Dead Pixels Society podcast: Matt Sweetwood on his new business, Insurious, on retailing, and on cameras Podcasts 

Dead Pixels Society podcast: Matt Sweetwood on his new business, Insurious, on retailing, and on cameras

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Matt Sweetwood,  entrepreneur, author, CEO and co-founder of Insurious. After leaving the family camera store, Unique Photo, in 2015, Sweetwood embarked on a career as a consultant, an author (“Leader of the Pack”) and startup CEO.  Now he’s back with Insurious, an online insurance company for cameras, audio equipment and more. Never one to be shy about his... Read More
IDC says fourth-quarter smartphone shipments show growth Market research News 

IDC says fourth-quarter smartphone shipments show growth

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The worldwide smartphone market continued to improve in the holiday quarter of 2020 (4Q20) returning to familiar ground with 4.3% year-over-year growth, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 385.9 million devices during the quarter. While the full year 2020 declined 5.9% compared to 2019, the progress... Read More
Sony launches high-end Alpha 1 with 50.1 MP full-frame sensor New Products 

Sony launches high-end Alpha 1 with 50.1 MP full-frame sensor

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Sony Electronics announced its new professional level full-frame mirrorless Alpha 1 camera, featuring a new 50.1-megapixel full-frame stacked Exmor RS image sensor, up to 120 AF/AE calculations per second, 8K 30p 10-bit 4:2:0 video, and much more. The newly developed image sensor is built with integral memory and paired with an upgraded BIONZ XR imaging processing engine, making it capable... Read More
Fujifilm announces GFX100S large-format camera, X-E4 mirrorless camera and lenses New Products 

Fujifilm announces GFX100S large-format camera, X-E4 mirrorless camera and lenses

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FUJIFILM North America Corp. introduced numerous cameras and lenses last week, including its fourth large-format mirrorless GFX camera. The announcements included two new cameras – FUJIFILM GFX100S digital camera and FUJIFILM X-E4 Mirrorless Camera – and three lenses – FUJINON GF80mmF1.7 R WR, FUJINON XF27mmF2.8 R WR Lens, and XF70-300mmF4-5.6 R LM OIS WR. The Fujifilm GFX100S camera has a... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of Jan. 25 Earnings reports People on the Move Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of Jan. 25

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Events Photopia event gains the support of German photographic industry The photo and imaging trade show Photopia planned for Sept. 23 to 26, 2021 in Hamburg, Germany, has announced a cooperation with the German Photographic Industry Association (PIV), according to World of Photo. The four-day photo and video festival is set to enable “photo enthusiasts from all over the world to experience the latest... Read More
MailPix announces top five photo gifts for 2020 News 

MailPix announces top five photo gifts for 2020

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MailPix, the photo-printing, canvas and gifting site, announced the most-popular photo gifts for the 2020 holiday season. Despite the effects of the global pandemic, the company saw growth in several product categories. Canvas – Home decor products were popular this holiday season, with 16×20 and 20×30 size canvas prints leading the way. With so many working from home, customers were... Read More
Updated: Lifetouch, Shutterfly staff reductions near 800 News 

Updated: Lifetouch, Shutterfly staff reductions near 800

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Updated: This article was updated to add the statement from Shutterfly below: An all-hands phone conference Thursday, Jan. 21, with Shutterfly CEO Hilary Schneider brought the news of a nearly 800 person staff reduction. According to reports from people on the call, the company’s Lifetouch National School Studios business bore the brunt of the reduction, with 700 positions eliminated in... Read More
Nations Photo Lab relocates to York County, Pennsylvania News 

Nations Photo Lab relocates to York County, Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced Nations Photo Lab has moved its Cockeysville, Maryland-based Artsy Couture headquarters to Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. The $5.6 million relocation will create 125 new, full-time jobs in the Susquehanna Valley, according to a press release. “In this digital era, memories can be captured using many different devices, but they can only be eternally preserved... Read More
PPA announces Grand Imaging Award Winner, World Photographic Cup finalists Events 

PPA announces Grand Imaging Award Winner, World Photographic Cup finalists

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Professional Photographers of America (PPA) held the Grand Imaging Awards ceremony earlier this week at Imaging USA 2021. The overall Grand Imaging Award went to Shannon Squires-Toews, M.Photog, for her image “Perfectly Perched” in the Animal Portrait category. Her photograph was selected from more than 5,000 entries by a jury of 36 professional photographers. The Grand Imaging Awards encourage photographers... Read More
CEWE to report earnings increase for 2020 fiscal year Earnings reports 

CEWE to report earnings increase for 2020 fiscal year

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Oldenburg, Germany-based photo product maker CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA anticipates a significant earnings increase when 2020 financial results are reported. Uncertified initial figures CEWE concluding the year with a group turnover increase in the range of around 727 million euros (2019 FY: 720.4 million euros) and EBIT improved more than proportionately to a level of around 79 million euros... Read More
Eugene Smith Fund announces 2021 grant call for entries News 

Eugene Smith Fund announces 2021 grant call for entries

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Due to the pandemic, the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund will again break from its 40-year tradition of honoring a single photographer with its grant ($40,000) and instead present five photographers each with $10,000. The decision to present five grants was first approved by the fund’s board of trustees in early 2020 to support an extended number of deserving grant... Read More
Leica releases Leica M10-P “Reporter” design variant New Products 

Leica releases Leica M10-P “Reporter” design variant

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Leica Camera announced a special design variant of the Leica M10-P called Leica M10-P “Reporter”. The $8,795 camera, which is identical in terms of technical specifications to the serially produced Leica M10-P, will be limited to a total of 450 units. The camera\, announced as part of the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, features... Read More
Inter-State Studio launches franchise program News 

Inter-State Studio launches franchise program

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Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co., North America’s largest family-owned school photography, planner and yearbook publishing company, is announcing the offering franchise opportunities via Inter-State Studio Franchise, LLC.  To learn more, visit inter-statefranchise.com, call 660.826.1766, or email [email protected] “My grandfather started Inter-State in 1933, and for over 55 years, we have been partnering with independent photographers, sharing our processes, products and... Read More
Dead Pixels Society podcast: Western European photo trends with Jeremy Wills, Futuresource News Podcasts 

Dead Pixels Society podcast: Western European photo trends with Jeremy Wills, Futuresource

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Jeremy Wills, senior market analyst, Pro AV and Imaging, for Futuresource Consulting. Wills covers the Western Europe photo market. In this podcast, Wills talks about the photo personalization market in Europe, the role of photo printing, the booming greeting card market, the behavior of Millennials and Generation Z, and more. Wills... Read More