Thursday, September 24, 2009

News of Note – September 24, 2009

 

  • PENTAX Imaging Company redefines the entry-level digital SLR category with the introduction of the K-x digital SLR. This latest PENTAX camera offers high-end features including Live View and HD video. And, since there’s no rule that SLR cameras must come in black only, the K-x will be available in a choice of white or black, as well as special, limited edition red and navy.
  • Priced at $649.95 USD (for body with DA L 18-55mm lens), the extremely compact and lightweight PENTAX K-x forges ahead on the trail initiated by the popular PENTAX K2000. With a one-handed shooting design and simple, easy-to-use operation, the K-x is perfect for users stepping up from a point and shoot digital camera to their first digital SLR.  Read More…

     

  • Chase Jarvis shares a trifecta of projects that he has been working on. It consists of  an iPhone App, a book, and a community of iPhone Photographers. The book title? “The Best Camera is the One That’s With You.” Read More…

 

  • New York, NY (PRWEB) September 23, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a leading credit-based stock photo agency, headquartered in Davis, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  • "BigStockPhoto is a leader in the stock photo industry, and an excellent fit for Shutterstock as we expand into the credit-based market," said Jon Oringer, founder and CEO of Shutterstock. "This addition will enable Shutterstock to better satisfy the diverse payment preferences of stock photo buyers worldwide."  Read More…

 

  • “Welcome  Back to 1999:” Here is an interesting take by Syl Arena about the still camera’s move to digital capture. He says that those few puffs of clouds you see on the horizon are the beginning of a storm that we cannot quite see yet. But like 1999 and film photography, this storm will do to still motion what digital did to film. Here comes Harry Potter’s Daily Prophet. Read More…

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