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Nikon Buys Medical Imaging Company Optos For $400 Million; Reduces Exposure To Camera Market
Mar 2, 2015
Liron Samuels
Last year we reported Nikon’s plan to invest almost $2 billion in mergers and acquisitions, mainly in the medical technology industry, in order to diversify…
Photographer Projects A ‘Marry Me’ Slide During A Photoshoot. She Sees The LCD And Says Yes!
Mar 1, 2015
Udi Tirosh
Proposing is stressful, isn’t it. I mean, forget about the yes/no answer. Just making a decent proposal could be a killer project of its own….
Developing New Signs For Photobomb, Selfie, Duckface, & Others In American Sign Language
Feb 28, 2015
Tiffany Mueller
The birth of internet slang is fascinating stuff, I’m sure most of you will recall the hoopla that flooded the web when the word “selfie”…
World Record for Light Painting Orbs Broken With 200 Orbs In One Photo
Feb 27, 2015
Liron Samuels
Light painters have many cool tools and techniques at their disposal allowing them to create various shapes, lines and colors. One of my favorite shapes…
Lytro Gains $50M In Funding; Cuts Up To 50 Employees As They Shift Focus From Photo To Virtual Reality
Feb 27, 2015
Tiffany Mueller
I’ve been quietly rooting for Lytro since they introduced their field camera, but the young, innovative camera company has never really been able to raise…
Flashback Anti-Paparazzi Clothing Now a Reality. Nay Sayers, Eat Your Hats. Maybe.
Feb 26, 2015
Liron Samuels
Several readers and many people I spoke with were unimpressed by the anti-paparazzi clothing we covered last month. The most common response was “I’ll believe…
‘Bad Reviews’ Extortion Scams Targeting Photographers and How To Deal With Them
Feb 25, 2015
Eden Bao
There is a new “bad reviews” blackmail scam that has been targeting many of my colleagues including myself. The scam is not just targeting newborn…
St. Louis Photographer Sues Authorities over Her Right to Shoot Public Park Portraits
Feb 25, 2015
Liron Samuels
Is a ban on professional photography in a public park in violation of the First Amendment? According to Photographer Josephine Havlak and two of her…
Japan Has Spoken: Canon Dominates, Sony Dethrones Olympus And Nikon Stutter
Feb 21, 2015
Liron Samuels
Market research and analysis firm BCN announced the annual BCN Awards 2015. Winners are determined based on sales volume, calculated from data gathered from thousands…
New Flat Lenses Technology Could Offer Smaller Lenses with Zero Chromatic Aberration
Feb 20, 2015
Udi Tirosh
A new technology dubbed “achromatic metasurface” from Harvard’s SEAS aims at making Chromatic Aberration (CA), a thing of the past. Moreover, they are planning to do it with a…