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Pentax Unveils Digital SLR with 3X Zoom
Price and availability to be announced.
Polaroid and Olympus Team Up on Hybrid Camera
"The target market for the C-211 Zoom is
business professionals and consumers - anyone who uses digital imaging and would
benefit from a photographic print, anywhere, anytime. We expect professionals in
real estate, insurance, law enforcement, construction, healthcare and general
business will find this product ideal for their applications." Pentax EI-200 Megapixel Camera
Noritsu Adds Digital ICE to Minilab LineupApplied Science Fiction's extraordinary Digital ICE System, which makes scratches and surface blemishes on negatives and slides disappear during scanning, will be on two new printers from Noritsu.The QSS-2801 and QSS-2802 each use film scanners equipped with ASF's Digital ICE technology. These scanners can produce approximately 2,600 prints per hour. Digital ICE Technology first appeared on Nikon film scanners and has recently been added to Minolta's Dimage Scan Elite. Olympus cuts price on D460LOne of the most popular zoom 1.3 megapixel cameras on the market just became more popularly priced. As of 7/16, the new MAP is $399. Price protection to dealers should be automatic on units shipped in the last 30 days. ZIO Card Reader cuts the CordMicotech has announced a small and sensible card
reader for most flash card media that plugs directly into the USB port on most
computers. No cables or batteries are required, the ZiO! plugs directly into a standard USB port. Available for MultiMedia/Secure Digital, SmartMedia, and CompactFlash including the IBM Microdrive™, the smallest disk drive in the world. Just insert the appropriate memory card and plug ZiO! into the USB port on your notebook or desktop computer. The computer will instantly recognize the card, allowing quick and easy data transfer. For systems with a USB port in the rear, a 1-meter extension cable is included. Kodak Answers Industry Demand for Internet Photofinishing with Launch of Print@Kodak ServiceROCHESTER, N.Y., June 26 - Eastman Kodak Company today announced the launch of Print@Kodak, the company's new Internet photofinishing service. The service will provide print fulfillment for a variety of customers including leading photo-sharing sites and software manufacturers. The first Print@Kodak customers include ememories.com, MyFamily.com, NUWAVE Technologies, PhotoAccess.com, PhotoPoint.com, PicServe.com, Snapfish.com and Weave Innovations. With these agreements and the availability of the service at kodak.com, Kodak will provide print fulfillment for the millions of photos stored and shared through Print@Kodak customer sites and applications, creating a new revenue stream for the company. Reinforcing Kodak's strategy to deliver a complete set of high-quality digital services for the burgeoning Internet photography industry, these agreements give Kodak a stronghold in the U.S. market for online photofinishing, an industry expected to reach $1.4 billion in annual sales by 2003, according to InfoTrends Research Group. "Kodak is poised to capitalize on this growth through the breadth, scope and scale of its photofinishing infrastructure, which has the capacity to print nearly 40 million pictures per day," said Kristy Holch, principal, InfoTrends Research Group. Powered by the latest Kodak technologies and Kodak's industry-leading photofinishing capabilities, Print@Kodak will provide high-quality prints from digital files along with customized e-commerce solutions designed to meet customers' needs. Kodak will provide Print@Kodak customers with either a comprehensive e-commerce solution, where Kodak will handle the entire transaction, or customize the e-commerce to the customer's specific needs. Regardless of the model, Kodak will generate revenue through printing high-quality pictures for its customers. Print@Kodak customers will set their own pricing, while paying Kodak an agreed-upon fee for fulfillment. Print@Kodak Now Available at Kodak.comPrint@Kodak also will offer Internet photofinishing directly to consumers at www.kodak.com, delivering high-quality, photographic prints from digital files at affordable prices. In addition to a range of print sizes, the Print@Kodak service offers other photo-specialty items, such as photo mugs and other items. About Print@KodakCreated to meet the growing market demand for high-quality photographic prints from digital files, Print@Kodak makes it easier than ever to upload, print and share high-quality prints with a simple three-step order process, convenient batch uploads, low prices and a variety of delivery options. Powered by the latest Kodak technologies and industry-leading photofinishing capabilities, Print@Kodak provides its customers with new opportunities to capitalize on the growing digital and Internet photography market and deliver leading photofinishing services to consumers over the Internet and through emerging technologies such as connected frames and interactive television services. New Kodak Everyday Pictures Magazine Provides Inspiration for Picture-TakersROCHESTER, N.Y., June 28--Readers everywhere will find fresh inspiration for picture-taking in a new magazine from Eastman Kodak Company titled Everyday Pictures. Published by Kodak and Meredith Corporation, the