How things change: 50 years ago, an industry celebrated a nation’s birthday Events Feature Marketing Opinion 

How things change: 50 years ago, an industry celebrated a nation’s birthday

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On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the comparison between how the photo industry – and the nation as a whole – is commemorating the event now, compared to the Bicentennial in 1976, is striking. By any measure, the general consumer interest in the FIFA World Cup has eclipsed America250. As the LA Times pointed... Read More
Megadap announces Leica M Lens to Canon RF camera Autofocus Adapter New Products News 

Megadap announces Leica M Lens to Canon RF camera Autofocus Adapter

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Megadap announced the launch of its new Leica M Lens to Canon RF camera Autofocus Adapter. Designed for both full-frame and APS-C Canon RF cameras, this adapter brings autofocus capability to manual-focus Leica M lenses. The M2RF adapter offers these features: Powered by the electronic helical drive system, the M2RF delivers fast, responsive, and accurate focusing. It fully supports Canon... Read More
AWS funds Myseum.AI’s privacy-first AI media album creation agent for the Picture Party Investments 

AWS funds Myseum.AI’s privacy-first AI media album creation agent for the Picture Party

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Myseum.AI, Inc., a privacy-first agentic AI and social media technology company, announced Amazon Web Services (AWS) has committed to fund a portion of the development of the company’s privacy-first AI album creation and media management tool for its Picture Party social media platform. The AWS-backed initiative, in collaboration with Caylent, an AWS Premier Partner, supports Myseum.AI’s expanded development of proprietary,... Read More
Fujifilm to exhibit printing and imaging at IPIC 2026 News 

Fujifilm to exhibit printing and imaging at IPIC 2026

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FUJIFILM North America Corp. announced that both the Business Innovation and Imaging Divisions will jointly participate in the upcoming International Print and Imaging Conference (IPIC), being held July 26-30, 2026, in Las Vegas, NV. Fujifilm’s Business Innovation Division will feature its REVORIA PRESS SC285S (SC285S) onsite at IPIC. Bringing the high-end capabilities of Fujifilm’s flagship REVORIA PRESS PC2120 digital press... Read More
Sony Electronics launches FX5 cinema camera New Products 

Sony Electronics launches FX5 cinema camera

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Sony Electronics introduced the FX5, a full-frame camera in its Cinema Line series. A newly developed fully stacked CMOS image sensor raises sensitivity performance with 15+ stops of dynamic range, three base ISO settings, and a Dual Gain shooting mode. For the first time in the Cinema Line FX series, the FX5 supports Open Gate shooting and in-camera recording in... Read More
How a travel photographer built an audience without algorithms, with Gary Arndt Podcasts 

How a travel photographer built an audience without algorithms, with Gary Arndt

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Travel photography looks glamorous from the outside, but the business behind it has been quietly collapsing for years, and the pandemic only accelerated it. We sit down with award-winning travel photographer Gary Arndt, creator of Everything Everywhere Daily, to trace the real arc: Starting with a high-end Nikon he didn’t know how to use, improving through sheer volume and deliberate practice,... Read More
CatchLight, Sony Electronics collaborate to expand visual reporting capacity in local newsrooms Partnerships 

CatchLight, Sony Electronics collaborate to expand visual reporting capacity in local newsrooms

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CatchLight, a visual-first media organization, announced strategic equipment initiative with Sony Electronics that will put powerful professional camera and video tools directly in the hands of local visual journalists. With Sony and other collaborators, CatchLight is expanding access to the tools and support local newsrooms need to strengthen their visual capacity and tell deeper, more nuanced stories. Through the initiative, Sony... Read More
Pixfizz and Tracer’s TilePix brand collaborate on official TilePix product offering Partnerships 

Pixfizz and Tracer’s TilePix brand collaborate on official TilePix product offering

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Pixfizz and Tracer’s TilePix brand have come together to add official TilePix products to the Pixfizz Product Catalog. Combining TilePix’s recognized magnetic wall décor products, Tracer’s manufacturing expertise and Pixfizz’s e-commerce platform, the collaboration gives Pixfizz customers another premium product category to offer through their existing workflow, the companies say. TilePix makes wall décor flexible, allowing customers to create, rearrange... Read More
Women in Print Alliance brings networking, leadership, and community to PRINTING United Expo 2026 Events News 

