January 3, 2012
Amateur photographer wins police payout (update 5.05pm)
An amateur photographer who was stopped while taking photographs in public two years ago has been awarded an out-of-court settlement after suing police for wrongful arrest.
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January 3, 2012
RPS targets fresh audience with movie maker Distinction
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) hopes to encourage more young people to apply for its Distinctions awards by opening up the programme to moving image makers.
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December 23, 2011
Olympus whistleblower wins best businessperson accolade
Former Olympus CEO Michael Woodford, who blew the whistle on dubious deals at the centre of a massive corporate scandal, has won a businessperson of the year award.
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December 21, 2011
Investigators raid Olympus Tokyo HQ (update 10.20am)
Japanese prosecutors have today raided Olympus's Tokyo HQ as they search for evidence of criminal wrongdoing in a £1.1 billion financial scandal.
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December 19, 2011
Olympus primes CSC with ‘breakthrough viewfinder’, plus DSLR
Olympus is reportedly set to launch a new series of mirrorless system cameras featuring a built-in, high-quality, viewfinder and working on a new DSLR.
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December 16, 2011
Olympus future in spotlight ahead of CES (update Friday)
Speculation is rife over the future of Olympus as photographers gear up for the Consumer Electronics Show in the United States. In light of intense speculation about the future of the camera maker - as…
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December 16, 2011
Red squirrel photographer wins RSPCA title
A ‘powerful’ image of a red squirrel has today triumphed in the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2011.
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December 15, 2011
Agency reveals top 2011 news photos
The Associated Press has been busy whittling down more than one million images captured by its photographers in 2011, to just 10 for an online gallery.
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December 15, 2011
Olympus mulls merger option (update)
Olympus president Shuichi Takayama has said the troubled firm may have to enter a tie-up with another company after corrected business results revealed a huge hole in its balance sheet. Picture: Former CEO Michael Woodford…
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December 14, 2011
Olympus debuts new lens amid delisting threat
On the day Olympus averted automatic expulsion from the Tokyo stock market, as it battles a £1.1 billion scandal, the troubled firm unveiled a new 12-50mm lens for its Pen series cameras.
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December 14, 2011
National photography museum chief quits
Head of the National Media Museum (NMM), Colin Philpott, has resigned.
