Miller's $100K Charity Program: Picture a Better Community

Miller’s Professional Imaging, the leader in professional imaging labs, has announced the 2009 Miller’s $100K Charity Program. During the tradeshow season, convention attendees can register at the Miller’s booth with the winners receiving $1,000 to donate in their name to the charity of their choice. With 100 different giveaways scheduled throughout the 2009 season, Miller’s will be donating a total of $100,000 in charitable contributions. This is the second year Miller’s has sponsored the Charity Program with $100,000 also donated in 2008.

“Giving back to our local communities has always been important to Miller’s, and through the 2008 Charity Program, we saw how important it is to photographers all across the country. We want to continue helping them make a difference in their own communities by donating to their favorite charities,” said Richard Miller, CEO of Miller’s Professional Imaging. “We invite all attendees to come by the Miller’s booth (#1315) at Imaging USA to register.”

Miller’s will give away $15,000 at Imaging USA, January 11 - 13. To learn more about Miller’s $100K Charity Program, visit www.millerslab.com

Miller’s Professional Imaging was founded in 1968 and offers a full line of professional products and services. Miller’s is the largest professional lab in the United States and has production facilities in Pittsburg, Kansas and Columbia, Missouri.

Graphistudio Releases Proprietary Drag and Drop Software

Software will be free to current customers

Graphistudio has released a user-friendly, drag and drop software allowing for the use of their proprietary templates. This software, compatible with both Mac and PC, includes the existing Graphistudio layouts of Director, Studio, Design, Panorama and Family.

GRAPHIsoftware includes over 400 layout options with unlimited possibilities. The option tabs of Templates, Backgrounds, Frames, Masks and Shapes allow for many different ways to create amazing books. After importing your files, the images can be structured to automatically fit a spread or a page. Graphistudio’s complimentary calendar also has a template and can be designed in the software program.

DARKROOM and PhotoReflect.com solidify partnership by announcing a cooperative product launch of Digital Delivery(TM)

With partnership, for the first time ever, professional photographers now empowered and equipped to sell digital photos and products

Austin, Texas; November 11, 2008 -- Two industry-leading solutions for the professional photographer have codified a stronger technological partnership by jointly announcing the first and only solution designed to increase profits and client offerings by allowing photographers the ability to own the sale and distribution of professional digital photos. Digital Delivery, utilized online via PhotoReflect.com© and via localized CD/DVD printing with DARKROOM© software, is set to revolutionize the digital photography community by empowering photographers to price, manage and sell digital copies alongside prints and other image-embedded products.

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics Digital Cp-9550dw Photo Printers Help Faup Photos Expand Business

Demonstrating its ability to provide professional photographers with ultra-reliable, cost-effective products which a photography business can build its reputation, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America today is showcasing Faup Photos in New York City with its use of the category-leading CP-9550DW digital photo printer.

Ronald Faup, owner of Faup Photos had built his photography business specializing in kids and pets, but wanted to expand in new directions.  The Mitsubishi CP-9550DW provided the avenue for that expansion.  Previously, when he did corporate events he had to wait for lab development of the film, then package it all and send off the photos to the client.  But, for a recent corporate company outing that included family members, Faup was able to take a whole new approach.  With more than 800 guests in attendance, he was still able to shoot them at the festivities and quickly print the images for presentation to attendees who were able to leave the event with the highest quality prints while the celebrations were fresh in their mind.

Mitsubishi Receives Professional Photographer Magazine’s Coveted HOT ONE Award for the CP-9800DW Digital Photo Printer

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Imaging Products today announced that its CP-9800DW digital photo printer has received Professional Photographer magazine’s 2008 “Hot One” award in the Dye-Sub Photo Printer category.

The Mitsubishi CP-9800DW was chosen for its ability to produce high-grade picture quality at remarkable output speeds. The printer features a high-speed USB 2.0 interface and rapid output of just 8.7 seconds for a 4” x 6” print. Since its debut in March of 2007, the unit has become a powerful revenue-generator for field photographers as well as photo retailers—an accomplishment recognized by Professional Photographer.

