NRF: Retail Sales ‘Moderated’ in March But Still Sees ‘Positive Growth’ for 2023 Market research 

NRF: Retail Sales ‘Moderated’ in March But Still Sees ‘Positive Growth’ for 2023

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Retail sales slowed in March, but spending was still higher than at the same time last year, said the National Retail Federation. “Retail sales moderated in March after posting strong gains in the first two months of the year,” said Matthew Shay, NRF President and CEO. “Continued easing of inflation and the overall strength of the job market and wages... Read More
Leica debuts Leica M11 Monochrom, Leica Summilux-M 50 f/1.4 ASPH New Products 

Leica debuts Leica M11 Monochrom, Leica Summilux-M 50 f/1.4 ASPH

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Leica Camera launched the Leica M11 Monochrom, demonstrating the brand’s commitment to exceptional black-and-white photography. The USD $9,195 camera features a dedicated monochrome multi-resolution full-frame BSI sensor and no LCD screen for previewing images. The Leica M11 Monochrom has an all-metal body, high-quality aluminum top plate, sapphire glass display, leatherette covering, and scratch-resistant black finish. The technical advancements of the... Read More
vAIsual, Dragonimages partner to offer Asian images for AI training News 

vAIsual, Dragonimages partner to offer Asian images for AI training

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vAIsual Inc., the company behind the largest visual dataset collection in the world, signed a content deal with Vietnam-based Dragonimages, which will license its collection of images showing the Asian diaspora to companies training machine learning for various purposes. The partnership is a win for increasing diversity and representation in AI output, as well as ensuring copyright owners are compensated... Read More
DJI debuts Inspire 3 cinema drone News 

DJI debuts Inspire 3 cinema drone

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  DJI announced the all-in-one DJI Inspire 3, a streamlined, full-frame 8K cinema drone. The drone features a sleek integrated design, a 161° ultra-wide FOV night-vision FPV, and the O3 Pro transmission and control system. The Inspire 3 is DJI’s only cinema-grade drone, that supports both RTK-powered Waypoint Pro and omnidirectional sensing to perform flight missions more safely and with higher... Read More
Pixelmator Photo app rebrands as Photomator Marketing Updates 

Pixelmator Photo app rebrands as Photomator

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Popular MacOS image-editing app Pixelmator Photo is being rebranded as Photomator with version 2.3. Among the new updates are AI-enhanced selective adjustments for subjects, backgrounds, and sky, linear and radial gradient masks, brush selections, and more. According to a blog post, in addition to making automatic selections, users can also work with customizable gradient masks, select areas based on their color, or... Read More
Canon debuts sub-$1,000 24-inch printer with built-in scanner News 

Canon debuts sub-$1,000 24-inch printer with built-in scanner

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the imagePROGRAF TC-20M, a new large-format, multifunction, 4-color pigment inkjet printer supporting both roll paper and cut-sheet media. The compact, desktop printer is the first Canon imagePROGRAF large-format model equipped with an integrated contact imaging sensor (CIS) flatbed scanner that assists in digitizing originals (to cloud or USB), as well as offering the ability to produce... Read More
Ricoh debuts monochrome camera, four binoculars New Products 

Ricoh debuts monochrome camera, four binoculars

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Ricoh Imaging Americas Corp. announced the PENTAX K-3 Mark III Monochrome camera, exclusively designed to capture black-and-white images. The only monochrome-specific digital SLR camera currently on the market, it captures high-resolution images rich in gradation, enabling users to express a distinct view of the color-rich world in high-quality black-and-white images. “The concept of a monochrome-specific digital SLR camera attracted a great... Read More
Lomography creates dedicate web page for film photography Marketing 

Lomography creates dedicate web page for film photography

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Analog photography marketing company Lomography has launched “Lomography School,” a free dedicated online learning space, derived from the most-frequently-asked questions from Lomographers. Category topics include: All about instant photography All about multiple exposures Analogue photography basics All about light painting and long exposures All about film scanning All about film types All about pinhole photography What is Lomography? Read More
Sony debuts new Camera Remote SDK version Updates 

Sony debuts new Camera Remote SDK version

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Sony Electronics announces the launch of Version 1.08 of the Camera Remote SDK enabling remote operation and setting changes of Sony cameras. Version 1.08 widens the range of potential applications with new features, as well as expands the compatible models. “With each SDK release, we are integrating learnings from customers and expanding the functionality and magnitude of applications and capabilities,”... Read More
Urbanimmersive integrates ChatGPT with UiMeet3D Avatar Greeting Bot News 

Urbanimmersive integrates ChatGPT with UiMeet3D Avatar Greeting Bot

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Urbanimmersive Inc. announced having integrated ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology, with their UiMeet3D Avatar Greeting Bot available in all its 3D tours subscription. UiMeet3D is Urbanimmersive’s proprietary technology enabling viewers to engage in immersive, real-time interactions with other 3D avatars (visitors) within 3D virtual tours. Each 3D avatar, is represented by the viewer’s webcam video streaming. UiMeet3D Avatar Greeting... Read More
Best Buy announces mail-in tech recycling program Marketing News 

Best Buy announces mail-in tech recycling program

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Best Buy announced a nationwide program where consumers can recycle old electronics by mail. Starting this month, consumers can order a prepaid Best Buy Technology Recycling Box and ship off their old electronics for recycling. “We continue to build on our commitment to be there for our customers throughout the entire lifecycle of their products by making recycling simple and... Read More
Think Tank launches new travel luggage focused brand identity News 

Think Tank launches new travel luggage focused brand identity

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Santa Rosa, Calif-based Think Tank is launching a refreshed brand identity with a new focus on travel luggage leading off with the tagline: Venture, Observe, Connect. Think Tank is a manufacturer of camera bags, backpacks, and rolling luggage designed for professional photographers and photo enthusiasts. With the launch of its new brand identity, Think Tank says it is expanding its... Read More
NRF: Full effect of Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening has not shown up News 

NRF: Full effect of Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening has not shown up

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National Retail Federation (NRF) Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said NRF’s 2023 retail sales forecast was one of the most difficult he has ever prepared. “The broad economic environment in the United States today is anything but normal,” Kleinhenz said, noting that unemployment is near historic lows and consumers have excess savings even though interest rates are increasing rapidly and both the... Read More
Germany’s EyeEm files for bankruptcy News 

Germany’s EyeEm files for bankruptcy

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Business Insider in Germany reports the once high-flying stock photography startup EyeEm has filed for bankruptcy. Launched in 2011, EyeEm once boasted tens of millions of users and photographers, who used the service to market their stock photos. By 2020, however, the platform was losing momentum and restructured. Three of the founders –Florian Meissner, Lorenz Aschoff and Gen Sadakane –... Read More