Barbara Kotsos is senior marketing manager for scrapbooking solutions at Epson America and she offers these tips and thoughts on compiling your memorable photos in a scrapbook, especially this holiday season. Start a tradition, she says, by having your children select their favorite holiday gifts and then pose for photographs. Each year, include these photographs …
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Carl Zeiss Introduces LotuTec Water-Repellent Coating
Carl Zeiss has announced a new hydrophobic coating that readily sheds off water and oil, to address problems caused by raindrops, dust, smears and fingerprints on sports optics lenses such as binoculars and spotting scopes. The company said LotuTec coating is named after the Lotus leaf effect. It is a super-smooth coating for anti-reflective coated …
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German Stock Photography Market: 200M Euros Yearly
The stock photo market in Germany is worth about $260 million a year, according to an estimate of the German press agency association. The Bundesverband der Pressebild-Agenturen (BVPA) also said 88% of sales came from digital pictures while 12% came from printed pictures. Sales through foreign partner agencies averaged 6%, with direct sales to foreign …
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Ed and Bill review the Photoflex Starflash 650 monolight
Photoflex has just entered the strobe lighting market with their Starflash system. Bill and Ed were given the chance to put a sample unit through some testing in the StudioLighting.net studio. Read about the Starflash 650 and get our impressions here: Product review of the Photoflex Starflash 650 monolight
Product Review: Photoflex Starflash 650 Monolight
Introduction Photoflex is well known for their high quality light modifiers and continuous lighting systems. Until recently, the company did not offer a monolight strobe flash unit. The all new Starflash strobe system is the company’s first entry into the monobloc market. The Starflash 650 is a 650 watt-second version of the new strobe. The …
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Digital Photo Frames are Slick, But Too Complicated
A Chicago Tribune article describes digital photo frames as slick but needlessly complicated. “Did you ever think you would have a picture frame that comes with a remote control? Or that the remote would have 28 buttons?†wrote Eric Benderoff. He said these digital frames hold plenty of promise and are a great way to …
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DIY: Repair Stuck Lens on Panasonic FZ5
A visit to the repair shops of most camera makers always proves to be quite costly. Even a look-see into the camera that you bought from them can cost you a bunch of precious dollars, especially when those warranties run out. That’s why articles like this one from instructables.com is always welcome. It gives the …
BBC: Christmas Goes Digital for Many
Christmas sales figures are expected to post more than $30 billion in consumer electronics purchases alone, according to a BBC report that quoted market analyst Deloitte. The BBC also quoted Deloitte as saying that mobile phones are among the top ten most wanted children’s presents. The BBC is featuring an article on their website about …
Fisher Price Kid: Tough Digital Camera for Boys
Start ‘em young, as they say, and this tough digital camera from Fisher Price may just be the thing for your budding photographer. The Fisher Price Kid digital camera is designed to withstand rough handling by children, yes, even by boys. It features dual handle grips ergonomically designed for little hands, and two-eye viewing that …
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Canon Safety Notice: A530/A540 Overheats
Canon USA has issued a safety notice about their PowerShot A530 and A540 digital cameras, which were found to have a tendency to overheat. “We have discovered that, in a very small number of PowerShot A530 and PowerShot A540 digital cameras, the area around the battery cover on the bottom of the camera may become …