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics Provides A Range Of Digital Imaging Products To Expand The Services And Profits For Fine Art Photo

Underscoring its ability to provide professional photographers and photographic retailers with a range of digital imaging tools that strengthen their businesses, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America is showcasing Fine Art Photo of Lemoyne, PA who combines Mitsubishi’s feature-packed but easy to use DPS Kiosk 7000 and a range of Mitsubishi high-quality, ultra-reliable digital printers.

Fine Art Photo owner Gary Knaub operates a professional photography service and retail store to provide a wide range of photographic solutions in the Central Pennsylvania area of Lemoyne.  In the store, the Mitsubishi DPS Kiosk 7000, attached to the Mitsubishi printers, provides his digital camera customers with quick, easy to use digital imaging for high quality printing or burning to a disc.  The photo editing, high-speed operation and intuitive control of the system makes it nearly a hands free revenue center for the retail portion of his business.

Expo Spotlight

We've combed Imaging USA's Expo floor to find products that are generating a lot of buzz at this year's Expo. Tune in to see what everyone is talking about.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Theatre boasted a strong daily lineup of talented pros.

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Microsoft is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Sony

Sony showed us their A700 digital SLR camera, Zeiss lenses, wireless flash products, printers and Snap Lab.

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Sony is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Fujifilm

Kayce Baker showed us Fujifilm's output solutions, their ASK printer - a great solution for event photographers. She also explained some of Fujfilm's products that are well-suited for sport and event photographers, as well as evidence photographers.

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Fujifilm is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Canon

Erik Allin told us about the total imaging and workflow solutions, including new lenses and pigment printers, that Canon offers professional photographers. He also outlined the updates made to Canon's Digital Photo Professional software.

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Canon is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008, and also sponsored the Imaging USA Welcome Party on Sunday night.

Adobe

Tom Hogarty explained how Lightroom and Photoshop CS3 cuts hours off photographers' workflow.

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Adobe is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Collages.net to Showcase Several Product Lines at Imaging USA

Collages.net will be showcasing its four new product lines to the 2008 professional photography industry at Imaging USA on January 6-8, 2008 in Tampa, Florida. As one of the Platinum Sponsors of the event and a leader in the industry, Collages.net is expected to draw widespread attention for its highly-desirable product offerings, including albums, gallery wraps, high-end cards, and proof books.

Collages.net’s all-inclusive album and print product lines are designed to offer professional photographers with high-quality, innovative services and products in order to centralize their businesses and simplify the workflow of their studios. 

White House Custom Colour (WHCC)

Mike Hanline told us about their new products, new facility and new initiatives.

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WHCC is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Eastman Kodak

Joe Paglia told us about several new products that unveiled by Kodak at Imaging USA - updated versions of the Kodak enhanced plug-ins and two new enhanced films - and explained Kodak's philosophy on "accessing inspiration."

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Kodak is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008, as well as the sponsor for the closing celebration on Tuesday, January 8th.

EPSON

We learned about EPSON's new Signature Worthy paper, their newest wide format printers, and the new Stylus Photo  R1900.

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EPSON is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Corel

Jamie Manuel explained how Corel Painter X helps photographers increase their revenue stream.

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Corel is a gold-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Collages.net

Kevin Casey told us about the exciting transition Collages.net has made into the photographic products arena.

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Collages.net is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Nikon Inc.

Michael Corrado, senior product manager of Nikon's SLR system products, showed us their groundbreaking D3 professional digital SLR camera that runs at an amazing 9 frames per second.

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Nikon is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Miller's Professional Imaging

Debra Radell and Ted Unruh told us about Miller's press-printed books, assembled albums, and Miller's new charity program.