Women in Print Alliance brings networking, leadership, and community to PRINTING United Expo 2026

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Women in Print Alliance, a division of PRINTING United Alliance, is again bringing a lineup of networking, professional development, and community-building experiences to PRINTING United Expo 2026, taking place Sept. 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Designed to help women maximize their Expo experience, this year’s programming includes pre-show education, exclusive networking events, leadership development... Read More
Profoto reports lower first-half sales as cautious market slows investment Earnings reports 

Profoto reports lower first-half sales as cautious market slows investment

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Swedish lighting manufacturer Profoto reported weaker second-quarter and first-half 2026 results as customers delayed equipment purchases amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Second-quarter sales fell 16.8% to SEK 142 million, with organic sales down 14.1%. EBITDA declined to SEK 21 million from SEK 36 million a year earlier, while EBIT broke even, down from SEK 18 million. The company posted a small net... Read More
CEWE acquires Kodak Alaris’s global Kodak Moments business Acquisitions News Opinion 

CEWE acquires Kodak Alaris’s global Kodak Moments business

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CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA signed an agreement with Kodak Alaris, a portfolio company of Kingswood Capital Management, to acquire the KODAK MOMENTS Retail Photo Solutions business unit. With this acquisition, CEWE said it is expanding its core Photofinishing business internationally, improving its position in physical retail, and expanding its presence at the point of sale. KODAK MOMENTS Retail Photo... Read More
Hasselblad brings Phocus Mobile to Android New Products Updates 

Hasselblad brings Phocus Mobile to Android

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Hasselblad announced Phocus Mobile V1.0.0 for Android is now available for the X2D II 100C, X2D 100C and 907X & CFV 100C. Phocus Mobile, the official companion app for Hasselblad medium format digital cameras, delivers the end-to-end Hasselblad Natural Colour Solution (HNCS) experience on mobile. It combines AI-powered noise reduction, a comprehensive editing toolkit, and streamlined photo preview and management... Read More
Photo Finale to host Steve’s Speakeasy at IPIC, updates calendars designs Events News 

Photo Finale to host Steve’s Speakeasy at IPIC, updates calendars designs

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Steve Giordano, president of Photo Finale, will host one of the bootcamp sessions at IPIC called Steve’s Speakeasy, Sunday, July 26, from 1-6 pm in Napa Room B at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa.  In true speakeasy fashion, he wil keep things lively and interactive—with beer, wine, and soft drinks flowing as we explore real-world opportunities to increase... Read More
Lomography introduces reloadable film camera in half-frame format New Products 

Lomography introduces reloadable film camera in half-frame format

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Lomography has announced another reloadable film camera in half-frame format. The Half-frame Simple Use Reloadable Film Camera is now available in two editions. Preloaded with 40 photos on LomoChrome Classicolor film or Lady Grey Black & White film, the camera is ready to shoot straight out of the box, with a built-in flash and three interchangeable colored gel filters on... Read More
PhotoShelter launches Live Stream Video Workflow Marketing New Products 

PhotoShelter launches Live Stream Video Workflow

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PhotoShelter, a digital asset management (DAM) platform for brands, announced the launch of Live Stream Video Workflow, a new capability that ingests live broadcasts directly into PhotoShelter so teams can clip highlight moments and push them to social media and other channels while the event is still in progress. For sports organizations, content teams, and live event producers, the most... Read More
Delkins to hold price 512GB POWER CFexpress 4.0 Type B Memory Card Marketing Promotions 

Delkins to hold price 512GB POWER CFexpress 4.0 Type B Memory Card

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Delkin Devices announced it will maintain the retail price of its 512GB POWER CFexpress 4.0 Type B Memory Card at $279.99 through July 31, 2026, or while supplies last, despite rising NAND flash and component costs that have led to memory card price increases across the industry. As NAND flash and component costs continue to rise across the industry, many... Read More