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Heather Baum - Indelible Light Photography

William Bodziak - Bodziak Forensics

Shane Elen - Beyond Visible

Paul Inks- Inks Photographic Images

Gary Keltz - Visions Photography

Juergen Lechner - Fotodesign

Larry Compton - Media-Geek.com

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News

NEWS: [03/03/2008] - BOSTON, MA, and RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA, March 3, 2008 - Salient Stills, a leading video forensics and image enhancement software company, and Linear Systems, a leading manufacturer of information management systems for Digital Evidence Collection and Chain of Custody, today announced a partnership that better supports management of digital evidence...(Read more..)

NEWS: [01/28/2008] - MELVILLE, N.Y. (Jan. 28, 2008) – Nikon, Inc., today introduced the new D60 digital SLR camera, which provides consumers with stunning picture quality and versatility in an easy-to-use, compact camera design. The D60 joins Nikon’s award-winning line of D-series digital SLR cameras and shares a form factor similar to the D40 – Nikon’s smallest D-SLR camera ever. With 10.2 effective megapixels and a wealth of innovative and user-friendly features, the D60 enables both photo enthusiasts and those new to digital SLR photography to capture incredible images like never before...(Read more...)

NEWS: [01/24/2008] - Valhalla, N.Y., January 24, 2008 – Following the long line of award-winning F-Series models, FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc., today announced its latest and greatest, the FinePix F100fd digital camera..(Read more..)

NEWS: [01/05/2008] - UMATILLA, Fla. -- A suspended Central Florida fire chief could lose his job over e-mailed photos from a crash scene that included at least one image of a female victim's exposed breasts...(Read more...)

NEWS: [11/19/2007] - MELVILLE, N.Y. - Nikon Inc. today introduced the new versatile AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens that offers Nikon’s proprietary Vibration Reduction (VR) technology to help consumers snap sharper photos than ever before, even while shooting handheld. Compact and lightweight, this affordable lens is an optimum lens to use with Nikon DX-format digital SLR cameras and is the ideal focal length as a “first lens” to faithfully capture life’s day-to-day moments, or a welcome addition to a Nikon D-SLR photographer’s already-established lens assortment... (Read More...)

NEWS: [11/02/2007] - KODAK announced the discontinuance of several smaller running families of Professional films, to include High Speed Infrared (HIE) effective end of December 2007. (Read more...)

NEWS: [08/23/2007] - MELVILLE, N.Y. (AUGUST 23, 2007) - Eight years after Nikon's D1 camera changed professional digital photography forever, Nikon today introduced the D3 - a new digital SLR camera that is poised to once again revolutionize photography for professionals. The 12.1 effective megapixel D3 features Nikon's new FX-format CMOS sensor, measuring 23.9 x 36mm, which is nearly identical to the size of 35mm film. With the fastest startup time, shortest viewfinder blackout time, and shortest shutter lag of any digital SLR camera as well as the capability to shoot up to nine frames per second at full FX-format resolution, the D3 is the world's fastest digital SLR camera in its class... (Read more...)

NEWS: [08/01/2007] - Penn Camera featured products on sale... (Read more...)

NEWS: [07/13/2007] - Valhalla, NY, – Following up on the success of the FinePix S3 Pro UVIR and IS-1 infrared digital cameras, Fujifilm today announced the IS Pro, the latest in a line that has proved popular with technical, law enforcement, medical research and scientific communities... (Read more...)

NEWS: [03/08/2007] - Valhalla, NY, - In recognition of its excellence in digital imaging innovation, FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. was honored with a prestigious DIMA award at PMA 2007. The Digital Imaging Marketing Association (DIMA), a division of Photo Marketing Association International, presented Fujifilm with a DIMA Innovative Digital Product Awards for the IS-1 digital camera...(Read more...)

NEWS: [02/14/2007] - LADERA RANCH – The California Highway Patrol has acknowledged that one of its employees is responsible for leaking onto the Internet graphic pictures of a Ladera Ranch teen's nearly decapitated body after she died in a high-speed car crash last fall... (Read more..)