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Miller's Professional Imaging is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

ExpressDigital

Becky Orser, ExpressDigital's marketing manager, told us about their in-booth speakers and the latest version of their Darkroom software.

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ExpressDigital is a gold-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Graphistudio

Maureen Neises of Graphistudio told us about their new online ordering system, programs and products.

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Graphistudio is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Marathon Press

Bill Camacho, executive vice president of Marathon Press, explained why Imaging USA is their most important industry event, showed us their new line of Bella Grafica products, and announced that they are taking their well-known marketing workshops on the road to 8-10 cities in 2008.

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Marathon Press is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

American Color Imaging

Mark Lane, president and owner of American Color Imaging, told us about the additions to their product line, announced an expansion of their production facility, and invited photographers to their annual educational event.

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ACI is a platinum-level sponsor of Imaging USA 2008.

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics Helps Wall Drug Boost Profits in Photo Center with DPS Kiosk 7000

Demonstrating how its DPS Kiosk 7000 turnkey photo finishing and printing kiosk can be a profit center for businesses in a wide array of retail, hospitality and other commercial businesses, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics today announced that -Wall Drugs in South Dakota had successfully deployed a DPS Kiosk 7000 at its legendary roadside mall and attractions near the Badlands National Park and close to many other tourist attractions in the state .

The system, with integrated credit card capabilities, was sold and installed by Ideal Gifts Photos and provides Wall Drugs with a worry-free revenue generator and customers with an intuitive, useful service., Wall Drug needed to increase the profitability of its photo department, while at the same time providing a fast and easy service to the large number of tourists in the area.  After getting its start in 1931 by offering free ice water to travelers passing through South Dakota, Wall Drug has gone on to become one of the most famous roadside attractions in America, offering a wonderland of recreational amenities to as many as 15,000 customers a day in the summer.

With so much to see and do in the area, servicing the imaging needs of its customers was a crucial addition to the company’s offerings.  Tyler Swift, head of the photo department at Wall Drug, along with its owners, decided on the Mitsubishi DPS Kiosk 7000 after examining numerous other possibilities.

TAP Unveils New Products for 2008

How professional photographers present photos to clients is just as important as how the pictures look. That’s why, for more than a century, TAP has provided pros with a comprehensive line of high-quality photo packaging products, including frames, mounts, folios and albums.

Like previous products, the latest TAP accessories are made from superior materials and feature sturdy
construction, versatile photo loading options and handsome designs:

• New Frames — Claire, Austin, Filmstrip, Academic and Wedding frames come fully assembled with acrylic, backing, and mats in complementary colors.
• New Frame Bag — This sturdy polypropylene bag has reinforced handles and is specially designed to transport frames safely.
• New Folders — In Basketball, Football and Golf themes, the texture of these designs simulate the feel of real sports equipment.

In addition to brand-new products, some existing products are now available in new sizes, colors, mounts, formats and designs:

• New Superior Albums — Now, these albums are available in colors such as Saddle, Blue and Red, and sizes such as 6x4, 10x8, 8.5x11 and more (sizes and colors vary by item).
• New Sonoma Preview Box — With its bonded leather cover and magnetic closure, this is now also available in 2.5x3.5.

For more information on TAP Professional™ or to find a distributor near you, please visit  www.tap-usa.com.

For more than a century, TAP has manufactured America's premier line of photo mounts, folios and albums for photographers. TAP is but one division of The Chilcote Company — a Cleveland, Ohio company that has served the photo industry since 1906.

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Imaging Products Offers Trade-In, Trade-Up Program through Market Velocity

Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc., today announced an agreement between its Imaging Products Division and Market Velocity, Inc., which offers Mitsubishi customers the Trade-In, Trade-Up program.  Under this new program, Mitsubishi Photo Imaging customers are able to trade in an older model digital photo printer and receive a rebate toward the purchase of a new Mitsubishi digital photo printer or photo system.

