The Point-and-Shoot Camera Faces Its Existential Moment
As global shipments plummetdown 42% in the first five months of 2013, according to the Camera and Imaging Products Association, a Tokyo-based industry groupmanufacturers are scrambling to adapt to a world where customers value the convenience of smartphones for quick shots they can share on social networks like Facebook and The changes…
Yahoo! and the Decline and Fall of Flickr
For those of us who remember it, Flickr was once an amazing place. More than just a website or a bucket of features, it was a vibrant community made up by professional photographers and amateur photo junkies alike. Before Facebook would even allow you to upload anything more than a…
News > 5 Days Left To Win An EIZO Monitor And Pentax Gear!
There are just five days left to enter our July competitions and win some fab gear.Up for grabs in our ‘Colour’ competition, we’ve got a fantastic EIZO CX240 monitor! All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this prize is show us your best ‘Colour’…
The Simplified Guide to Getting Started in Photoshop
When photographer Devon Mikale was in high school, he created this lengthy manual for his newspaper class to help others learn how to get started in Photoshop. The high school’s faculty loved it so much that they ended up purchasing it for re-distribution in future classes. Mikale has graciously allowed…
Whistleblower: Olympus ignores Japan court order
TOKYO More than a year after Japan’s Supreme Court ordered camera and medical-equipment maker Olympus to stop punishing a whistleblower and reinstate him to his regular job, Masaharu Hamada is still fighting his courtroom battle. On Monday, he got company. Another Olympus employee, Yoshihisa Ishikawa, filed a labor lawsuit against…
Photo site Flickr to go down for six hours
By Doug Gross, CNNupdated 5:43 PM EDT, Wed July 24, 2013 | Filed under: Web Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during a May 2013 announcement related to its Flickr photo-sharing site. STORY HIGHLIGHTSFlickr to be down for six hours on ThursdayYahoo says photo site is due for maintenanceFlickr claims about 87 million users (CNN) — Flickr,…
Pentax Ricoh helps make your camera match your personality
Ever wish your camera better matched your personality? Perhaps the answer to that is no: lots of us like the anonymity of our black or silver camera bodies. Plenty of people these days have grown up to expect their consumer electronics gadgets to match their personality and fit their lifestyle,…
Konica Minolta Signs Business Transfer Agreement with Panasonic Healthcare …
Release date- 26072013 – Tokyo – Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announced that the company has signed a business transfer agreement with Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Healthcare) under which ultrasonic diagnostic equipment business of Panasonic Healthcare is to be transferred to Konica Minolta. Ultrasonic diagnostic equipment has such advantages…
CNBC: Point-and-Shoot Cameras Are an Endangered Species
CNBC ran this short segment a couple days ago in which they invited CNET’s Dan Ackerman to explain the changing landscape in the digital camera industry. He thinks point-and-shoot cameras may soon become extinct due to the rise of camera-equipped phones, but also that DSLRs are the cameras here to…
Android 4.3, Chromecast, DSLR Secrets, and the Ultimate Photoshop Rig
This week on the podcast we’re talking about Android 4.3, the new Chromecast device from Google, and how stores are tracking you through your phone. We’re also answering your questions about mechanical keyboards, when to use apps instead of mobile sites, and building the ultimate Photoshop PC.How to Listen to…
