Kodak Completes Sale of OLED Business

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 30 — Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) business to an entity set up by a group of LG companies. This move will tighten Kodaks investment focus and strengthen its financial position. Financial details were not disclosed. As we said earlier this year, OLED is one of the businesses we wanted to reposition…
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Ricoh developer talks digicam firmware

Japan’s Ricoh Co. Ltd. has posted an interview with one of the company’s development team on the Front Runner section of its website. Engineer Haike Guan works on research and development at Ricoh’s Software Research Center in Beijing, China, including R&D for image processing and image security technologies. In the interview, Mr. Guan discusses his education and background with Ricoh, and goes on to cover some of the specific development work in which he’s played a role. These include lens abberation correction, long-exposure…
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Collaboration Model with a US Fashion Brand

Release of GR DIGITAL III x STUSSY Tokyo, Japan, December 21, 2009Ricoh Co., Ltd. (president and CEO: Shiro Kondo) today announced the release of GR DIGITAL III x STUSSY, a collaboration model with US fashion brand manufacturer STUSSY Incorporated (headquarters: Irvine, California, the United States) which features special coloring. GR DIGITAL III x STUSSY is a modified version of the GR DIGITAL III camera that Ricoh released in August 2009….
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Two Printer Landing Pages Updated!

Canon Pro9500 Mark II and MP640 installation galleries are now up. We’ve posted installation galleries for two of the four printers here for review: Canon Pro9500 Mark II Canon MP640 Multifunction Device You can find the gallery links in the Table of Contents boxes in each review. As with all our installation galleries, these are no mere handful of unboxing shots but dozens of images illustrating how we set up each printer. Our step-by-step approach…
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Top 10 Citizen News Photographs of 2009 Chosen by WeSay.com and Tips on How to Become a Citizen Photojournalist

CHICAGO, IL–(Marketwire – December 29, 2009) – The top 10 citizen news photos of the year, ranging from a collapsed stadium in Malaysia to a helicopter crash in Hong Kong, were selected by editors at WeSay.com, a news site that features photographs of current events taken by amateur photographers. The photographs were selected from thousands of images submitted by more than 11,000 amateur photographers who are members of WeSay.com. “The quality…
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Bibble 5 Pro now available

Bibble Labs has today announced the debut of the long-awaited major update to its RAW file converter, Bibble. Bibble 5 Pro can now be purchased, and Bibble 4 customers can upgrade to the new version – either for free if they purchased after September 1st 2006, or for a $99 fee if their Bibble 4 purchase was made before that date. Bibble 5 Lite isn’t expected to ship until the first quarter of next year, so in the interim, owners of Bibble 4 Lite are being allowed to use Bibble 5 Pro with their Lite license….
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PocketWizard Releases MiniTT1 and FlexTT5 Version 5.0

Burlington, Vermont December 29, 2009 PocketWizard today launched the newest and most advanced firmware for the MiniTT1 Transmitter and FlexTT5 Transceiver. ControlTL Firmware Version 5.0 for Canon incorporates several new features, many performance improvements and new camera and flash compatibility. All have been fully tested via the PocketWizard Beta Lab. Two new key features are Rear Curtain Sync and Pre-Flash Boost. PocketWizards…
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Photo Mechanic beta updates continue

Camera Bits Inc.is continuing work on a beta version of an upcoming update for the company’s workflow tool, Photo Mechanic, that fixes some issues found in the previous version. Photo Mechanic version 4.6.2.2 public beta 3 is available for download immediately, for either Mac OS X users or Windows users. Photo Mechanic is compatible with Microsoft’s Windows 7, Vista, or XP Service Pack 1 – 3, as well as Apple’s Mac OS X 10.4.11, or 10.5.x operating systems. Courtesy of Camera Bits, the full list of changes in the new version is as follows: Both platforms: Changed how QuickTime…
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AIS Releases High Brightness open Frame LCD Monitors for Outdoor Digital Signage and Kiosk Applications

Irvine, CA American Industrial Systems Inc. (AIS) has introduced a line of high brightness and Transflective LCD Monitors, featuring passive transflective technology, which reflects and transmits light (transflective = transmissive + reflective). Under bright illumination such as direct sunlight exposure, the display acts as a reflective LCD with the contrast being constant with illuminance. High Brightness displays natively produce luminance,…
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Digital Anarchy Announces Beauty Box 1.0 For After Effects and Final Cut Pro

Digital Anarchy returns to the film/video market with a powerful skin smoothing and blemish removal plugin San Francisco, CA – December 7th, 2009 – Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe and Apple products, has today announced the release of a new product for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, and Apple’s Final Cut Pro. The Beauty Box 1.0 provides editors and visual effects artists working with…
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