The slump in camera sales which started in the Australian market in 2011 and hit hard in 2012, is beginning to be arrested, with the GfK Temax figure for the first quarter of 2013 ‘just’ 8 percent off in dollar … Continue reading
Two Australian retailers featured this month in the popular PMA feature Marketing Ideas Exchange with Bill McCurry. Brett Peters, Peters Camera House North Lakes, Qld, has launched a online auction site, Digital Camera Exchange (DCE), concentrating on used, antique, end-of-line, … Continue reading
Become a Pro for just $29!…Who stole my fur hat?…Appointment at Canon…CeWe continues to kick goals… Become a pro for just $29! Group buying website LivingSocial had a deal which caught our eye this week – a Diploma in Photography. … Continue reading
An updated version of the LifePics iPhone app is now available on the Apple app store. The new version of the Lifepics app is smaller, faster and includes updated support for iPhone 5 so the app fits seamlessly to the … Continue reading
Imaging editing software developer Corel is exploiting the dissatisfaction from a proportion of the Adobe customer base forced on to a subscription-only model with special offers to current Adobe Creative Suite users. While some Adobe customers will have no issue … Continue reading
Lowepro has added to its Photo Sport range with two flexible shoulder bags and the Photo Sport Pro 30L AW, a pro standard large capacity backpack. The Photo Sport Pro 30L AW is a large-capacity backpack designed for flexibility. It is … Continue reading
Olympus Imaging in Tokyo has said it will drop its low-end V series of compact cameras – the cheapest in its lineup – and has lowered its 2013 target for camera sales to 2.7 million units, dramatically down from the … Continue reading
Michael Warshall, principal of the Nulab Group, gave a short but sharp, off-the-cuff presentation at the PMA evening in Melbourne earlier this month, outlining a future in which only a few in professional photography and the pro lab business would … Continue reading
Perth pro dealer Camera Electronic had a full house of over 70, including the German Honorary Consul for Western Australia, for the Perth launch of the new Leica M DSLR last Friday evening, May 10. General manager of new company … Continue reading
Samsung Electronics Australia today (May 16) announced the new NX300 and NX2000 mirrorless interchangeable cameras and the NX 45mm F1.8 2D/3D interchangeable lens. The NX300 and NX2000 cameras feature the updated version of Smart Camera 2.0 – ’a hub of innovative … Continue reading
