March 11, 2013
Peter Jones venture paid £1.4m for Jessops (update2)
Thirty-six parties were interested in saving Jessops as a ‘going concern’ – and the reopening of some stores was considered – after administrators pulled the plug.
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March 8, 2013
Che and Fidel fishing pic stars at auction
A photo of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara fishing has gone under the hammer for £3,600, the most paid for a single photo in an auction of Alberto Korda photographs held yesterday.
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March 8, 2013
Camera chain eyes growth after Jessops collapse
The high street seems far from dead. The London Camera Exchange (LCE) is eyeing up expansion as it reports buoyant trade in the wake of Jessops’ vanishing act – with less than 1% of its…
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March 7, 2013
Hasselblad Lunar primed for ‘April’ lift-off
Hasselblad plans to officially launch its Lunar compact system camera (CSC) in April, later than originally planned, Amateur Photographer (AP) has learned.
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March 7, 2013
National Geographic 125th Anniversary Photo Competition: Winners announced
Are you a winner? We ran a competition to win a National Geographic 125th Anniversary DVD by simply submitting a photo. Find out if you won below...
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March 7, 2013
Fujifilm delays four XF lenses
Fujifilm Japan has put back the launch of four XF lenses it had planned to release early this year.
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March 6, 2013
Battery-powered studio lights debut at Focus
A new line-up of battery-powered professional studio lighting has debuted at the Focus on Imaging show in Birmingham.
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March 6, 2013
Amateur Photographer Forum Competition Results for the January 2013 Round – The Colour of Night
Forum competition results for January 2013 round - The Colour of Night
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March 6, 2013
Future of £2.2m Fox Talbot archive in doubt
The future of a treasured archive belonging to photography inventor Fox Talbot has been thrown into doubt as the deadline to raise £1m needed to secure the collection expires.
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March 5, 2013
Camera market slumps 20% as compact sales plummet
Sales of ‘point-and-shoot’ digital cameras almost halved in January, compared to the same month last year, with the demise of Jessops reflecting how badly the UK photo market has suffered, say analysts.
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March 5, 2013
Canon revamps its top-end 9000F photo scanner
Canon will next month launch a new flatbed scanner, designed to scan a strip of twelve 35mm negatives or four mounted slides in a single scan.
