January 4, 2008
Canon reaches ’30 millionth’ EOS camera milestone
Canon has produced its 30 millionth EOS SLR and announced that 10m of these cameras were made in the past four years alone.
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January 4, 2008
Airport scanners to undergo ‘independent’ tests
Independent tests are to be conducted on the new breed of UK airport hand-baggage X-ray machines to examine the maker’s claims regarding film-fogging safety.
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January 3, 2008
Shopping centre denies branding grandparents ‘terrorists’
A shopping centre has hit back at claims a security guard imposed a life ban on a couple taking photographs and branded them a ‘terrorist’ threat.
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January 3, 2008
Sigma releases new 18-200mm lens
Independent lens make Sigma has launched a 18-200mm lens exclusively designed to be used on all Nikon digital SLRs with an APS-C size imaging sensor.
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January 3, 2008
Club fire sparks plea for help
Basildon Photographic Society has issued an appeal for help after fire destroyed its meeting place and damaged equipment worth around £5,000.
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January 2, 2008
Police return photographer’s seized films
The photographer who had two rolls of film seized by Humberside Police while taking pictures in Hull before Christmas says they have now been returned.
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January 2, 2008
New airport scanners raise film fogging fear
New hand luggage X-ray scanners will not fog photographic film (with an ISO up to 1600) provided it is not scanned more than five times, claims the manufacturer.
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December 24, 2007
Festive cheer for Christmas lights photographer
Just in time for Christmas, a full written apology from Suffolk Police has landed on the doormat of the amateur photographer stopped from taking pictures at a festive event in Ipswich.
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December 21, 2007
Sony Ericsson names Cameraphone winner
Sony Ericsson has this week named Simon Garn from Liverpool as its Cameraphone Photographer of the year 2007. Picture credit: Simon Garn
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December 20, 2007
Unseen Britain amends Guardian rights rules
Organisers of the Unseen Britain photography competition have revised the terms of entry after complaints that the rules implied entries may be published outside the sphere of the competition.
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December 18, 2007
Photo lab Metro to close Soho branch
Renowned photo lab Metro Imaging will close its Soho branch in central London on 1 February 2008 in response to shrinking demand for film processing.
