With new nano, Apple returns to the camera business
Apple Inc. announced a new line of music-playing iPods — and one model now sports a video camera. “iPod nano is the world’s most popular music player with over 100 million sold,” says Apple CEO Steve Jobs in the announcement. “And now we’ve added a video camera to its incredibly thin design, without any additional [...]
Leica offers full-frame 18MP rangefinder
The new Leica M9 is the first digital rangefinder with a full-frame 24 by 36mm sensor — making it the world’s smallest full-frame system camera, Leica Camera AG announced. The camera is “perfect for all fields of photography from reportage and ‘available light,’ to the capture of discreet, spontaneous images,” the company adds. At the [...]
UPDATE: In Memoriam: Karl Heinz Segall
Karl Heinz Segall, founder of Segall-Majestic Studios in Baltimore, Md., and past president of the Professional School Photographers Association (PSPA), has died at the age of ninety-seven at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Segall, a refugee from Hitler’s Germany, opened his first portrait studio in Baltimore with his father, Louis, in 1938. He [...]
Consolidated Graphics invests in two Xeikon 5000plus presses
Consolidated Graphics Inc. (CGX), Houston, Texas, one of the largest North American general commercial printing companies, has purchased two Xeikon 5000plus 1200 dpi digital color presses. These presses are in addition to the Xeikon 6000′s CGX has already been using to produce high-quality dust jackets for photo books. Xeikon is a division of Punch Graphix.
September issue of PPFA newsletter “For Members Only” is online
The September issue of Professional Picture Framers of America (PPFA) newsletter “For Members Only” is available online — check out these great stories! Hooked on framing – Mike and Letha Drury grow South Hill Gallery even during a recession. Thunder Down Under – Co-located shows in Australia a huge success. Promotion in motion – Clever [...]
Learn how to avoid common mistakes CEOs make in today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast
Tom Northup of Leadership Management Group in Newport Beach, Calif., is a nationally recognized management expert, consultant, speaker and coach, as well as a former CEO of three successful businesses. He’s also the author of the book, “Five Hidden Mistakes CEOs Make.” In today’s AIE Imaging Executive podcast, Northup talks about some of those mistakes, [...]
Palm introduces thin Palm Pixi camera phone
Palm Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., introduced the Palm Pixi phone, a new thin phone based on the Palm webOS platform. In addition to linking information from Google, Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration to Palm Synergy and assembles it all in a single view. The Palm Pixi features built-in photo apps [...]
Portraits of Love project getting help from SeeHere.com
The “Soldiers’ Angels Portraits of Love” project by the PhotoImaging Manufacturers and Distributor’s Association (PMDA), Old Bridge, N.J., is underway this month, with support from photo sharing, printing and gifting site SeeHere.com by Fujifilm USA Inc., Valhalla, N.Y. Thanks to the generous support and participation of professional photographers across the county, military family portraits are [...]
Snapfish and eBay India launch Photo Center
IT News Online reports HP‘s Snapfish is partnering with eBay India to launch a co-branded Photo Center. eBay India users can choose from a wide array of products ranging from photo greeting cards, t-shirts, mugs and other products to create customized photo gifts. HP says greater Internet penetration, and the huge number of options available, [...]
Cellphone company buys Canadian photo retailer, Black Photo
The story of the sale of iconic, 79-year-old Canadian photo retailer Black’s is not about digital imaging but rather cell phones. Yesterday, TELUS Corp., Burnaby, British Columbia, a leading Canadian telecommunications company, announced it had purchased Black Photo Corp.,Markham, Ontario, for “approximately” C$28 million. “This acquisition delivers on TELUS’ imperative to further advance its wireless [...]
