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Shutterfly breaks “Let Good Fly” holiday campaign Marketing News 

Shutterfly breaks “Let Good Fly” holiday campaign

GaryPageau
Leading consumer photo personalization site Shutterfly premiered its “Let Good Fly” 2020 holiday ad campaign this week. Rather than avoid the realities of a less-than-desirable pandemic year, the light-hearted spot “Let the good fly” confronts it head on. Created by long-time ad agency Argonaut, the spot features various characters showing how they coped with 2020, including a bread-baking mom, a... Read More
GotPhoto releases QuickComposite and holiday sales content News 

GotPhoto releases QuickComposite and holiday sales content

GaryPageau
GotPhoto Inc., the leading workflow platform for volume school photographers, has released holiday sales content and a new composite software to help photographers generate group photos. GotPhoto has prepared guides, webinars, email templates, and much more to help the photographer create extra holiday revenue. The resources build on GotPhoto’s existing strategies begun during the COVID-19 crisis. The company led the... Read More
Motif launches Motif 2.0 for iOS News Updates 

Motif launches Motif 2.0 for iOS

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Motif, the personalized photo project app from RR Donnelly, launch the redesigned iOS app, Motif 2.0, featuring major upgrades for Motif users on an iPhone and iPad. Most notably, Motif 2.0 for iOS features a redesigned project editing experience created to make the process of designing photo books and calendars even more intuitive, saving users time as the holiday gifting... Read More
Fuji Xerox to change name to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. in April 2021 News 

Fuji Xerox to change name to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. in April 2021

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Fuji Xerox announced its Asia Pacific operations will change to the Fujifilm brand with the changing of Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. corporate name to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. on April 2021. This change is brought forth based on the company’s decision to end the Technology Agreement with Xerox Corp. on the agreement’s expiration date, March 31, 2021. The Technology Agreement provides for... Read More
Fujfiilm, Hasselblad, Nikon, Panasonic release software and firmware updates News SDKs and APIs Updates 

Fujfiilm, Hasselblad, Nikon, Panasonic release software and firmware updates

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Fujifilm North America debuted firmware updates for the X-T3 and the X-H1. The X-T3 update will improve the autofocusing performance of the X-T3 to the same level as the FUJIFILM X-T4, the company said, while the X-H1 update is a bug fix. In other Fujfiilm news, for a limited time, registered owners of FUJIFILM X Series or GFX System digital cameras and... Read More
Matthews Studio Equipment launches kits for still photography News 

Matthews Studio Equipment launches kits for still photography

GaryPageau
Matthews Studio Equipment introduced two kits especially catered to the unique needs of still photographers: the Mini Boom Rolling Kit for studio work and the Photo Travel Support Kit.  For studio work, the Mini Boom Rolling Kit is a lighting setup package adding speed and ease to repositioning the key light throughout a shoot, allowing the photographer to maintain flow... Read More
Samsung reclaims the top spot as smartphone market according to IDC News 

Samsung reclaims the top spot as smartphone market according to IDC

GaryPageau
The worldwide smartphone market showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with shipments declining just 1.3% year over year, according to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In total, 353.6 million smartphones were shipped during 3Q20 and while the market declined, the results were stronger than IDC’s previous forecast of a 9% year-over-year... Read More
The $6000 ZEISS ZX1 is now available in the United States and Germany News 

The $6000 ZEISS ZX1 is now available in the United States and Germany

GaryPageau
ZEISS Consumer Products has released its $6,000 ZEISS ZX1 is now available at selected dealers in the United States and Germany. The camera features a newly designed, built-in ZEISS Distagon 35 mm f/2 T* lens with autofocus and 37.4 megapixel full-frame sensor developed by ZEISS. The camera has a 4.3-inch multi-touch display and has Adobe Photoshop Lightroom app preinstalled into... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of Oct. 31 News People on the Move 

Industry Notes for the week of Oct. 31

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  Retail News 8 legacy retailers that wound up in bankruptcy this year These companies made it through world wars, social upheaval and depressions, but met their undoing in a year defined by a pandemic, according to RetailDive. People on the Move EyeEm founder Florian Meissner leaves the company Floridan Meissner, co-founder of Germany based photo sharing site EyeEm, announced his departure... Read More
Dead Pixels Society Podcast: Mobile Printing with Phil Mazzilli of the Mopria Alliance News Opinion Podcasts 

Dead Pixels Society Podcast: Mobile Printing with Phil Mazzilli of the Mopria Alliance

GaryPageau
Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Phil Mazzilli, a Qualcomm executive representing the Mopria Alliance. Mazzilli talks about how the alliance standards enable printing from mobile devices to a wide variety of printers; most recently, the alliance announced its code is now part of Android 11. Mazzilli is the chair of the marketing group of the Alliance. Founded in 2013, by Canon, HP, Samsung, and... Read More
Fujifilm doubles number of X-Photographers News 

Fujifilm doubles number of X-Photographers

GaryPageau
The Electronic Imaging Division of FUJIFILM North America Corp. introduced 16 new members join the current group of 16 X-Photographers, beginning their four-year terms on effectively on Nov. 1, 2020. In July, FUJIFILM North America Corporation rolled out several progressive updates to the program, creating more opportunities for photographers to get involved. “Over the past several months, we have made... Read More
Kodak Alaris takes out $50 million loan from UK pension fund News 

Kodak Alaris takes out $50 million loan from UK pension fund

GaryPageau
Kodak Alaris, the marketer of Kodak film, kiosks, and Kodak Moments apps, has secured a three-year $50 million credit facility from the U.K. Pension Protection Fund (PPF), according to Australia’s Inside Imaging. The move was made just weeks before PPF becomes a part-owner of the business through the acquisition of the failing Kodak Pension Plan (KPP2). The $50 million is... Read More
Epson debuts first roll-to-roll resin signage printers News 

Epson debuts first roll-to-roll resin signage printers

GaryPageau
Epson America expanded its presence in the signage market with the introduction of the SureColor R-Series. The 64-inch SureColor R5070 and SureColor R5070L  have six-color resin ink to deliver prints on a variety of substrates with consistent, repeatable color, the company says. The new printers deliver output ready for immediate lamination at speeds up to 290 square feet per hour. Both printers feature... Read More