[LargeFormat] FW: Photo news in today's world

Tue Apr 1 17:42:12 2003

Dang, It's here already and I forgot to put up my annual  "RARE! One 
dozen used flash bulbs" on ebay.

Les
On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 04:52  PM, Tim Atherton wrote:

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> Subject: Photo news in today's world
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> In today's news...
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> Eastman Kodak announced they will be moving from the company's
> Rochester, NY location to an undisclosed West coast location and
> changing the name to Westman Kodak.
>
> Agfa will stop making anything & now buy all supplies from Freestyle
> in Los Angeles, re-name it & sell it as New Agfa Ltd film, paper &
> chemistry.
>
> Leica will require a financial statement from all prospective camera
> buyers as well as a genealogy & family history to see if the
> purchaser is worthy to own the worlds finest cameras.
>
> Nikon is making an across the board 63% price increase on all camera
> products. Company president, Joe Nikon was quoted as saying "it will
> cost a bundle to put our new logo on all these fricken' lenses".
>
> Minox have announced they will go into production with a full
> featured View camera. Full movements including swing, tilt, front &
> rear rise & fall, shift & long bellows extension of 4 1/ inches will
> be standard.
>
> Pentax announces the introduction of  their latest 35mm fully manual
> camera designed for student use. Dubbed the P-on, it will be marketed
> to students in inner city schools, with a special edition to be sold
> in Palestine, called the P-on-U.
>
> Adobe today brought out the latest version of Photoshop. It does
> nothing new, costs 33% more ($189.95 for the upgrade version), but
> comes in a newly designed box with bright color graphics & includes a
> never before seen tutorial section with full color photos of former
> President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky in the oral office.
>
> The Ansel Adams trust plans on marketing 'Ansel for everyone' tattoo
> kits. These will consist of AA images one can tatoo on their forheads
> or other body parts. Kits will include some of Ansels most well known
> images with a special edition set of "moonrise" for placement on the
> buttocks.
>
> Wisner camera mfg. and Ken Hough announced an agreement in principal
> to merge operations. This is said to insure higher quality & lower
> waiting times for cameras to a mere 36 months... give or take a year
> or so. Also in the plans is a takeover of Ries Tripod company, thus
> assuring these legendary tripods will remain the stuff of legend as
> you will now have to wait til the 12th of never to get one after
> payment has been made.
>
> Calumet has made the bold move to "make everything in the world", re-
> badged with the Calumet name & logo & sold for prices only 30% more
> than you can get it from the guys who originally came up with the
> idea.
>
> Maine Photographic Workshops has decided to move to Florida. Director
> David Lyon, when asked why the move was taking place answered, "I am
> tired of freezing my butt off. This place is cold as hell & getting
> nude models to work for you is impossible. Miami will be a lot
> better, for sure, for sure good buddy. We'll just have classes on the
> beach & make a fortune by cutting overhead".
>
> Ann Geddes announced she will have to stop marketing her trademark
> babies in peapod images due to the worldwide 'peapod blight' that now
> makes it impossible to get perfect peapods to put these little cuties
> in.
>
> Noted photographer Sally Mann has stated she will now only purchase
> brand new Schneider lenses for here work. When asked about he sudden
> change in direction she replied, "I had laser surgery on the eyes & I
> can finally see sharply enough to focus the camera so new lenses are
> a natural".
>
> The Edward Weston estate has announced a new marketing plan.
> Exhumation of Edward & Brett will take place and they will be honored
> guests at a series of workshops to be held at Point Lobos. Workshop
> participants can have their photograph taken with both during the
> workshops for a nominal fee.
>
> Popular Photography magazine has a new editorial direction. Only
> honest articles will be printed from this time forth. No
> more 'advertorials', and critical articles on equipment will be the
> norm. Also announced is the downsizing to a monthly four page
> pamphlet to make up for the expected shortfall in advertising revenue
> which currently drives the magazine.
>
> New Policy from the National Park Service. NO MORE PHOTOS of any kind
> allowed in the Parks. They have signed an agreement with Corbis and
> Getty to provide visitors with "all the photos they need" to show a
> good park experience. You go, look through a CD of the area you are
> interested in, have your photo taken by a parks employee & they will
> digitally insert you, the family & even the family car into the photo
> so you have vacation memories to last a lifetime. A divorce option
> will be available for added cost... you send the photo back & they
> remove the deadbeat from the picture.
>
>     ... and there you have it. Only a bit of the news in the photo
> world today.
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