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Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announces Judges for 2021 Grants in Humanistic Photography News 

Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announces Judges for 2021 Grants in Humanistic Photography

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The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced the judges for its 2021 annual grants including the Eugene Smith Grant, Howard Chapnick Grant, and Eugene Smith Student Grant. Nicole Frugé, Director of Visuals for the San Francisco Chronicle, Lisa Volpe, Associate Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Michael Hamtil, Assistant Director of Multimedia at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Darcy... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of April 24 News People on the Move SDKs and APIs 

Industry Notes for the week of April 24

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Pixster Photo Booths launches Chicago office Photo booth rental company Pixster Photo Booths announced the opening of their fifth location in Chicago, Ill. Founded in San Diego in 2012, Pixster has locations in Orange County, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin. People on the Move Canon U.S.A announces executive appointments Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced executive appointments and promotions, effective April 1, 2021: Brian... Read More
Fujifilm announces firmware updates, camera control kits News 

Fujifilm announces firmware updates, camera control kits

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Fujifilm Corp. will release the latest firmware update for the 102-megapixel flagship FUJIFILM GFX100 in June 2021. Among the updates: The new firmware updates the camera’s autofocus algorithm to the latest version to boost AF speed and Face/Eye-detection performance, enhancing AF accuracy even in portrait photography that involves subject movements. The new firmware enables coordinated control of the camera’s in-body... Read More
Tamron launches two lenses for Sony E-mount News 

Tamron launches two lenses for Sony E-mount

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Tamron USA launched two Sony E-mount full-frame lenses: 150-500mm F/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD (Model A057), an ultra-telephoto zoom lens for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras, and the 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD (Model B060), a fast-aperture ultra-wide-angle zoom lens. The 150-500mm F5-6.7, available on June 10, for $1,399, is Tamron’s first ultra-telephoto zoom lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras that... Read More
PPA announces subsidies for photography exhibitors Events News 

PPA announces subsidies for photography exhibitors

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Professional Photographers of America (PPA) announced the creation of an Investment Performance Rebate which will significantly reduce the cost for exhibitors at Imaging USA, the association’s premier event, to be held Jan. 16-18, 2022. According to the plan, PPA will subsidize 43% of exhibitors’ typical trade show booth space costs for the upcoming conference in National Harbor, Washington D.C. An... Read More
London Camera Exchange becomes employee-owned company News 

London Camera Exchange becomes employee-owned company

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London Camera Exchange is now an employee-owned company. The six-decade-old used and new camera retailer made the change earlier this year, passing ownership to the management team and employees. According to a statement on the website: The people working in the business have not changed and they are totally committed to retaining those traditional family business values while building on... Read More
Zenfolio launches scalable sites for photographers News 

Zenfolio launches scalable sites for photographers

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Zenfolio launched a new, reimagined SaaS solution built from the ground up drawing on 15 years of experience, extensive customer research, and multi-million-dollar technology investment. This new Zenfolio offering provides tools to run all aspects of a photographer’s business with an easy-to-use, responsive interface to show, share, market, and sell photography via mobile, desktop, or tablet. “The strategic decision to... Read More
Reunions magazine offers new reunion ideas News 

Reunions magazine offers new reunion ideas

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Vivid-Pix announced the inaugural issue of Reunions magazine, which provides education, resources, event planning and sharing information for family, class, and military reunions, since its acquisition by Vivid-Pix. The issue includes new stories and ideas provided by our readers and experts for planning reunions during and after the pandemic. “Reunions will take many forms this year,” describes Rick Voight, CEO,... Read More
Rise Above Research: Aspiring photographers driving the future News 

Rise Above Research: Aspiring photographers driving the future

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With the photo industry maturing, the gap between those who take photos and those who consider themselves to be photographers is growing, according to Rise Above Research. Today’s “aspiring photographers” will be tomorrow’s photo enthusiasts and professionals. Rise Above Research believes aspiring photographers as a group deserves much more attention from vendors in the photography market, from camera makers to... Read More
Noritsu Koki Co. acquires audio company JLab for $370 million Acquisitions News 

Noritsu Koki Co. acquires audio company JLab for $370 million

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Photofinishing equipment pioneer Noritsu Koki Co. Ltd. continued its diversification into the audio market with the acquisition of San Diego, Calif.-based JLab for $370 million; the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter. As a part of this new ownership, JLab will continue to operate as an independent company under the JLab name, with its sales, marketing, product... Read More
Canon announces development of pro full-frame EOS R3 mirrorless camera New Products News 

Canon announces development of pro full-frame EOS R3 mirrorless camera

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Canon Inc. announced it is developing a new, high-performance professional camera, the Canon EOS R3, plus three RF lenses, Canon RF 100mm F2.8 L Macro IS USM, RF400mm F2.8 L IS USM and RF600mm F4 L IS USM. “The development of the Canon EOS R3 and the launch of the new RF lenses are the latest testament to the company’s... Read More
Hasselblad Masters competition submissions are open Events News 

Hasselblad Masters competition submissions are open

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Hasselblad Masters professional photographic competition is now open for submissions through and July 31. Started in 2001, Hasselblad Masters is open to all professional photographers who have been actively working in the field for more than three years. Entries can be shot on any digital camera, regardless of brand or format, that has at least 16 megapixels. Photographs shot on... Read More
Mitsubishi exiting printer market News 

Mitsubishi exiting printer market

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Mitsubishi Electric is ceasing production of dye-sublimation printers but will continue to service and support and provide media for the in-market devices through March, 2030. Printers will continue to be shipped through March 31, 2022. This was first reported on the UK site PhotoBite and confirmed by Mitsubishi. The company has produced printers since the early 1980s for a broad... Read More