Spitfire Photo Pro Announces New Plug-In For Aperturetm 1.5

Powerful tool streamlines professional photography workflows

Virtual Moment, LLC, providers of cutting edge technology solutions for digital media management, announced today at the Imaging USA trade show in San Antonio, the release of a new plug-in for Apple® Aperture TM 1.5. Available immediately for download, SpitfireExport provides an efficient way to export images from ApertureTM into Spitfire Photo Pro (www.spitfirephoto.com), the online image management and sales platform for professional photographers.

Marathon Debuts New Products at Imaging USA

Marathon Press, the photographers marketing partner dubuts mPrint, Direct-to-Press Printing Service, Premiere Edition Books, Gift Cards and new Internet services for photographers at booth 966 on the Expo show floor.

mPrint
Direct-to-Press Printing Service
Creating custom marketing materials and retail items couldn't be easier. Create your own designs, choose from five paper choices, and upload to order. It's that simple. Plus, shipping and handling is included. Why trust your printed pieces to anyone else? Choose the company backed by 25 years of printing experience in the photographic industry.

Coda Inc. Exhibits Custom Cut Mats

In addition to showing the full line of mounting and laminating equipment and supplies at the Imaging USA 2007 show January 14th – 16th in San Antonio Texas, Coda Inc., Mahwah, NJ will be displaying samples of custom-cut mats created on the Wizard Computerized Mat Cutting System. The Wizard CMC will allow labs or photographers to create unique products that add value to any image.

The Wizard operating software includes clip art and text capabilities, and 100 pre-designed templates that will allow even a novice user to create custom mats unrivaled in their beauty and elegance.  With both purchase and rental programs available, you can test market the products with no long term commitment.

Free demo copies of the software can be obtained by registering at the Coda booth # 866.

More details can be found at http://www.imaging-equipment-sales.com,or call Barry Ades at 847 831 3535.

The Levin Company Launches New Version of Autoframe

BOOTH #1037 -The Levin Company will be demonstrating Autoframe frame software and showing their new line of albums, moulding, and children's accessories:

• Autoframe allows the Photographer to show their images, in a variety of frames or mouldings. It will price them instantly and prints out a copy of the finished product for the customer to take home. Autoframe also has a compare feature that shows up to three framed choices of the same image, on one screen. A live seminar will be going on all day at the booth.
• The Levin Company has a new line of Easelback frames to compliment any studio. Now, you can sell your smaller images with frames, rather than just putting them into a bag! These frames have a suede backing and come boxed for easy transport.
• Come see all of the new moulding for 2007. Let Liz show you how well these exciting finishes can enhance any portraiture.
• The Levin Company releases a new line of 'peel & stick' albums. What makes these unique is the ability to reposition the images. No more crooked or creased images!
• Come in and see the interesting items and props for children's portraiture.

Image Trends, Inc. (ITI) Announces New version 1.1.0 of the

Image Trends improves the popular Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In to be more versatile Fisheye-Hemi

Image Trends, Inc the provider of unique, leading edge digital tools, announces today a more versatile version of the Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In. This unique Adobe® Photoshop® Plug-in compatible filter is now optimized for three choices of automatic fisheye image correction. The new Fisheye-Hemi 1.1.0 now includes three plug-ins that support a wider range of camera and fisheye lens combinations, including fisheye zoom and fisheye converters:

Fisheye-Hemi 1 (Circle) works best with a lens and camera combination that covers 180 degrees horizontally across the field, so the captured image appears with black edges in the corners like a globe in space.

Photodex(R) Releases the Next Generation of ProShow(R) Producer

Innovative New Release Includes Chroma Key and Masking Tools, Keyframing Controls, and Expanded, Popular Output Options Like Adobe(R) Flash(R), QuickTime(R) and HD Video.

Photodex Corporation has announced the release of the next generation of its award-winning slide show software for professional photographers. The all-new ProShow Producer 3.0 expands
upon the already impressive list of creative features and production control options. Now photographers can create professional-grade slide show masterpieces that not only look polished, but exhibit advanced, high-end artistic effects previously achievable only through using 3rd party professional photo and video editing software.

