April 13, 2006
Jessops ‘phases out’ used equipment service
Jessops has decided to axe its used equipment service, blaming a ‘rapid decline’ in demand and a big drop in people wanting to part-exchange.
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April 12, 2006
£50,000 travel photo contest launched
A two-week trip to Mozambique and South Africa goes to the winner of this year’s Travel Photographer of the Year competition which boasts £50,000 worth of prizes.
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April 11, 2006
‘Historic’ transport pictures uncovered
An historic archive of 50,000 glass negatives has been cleaned-up to reveal rare images of London’s transport system that will go on show for the first time next month. Picture: Copyright TfL
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April 10, 2006
16-year-old among <i>Guardian</i> winners
A 16-year-old student is among the winners of the Guardian Weekend Photography Prize - a contest which attracted around 9,000 entries. Picture credit: Natalie Lloyd
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April 7, 2006
Bob Carlos Clarke suffered from ‘clinical depression’
Photographer Bob Carlos Clarke is believed to have suffered from clinical depression and was a voluntary patient at The Priory hospital in south-west London before he was hit by a train and died on 25…
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April 6, 2006
Pentax names cameras axed under EU law
Pentax UK has named the digital compact cameras it has been forced to withdraw from sale in Europe as a result of new EU legislation.
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April 5, 2006
Dixons disappearance will not cut camera range, claims spokesman
Dixons – a store which first began as a photographic studio in 1937 - will next month re-brand all its 190 UK high street stores as ‘Currys.digital’. Yet, despite adding items such as fridges and…
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April 4, 2006
Leica reveals ‘ultra-compact’ C-Lux 1
The first in a new ‘ultra-compact’ line of digital compacts has been unveiled by Leica in the shape of the six-million-pixel C-Lux 1.
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April 3, 2006
Fuji unveils new colour slide film
Fuji has unveiled a new general-purpose colour transparency film called Fujichrome Provia 400X Professional.
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March 31, 2006
Konica Minolta shuts down UK photo base
Today marks the official withdrawal of Konica Minolta from the photographic industry and the closure of the company’s UK office.
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March 29, 2006
Carlos Clarke inquest ‘opened and adjourned’
An inquest into the death of photographer Bob Carlos Clarke has been opened and adjourned.