publisher of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, Everyday Pictures will be available for sale at many retailers that sell Kodak photo products. "Everyday Pictures magazine is designed to offer anyone who owns a camera compelling ideas on how to take better pictures and show them new ways to share, organize and use their images," said Steve Hallowell, General Manager and Vice President, Cameras, Consumer Imaging, Eastman Kodak Company. "By inspiring people to take pictures every day, instead of just on special occasions, we're expanding the role that pictures can play in people's lives and helping them to save even more precious memories." The new full-size magazine will be published quarterly, with the first issue due in stores on June 29. Its more than 75 pages are packed with picture-taking tips, suggestions for photo projects, a glossary of photo terms, inspirational articles about how people have used photography and reminders of the everyday moments that are so worth capturing on film. Each issue will also have "Say Cheese," a special pull-out section just for kids that focuses on fun puzzles, games and other projects with pictures. Everyday Pictures magazine has a $2.49 cover price. "We are delighted that Eastman Kodak, one of the nation's leading companies, and Meredith will work together on Everyday Pictures and other publications," said Bob Mate, Vice President/Publishing Director, Meredith Integrated Marketing. "These new magazines offer the exciting opportunity to marry Meredith's home and family expertise with that of one of America's most beloved brands." Kodak and Meredith will also publish two digest-sized magazines. This fall, Kodak's Halloween Memories will be part of Meredith's digest-sized "Better Your Home" series and will focus on Halloween activities. In November, a holiday digest, featuring gift ideas for the whole family, will go on sale. These two seasonal titles will be displayed on Meredith magazine racks at supermarket checkout counters. Everyday Pictures magazine also ties into Kodak's newest worldwide advertising campaign for Max film which debuted in the U.S. on Monday, June 19, with the broadcast of a 30-second commercial entitled "Sunday League." The ads highlight everyday picture-taking opportunities and encourage viewers to capture moments that revolve around spontaneous, unposed, often action-filled events that are captured best with a high-speed film like Max. Olympus breaks $1,000 mark for dye-sub printer
The P-400 prints an A4-size (8.25"x 11.7") photograph in only 90 seconds, a significant increase in speed when compared to the several minutes typically required to output an inkjet print. True, continuous-tone dye-sublimation technology provides professional photo prints with accurate color reproduction for ultimate output quality. Prints from the P-400 look and feel like traditional photographs showing fine detail and superb color. In addition to its range of data input options -- printing can be done either from a card or directly from a PC, using SmartMedia, PC card, USB or Parallel Port -- the P-400 offers considerable flexibility when it comes to output. Users can choose between a full-size image, a single-sheet photo album, a postcard or an index sheet with up to 260 pictures. Olympus will bring the P-400 to market for a suggested list price of $999 -- a fraction of the cost of competitive dye-sublimation printers. (The cost per A4-size print, including paper and ink, is a competitive $1.90.) P-400 Specifications:
Nikon changes sales team line-upPocketWizardTM MAX's Multi-Zone Quad Triggering More Than Just a Radio Slave
Avenger Responds To Filmmaker Needs
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A
complete SLR digital camera with 2.24 megapixel resolution and 3X optical zoom.
And it looks pretty, too! The Pentax EI-2000 features 2/3" frame transfer
CCD with 12-bit A/D converter and new ASIC high performance photo technology.
The sculpted body is reminiscent of a German Balda or Voightlander.
What
was the big secret at the Olympus/Polaroid joint digital press conference? About
what you'd expect - a digital camera that can print on Polaroid Instant film.
It's called the C-211 Zoom.
I
must confess to a weakness for cameras - even digital cameras - that look and
feel like a "real" camera. The soon-to-be-announced Pentax EI-200
is a glorious p/s type camera will sell out (at the wholesale level) very fast. There will not be enough of them to satisfy the Ritz's or Wolf's of
the world.
Olympus
America Inc., has unveiled the P-400, a professional-quality, high-speed
dye-sublimation printer that dramatically reduces the cost of photo-realistic
printing for professional and amateur photographers, and digital imaging
professionals in a host of other applications.
Bogen
has announced the new PocketWizard Max from LPA. With its selective Quad Triggering, a photographer can now choose
which lights/or cameras to fire and which to turn off without ever leaving camera
position. 
The B250X is a beefed-up new edition of the popular B250 wind-up stand. It
features a much stronger base, now made entirely of solid stainless steel, that can
be used as a step from any side to aid in adjusting lights. The new base will also
significantly add to the service life of the stand in more abusive field applications.