November 12, 2008
Detective camera could fetch ‘65k’
A rare 1892 camera designed to look like a set of books could fetch as much as €80,000 when it appears at auction on 30 November.
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November 12, 2008
Bond movie actor in charity photo mission
A self-portrait of Bond movie actor Sébastien Foucan doing a one-armed handstand sold for £1,000 at a fund-raising charity auction in central London last night. Picture credit: Sébastien Foucan, courtesy Right to Play
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November 11, 2008
Rollei launches new flagship digital camera
Rollei has rolled out seven new digital compact cameras headed up by a 10-million-pixel model boasting a 3in ‘touch-control’ screen.
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November 11, 2008
Sigma buys Foveon camera sensor business
Photographers can expect more Sigma cameras to incorporate Foveon X3 imaging sensor technology with news that Sigma has snapped up the United States-based sensor developer.
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November 10, 2008
Andy Murray turns tables on TV cameraman
Tennis ace Andy Murray is among a handful of sports stars to be kitted out with a Nikon digital SLR in a bid to raise money for a children’s charity. Picture credit: Andy Murray
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November 6, 2008
Kodak: Film is far from dead
Film is far from dead and is making a ‘significant’ comeback this year, especially among ‘young professionals’, according to Kodak’s US HQ headquarters.
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November 6, 2008
Photographers to revive ‘forgotten scandal’
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) has launched a competition challenging entrants to recreate a modern version of a controversial ‘virtue and vice’ photograph that shocked the public during Victorian times. Picture: Two ways of life…
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November 5, 2008
Home Office: Photography rights move ‘constructive’
Talks aimed at easing relations between press photographers, journalists and the police have today been hailed as ‘constructive’ by the Home Office.
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November 5, 2008
Olympus reveals E-30 digital SLR camera (update)
Olympus has announced that a new, Four Thirds based, 12.3-million-pixel digital SLR called the E-30 will go on sale in mid-January.
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November 4, 2008
Amateur photographer ‘drowns’ on wildlife mission
An amateur photographer has drowned while pursuing his fascination for birds.
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November 3, 2008
Photography museum’s London move delayed
The National Media Museum (NMM) has yet to win approval from the government for its plan to open a base in London.
