DynaLite Inc. —a trusted professional lighting brand that has been around for over 50 years—has shut down. In a statement posted to the company’s website, CEO Peter Poremba announced that the company “has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy and has closed it doors.
” The statement is short and anything-but-sweet. “It is with sincere regret and a […]. petapixel.com
American retailer Costco is shutting down the photo labs in a growing number of its stores, according to letters the company has sent to its customers. The most recent letter to surface comes from the company's store in Woodland, California, which plans to close its photo department on April 25. dpreview.com »
2019-03-03 01:21
Californian action camera manufacturer GoPro has laid off between 200 and 300 staff, according to a report by TechCrunch. The report claims the redundancies have been made in the division of the company that builds it aerial offering—the Karma drone—and that GoPro cited a need to "better align our resources with business requirements" as the reason for the layoffs. dpreview.com »
2018-01-05 22:11
GoPro has reported its Q3 2017 financial results, detailing revenue that highlights a return to profitability. The company has undergone extensive business restructuring over past months in an effort to reverse its fortunes while decreasing non-GAAP expenses. dpreview.com »
2017-11-03 20:27
Photo: Instagram Instagram officially hit 800 million users this week, but the Facebook-owned company has no interest in resting on its laurels. In fact, alongside its "hey, we added another 100M users. dpreview.com »
2017-09-27 18:44
Strength of Lexar Brand Combined with Longsys’ Consumer Storage Dedication Enables Continued Support to Existing Lexar Customers as well as Exciting New Growth Opportunities SHENZHEN, China and SAN JOSE, Calif (Aug. canonrumors.com »
2017-09-02 17:36
Chinese optical manufacturer 7Artisans has introduced a collection of four lenses that are intended to provide low-cost alternatives to branded optics. The lenses are all designed for mirrorless cameras, and the company intermittently provides mounts for Sony E, MFT, Fujifilm X and Canon EOS M users, as well as one lens for Leica M cameras. dpreview.com »
2017-07-11 00:01
Hasselblad has announced that commercial photographer and blogger Ming Thein has been appointed its Chief of Strategy. Thein is known for his popular blog, and is no stranger to Hasselblad as a former ambassador for the company. dpreview.com »
2017-03-28 22:56
Sony has announced its financial results for Q4 2016 and the numbers show that the Japanese company's image sensor division has performed well. Within the semiconductors segment, image sensor sales have increased by 40% year-on-year which is largely due to significantly increased sales of image sensors for mobile devices. dpreview.com »
2017-02-04 00:03
In a surprising and unexplained decision coming seemingly out nowhere, Hasselblad CEO, Perry Oosting, has announced that he is stepping down from his position at the Swedish medium format camera company within days. digitalrev.com »
2017-01-28 03:00
The CEO who oversaw Hasselblad’s dramatic turn of fortunes over the past two years is to step down within the next week. Perry Oosting is widely credited with extracting the company from one of the worst periods in its 75-year history by finding new investors and helping to modernize the brand’s produce offering with the H6D and X1D cameras. dpreview.com »
2017-01-27 09:00
If there is anything that I have fun reviewing, it's lights! We're always very excited about all the creative possibilities that lights for professional photographers give you vs something like a lens.
In November, Nikon entered a lighting partnership with Nissin and Profoto, leading many to believe Nikon was exiting the lighting game. Even if that is eventually the case, Nissin's new Nikon flash shows high prices are here to stay. [Read More]
Profoto has announced the new Clic Softbox Octa, a collapsible and magnetic octagonal softbox that is compatible with the company's A and C-series strobes as well as with any other Clic light-shaping tools. [Read More]
Nikon recently announced that it is collaborating with Nissin and Profoto on speedlights and studio lights. Is this an admission of the not-so-secret reality that lighting products are actually quite cheap? Canon and Nikon have made a ton of cash off their lighting systems that are priced — shall we say — enthusiastically. Original equipment […]
"I am finding it hard to return the old normal. I feel change is inevitable," says North Carolina native Brian Cummings about life during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Something we were all unprepared for and what hit us far harder than we expected.
Now's the time to pick up new photography lighting gear. We have found some of the hottest deals on flashes, strobes, and even lighting tutorials. The Flashpoint eVOLV 200 (aka Godox AD200) with a barn door kit is only $257! You can pick up the Flashpoint Zoom (GODOX v1) for under $230 for Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, and Sony cameras.
Portrait photographer Miguel Quiles is tackling one of the most common beginner questions out there: should I invest in speedlights or strobes? In this video, he covers the pros and cons of both, and which you should go with depending on your needs and shooting style. As with almost any gear comparison, the answer is […]