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OmegaBrandess is pleased to announce the arrival of six new Marshall's Photo Oil kits. Before the invention of color film, artists used paint on black & white photos to make them appear more realistic. These 6 new kits feature an assortment of colors in either 1/2'' x 2'' or 3/4'' x 4'' tubes of Photo Oils. Colors may Vary. No-scratch cotton balls & skewers are included with each kit. Large areas are best colored with wads of cotton, while details are colored with cotton-wrapped skewers or cotton-wrapped toothpicks. Your photographs will be dry in 2 to 3 days depending on the thickness of your application.The kits include a Basic Six Pack, Bold & Beautiful, Get Your Groove On, Eight is Enough, Perfect 10, and Delirious Dozen.

SIRUI’s revolutionary New P-S Photo/Video Monopods have three sturdy fold-down feet that provide stability and flexibility not possible with conventional monopods. The rugged feet allow you to pan the monopod 360º and tilt 20º in any direction without worrying that the monopod will move out of position. And you can step on the feet for even greater stability.

Tenba announces a reintroduction of three vintage bag designs for a new generation of photographers. The Tenba Classic collection includes three models: the P211courier bag, the P415 briefcase camera bag, and the Tenba 2 camera bag. These new Classic bags feature the same fine tailoring and uncompromising materials and hardware as when they were first launched up to thirty-four years ago.

Canon U.S.A., Inc. announces improvements in the functionality and convenient operation of the EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera and the EOS-1D C Digital SLR Cinema camera through new firmware scheduled to be available starting in January 2014 and November 2013, respectively. Firmware enhancements for the EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera are designed to provide photographers with greater creative freedom and speed, especially in sectors such as sports, wedding, nature/wildlife, and journalism, which often contain rapidly changing action, sometimes in low-light environments. Service enhancements for the EOS-1D C Digital SLR Cinema camera improve lens performance, lens status display, metadata storage, and audio recording.

The CES 2014 convention, held last week, was a vast mélange of all things gadget-wise with a smattering of photographic gear thrown into the mix.

A native New Yorker, Len Speier has been photographing in the Big Apple and around the world since the Sixties. Although concentrating on street photography, his wandering eye encompasses many venues and subjects. He describes his work as a search for compassion and truth. His work is collected in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; International Center of Photography; Museum of the City of New York and the Photo Archive of the NYPublic Library. Speier taught photography and photographers' legal rights (he also is an attorney of long standing), is retired Assoc. Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and lectures on legal rights and street photography, many of which are available on YouTube.

I AM Photographer has organized its 5th anniversary festival during four days in the beginning of spring, April 3-6, 2014. The festival will take place in Tallinn, Estonia and will be held in English. In the past the festival was held in Riga (Latvia) and Trakai (Lithuania). The 2013 Festival gathered participants from 21 countries from all over the world.