Things just got interesting again. Yes, as has been rumored and leaked for several weeks (months?) now, Nikon just officially unveiled its new flagship professional digital SLR: the Nikon D4, which uses a 16.2-megapixel FX-format (aka full-frame) CMOS sensor that can shoot at up to 11 frames per second and capture full 1080p HD video.

The D4, which is the successor to the 12.1MP D3s announced back in 2009, will start shipping in late February 2012 for $5999.95. So start counting your pennies now!

The announcement of the new Nikon D4 comes several months after Canon also announced a new flagship professional DSLR, the 18MP Full-Frame EOS-1D X. Though the 12-frames-per-second shooting, 1080p-capable Canon 1D X was announced back in October, it won’t start shipping until March 2012 and will sell for quite a bit more than the Nikon D4: $6,800.

The Nikon D4 will makes its debut at the CES show in Las Vegas next week.

To read more details about the D4 including our hands-on preview, click here.

The first of what is sure to be an avalanche of product announcements surrounding the CES and PMA photography shows in Las Vegas next week has come and it’s about…drum roll please…a memory card!

Lexar unveiled this morning what it is calling “the industry’s first 1000x memory card,” the Lexar Professional 1000x CF card.

Lexar says the new CompactFlash card, which will be available in 16GB ($169.99), 64GB ($299.99), and 128GB ($899.99) sizes, will deliver a  minimum sustained read speed of 150MB per second, which will help speed workflow both in your camera and when transferring images from a card to a computer.

The card also supports the Video Performance Guarantee specification for professional-quality video capture.

More details in the press release after the jump.

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