Leica Camera announces 2022 Leica Oskar Barnack Award finalists Events 

Leica Camera announces 2022 Leica Oskar Barnack Award finalists

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Leica Camera announced the 12 finalists for the 42nd annual, internationally renowned Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) photography competition. Comprised of world-renowned photographers and editors, the jury has determined the 2022 LOBA shortlist from proposals submitted by approximately 60 international photography experts from 34 countries. For the first time, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer – awarded to a photographer under the age of 30 – has also been selected in collaboration with proposals submitted... Read More
Profoto shows improved results, impacts of component shortages Earnings reports News 

Profoto shows improved results, impacts of component shortages

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Swedish lighting company Profoto Holding AB reports net sales for the second quarter ending June 2022i, totaled SEK 187 million, compared to SEK 172 million last year, an increase of 8.6 percent. But organic growth, adjusted for currency effects, was -12.7 percent. For the first six months of the year, Profoto registered net sales totaled SEK 383 million, compared to... Read More
Photo-Me announces six-month results Earnings reports News 

Photo-Me announces six-month results

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Photo-Me International plc, the instant-service equipment group, announces its results for the six months ended 30 April 2022. Revenue was up 21.9% to £115.3 million (H1 2021: £94.6 million), resulting mostly from the continued easing of Covid-19-related restrictions across the group’s key operating markets and the subsequent positive impact of increased demand for passports and other official documentation, the company... Read More
Venus Optics debuts Laowa 10mm f/4 cookie lens for APS-C mirrorless New Products 

Venus Optics debuts Laowa 10mm f/4 cookie lens for APS-C mirrorless

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Venus Optics announced the launch of the Laowa 10mm f/4 Cookie Lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras. The company says it is one of the world’s widest rectilinear pancake lenses for APS-C cameras. At a cookie size of 25mm(0.98”) long and weighing only 130g(0.29lbs), it is pocketable. The US price for Laowa 10mm f/4 Cookie is USD299 for all mounts. Pricing... Read More
Innovative Foto’s BlabaBooth sponsors race driver Akinori Ogata News 

Innovative Foto’s BlabaBooth sponsors race driver Akinori Ogata

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Innovative Foto’s BlabaBooth sponsored Japanese professional stock car racing driver Akinori Ogata, for the Crayon 200 in the NASCAR 2022 Xfinity Race Series in New Hampshire July 16, 2022. The unique partnership is the first for photo booth manufacturer, Innovative Foto and its BlabaBooth line of photo booths. Ogata finished 25th, completing 167 laps before dropping due to engine failure.... Read More
Trends in wedding and portrait photography with Zenfolio News 

Trends in wedding and portrait photography with Zenfolio

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Pamela Vachon and Keith Barraclough about Zenfolio’s recent industry survey of photographers, the changes wrought by COVID, and how technology is changing how photographers work. Pamela Vachon is vice president, marketing operations, at Zenfolio. Keith Barraclough is CTO, EVP analytics, at Zenfolio, Zenfolio Inc. offers advanced business solutions enabling photographers to easily show, share and sell their images and videos. For... Read More
Fujifilm announces sale of Greenwood, S.C., campus News 

Fujifilm announces sale of Greenwood, S.C., campus

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FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp. announced its FUJIFILM Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. subsidiary has entered into an agreement to sell its Greenwood, S.C., site to an affiliate of Phoenix Investors, a national commercial real estate firm based in Milwaukee, Wisc. with large-scale industrial real estate holdings across the United States. Fujifilm will maintain a workforce of over 300 employees at the site,... Read More
NRF: June retail sales increased despite rising inflation Market research News 

NRF: June retail sales increased despite rising inflation

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Retail sales increased in June even as inflation climbed higher and drove up prices across the board, said the National Retail Federation  (NRF). “June retail sales data shows that consumers remain on solid footing despite rising prices and an active Fed raising interest rates to combat it,” said Matthew Shay, president and CEO, NRF. “Inflation has consumers modifying their spending... Read More
Zenfolio reports on photographers diversifying their businesses Market research 

Zenfolio reports on photographers diversifying their businesses

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Zenfolio has revealed the results of its latest “State of Photography Industry Report,” highlighting how photographers adapted their businesses following the COVID-19 pandemic. As with most job positions that weren’t deemed “essential”, but that required in-person interaction, photographers took a big hit to their bookings, and ultimately, to their paychecks. Not surprisingly, photographers reported significant revenue drops. The company surveyed... Read More
Kodak invests in company developing EV “Super Cell” battery News 

Kodak invests in company developing EV “Super Cell” battery

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Eastman Kodak Co. announced it has taken a minority stake in Wildcat Discovery Technologies (Wildcat), a technology company using proprietary high-throughput methods to rapidly develop new battery materials. Wildcat is developing a breakthrough EV “super cell” designed to provide a greater than 90 percent improvement in energy density over today’s best batteries, which could further accelerate the widespread adoption of... Read More
Tamron USA announces up to $200 instant savings on seven lenses Promotions 

Tamron USA announces up to $200 instant savings on seven lenses

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Tamron USA, Inc. announces a two-week Flash Sale on seven popular zoom lenses designed for Sony mirrorless cameras and Canon and Nikon DSLRs. The Flash Sale runs through Sunday, July 24th. Purchasers of the 17-28mm, 28-75mm G2, 70-180mm, 28-200mm, 150-500mm for Sony mirrorless and the SP 70-200mm G2 and SP 150-600mm G2 for Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras will get... Read More
NRF: Families prioritize back-to-school, college spending amidst rising inflation Market research 

NRF: Families prioritize back-to-school, college spending amidst rising inflation

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As inflation continues to rise, one-third of consumers (38%) said they are cutting back in other spending areas to cover the cost of items for the upcoming school year, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Families expect to spend more per person on both K-12 and college items this year... Read More
Canon U.S.A. handsfree PowerShot PICK Active Tracking PTZ Camera New Products 

Canon U.S.A. handsfree PowerShot PICK Active Tracking PTZ Camera

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. released the PowerShot PICK Active Tracking PTZ Camera, a portable camera offering a “hands-free solution” for capturing candid photos and videos automatically. The PowerShot PICK uses face-detecting and tracking technology to ensure smiles and more can be detected, when set up through the corresponding app, and the PowerShot PICK will automatically move its camera to capture all.... Read More
Sony launches ECM-G1 shotgun mic New Products 

Sony launches ECM-G1 shotgun mic

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Sony Electronics introduced the ECM-G1 microphone for enhanced video recording through high-quality sound collection. The ECM-G1 was designed for vloggers and video content creators seeking a compact, high-quality microphone, the company said. The ECM-G1 will be available in August 2022, for approximately $150.00 USD and $190.00 CAD. Clear, high-quality sound plays an important role when capturing video content. The ECM-G1... Read More