August 1, 2013
Photographers left bewildered by police car stop
Two photographers say their DSLR cameras made them an easy target when police stopped them as they practised their newly learned panning skills on a moving patrol car.
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August 1, 2013
Sigma to launch lens-mount ‘conversion service’
Photographers who change their camera body over time are set to benefit from a new service designed to allow the existing mount of certain Sigma lenses to be changed to work with another camera.
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August 1, 2013
Panasonic Lumix GX7 targets ‘high-end’ market
Panasonic’s latest compact system camera creation, the Lumix DMC-GX7, is a ‘high-end’ model squarely aimed at photo enthusiasts.
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July 31, 2013
Ilford Imaging Switzerland put up for sale
Ilford Imaging Switzerland, which makes Galerie-branded photo inkjet paper and has been in financial trouble recently, has announced that it is up for sale.
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July 31, 2013
Fujifilm posts £6m imaging loss amid smartphone wars
Fujifilm’s imaging division has reported a 900 million yen (£6m) operating loss for the three months to 30 June as smartphones continue to eat into compact camera sales worldwide.
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July 31, 2013
Photographers launch war photography workshop
Too many photographers and journalists operate in hostile conditions without the necessary skills, claim organisers of a new ‘conflict photography workshop’.
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July 30, 2013
Photography campaigners close to saving Fox Talbot archive
EXCLUSIVE A British campaign to save the historic personal archive of photography inventor William Henry Fox Talbot has been thrown a lifeline and led to the unveiling of ‘previously unknown’ works.
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July 30, 2013
Digital version of Amateur Photographer, 3 August 2013
See what's in the digital version of this week's Amateur Photographer
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July 29, 2013
Barnardo’s denies plan to ‘destroy’ photo archive
Barnardo's denies that it ever planned to destroy its historic archive of half a million photographs, but the children’s charity accepts it must find a new home for thousands of images.
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July 29, 2013
Petzval lens project gets green light; UK price and spec
A fundraising project to bring back a renowned 19th century portrait lens for use with Nikon and Canon film and digital SLRs has raised more than eight times its target figure.
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July 26, 2013
Fuji axes four more films (update)
Fujifilm has axed four more films, blaming lack of demand, and has urged photographers to act fast before supplies run out.