Arlington Camera features lighting artist Michael Grecco

On Tuesday, January 16 from 2:00-3:00 p.m., lighting artist Michael Grecco, will be holding a book signing at the Arlington Camera booth (Booth # 749).

Michael’s latest book is entitled, “Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait.”

Limited edition hardcover books will be available.

For more information on Michael Grecco, visit www.michaelgrecco.com

For more information on Arlington Camera, visit www.arlingtoncamera.com

Online ordering now available at Blossom Publishing

Blossom Publishing is pleased to announce expanded support of professional photographers with its new e-commerce service, Blossom Direct.

As of January 2007, photographers who design their own printed marketing materials can now upload press-ready files and order online. “Blossom Direct makes it even easier for photographers to save time and money by enabling them to place an order and upload their designed files when they want, even nights and weekends,” says Dan Trainor III, president of Blossom Publishing.

For more than a decade, the core of Blossom Publishing has been centered on a full-range of marketing and high-end color printing services with individual attention on the photographers’ needs including custom design, printing and mailing solutions along with recently added website design.

“We strive to enhance the image of the photographer’s studio, be it large or small. Every order receives personal attention,” says Trainor. “Now our user-friendly website lets or customers link directly to product offerings as well as marketing resources.”

Blossom Publishing has experienced rapid growth over the past several years producing high quality custom printed marketing materials for the professional photographer in all 50 states. They can be reached at 800-583-5370 or at www.blossom-publishing.com.

Twango Partners with Backprint for Photo Printing

Media sharing innovator’s customers find another reason—easily printing photos—to host, share, and republish all their digital content at Twango.com

Coda Exhibits Full Line of Laminating Equipment and Supplies

Booth 866 – Coda will be showing the following equipment and supplies for mounting and laminating:

• Cold-Mount© pressure sensitive laminators including Coda’s Cold-Mount© System with scrap rewind and floor stand. Sizes range from 14” to 54”. Hand-operated and motorized versions are available.
• Cold-Mount© pressure sensitive adhesives and laminate films. Standard width rolls, custom cut rolls, and sheeted material are all available from Coda.
• ThermaPro low melt thermal laminates.
• Mount boards pre-cut to standard and custom sizes, coated with Coda’s Cold-Mount© adhesive.
• Finished display mounts that are ready to hang. Stand-Outs and Mural Mounts are foam-centered boards edged in black plastic and coated with Coda’s Cold-Mount© adhesive.
• Keencut line of cutters and trimmers including Excalibur, Javelin, Classic, and Technic.
• Accessory products by Coda include the Short Cut Safety Trimmer/Ruler, the SureClean Cleaning Roller, the Coda Cutting Mat, and Roll Storage Racks.

ExpressDigital Wins the 2005 Professional Photographer Hot 1 Award

ExpressDigital, the leading provider of digital workflow software, internet storefronts, and lab solutions, has won the Professional Photographer Hot1 Award for its ExpressDigital Darkroom software.

The Professional Photographer magazine Hot1 Awards represent a must-have list of this year's hottest, most sought-after new products. Selected by a panel of working professional photographers, the awards are chosen based on innovation, overall quality and value for price. In its seventh year, the Professional Photographer Hot1 Awards are one of the biggest product competitions in the industry, representing 60 categories of gear from a couple hundred different companies.

