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Kodak film and paper prices to track the price of silver
Kodak is to implement dynamic pricing on its traditional silver-based photo film and paper products. The new, regularly adjusted, variable prices will track key commodities like silver — which has soared to record costs this year — and oil.
Fujifilm Oz launches bizziBox event system
Fujifilm Australia has launched a new event system for onsite printing. bizziBox bundles a Fujifilm camera and dye sub photo printer with a PC and event software, plus uninterruptable power supply (UPS) in a flight case. The system prints up to 6×8″ inches. List price is AUD$10,000 (roughly £6,500).
DNP supply of SONY dye sub media falters
DNP’s takeover of dye sub media supply for SONY printers has faltered this month (April, 2011). The company cites issues with the handover process, and the tragic tsunami in Japan, as causes. Several stock numbers of DNP media for SONY printers are likely to become in short supply, or unavailable, in coming weeks. SONY ceased fulfilling orders themselves permanently at the end of last month. Prices for this media — which had been rising anyway, due to the rising cost of oil — may be pushed up further by the shortage. DNP aims to resolve the supply issues as speedily as possible.
End of the line for SONY dye subs
All SONY dye sub printers used by professional and event photographers and photo shops have been discontinued from the end of March 2011 and no further models will be made. SONY has withdrawn from that market. Supply of genuine SONY media for these priners will cease, but compatible media should become available from DNP.
On-site printing’s not dead yet!
The heyday of the independent photographer who worked only events, and printed on-site, has come and gone. For NewPhotoDigest, photography writer Simon Towler looks at the market again, and reports that things are not that bleak.
Sony exits the dye sub market
Sony is to exit the professional and commercial instant digital photo print market by April 1, 2011. Media supply for existing Sony dye sub printers will transfer to DNP. The change will affect professional photographers and high street photo shops using Sony dye sub systems for onsite printing, passport photographs, schools photography, ‘lab’ printing, and other instant dry print applications.
Schools photos printed on dye subs
South Cheshire Studios is a small schools photography business in the UK, owned and managed by Jenny Barnard. When faced with the challenge of pricing nursery packages affordably for lower-income parents, while at the same time still making a profit on them, Jenny decided to bring printing in-house. She cooked up an innovative solution based on affordable Fujifilm ASK professional thermal photo printers.
A Modern Lab for Modern Times
John Fitzgerald’s Guernsey pro lab is evolving from a traditional photo printer into the modern model, a digital imaging centre. Its new solutions include a Fujifilm Xerox 700 Digital Colour Press for high-end photo book production, a Fujifilm Frontier 770 minilab for high-speed productivity, Fujifilm SmartPix in-store and on-line photo kiosks, Fujifilm Epson large format printers, and a range of new inkjet papers. (Advertorial)
Fujifilm DL410 Dry Minilabs at DoubleTake Studios
DoubleTake Studios, the portrait, make-over and boudoir photography chain with branches in London, Manchester, Southampton (and soon Birmingham), installed their first Fujifilm Frontier DL410 Dry Minilab in March 2009, and by June had installed two more. (Advertorial)
Dry minilabs are in demand
With declining print volumes and rising operating costs, photo retailers are switching to new dry minilabs that are economical at lower volumes.
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