Industry notes for the week of May 31
New apps and updates
- HDRsoft releases HDR Batch Plugin for Lightroom
- Ricoh Imaging announced the release of firmware update software version 1.11 for GR III
- Fujifilm Camera Remote app version 4.0.0 for Android is now live with new UI
- Darkroom Booth software updated Darkroom Booth 3 to add intro and outro videos to recordings from a video session.
- Mitsubishi has updated Selfone Wireless Print Station Update ver.1.6. A bootable, plug-and-play USB memory stick complete with the latest version 1.61 upgrade, plus more than 990 Fun Print and Easy Print Frames and Templates is available for $49.99.
Rumours and reports
Here are some interesting items from around the internet:
- Shoebox has extended (again) the deadline for customers to download their photos to June 2.
- Samsung’s new technology turns a single picture or painting into a “living portrait”, via BoredPanda
- The Photobox Group Is In The Process Of Becoming A Focus Of Talent In Technology, via Forbes (article in French)
- Fujifilm announced on its Twitter page the upcoming release of a new Instax camera with an LCD screen.
- Photographer gets nailed by ‘Worst First Pitch Ever’, via PetaPixel
Nikon confirms some counterfeit EN-EL15b batteries were sold by authorized retailers - Amazon shareholders reject a proposal to stop selling facial recognition technology
- Ricoh denies rumors it will lose the right to use the Pentax brand name, via DPReview
- Papier talks print in the digital age, via Power Retail
- Ricoh denies rumors it will lose the right to use the Pentax brand name, via DPReview
- Abercrombie & Fitch CEO says ‘stores matter’ – particularly the smaller ones, via RetailWire
Financial News
People on the Move
- Massivit 3D Printing Technologies announced the appointment of Eyal Manzoor as the company’s new VP Global Sales