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The numbers have started to come in and they are showing big financial gains for top camera makers Canon, Nikon and Olympus, thanks mainly to this quarter’s better-than-expected sales of digital cameras. Canon posted a 15 percent profit increase in Q3 of 2006: $976 million net profit for July-September, coming mainly from strong sales of …
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The annual PhotoPlus Expo 2006 opens on November 2, 2006 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, featuring the latest gear in digital photography, printing and imaging. Aside from being a trade expo, this year’s conference will also offer over 100 in-depth photography and design seminars, including several hands-on workshops, taught by …
Boise State University in Idaho and Drexel University in Pennsylvania have been tapped by Micron Technology, Inc. to participate in the Micron Mobile Theater Contest, where college students are challenged to discover the photography potential of today’s camera phones. The students will shoot photos and movies that will capture extraordinary, inspirational, and intriguing moments using …
Nothing new here, really, except that it’s white. Why white? To match the white Apple boxes and notebooks and even PC’s coming out with white or whitish color schemes, that’s why. And if your computer is white, then listen. The Wacom Graphire Classic White Edition pen tablet offers exactly the same features and functionality as …
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Book publisher Rocky Nook has released “Fine Art Printing for Photographersâ€, a tome for the serious digital artist who want to create art by printing with today’s high-resolution inkjet printers. The book aims to provide the basic skills for fine art printing: the understanding of color management, profiling, paper, and inks. It also shows how …
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Without much ado, no trumpets blaring and not much of a media hype, Apple busted out their new Macbook Pro notebooks with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, ideal for business and creative professionals such as those in the graphics and photography sectors. The new Macs are touted to be 39% faster than their predecessors and …
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Are there still any doubters out there? Another review confirms that the Nikon D80 is really at the top of its class. The distinguished “Class of 2006â€, which includes the Canon EOS 400D, Sony Alpha 100 and the Nikon D80 – all excellent cameras – clearly has a valedictorian. Dave Etchells and Shawn Barnett of …
The Associated Press (AP) has confirmed the release of their photographer who was kidnapped Monday in Gaza. After a day-long ordeal in the hands of his abductors, Emilio Morenatti was brought before midnight to the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas by Fatah officials. “I’m tired but happy to have come back because there were …
The search is on for America’s next top child model. Kodak EasyShare Gallery and babyGap are jointly sponsoring the babyGap Casting Call to find a boy and a girl aged 4 and under who will become endorsers in a 2007 babyGap advertisement. The winners will be featured in Child Magazine and at their local babyGap …
Microtek has announced their ArtixScan M1 scanner, specialized for photographic film applications. It is a combination film and flatbed scanner for 35mm, 2 1/4×2 1/4, and 4×5-inch film formats and reflective art up to 8.5×14 inches. The ArtixScan M1 uses emulsion direct imaging technology (EDIT) and has 4800 dpi optical resolution, 16-bit digital output per …
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