Carl Mydans, a famed photographer for Life Magazine, died on August 16 at his home in Larchmont. He was 97 years of age. Some of his most memorable photos included photos of World War II, and more recently he was featured in a 1999 Asia Society exhibition, "China: 50 Years Inside the Peoples Republic."
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Fuel cells may replace rechargeable batteries Some companies are hoping that a better answer to rechargeable batteries can be found in miniature fuel cells, according to an Aug. 26 article in The New York Times. Ross Rubin, director of industry research at NPD TechWorld, a company that tracks consumer spending on electronics, says most consumers are pretty satisfied with their...
Ilford Imaging USA open for business as Ilford restructures business worldwide Ilford Imaging USA Inc., Paramus, N.J., USA, continues to do business as normal, as Ilford restructures its business worldwide. As previously reported, the accounting firm Grant Thornton announced Monday the appointment of partners Mark Byers, Malcolm Shierson and Les Ross as joint administrators of the U.K. parent company Ilford...
Financial Times.com has an article about the future of Ilford. It looks as if the demand for Ilford products "has been dropping caused by the rapid growth in digital cameras." Ilford has been one of the foremost names in imaging for well over a century. It is an independant company, with key specializations in the developement and manufacture of black...
Agfa-Gevaert announces that it has reached a definitive agreement to divest the whole of its Consumer Imaging business, including film, finishing products, lab equipment, etc. in a management buyout for a purchase price of 175.5 million Euros. A new company that will operate under the name AgfaPhoto will continue to serve all the Consumer Imaging's markets and customers worldwide. Read...
Bringing some of the best of both worlds together, Hasselblad and Imacon announce the merger of their two companies. It will be interesting to see what advances in photography and imaging this brings about.
2 Terabyte Memory Card with 120MB transfer speed to be announced in October. The big news in this announcement is not the 2 Terabyte capacity, as there are already manufacturers who are able to store this amount of date on a memory card. The BIG NEWS is the transfer speeds. 120MB/sec is a lot faster than current cards.
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pictureline is running another one of their famous ads. Check it out on the Salt Lake Tribunes website.