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Kodak Kills Off Professional BW400CN Film
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 21, 2014  |  0 comments

Kodak Alaris has announced that—due to a steady decline in sales and customer usage—it is discontinuing the popular Kodak Professional BW400CN film.

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Male Photographer of the Year? Photographer Spoofs Himself in Goofy Self-Promotion Video
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 21, 2014  |  0 comments

We’ve seen a lot of silly self-promotion videos from photographers before, but nothing quite as goofy as Chris Bauer’s “Male Photographer of the Year” spoof on YouTube.

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Ilford XP2 SUPER Film Is Not Being Discontinued, Company Says
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 20, 2014  |  0 comments

Ilford Photo recently confirmed reports that there are no plans to discontinue production of their XP2 SUPER film. The product is in free supply globally from Ilford Photo distributors and retailers.

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Metz Intros Powerful Mecablitz 64 AF-1 Flash for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax and Olympus/Panasonic Cameras
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 20, 2014  |  0 comments

Metz has just launched the latest addition to its flash system lineup: the new Mecablitz 64 AF-1. Offering an impressive guide number of 64 (210 feet) at ISO 100/21˚, it has a large color touch display, an Automatic Flash mode with 12 f/stops, a Manual Flash mode with 25 partial light levels and a Remote TTL mode.

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More Weird Lens News: Whale-Sized Nikon F/2.8 Fisheye Lens on Sale for $96K
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 19, 2014  |  0 comments

Maybe it’s just August but there seems to be a lot of weird lens news lately. Now a very rare and very large, Nikon 6mm F/2.8 Fisheye Lens has turned up on eBay with an asking price of $96,187.50.

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Canon Launches Three New PIXMA Wireless All-in-One Inkjet Photo Printers
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 19, 2014  |  0 comments

Canon added three sleek new all-in-one (AIO) photo printers to their popular PIXMA line today.

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Photo Software Review: onOne Perfect Photo Suite 8's Powerful Tools For Image Enhancement And Correction
Howard Millard  |  Aug 19, 2014  |  0 comments

Whether you need to add special effects and edges, perfect a portrait, enlarge a small file for a big print, erase an unsightly sign, pump up detail, add lens blur, or simply make basic color and tonal corrections quickly, Perfect Photo Suite 8 (PPS8) from onOne Software has an incredible number of tricks up its sleeve. What’s more, it works as a stand-alone with layers and masks if you seek these more advanced options. With eight modules and hundreds of one-click presets, the tools in PPS8 for automated and manual enhancements help you to correct, stylize, and retouch images in a layered workflow.

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Get Your Work Out There: Photographer's Images of Ferns Licensed for Postage Stamps
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Aug 19, 2014  |  0 comments

Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia, is a favorite place for photography for Cindy Dyer, who specializes in botanical subjects, and it was there that two years ago she was featured in an exhibition of 88 of her photos. A visitor to that exhibit, who happened to be the wife of an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, saw her work and mentioned Cindy to her husband, who happened to be looking for specific subject images to license for stamps. Cindy submitted 20 photographs of ferns, from which the Postal Service selected five for First Class Forever Stamps, which are currently available for purchase online at the USPS website.

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Nikon Issues Product Advisory for New D810 DSLR for “Bright Spots” Problem
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 19, 2014  |  0 comments

The Nikon D810 has been on sale for less than a month but the company has already issued a product advisory on the 36.3MP, full-frame digital SLR.

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New My Passport Ultra Drives from WD Feature New Designs to Celebrate 10th Anniversary
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 19, 2014  |  0 comments

Among our favorite portable hard drives for backing up photos on the road are the sleek and mobile My Passport line from WD. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of these little drives, WD just unveiled the My Passport Ultra – Metal Edition and the My Passport Ultra Anniversary Edition drives, which feature new designs in different colors.

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