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Kodak video snip at photonika

Derek Lofgreen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:02:02 GMT

I saw this little video snip on the kodak blog. There was a little forum on film called "what's film got to do with it." Actually pretty good. I think kodak is and has been promoting film pretty well.

D.

PDN - The Lens Wars Are Here

roteague — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:48:46 GMT

Here is an interesting article I found on PDN. I think it is quite true, the lens wars are heating up.

"Forget The Megapixel Wars, The Lens Wars Are Here

... Several of the most notable lens manufacturers made some major announcements this week, both of which promise great things for the photographer.

First, Carl Zeiss announced that its SLR lenses featuring the ZE mount will be made available for Canon users. The 50mm and 85mm f/1.4 lenses will be available first and will support focus confirmation (they're manual focus) as well as full electronic data including exposure, f/stop and flash sync with Canon bodies. I've been personally hoping for this announcement for more than a year, because while I shoot both Nikon and Canon, I've always felt that the Canon system could use a better array of lenses."

http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/news/e3i4be1ac3eef8045041216808f58a42750

Perhaps the biggest weakness of film cameras, primarily 35mm, is the lenses. We all know that most modern day films will outresolve even the best lenses. I find this news exciting as it will make it easier for us to pull more detail out of our modern, fine grain film.

List your favorite photo blogs and such

Derek Lofgreen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:06:36 GMT

I saw the post in the ethics area (I think) that roteague posted. He put a link to a great art buyers blog. I got to thinking it could be cool if we colectivly posted our links to the blogs we like to read about photography.

Here are mine:
[url=http://aphotoeditor.com/]a photo editor[/url]

[url=http://www.burnsautoparts.com/BAPsite/Index.html]Burns Autoparts[/url]

[url=http://www.mvswanson.com/]Mary Virginia Swanson[/url]

[url=http://www.diyphotography.net/]DIY photography[/url]

What are yours?

D.

Photographer Takes on the Iron Man in Lawsuit

roteague — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:55:34 GMT

From PDN Online:

"Los Angeles photographer claims the makers of movie Iron Man illegally used one of his photos in the summer blockbuster as part of a mock newspaper front page.

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The photo appears in a scene in which the lead character, Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., reads a newspaper front page that says "Who is the Iron Man?" The photo on the front of the newspaper is nearly identical to the one Adams claims is his, with the only obvious difference being the missing watermark."

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003818326

Four Photojournalists Killed During Vietnam War Come Home For Burial

roteague — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:39:01 GMT

A little late coming ...

"WASHINGTON, DC (March 31, 2008) - Remains from the crash site where four photojournalists were killed when their helicopter went down in Laos during the Vietnam war will be buried on Thursday April 3, 2008, during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington.

On February 10, 1971, photographers Henri Huet, 43, of the Associated Press, Larry Burrows, 44, of Life magazine, Kent Potter, 23, of United Press International, and Keisaburo Shimamoto, 34, of Newsweek were killed their South Vietnamese helicopter lost its way over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and was shot down by a North Vietnamese 37-mm anti-aircraft gun. Three of Saigon's soldiers and the four-man flight crew also perished in the midair explosion."

http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2008/03/lost.html

Was it What:

Lauren-sqjaw — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:20:20 GMT

Ok we all know there are many ways to get multi photo's shots together [i.e. three negatives all under exposed or three raw or jpeg files then combined in layers!

now for the real Question here: who will ever see a senic view like this in real life at the yellowstone N.P. I know I will catch a lot of heat on this posting but so be it:

Brian Jones combined three different shots of this landscape at Yellowstone National Park to ensure every part had the proper exposure. The photo was awarded "The Shot" by Russell James in a VH1 photo contest for landscapes. Jones also had a landscape photo of a barn that came in second place in the same contest.

Fujifilm and Mitsubishi Paper Mills forge partnership

roteague — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:38:40 GMT

A bit of news I found on Fuji's website. It is a bit dated (August 28, 2007), but is the first time I've read about this partnership. I wonder if this means a new paper will be introduced. It sounds positive development to me.

"FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO Shigetaka Komori, hereafter “FUJIFILM”) and Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. (President Takeshi Sato, hereafter “Mitsubishi Paper Mills”) have reached a basic agreement to forge a partnership in the photographic business, with focus on the area of photographic paper...

As a part of partnership, FUJIFILM shall receive the supply of paper base for producing photographic papers from Mitsubishi Paper Mills...."

http://www.fujifilm.com/news/n070828.html

Photographers Headaches!

Lauren-sqjaw — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:11:44 GMT

Talk about doom's day news , it could not be better ! three different stories today !

# 1 Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence will be available for media interviews following a hearing before the New Mexico Human Rights Division Monday and Tuesday. ADF attorneys represent a Christian photographer being tried under state antidiscrimination laws for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony.”

# 2 A photographer who quit a celebrity agency over the treatment by paparazzi of Britney Spears during her ongoing struggles with personal troubles says he's afraid the pursuit of the pop star would lead to her death.

"Personally," Nick Stern told co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez on The Early Show Monday, "I could foresee the death of Britney Spears either directly or indirectly."

# 3 Polaroid will make enough instant film to last into 2009, and plans to license its technology to third-party companies for diehard customers. The company halted production of commercial cameras about two years ago, and stopped making consumer devices a year ago, Bloomberg reported. Polaroid was founded in 1937 and made protective glasses and goggles for the U.S. military during World War II. It sold the first instant camera in 1948, raking in $5 million in sales in the first year, according to the company's Web site.

Herbert Keppler - RIP

George — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:54:12 GMT

http://www.popphoto.com/popularphotographyfeatures/4968/in-memoriam-herbert-keppler-1925-2008.html

A Year in Passing

roteague — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:50:11 GMT

A Year in Passing: Remembering some photographers who died in 2007

http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2007/12/a-year-in-passi.html

Alexandra Boulat, 45
Al Chang, 85,
Fred W. McDarrah, 81
Esmond Edwards, 80
Jack Fields, 87
Arnold Hardy, 85
Joseph D. Jamieson, 101
Joe O’Donnell, 85
Dick Raphael, 68
John Szarkowski, 81
Ernest Withers, 85
Monte Zucker, 78

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Rebuilt Kodak tested anew

roteague — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:44:30 GMT

Found this article today:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071223/BUSINESS/712230328/1001/BUSINESS

"(December 23, 2007) — Scattered across Kodak Park are patches of new landscaping: a walkway here, a roadside border there. Small red rock stone blankets the new features... "

However, buried in a sidebar was this tidbit:

"Film

Kodak has no intention of getting out of the film photography business, at least for now, CEO Antonio M. Perez said.

Photographic film, paper and processing services accounted for almost half of Kodak's $13.3 billion in revenue in 2003. For the first nine months of 2007, Kodak's film products group accounted for $1.5 billion in revenue. But it also accounted for $589 million in gross profit for those nine months.

With the cost-cutting the company has done in film, Perez said, "we have now a business that is sustainable. That business is going to be a good business for us for the next (few) years.""

New York City sued for harassing photographers

roteague — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:03:17 GMT

http://www.topix.net/content/reuters/2007/12/new-york-city-sued-for-harassing-photographers

"By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police officers need better training to distinguish between law-abiding citizens who snap pictures of city landmarks and those suspected of plotting terrorism, a lawsuit filed on Thursday by the New York Civil Liberties Union said.

The lawsuit was filed against the city and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly on behalf of Arun Wiita, 26, a Columbia University graduate student of Indian descent who said he was handcuffed and detained after a police officer spotted him snapping pictures near a Manhattan subway station in July.

The civil liberties union said the department has harassed photographers, "particularly those who fit Middle Eastern or South Asian racial and ethnic profiles," according to papers filed in federal court.

"There has been a constant refrain that we've heard from the photography community for several years now," said Christopher Dunn, NYCLU associate legal director and the lead attorney on the case.

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