Hoodman HD-SLR Viewfinder from Band Pro Film & Digital on Vimeo.

The editors of Professional Photographer magazine are pleased to inform you that RAW STEEL Ruggedized USB 3.0 Card Reader has won a 2012 Hot One Award for the Media Card Reader category.

Congratulations!

Best regards,

Jeff Kent

Hot One Editor

Professional Photographer magazine

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Hoodman at PhotoPlus - NYC 2011

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What Pros say about Hoodman Memory Cards & Cine Kit Pro

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Hoodman builds RAW STEEL ruggedness and "Pin Guardtm" into a new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 UDMA Card Reader

Enjoy time saving 5 Gbps data transfers of CompactFlash or SD cards with the new ruggedized RAW STEEL

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 UDMA card reader from Hoodman. Downloads are up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0 specs.

Hoodman built the new reader into a ruggedized metal housing and added a new concept to readers called "Pin Guard". Pin Guard is an innovative drop down door that keeps reader pins protected until a CompactFlash card is inserted into the reader. The well thought out detachable 36-inch USB 3.0 cable is plenty long enough to reach behind towers and still find a home on a desktop. Reinforced cable inputs, metal housing and "Pin Guard" all work together to yield the most durable card reader made. Suggested retail is $49.99.

*5Gbps transfer rates require a USB 3.0 enabled computer.

*RAW STEEL reader is backward compatible with USB 2.0 systems.

*Supports CompactFlash, SD, SDHC, SDXC & UHS-1 memory cards.

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Hoodman makes lens cleaning convenient and quick with

its new "Lens Cleanse" natural lens cleaning kits.

Enzyme activated / Eco responsible

Specially formulated enzymes actually breakdown grime to super clean photographic lenses and filters without harming delicate optical coatings or the environment. Convenient wet & dry kits store in your camera bag ready to tear open as needed. No need for bulky, leaking, caustic chemical bottles to clean your lenses.

Enzymes are naturally occurring substances whose sole purpose is to break down organic matter. Organic plant enzymes make up the powerful cleaning agent in Hoodman’s Lens Cleanse natural lens cleaning kits. The delicate optical coatings of your lenses and filters are never compromised because Lens Cleanse enzymes do not hurt optical coatings. Even the cleaning kit towelletes we use are special. Lens Cleanse towelletes are made up of super soft natural wood fibers that will not scratch lenses or filters. Hoodman Lens Cleanse natural lens cleaning kits are good for your lenses, filters and the environment too!

Lens Cleanse natual lens cleaning kits can be purchased at your Camera Dealer in singles as well as convenient 12 packs. 12 pack suggested retail is $9.99.

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HoodEYE for Glasss...by Hoodman

Hoodman brings out a new HoodEYE for photographers who wear glasses...Just like the normal size HoodEYe, the oversized HoodEYE for Glasses helps ink your eye to the camera by blocking out all the ambient light that leaks in at your template.

HoodEYE for Glasses is ordered along with the normal HoodEYE for your camera model. Using the patented mounting piece from the normal HoodEYE you just add the larger HoodEYE for glasses eyecup. HoodEYE retails at $19.99; HoodEYE for glasses is $9.99...Your package is complete for $29.98.

To find a dealer near you, go to www.HoodmanUSA.com or call Hoodman direct 800.818.3946.

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A Photography Disaster Averted Thanks to Hoodman USA!!

A Photography Disaster Averted Thanks to Hoodman USA!!

on Wednesday, 12 October 2011. Posted in Latest News

THE #1 REASON WHY I LOVE HOODMAN USA AND THE REASON WHY I ONLY USE HOODMAN FLASH CARDS.

So a few years ago I was spending the day working on the computer, catching up on the blog, sending e-mails and working on images trying to be productive. (pure torture for me… I'd rather be outside shooting!) I exported a few images, low-res (72 dpi) for use on the web/blog and e-mail, then I had to up-load a Gorgeous Wedding to our on-line proofing company Collages.net. Fine. All was going very well, I up-loaded the wedding and then exported the wedding to an external hard-drive and then deleted the project off of my computer to make room for more and called it a day! (very excited to be done and go outside!) About a month later we received a call from Collages.net asking for a large file version of an image from that wedding.. the bride would like to order a 30x40 Canvas and they only had the low-res 72 dpi file….. DISASTER!!!!!! #%$&!!! Ohhh NO!…. When I uploaded the wedding to Collages.net AND to my external hard-drive I exported ALL the images at 72 dpi!!! I forgot to change my export presets back to "Original Size". "Houston we have a Problem" I had already deleted and reformatted those cards I used for that wedding at least 5 times over… Ouch! So what can I do? Absolutely Nothing, you can do nothing with a 72 dpi image, well, 4x6 yes, 30x40 definitely NOT! Since nothing can be done to make a small file bigger and once you delete off of your computer there is no going back. I felt like dying, so I should say Hoodman USA Saved my life! After all that I could think of to do to recover the wedding was exhausted I did one final Last-ditch effort, I called Hoodman USA and asked if anything could be done with the flash cards….. Guess what they said? YES!!! Come on up to Torrance CA and we'll fix your problem!! So not one second later I jumped in the car and drove immediately to Hoodman USA and the Beautiful, Wonderful people there RECOVERED ALL of the images on my (deleted/reformatted) cards and placed the images on a DVD. After a lot of tears of joy, thanks and more thanks I left Hoodman USA vowing I would never use another brand of Flash Card!!
I LOVE Hoodman USA!
Smiles to you all! -Stephanie Adriana
P.S. The bride got her Fabulous 30x40!

Hoodman USA has come out with some incredible new cards and products check them out in our !

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2011 Winner of Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit

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