Kodak makes consumer photo experience at retail faster, greener, better
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., introduced two new members of its family of retail photo center solutions that provide consumers with a superior and more environmentally conscious experience in retail photo centers: the Kodak Picture Kiosk G4XE Order Station and the Kodak 8810 Photo Printer. The two products deliver outstanding photo processing performance and efficiency, [...]
Nokia acquires part of Plum Ventures
Nokia Corp., Espoo, Finland, has acquired certain assets of Plum Ventures Inc., a privately held company employing approximately 10 people with main offices in Boston, Mass. The acquired Plum assets will become part of Nokia’s Services unit, complementing the company’s Social Location services. Plum develops and operates a cloud-based social media sharing and messaging service [...]
Lifetouch adds three Kodak NexPress presses to expand product offerings
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., said Lifetouch National School Studios recently installed its first three Kodak NexPress S3000 Digital Production Color Presses. The company is also using Kodak Prinergy Digital Workflow to maximize its productivity and efficiency. “We were in the market for a digital press that could meet our current production needs and [...]
SanDisk ups speeds
SanDisk Corp., Milpitas, Calif., has raised the bar for professional-grade flash memory cards, launching ExtremePro CompactFlash memory cards. The new line is designed for professional photographers and enthusiasts with advanced DSLR cameras. The cards provide read and write speeds of up to 90MB per second, doubling the performance from previous SanDisk high-end cards. The cards are [...]
JVC captures slo-mo HD
A new HD camcorder can capture video at 600 frames per second for slow-motion playback, enabling the capture of “crucial moments that are not visible to the naked eye,” says JVC U.S.A., Wayne, New Jersey. At 600 frames per second, 2.4 seconds is slowed down 10 times to 24 seconds. The Everio GZ-HM400 has a 10 [...]
U.S. Twitter usage surpasses earlier estimates
eMarketer reports in 2009, there will be 18 million American adults who access Twitter on any platform at least monthly. That represents a 200 percent increase over 2008 levels. Usage will reach 26 million U.S. adults in 2010, a further 44.4 percent climb. This forecast counts 11.1 percent of Internet users as Twitter users this [...]
X-Rite introduces Passport for RAW file handling
Based on the ColorChecker product line, ColorChecker Passport from X-Rite, Grand Rapids, Mich., allows those working in RAW to quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes and maintain color control from capture to edit – significantly reducing image processing time and improving quality control. ColorChecker Passport also delivers valuable color control [...]
Splash of Color HeatWave DFP-64 Fabric Printer prints directly to fabrics
Splash of Color, Richardson, Texas, a distributor of computer graphics peripherals and an authorized Roland Partner, introduced the new HeatWave 64-inch direct-to-fabric printer. Priced at $59,995, the direct-to-fabric digital printer prints directly onto polyester fabrics and other substrates. The system features precision media handling components and an advanced on-board sublimation unit to ensure outstanding image quality [...]
Carl Zeiss launches ultra-wide lens
The third lens in the Carl Zeiss ZE series for Canon EF mount cameras is the 18mm Zeiss Distagon T* f/3.5 ZE. This is an ultra-wide angle lens designed for full-frame DSLR cameras, delivering a 99-degree field of view. Like the Planar T* 50mm and 85mm ZE lenses, the new 18mm lens incorporates a CPU [...]
