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
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
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.
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March 5, 2013
Nikon Coolpix A to debut at UK Focus show
Nikon’s Coolpix A, a new DX-format compact camera, is set to win its worldwide debut at the UK’s Focus on Imaging show later today.
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March 1, 2013
Nikon School for photographers to open in London
Nikon has unveiled plans to open a Nikon School in central London next month, to help photographers ‘learn, explore and maximise their creative potential’.
