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Nikon’s camera factory in Thailand today terminated the services of 1,500 of its workers citing reduced orders from the United States, Japan and Canada. Nikon (Thailand) Company said the dismissed workers are subcontracting staff and have worked with the company for less than a year. Nikon officials have promised severance pay for the dismissed workers. …
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Amherst Media has released the Event Photography Handbook by William B. Folsom and James P. Goodridge, a new book that offers photographers a new stream of revenues by way of event photography. The book outlines the critical steps a photographer must take to grow a thriving event photography business, showing him how to find customers …
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JOBO AG has announced two new digital picture frames – the JOBO Photo Display PDJ801 and PDJ800 – both featuring an 8.4†800×600 resolution TFT color LCD display with a contrast ratio of 500:1 and user adjustable brightness. The JOBO PDJ801 ($180) has an internal memory of 1GB to store up to 8,000 pictures, while …
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The Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR (awesome!) is not quite out of the gate yet – it’s supposed to be shipping anytime now – but already, Canon has posted updates to four of their software programs for Windows and the Mac OS X to support the new camera. The 5D Mark II is now …
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Bogen Imaging is offering a $100 mail-in rebate on the Manfrotto 501HDV,351MVB2k or the Manfrotto 503HDV, 351MVB2K video tripod kit plus one of their Kata Bags. Qualifying products may be purchased from multiple dealers. Rebates being submitted on multiple dealer purchases must be claimed on a single rebate form. All items must be purchased during …
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Digital SLR cameras (DSLRs) are emerging as an area of rapid growth within the digital camera industry with 40% growth posted in 2007. An InfoTrends study also reveals that this market will grow 16% for this year and will peak in 2012. Data for this new study are revealed in The Consumer Digital SLR Marketplace: …
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O’Reilly has released The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers by Derrick Story, a portable new guide that spotlights only the critical Photoshop CS4 tools you’ll need most often in one compact reference. In this take-anywhere book, Derrick teaches you how to quickly and efficiently organize and edit your photos without compromising the originals. Derrick Story …
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HP and Magnum Photos are holding free seminars for professional photographers around the world featuring the new HP Designjet Z3200 Photo Printer. The HP Photography and Printing Master Class Road Show will visit 6 more cities between now and February: Barcelona, London, Baden, Paris, Rotterdam and Dubai. Each seminar will feature an inspirational presentation by …
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It is now possible for users to create their own custom-made panels for Photoshop CS4 to make its interface suit their specific needs. Yes, the default Photoshop panels are quite flexible but they can be overwhelming for most users. Enter the Adobe Configurator, it makes it easy to snap together your own Photoshop panels (they …
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Do you have rebate checks from Canon? Hold on to those checks for a while as they may bounce if you deposit them now. No, the problem’s not with Canon but with the third-party company, Continental Promotion Group, who processes the rebate checks. Trouble is CPG filed for bankruptcy last week and Canon USA says …
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