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Industry Notes for the week of Sept. 5 New Products News Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of Sept. 5

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  Retail news Kenosha’s Rode’s Camera Shop destroyed Rode’s Camera Shop, a downtown Kenosha, Wis,, business for more than 100 years, was completely destroyed in civil unrest Monday, Aug. 31, according to the Kenosha News.  It’s unclear, from the report, whether owners Tom Gram and Paul Willette will reopen the camera store and lab. Pixel Connection named DI Reporter 2020 E-tailer... Read More
Vecnos smartphone app creates easily shareable 360-degree images New Products Updates 

Vecnos smartphone app creates easily shareable 360-degree images

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Vecnos Inc., the company spun out of Ricoh Company, Ltd., launched IQUISPIN, a smartphone app allowing users to easily create and to share one-of-a-kind short videos with automated motion and effects using images taken with any 360-degree camera. IQUISPIN is available free of charge today for iOS and Android devices. The app converts still 360-degree photos into a several-second MP4... Read More
Boris FX Optics announces Adobe Photoshop Plugin New Products Updates 

Boris FX Optics announces Adobe Photoshop Plugin

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Boris FX Optics is now available as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and as a standalone application for macOS and Windows. The Optics toolkit features more than 150 filters and thousands of presets designed by VFX industry veterans to correct, to enhance, and to stylize images with an easy-to-use interface. The plugin can be purchased for only $9/month... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of July 25 Earnings reports News People on the Move Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of July 25

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Pro Photography Bay Photo Lab announces “Epic Prints” Bay Photo Lab has launched “Epic Prints”,  made from Fujiflex silver-halide photographic paper with up to 610dpi resolution. They are mounted to aluminum for a sleek, thin profile from sizes from 4×4″ to 45×93″. 10,000 Headshots featured on “Today Show” The 10,000 Headshots project, featured on the Dead Pixels Society podcast, was featured... Read More
Industry notes for the week of July 18 Earnings reports News SDKs and APIs Updates 

Industry notes for the week of July 18

GaryPageau
  Retail news Future of Olympus cameras discussion with Aki Murata, President, via 42West Adorama’s 42West blog interviewed Aki Murata, president, Consumer Products Group, Olympus Corporation of the Americas, about the impending sale of Olympus cameras to Japan Industrial Partners. Worth a look if you are wondering what will happen to Olympus camera servicing and future products. Nikon School shuts down physical... Read More
Luminar 4.3 brings search, user experience improvements, 500px integration New Products Updates 

Luminar 4.3 brings search, user experience improvements, 500px integration

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Skylum released the latest free update for Luminar, version 4.3, focusing on enhancing the overall experience for creatives through several refinements and performance improvements. “With its vast AI-centric features, Luminar 4 has become a state-of-the-art program for photographers and other creatives,” said Dima Sytnik, Co-Founder and CTO of Skylum. “With Luminar 4.3, we continue to optimize the user experience and... Read More
Panasonic updates streaming software for Lumix cameras Updates 

Panasonic updates streaming software for Lumix cameras

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Panasonic announced firmware updates for the LUMIX G Series cameras and for the  “LUMIX Streaming (Beta)” for Mac and the development of “LUMIX Webcam Software” for Win/Mac applications. The firmware update programs are for DC-GH5, GH5S, G9, G95, G85 and GX9 to improve compatibility with the new Tripod Grip DMW-SHGR1 and operational stability with LUMIX G VARIO 12-32mm / F3.5-5.6... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of July 11 Earnings reports New Products People on the Move Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of July 11

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App news and website updates   Dotphoton has renamed its flagship software to “Rawsie“ Swiss image-compression company Dotphoton has renamed its flagship product from Dotphoton Raw to Rawsie. New features include a Lightroom catalog compression feature. Also, a Windows edition is on the way. RTRO by Moment adds slow-mo feature RTRO by Moment, the popular “retro photography” app for iPhone, has added... Read More
GoPro HERO8 Black now works as an HD webcam Updates 

GoPro HERO8 Black now works as an HD webcam

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GoPro, Inc. announced its flagship HERO8 Black camera now functions as a 1080p high-definition, wide-angle webcam with a beta-release firmware update. Users must also install the new GoPro Webcam desktop utility to use their camera as a webcam. The GoPro Webcam desktop utility is currently available for Mac OS users with support for Windows is in development. “GoPro is bringing... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of July 4 Earnings reports News People on the Move Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of July 4

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Events PI CONNECT imaging conference, Pro Imaging Golf move to 2021 Pro Imaging CONNECT, the executive conference for the photo/imaging industry, has postponed its 2020 conference to April/May, 2021, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Austin, Texas. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we were forced to postpone Pro Imaging CONNECT and Pro Imaging Golf until spring of 2021. App news and... Read More
Fujifilm announces big firmware update for GFX System Updates 

Fujifilm announces big firmware update for GFX System

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FUJIFILM North America Corp. announced the availability of an important firmware update for the GFX System, providing additional capabilities to each GFX System digital camera for photography and for videography, including 4K RAW video support for the FUJIFILM GFX100. For Video: Firmware Update Supports GFX 100 4K 16:9 RAW video output via HDMI This new firmware update will allow the... Read More
SIGMA releases firmware ver. 2.00 update for SIGMA fp Updates 

SIGMA releases firmware ver. 2.00 update for SIGMA fp

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Sigma Corp. of America announced SIGMA fp firmware ver. 2.00, the first major update that widely expands the functionality of the camera. The new functions and capabilities include: Cinemagraph creation and playback CinemaDNG footage playback Still capture during live view and movie shooting in Cine mode Still image capture from movie files (CinemaDNG, MOV) shot with the SIGMA fp HDR in... Read More
Panasonic adds streaming capability to LUMIX software Updates 

Panasonic adds streaming capability to LUMIX software

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Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co. has jumped on the trend for still camera makers to add streaming capability to their lines, following the actions of Canon and Fujifilm. Panasonic released “LUMIX Streaming (Beta)” June 7, 2020; this is a Windows beta software program derived from the current “LUMIX Tether (Ver.1.7)” with an additional display option for situations where this software can be... Read More
Industry notes for the week of June 6 Events News Updates 

Industry notes for the week of June 6

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CameraPro hunting for retail acquisitions Independent Brisbane retailer, CameraPro, has plans to expand its operations and is on the hunt for specialist photo retailer acquisition opportunities, via Inside Imaging. Photo specialty stores respond to harrowing weeks with trepidation and confidence Digital Imaging Reporter provided a roundup of how U.S. camera stores are coping with post-COVID-19 environment and the on-going civil unrest.... Read More