Imaging Expo: ACDSee Pro

If you're a Windows user and you need some file organization and a great system of image processing, go check out the new ACDSee Pro software. ACDSee calls it "everything you need to deal with files after the shoot." New to the Pro version is an impressive RAW converter that supports a long line of pro cameras. The RAW converter features curve and levels adjustments, an easy way to see clipping, sharpening and noise reduction. You can save your presets and apply them to multiple images at the same time. One cool feature is the fast previews of RAW images; once you've cataloged the files you can zoom through the previews at full-screen size with hardly a pause between. New to the Batch Processing capability is shadow and highlight adjustments, customizeable vignetting in the effects section, and watermarking. You can also make HTML web albums, even using RAW files without having to make a set of JPEGs. The entire layout of the the workspace is customizeable, and you can save the layouts you prefer for different phases of your workflow. ACDSee Pro is a good bargain at $129, and if you go get your badge scanned, they're giving away a few copies on each day of the show.

Imaging Expo: Apollo Imagizing

Apollo Imagizing at booth #1015 offers a line of products you won't see from any other lab, and their marketing material is pro professional photographer. The support materials encourage your clients to "Go to a pro" and are customizeable to be branded with your studio information. Their Apollo ProPhoto Creations and Illuma lines include products that should be excellent add-on sales. LockerDates are cool, tall fabric calendars with photo at top and magnets on back at the top and bottom for easy locker placement. RockIts are hanging cloth banners suitable for display at wedding receptions, Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs. The SkinnyStiltz are long skinny banners that come in three designs and two sizes, featuring a dozen photos. In the Illuma line, Apollo offers art cards, calendars, write-in books like guest books and journals, and playing cards with photo options on front and back. Apollo has a training booth #1033) here on site as well to show you how the ordering system works.

Imaging Expo: ErgoSoft RIP software

Stop by the InteliCoat booth (#1310) and find out what good RIP software can do for your workflow and print quality. ErgoSoft now supports the extensive line of Magiclee media, featuring canvases, mattes, photo papers, fine art papers, and a wall covering called Magiclee Mural Pro. ErgoSoft RIP software works with Epson printers and support for Canon and HP printers is forthcoming. The desktop (20-inch) version is priced at $600, the small format (30-inch) version for $900, and the large format version for $1,300.

Marathon’s Marketing Partnership Service Revolutionizes Direct Marketing

Norfolk, Nebraska – Direct-mail marketing is a powerful and dynamic promotional tool that is the most popular form of advertising used by professional photographers because it delivers your sales message directly to individual clients or prospects in a way that prompts them to take some form of immediate action.

Marathon’s Marketing Partnership service makes it possible to conduct profit-producing direct mail campaigns aimed at family and children’s portraiture – while saving money and valuable managerial time.

Imaging Expo: Moab Chinle digital book v2

Moab has its second generation of the beautiful print-it-yourself Chinle digital book, featuring a hard leather cover, hole and post style page insertion with a variety of posts that let you keep the book tight no matter how many page inserts you want, and an availability of double-sided papers: Entrada, Kayenta, and Kokopelli. At no extra charge you get the heavy-duty black slip case.
Stop by booth 459 to see for yourself, and take a look at the brand new Kokopelli Studio Semi-Gloss double-sided media.

Relationship Marketing Meets the Digital Age

Marathon awarded Hot 1 Award for online marketing service

Norfolk, Nebraska – Marathon was recently honored with the Professional Photographer 2005 Hot 1 Award for Client Connections. This innovative online service lets studios create personalized correspondence featuring the client’s image in a matter of minutes.

“The most cost-effective marketing available to photographers involves ‘marketing back’ to the clients you already have,” states Bruce Price, President of Marathon Press. “They know your quality and how you do business, so half the marketing battle is over.”

However, developing and executing the best long-term marketing strategies to get
clients to come back again and again takes time, and that’s why many photographers
miss out on this outstanding marketing opportunity. That’s where Marathon’s Client
Connections comes in.

Marathon Announces Professional Web-based E-mail Marketing Service

Norfolk, Nebraska - Periodic e-mails can serve as a powerful tool to market back to valued clients. Most satisfied clients are willing to provide studios with their e-mail addresses, which opens the door to increased marketing opportunities. Through Marathon’s new web-based E-mail Marketing Service studios can send focused e-mail messages that enlighten and inform clients about studio offerings in a low-key, friendly and economical manner.