NEWS: [01/04/2007] - Fujifilm continues to lead in the area of alternative light photography with today's announcement of the IS-1 digital camera, Fujifilm's latest model for capturing images in the infrared light spectrum... (Read more...)

NEWS: [12/06/2006] - FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. today announced the full specifications, availability and retail price for the highly anticipated FinePix S5 Pro. Announced in development at Photokina 2006, the FinePix S5 Pro is scheduled for nationwide market availability February 2007 at a price of $1,999... (Read more...)

NEWS: [11/04/2006] - Watch Michael J. Brooks being interviewed by Popular Photography Online's Jay Defoore at the 2006 Photo Plus Expo held in New York City... (Watch the video..)

NEWS: [09/25/2006] - Read the first comprehensive review of the new Fuji FinePix S5 Pro DSLR camera... (Read more...)

NEWS: [08/08/2006] - Peca Products Inc. now offers law enforcement agencies and forensic photographers a series of UV and IR camera and flash filters and accessories for use in the lab, and in the field for crime scene investigation.

Other applications where these filters will prove valuable is in aerial photography, museum photography, medical research, surveillance, and fine art photography where infrared or ultraviolet light is used...(Read more)

NEWS: [08/09/2006] - Seeing The Unseen: How the new FinPix S3 PRO UVIR D-SLR from Fujifilm will help Law Enforcers, Medical Researchers, Art Historians, and Scientists reveal the truth that lies beyond the visible spectrum (Read More...)

NEWS: [08/09/2006] - Fujifilm Helps Fight Crime With New FinePix S3 Pro UVIR Digital SLR... (Read More...)

NEWS: [08/09/2006] - Law Enforcement Officials Hail New FinePix S3 Pro UVIR at New York City's Police Museum... (Read More...)

NEWS: [08/09/2006] - New, Specialized Camera Photographs in the Ultraviolet and Infrared Light Spectrums; Helps Forensic Photographers Uncover Evidence... (Read More...)

Articles

"Application of X-Ray Diffraction Techniques in Forensic Science" - An important part of forensic science is the use of analytical techniques to uncover facts from even the smallest traces of evidence picked up from the crime scene. X-ray diffraction... (Read more...)

"Code Breaking in Law Enforcement: A 400-Year History" - In February 2004, 11-year-old Carlie Brucia was abducted and murdered in Sarasota, Florida. While in a county jail awaiting trial, the suspect in the case, Joseph Peter Smith, wrote an enciphered message to his brother... (Read more...)

"Best Practices for Forensic Image Analysis" - Forensic image analysis is a forensic science. It has been practiced since the early days of photography, dating back to at least 1851 when Marcus A. Root conducted the first documented example of forensic image authentication... (Read more...)

"Information Assurance Applied to Authentication of Digital Evidence" - Authentication is the process by which the reliability of evidence is established. The party leading the evidence in court must show that it has not been altered since it was collected and that the location, date, and time of collection can be proven... (Read more...)

"Use of Digital Imaging in the Identification of Fragmentary Human Skeletal Remains: A Case from the Republic of Panama" - Photographic superimposition of digital images resulted in the positive identification of a "disappeared" Chilean national found in the Republic of Panama. Comparisons of antemortem and postmortem images of fragmentary skeletal remains that had been buried since 1977... (Read more...)

Scientific Working Group on Imaging Technology (SWGIT) - SWGIT, was created to provide leadership to the law enforcement community by developing guidelines for good practices for the use of imaging technologies within the criminal justice system. (Read more...)

The Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) is proud to welcome you to their new homepage. Here you will find information about SWGDE as an organization and our goals in creating standards for Digital Evidence. (Read more...)

The Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology was established in 1997 and continues to operate through sponsorship from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The SWGFAST guidelines have been published with the intent of promoting consensus standards to preserve and enhance the quality of service provided by the latent print community. (Read more...)

The Scientific Working Group on Shoeprint and Tire Tread Evidence (SWGTREAD) was created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to serve as a professional forum in which experts in the forensic analysis of shoeprint and tire tread evidence and practitioners from related fields, share, discuss, and evaluate methods, techniques, protocols, quality assurance, education and research relating to shoeprint and tire tread evidence. (Read more...)