Epson rolls out LCD panel for viewfinders
Tech-On! reports Seiko Epson Corp. started volume production of its high-temperature polysilicon 0.47-inch, 800-by-600 TFT LCD panels for electronic viewfinders. Cameras equipped with the panel are expected to hit the market in the near future. The new LCD panel, in theory, does not cause color breakup, a phenomenon often seen with field-sequential LCD panels, which [...]
Canon introduces high-performance EOS-1D Mark IV DSLR
Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., debuted the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV DSLR, featuring a 16-megapixel Canon CMOS sensor, Dual DIGIC 4 Imaging Processors, and 14-bit A/D data conversion, all at 10 frames-per-second (fps), with the widest ISO range Canon has produced to date. This camera also features 1080p Full High-Definition video capture at selectable [...]
Bear Images earns award
Bear Images Photographic Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., received the Phase One Partner Dealer of the Year award. It received the award in Malmo, Sweden, at the invitational international dealer meeting last month. This is the second time Bear Images Photographic earned this honor; the other coming in 2000. Bear Images Photographic was selected as [...]
Kodak, National Geographic, and The Conservation Fund honor Greenways champions
The Kodak American Greenways Program, Washington, D.C.,the nation’s longest running community-based grants program preserving open space, trails and greenways, is marking its 20th anniversary by honoring three individuals and funding 28 local nonprofits and public agencies that are making great strides with greenways. Since the program’s inception in 1989, more than $800,000 has been granted [...]
ezFramer Picture Framing Software offers new feature
nuTech LLC, Culpeper, VA., integrates X-Charge Credit Card Processing in their newest version 6.18.0002 of ezFramer Picture Framing Software. This allows users to quickly process credit cards and debit cards directly through the software and also provides check verification to enhance security and eliminate check fraud. Visit www.ezframer.com, call 800-404-0634 or email Contact@ezFramer.com.
PMA Monthly Printing and Camera Trends Report through July 2009
Digital Printing Volume The volume of prints (all sizes) made from digital still camera images decreased by 3 percent in July 2009. Online ordering activity grew at the rate of 2 percent in July 2009. Printing volumes at retail minilabs and instant kiosks fell 6 percent and 12 percent, respectively. Home printing fell by 2 [...]
Pro Photographer Business Boot Camp offers tools, strategies towards business success
PMA – The Worldwide Community of Imaging Associations is offering the Pro Photographer Business Boot Camp, Saturday, February 20, 2010, to provide new professional photographers a fundamental understanding of the four key elements central to business success: marketing, management, techniques, and technology. The seminar, at the Anaheim Convention Center, Southern California, offers tools and strategies [...]
InfoTrends survey shows variations across European digital photography market
InfoTrends’ 2009 European Digital Photography Survey, revealed some intriguing variations for each of the countries surveyed, which included France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Russia. The survey used to focus specifically on Western European countries, but has been expanded to include some Eastern European countries. The survey this year provides an “East versus West” [...]
Walgreens and aVinci raise more than $50,000 for breast cancer research
Walgreens Inc., Deerfield, Ill., and aVinci Media, Draper, Utah, raised more than $50,000 over two days in an initiative to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research and support. On Oct. 7, Walgreens offered aVinci’s My Personal Movie slideshow DVDs, which normally retail for $19.99, for only $1. Due to the demand for this [...]
Discover where your marketing dollars are really going in today’s PMA Marketing Moment
In today’s PMA Marketing Moments podcast, Karla Elder, CPF, GCF, of Jackson’s Extraordinary Custom Framing Inc., Alberta, Canada takes a moment to talk about the importance of tracking your marketing dollars. You must learn where your customers are coming from – based on facts, not just your gut — then feed that source, Elder says. [...]