Marathon has partnered with a leader in web-based e-mail marketing to create a superior service that includes everything needed to manage e-mail marketing and communications from start to finish. It’s a unique platform that combines easy self-serve features with custom-designed e-mail templates, including personal assistance whenever it is needed.

Photostockplus.com: business in a box for event and stock photographers

Montreal, Quebec, 2006-01-19 – Over the last decade, the photography industry has changed dramatically. The most notable change has been the jump to digital equipment, as the technology has improved greatly over the last few years. Concurrent to this change has been the exponential growth of the online photography market, currently a $50 Billion dollar industry. According to InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, as of November 2004 26% of internet users had photos posted on an on-line photo service. With the right technology, a photographer can upload his work to the net and start making sales. Easy, right? Up until now, creating an e-commerce enabled website was both time consuming and extremely expensive. Also, how does a photographer get the right buyers to their site? Photostockplus.com has created the solution to both problems. Their site gives photographers all of the tools someone would need to run an effective online business. As well, Photostockplus.com markets the site aggressively, giving photographers exposure to a wide range of corporate and individual buyers.

For only 99$ a year, Photostockplus.com provides photographers with a unique URL and a website that is fully e-commerce enabled, which allows the photographer to sell stock internationally, as well as set mark-ups to over a hundred different products. The service offers you dozens of homepage designs to choose from, all of which can be customized with your own logo and text. On each sale, the photographer earns 85% commission.The fulfillment of orders and products is handled by photostockplus.com, leaving photographers more time to do what they do best… Take pictures!

Mitsubishi Announces Rebates on DPS Click EVO System For Past, Present And Future Customers

Rebates of up to $865 available on purchases of DPS Click EVO System and media

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, January 13, 2006 —Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Photo Imaging Division today announced two customer rebate promotions for past, present and future customers of the DPS Click EVO Digital Processing System.

To qualify for the Mitsubishi DPS Click EVO Digital Processing System rebate, customers must purchase a DPS Click EVO System from January 13 through March 31, 2006. Depending on the DPS Click EVO System purchased, customers shall receive up to $650 cash back plus a free box of 4”x 6” or 5”x 7” media, a total value worth up to $865. All claims for this rebate must be submitted to Mitsubishi must be postmarked by April 15, 2006 and received by April 30, 2006.

Photodex’s ProShow Producer Shines as a Hot1 Award Winner and the Industry-Leading Slide Show and Presentation Tool

Photodex’s award-winning slide show software, ProShow Producer, will be showcased at booth #210 during Imaging USA.

Austin, Texas - January 22, 2006:  Photodex® Corporation has released ProShow® Producer, the first high-end multimedia slide show presentation product designed specifically for professional photographers.  Producer joins the industry leading ProShow product line as the top tier program.  It is equipped with powerful new features that streamline workflow and enable professional photographers to quickly and efficiently create quality slide show presentations that sell.  Unique features in ProShow Producer include multiple slide layers, RAW file support, custom show templates, professional DVD menu authoring, color profile awareness, watermarking, caption interactivity, manual show control, and copyright protection.

ProShow Producer leads the industry in slide show and presentation software for professional photographers.  It allows user to create highly customized, multimedia slide shows in a matter of minutes. Completed slide shows can be burned to DVD or CD and sold to customers, or can be used as a marketing tool for a photography business.

Fujifilm Offers Memory Upgrade for FinePix S3 Pro

Available memory upgrade more than doubles the continuous frame shooting capabilities of the Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro camera

Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., is now offering a hardware upgrade for the FinePix S3 Pro professional DSLR camera that will improve its continuous shooting capabilities, as well as other performance enhancements.

The hardware upgrade announced Jan. 16 for the FinePix S3 Pro will double the camera's internal buffer memory capacity (from 128MB to 256MB), increasing its continuous frame shooting capabilities.  For example, when shooting in RAW Format at the widest dynamic range setting, the FinePix S3 Pro's continuous shooting frames jump from three frames to eight frames.

