December 30, 2006
European print survey results revealed
Most consumers who print at home do so because it is ‘faster’ and ‘more convenient’ for low volume prints, than alternatives such as high-street stores, reveals a European survey.
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December 24, 2006
Chance to reign in 2007 deer competition
Canon has joined forces with the London Camera Exchange to back next year’s British Deer Society competition which features quarterly rounds, as well as an overall winner. Picture credit: BDS Image Library/Matthew Peaster
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December 21, 2006
Hoya to ‘buy’ Pentax, US press reports claim
Pentax is to be bought by filter maker Hoya in a $771m share deal, according to press reports published in the past few hours. The two companies will merge their operations on 1 Oct 2007…
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December 20, 2006
Digital keeps on booming
Around 5.2 million more digital still cameras are estimated to have been exported from Japan in 2006 than previously expected, forcing a radical revision of earlier figures, according to new data.
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December 18, 2006
Historic wartime photos found in loft
Never-before seen images of wartime Britain have been unearthed after languishing for more than half a century in a loft, AP has learned. Picture credit: Maurice Swansborough
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December 15, 2006
Nine-year-old lands RSPCA photo title
A nine-year-old girl has won the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards in a competition that was open to entrants twice her age. Picture credit: Teah Higgs
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December 14, 2006
• Princess Diana’s death a ‘tragic accident’ • Princes ‘shocked’ and ‘disgusted’ at paparazzi, media reports claim
The behaviour of paparazzi photographers on the night Princess Diana died in a car crash in 1997 has been condemned by Princes William and Harry, according to media reports. Lord Stevens' inquiry – whose findings…
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December 13, 2006
Digital cameras fuel ‘record’ UK inflation
The UK economy’s inflation rose to a ‘record’ 2.7% in November fuelled by digital camera prices which ‘fell by less than a year ago’, reveal government figures.
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December 12, 2006
‘Tiny’ gallery pulls-off Marilyn Monroe coup
A little known gallery in Oxfordshire was thrown into the media spotlight when exhibition organisers realised they had their hands on what they claim are previously unpublished photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Picture credit: Eve Arnold/Magnum…
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December 11, 2006
Litvinenko’s photographer ‘passes’ medical checks
The photographer who captured the widely-published last picture of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has ‘passed all routine medical tests’, according to her employer Snappy Snaps.
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December 9, 2006
London Eye sounds photography alert
Reports of photography enthusiasts being stopped while taking pictures near the British Airways London Eye have prompted management for the famous attraction to outline its stringent rules. A full report appears in this week's AP,…
