Blond Robot has won the rights to distribute the ground-breaking Lytro light field camera in Australia, with product in stores from October 10. Photo Counter… Read more
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Dick Smith sells for a song
Woolworths has sold the Dick Smith chain to Australian private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners for a bargain basement price of $20 million. With Dick… Read more
Hasselblad and Sony partner in interchangeable model
Hasselblad has announced a premium model mirrorless interchangeable camera, the ‘Lunar‘, based on the Sony NEX-7. The Lunar is set for launch in the first… Read more
Online a growing slice of the pie
Onlines sales growth outstripped total retail sales by a factor of four in the 12 months to June, according to to the latest Roy Morgan… Read more
High penalty rates punishing, says ARA
The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has called for a halving of Sunday penalty rates for workers in the retail sector, from double time to time-and-a-half,… Read more
New device turns people into CCTVs
A new wearable camera from British company OMG takes auto-everything photography to another level, detecting the most appropriate moment to snap a shot and then… Read more
Editorial, Issue 155: Time for a change
We’ve closed our Readers Poll on what manner of annual photo show readers would prefer, with a clear majority of votes – 59 percent –… Read more
Leica refreshes camera line-up
Leica has made a series of new product announcements at Photokina, including the all-new Leica M, successor to the M9. In the interests of timeliness,… Read more
Go the extra mile – in the right direction
Peter Budd, marketing consultant with Photo Direct, challenges independent retailers to ‘take a look at your value proposition through the eyes of your customers’: ‘We… Read more
Canon, Panasonic shut Chinese factories
Street demonstrations and alleged employee sabotage have forced Panasonic and Canon to temporarily suspend operations in several factories in China this week. Canon is reported… Read more