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The PRO Group: A Specialty Dealer Has to Be Special
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Jeff Neal, vice president of Sales and Marketing for the PRO Group, is the “master” of the PROMASTER line of products. I caught up with Jeff during a break at the 50th Annual PRO Convention & Trade Show in Fort Lauderdale to talk ...
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Dynalite, manufacturer of lightweight, portable flash equipment, appointed Peter Bradshaw as their director of Design & Marketing.
Bradshaw comes to Dynalite with over 30 years of sales, marketing and design experience in ...
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New Nikon SLR camera shoots high-def movies, too
(AP)
AP - Nikon Corp. on Wednesday launched the first digital still camera with interchangeable lenses that also shoots movies.
Dead Sea Scrolls to go digital on Internet
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Scientists in Israel are taking
digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of
making the 2,000-year-old documents available to the public and
researchers on the Internet.
Nikon D90 Adds High-Def Video Recording
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Nikon announced an upgrade to the Editors' Choice-winning D80 D-SLR. The D90 sports a 12.3-megapixel sensor, improved overall image quality, and high-def video capability.
HP closes $13.9 billion purchase of EDS
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Hewlett-Packard , the computer
and printer maker, said on Tuesday it closed the $13.9 billion
purchase of Electronic Data Systems Corp., a deal that HP hopes
will help it better compete with IBM .
Olympus Unveils Tap-Controlled Digital Camera
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Olympus has taken the wraps off a new compact digital camera that will enable avid shutterbugs to activate a variety of device settings by simply tapping on the camera's body.
Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
(AP)
 AP - Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows — and perhaps now worse, because instead of one blurry photo of the Eiffel Tower or the high school musical, there might be 50.
Shutterfly Share Sites Adds Photo-Sharing, Social Networking
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Shutterfly is jumping on the social networking bandwagon with Shutterfly Share Sites, a service that will allow users to create personalized Web sites that will allow for collaboration with other members.
Canon Patent Sheds More Light on Fuel-Cell Plans
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - With the second patent filed by Canon, its use of fuel cells in digital cameras has been made a bit clearer.
Best Buy Gadget Kiosks Land at Airports
(NewsFactor)
 NewsFactor - You've been there -- late for a business flight, you forget your cell phone charger. Or, with a six-hour family vacation flight staring you in the face, the kids need something to keep them busy. You can relax: Chargers, Sony PSPs and even digital cameras will now be easily available in 12 U.S. airport terminals, courtesy of Best Buy.
New Camera Mimics Design of Human Eye
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University have announced the development of a camera based on the biological design of the human eye. While it won't make a 10-megapixel digital camera obsolete, it may be a huge breakthrough in bioengineering.
Sony Introduces New Cyber-shot T-Series Digicams
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The 10.3-megapixel T700 is intended to double as a high-res portable photo frame, while the entry-level T77 offers a 3-inch LCD touch screen with additional automatic shooting modes.
Eye spy: U.S. scientists develop eye-shaped camera
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Borrowing one of nature's best designs,
U.S. scientists have built an eye-shaped camera using standard
sensor materials and say it could improve the performance of
digital cameras and enhance imaging of the human body.
Olympus, Matsushita to offer smaller SLR cameras
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Japan's Olympus Corp (7733.T) and
Matsushita (6752.T) announced a new digital camera format on
Tuesday that will make single lens reflex (SLR) models smaller
and lighter, in a bid to drive sales of their advanced
machines.
Kodak posts lower 2Q profit, revises outlook
(AP)
AP - Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 14 percent as digital inkjet-printer investments and higher costs for raw materials offset a hefty tax settlement gain. It also warned that full-year operating earnings will come in at the lower end of its previous forecast, sending its already depressed stock down more than 7 percent.
Fujifilm Announces 10-Megapixel Glam Cams
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - It's hard to believe that 10-megapixel resolution is available in point-and-shoot cameras. Fujifilm, however, has unveiled the geek-chic FinePix Z200fd, the newest model in the sleek, ultra-compact Z-series.
Adobe's Lightroom 2 Targets Avid Shutterbugs
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Adobe Systems has begun shipping Lightroom 2, the latest version of its software toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. The new program supports 64-bit operations on Macintosh computers equipped with Intel processors running for Mac OS X 10.5, as well as PCs running Windows Vista 64-bit operating systems, Adobe said.
Samsung's innov8: An 8-Megapixel Camera Phone
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - We've been hearing about 8-megapixel camera phones for a while--but the Samsung innov8 raises the bar, with smile shot, blink shot and face recognition features
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