ACDSee Pro Photo Manager Now Shipping

The wait is over for the fastest end-to-end photo management solution for professional photographers.

ACD Systems International Inc. (TSX: ASA), today began shipping ACDSee™ Pro Photo Manager, the highly anticipated advanced version of its award-winning ACDSee photo management software. Developed for professional photographers, ACDSee Pro lets photographers view, process, edit, catalog, publish and archive their photographs with unparalleled speed and ease of use. Led by fast RAW file viewing and batch processing, ACDSee Pro’s feature set is designed to increase productivity with its wealth of professional photo management and customizable workflow tools.

“ACDSee is deeply integrated with my daily photography workflow. It’s flat out the easiest to use, fastest, and most natural application for the work I do,” said Serge Timacheff, a professional sports event photographer. “ACDSee is the best tool for quickly organizing, renaming and viewing my photos so I can share them with clients after a shoot.”

Kingston Flush Mount Album by Albums Unlimited

The gorgeous and affordable, award-winning Kingston Flush Mount Album by Albums Unlimited is available in ANY/ALL SIZES.  Photographe rs may submit their own designed images in print form or on disc.  Design services are also available upon request. You may choose from 4 styles of leatherette (imitation leather) that include over 30 color choices (including new metallic covers!), genuine cowhide leather in any color, metal photo-etched, metal photo-etched in color, acrylic, 5 tapestry fabrics or you can submit your own materials for custom covers.

The edges of each page in the Kingston Album are silicone sealed to prevent any lifting of your photographs.  All or any pages can be a full spread panoramic at no additional cost.

Adobe Unveils Lightroom Public Beta and Delivers New Technology for Digital Photography Workflows

Professional Photographers Instrumental in Developing New Modular Software to Import, Manage, Develop, and Showcase Images

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) today introduced the public beta of Adobe® Lightroom™, an all-new digital imaging solution for professional photographers. With its modular, task-based and streamlined environment, Lightroom's goal is to deliver a complete photography workflow. As Adobe collects more feedback from photographers, modules and feature sets will likely change, as customers decide on their popularity and priority within digital photography workflows. Initially available as a beta for Macintosh, Lightroom will later support both the Windows® and Macintosh platforms.

"We first showed an early version of Lightroom at the Adobe Ideas Conference in April 2005 to demonstrate a new streamlined digital photography experience, from capture to print," said Shantanu Narayen, president and chief operating officer of Adobe. "Today's Lightroom Beta leverages Adobe's renowned digital imaging innovation, in areas such as raw image processing, so that even in beta form photographers will find world class technology that complements Photoshop. We look forward to the feedback from the photography community as we refine the product over the next few months."

Hasselblad launches the world’s first 39 megapixel DSLR camera and comprehensive line of 39 megapixel camera backs

New products offer professional photographers unprecedented image quality

Hasselblad is creating a new standard of digital image quality for professional photographers with the announcement of a new camera and three camera backs based on the combination of Hasselblad’s new, true 39 megapixel CCD sensor and its unique Digital APO Correction (DAC) technology. This new line of products features the new Hasselblad Natural Color Solution, which takes digital photographic color reproduction to an entirely new level. The new products also deliver images of unsurpassed sharpness and resolution and at the same time reduce any moiré effect to a minimum – a first in the history of digital photography.

Based on the Hasselblad H2 camera with its range of high performance, central shutter-based lenses, and featuring extended digital features, such as DAC lens optimization and Instant Approval Architecture, the H2D-39 is the world’s first highend, 39 megapixel, digital auto-focus camera. Compatible with the entire range of Hasselblad H System lenses, the world finest digital lenses, as well as the Hasselblad V camera lens system, the H2D-39 brings the highest level of integration and flexibility to the professional photographer.