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Category Archives: Industry trends
What’s Happening
Lot’s of things going on that have potential consequence for photographers on both ends of the workflow. One is the inexorable push toward video. 4K is all the rage. New high-rez monitors and laptop displays are popping up everywhere. Panasonic … Continue reading
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Tagged Hasselblad, monitors, Panasonic, Pentax, Phase One, Photokina, Sigma, Sony
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New Creative Cloud package from Adobe
Looks like “crowd-voicing”—as in large numbers of people complaining very pointedly and loudly—can sometimes have an effect, even on really big companies. If you use an Adobe photo editing product, you’ve probably followed the mini-firestorm of debate that ensued after … Continue reading
New Intel Processors
It’s official—Intel’s 4th Generation Core processors are here. Why does this matter? Because of improvements in graphics capability and power management. And yes, they tend to be a little faster too, which never hurts. Here are some reasons why a … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Hardware, Industry trends
Tagged Intel, processors
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Data Storage
In a world focused on mobile consumption, the process of creating photographs still requires some pretty basic tools and methods. Image files, many of considerable size, need to be stored, managed, backed up, and archived. Storage media are still a … Continue reading
Forced Change
Get ready to say goodbye to Adobe’s Creative Suite. It’s the end of the road for the array of conventional boxed software applications previously available as individual programs like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, or InDesign, or packaged as targeted suites. Adobe … Continue reading
Sign of the Times
If there’s any doubt that images made with smartphones have gained legitimacy on a much broader scale, here are some indicators: use on front covers of national magazines; acceptance by a major stock agency; and Really Right Stuff building an … Continue reading
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Tagged cell phones, RRS, stock agencies
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Inflation
Along with the general economic pressures of the last four years, there’s been a steep increase in the cost of certain photographic tools, particularly at the high end. Take the Canon EF 500/4L IS telephoto, for example, one of Canon’s … Continue reading
Software Transitions
Things change in business and industry all the time. Some changes have little or no impact on personal/professional activities while others can (at least potentially) become a direct hit. Nik Software has gained a sterling reputation in the image editing … Continue reading
Canon Fact & Speculation
Photokina has come and gone and the biggest Canon announcement was the EOS 6D, an “entry level” full-frame model aimed at a niche a step below the 5D Mark III. For about $2,100 you can shoot full frame too. Of … Continue reading
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Tagged cameras, Canon, Nikon, Photokina, telephoto lenses
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Trends
As a glaring underscore to the brutal effects of change, the former photo industry giant Kodak has now filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Nothing is ever simple and this certainly doesn’t mean Kodak will completely disappear, but it is unlikely … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Industry trends
Tagged Apple, Intel, Kodak, m4/3, mirrorless, Olympus, Pentax, Ricoh, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0
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