Urbanimmersive launches iOS, Android UI capture app for Ricoh Theta Z1 360 camera News Updates 

Urbanimmersive launches iOS, Android UI capture app for Ricoh Theta Z1 360 camera

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Urbanimmersive Inc. announced the launch of its ‘UI Capture’ App for iOS and Android for the Ricoh Theta Z1 360 camera. The company says the UI Capture App aims at simplifying and standardizing 3D tours visual content capture processes and post-production. Tested by a group of photographers, the App has clearly shown to standardize visual content quality, save onsite and... Read More
Printful shares early insights on 2020 Black Friday Cyber Monday sales News 

Printful shares early insights on 2020 Black Friday Cyber Monday sales

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Printful releases data on this year’s Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) based on the sales of more than 200,000 active customers in 2020. In previous years, Cyber Monday generated more revenue for the company than Black Friday. This year, however, Black Friday brought more sales for Printful customers, making it Printful’s biggest peak season to date. During the 2020 BFCM... Read More
ShootProof names John Parks as chief information officer News 

ShootProof names John Parks as chief information officer

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ShootProof announced the appointment of John Parks as its Chief Information Officer, bringing deep expertise in IT strategy, product development, infrastructure services, technology assessment, and program implementation. “I’m thrilled to join a team that has such a laser focus on empowering photographers to build successful, sustainable businesses,” said Parks. “I look forward to guiding the product and engineering teams at... Read More
Sentons announces device to add camera-like controls to smartphone New Products 

Sentons announces device to add camera-like controls to smartphone

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Sentons, a pioneer in Software-Defined Surfaces (SDS), launched SDS CameraBar, a solution to virtualize and expand smartphone camera operations using ultrasonics. CameraBar unlocks new ways for phone makers to deliver a customizable, ergonomic camera experience while eliminating the UX confinements of a purely on-screen experience. The modular solution enables hyper-responsive, shutter and zoom control replicating those of a point-and-shoot camera,... Read More
Tamron launches 17-70mm F/2.8 lens for Sony E-mount New Products 

Tamron launches 17-70mm F/2.8 lens for Sony E-mount

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Tamron announces the launch of the $799 17-70mm F/2.8 Di III-A  VC RXD (Model B070), a high-speed standard zoom lens for Sony E-mount APS-C mirrorless cameras on Jan. 14, 2021. (Due to the current global health crisis, the release date or product supply schedule could change.) The 17-70mm F2.8 is Tamron’s first high-speed zoom lens for mirrorless cameras with APS-C... Read More
Calderas announces RIP Software Version 14 Updates 

Calderas announces RIP Software Version 14

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Caldera launched Version 14 of its award-winning RIP software, bringing a range of new features and enhancements to its print management and workflow software. The benefits include increased production capacity, decreased downtime, significant time-savings, enhanced automation, and improved print quality. This latest edition of Caldera RIP software focuses on providing better workflows and hotfolders. The result for users is increased... Read More
MailPix, Erin Manning team up for holiday card photo tips Marketing News 

MailPix, Erin Manning team up for holiday card photo tips

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MailPix, the photo-printing, canvas and gifting site, has released a video “Holiday Portraits for Your Photo Cards” featuring Erin Manning, photographer and media personality. In the five-minute video, Manning provides easy-to-follow fun tips for getting the best family photos for a holiday greeting card, using any camera. Among the tips: Have a card design picked out ahead of time –... Read More
Motif Photos partners with 100cameras for charitable work News Promotions 

Motif Photos partners with 100cameras for charitable work

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Motif Photos announced a partnership with 100cameras, a non-profit organization providing educational programs to children and communities across the globe. The partnership empowers Motif to print and to donate a limited-edition photo book containing a worldwide curation of photos across 100cameras programs to date. Through its educational programs, 100cameras teaches children how to tell stories through photography in a way... Read More
Sony announces “Visual Story” iOS app for wedding and event photographers New Products 

Sony announces “Visual Story” iOS app for wedding and event photographers

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Sony Electronics announced Visual Story, an IOS app for wedding and event photographers that simplifies gallery creation, cloud storage and web delivery for Sony camera users. Visual Story offers professionals a solution to expand their business and increase overall client satisfaction by allowing them to immediately share their gallery with their friends and family via social media, the company claims... Read More
Eugene Smith Fund hosting first-ever print sale Events 

Eugene Smith Fund hosting first-ever print sale

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For the first time in its 41-year history, the W. Eugene SmithMemorial Fund will host an online print sale now through Dec. 14, 2020. The collection of prints was donated by past recipients, fellows, and finalists of the annual Smith Grant over the past 10 years. Prints from 58 internationally renowned photographers including Stephanie Sinclair, Ami Vitale, Nanna Heitman, Bharat... Read More
Kodak Professional launches AI-powered photo selection for photographers New Products 

Kodak Professional launches AI-powered photo selection for photographers

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Kodak Professional has launched Kodak Professional Select, an artificial-intelligence-based service to help portrait photographers select their best images. The company says the KPro Select algorithm evaluates images on two major criteria: Technical Evaluation: color, focus, brightness, exposure, contrast, sharpness Aesthetic Evaluation: eyes open, smiles, faces centered The photographer uses a multi-step process to upload event photos to the Kodak Professional cloud,... Read More