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Imaging leader introduces breakthrough enhancements for KODAK Picture Kiosk, APEX, professional output and film solutions

February 22, 2010--Building on the momentum it enjoys worldwide in retail solutions, specialty and professional labs and studios, Eastman Kodak Company is announcing a host of new features and functionality enhancements in its digital printing solutions, along with new print media and film products, designed to deliver the best possible customer experience and productivity per square foot in the photo processing industry.

"Kodak has a rich heritage of innovation in photo imaging, and the groundbreaking new products that we are introducing today promise more ways for consumers to share and more ways for retailers and pro-labs to profit."Read more

March 2009 - The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the new Sigma DP2 compact digital camera featuring a 14 Mega Pixel FOVEON X3 direct image sensor (2,652 x 1,768 x 3 layers) as used in the Sigma SD14 digital SLR.

Sigma introduced to the market in March, 2008, the DP1 with its direct image sensor; the same sensor utilized by the Sigma SD14 digital SLR. It was called a “unique, groundbreaking, compact digital camera with all the power of a digital SLR”. Since then, the multi-award winning DP1 has earned respect among a wide range of both amateur and professional photographers and has gained their ardent support. Building on this success, the DP2 has arrived and is equipped with a 24.2mm F2.8 lens, equivalent to 41mm on a 35mm SLR camera, increasing creative possibilities, providing superior image quality and improving handling and performance.

Sigma is pleased to also announce that both the DP1 and DP2 will be a part of the Sigma line. Users can continue to enjoy the image quality of the DP2 camera for standard focal length photography and also take advantage of the DP1’s wider focal length. Both offer support and encourage creativity in a compact digital camera.

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March 2009 — ColorCentric Corp., a leader in web-to-print, real-time publishing for the photo and traditional publishing industries, announced this week that it is introducing the first audio enhanced photo book powered by Ekko Technologies.

"Whether one is flipping through an album or a shoebox of photos, voice is the most natural and intuitive way of sharing the memories behind the images." said John Lacagnina, CEO of ColorCentric. "With the Ekko™ Audio Photo Book amateur photographers, children and photojournalists alike, will be able to create photo books that play narration, music or ambient sounds simply by touching an icon on the printed page."

The Ekko™ Audio Photo Book contains a patented electronic audio panel on the back of the book block. The panel has a matrix of touch sensitive regions and the book is printed with PLAY graphic buttons on each page where audio has been added. In every other way, the Audio Book looks and feels like any other high quality photo book. Ekko Audio PhotoBooks are beautifully bound, completely customized, heirloom photo books – that play sound. They are created individually or collectively by family, friends, colleagues, children etc. around an event, milestone, trip, and story or as a gift. Read more

March 2009 – Panasonic just introduced the DMC-GH1, the newest member of the company’s revolutionary LUMIX G Micro System – a new digital interchangeable lens camera system that delivers professional-level features and performance in a compact and easy-to-use camera body.

Compatible with the Micro Four Thirds System standard, the new LUMIX GH1 features advanced video photography functions, such as the ability to record High Definition (HD) AVCHD 1080p/24p video.* In addition, the new LUMIX GH1 comes with a newly developed long-zoom interchangeable lens – the LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm/F4.0-5.8 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S. This lens was specifically designed to support HD movie recording and features a silent motor and continuous auto focusing (AF) capability; two features which distinguish the LUMIX GH1 from DSLRs that offer HD video recording capabilities. Read more

March 4, 2009 – Canon just received two DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out awards for fine art photographic printing at the 2009 PMA International Convention and Trade Show. Canon is proud to announce that the Company received DIMA Digital Printer Shoot-Out awards for both the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9100 60-inch large format printer for "Inkjet 50 inches Wide or More" category and the PIXMA MP980 Photo All-In-One (AIO) printer for "Black and White, Best B&W with grayscale inks" category. The Digital Printer Shoot-Out award winning prints are on display at PMA 2009, March 3rd – 5th at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Decided by a panel of judges, the award-winning prints won based on the "overall quality of the digital print."

"Inkjet 50 Inches Wide or More" Award – imagePROGRAF iPF9100

The winning image for the "Inkjet 50 inches Wide or More" category was printed with the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9100 large format printer on Canon-branded Heavyweight Satin, 300 gsm fine art media. The printer utilizes the Company’s twelve-color ink system featuring Canon’s proprietary LUCIA pigment inks including four enhanced monochrome inks. Canon’s LUCIA inks enable the imagePROGRAF printers to achieve smooth natural image expression for remarkable results. Read more