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Eastman Kodak has announced plant to release a 5-megapixel CMOS camera and provide sensors for several Motorola phones, at the same time phasing out low-end digicam production.

Hoya Corporation and Pentax Corporation have announced their intention to join forces on 1 October, 2007, in a new company that will be known as Hoya Pentax HD Corporation.

High quality photographic portraits are being sought for the second Head On portraiture exhibition, which will be held in the Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery in Woollahra in Sydney during April 2005.

Getty Images, one of the world’s largest photo libraries, has acquired Scoopt, a collector and distributor of images and videos captured by eyewitnesses to newsworthy events.

Leading medium-format camera manufacturer, Hasselblad AB, and professional camera back and scanner manufacturer, Imacon, will merge in a bid to “take on the professional digital market”.

Getty Images is seeking entries for the 2011 Grants for Good program, which aims to help nonprofit organisations use the power of imagery to promote positive change in the world and help communicate their stories more effectively.

Fujifilm Holdings Australasia announced today that it is well into the process of acquiring a 35% equity interest in award-winning software company, Whitech, which specialises in electronic point of sale solutions and photographic digital kiosk and home ordering solutions.

A new US Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) study, The Digital Photographer – Segmenting the Market to Confirm the Bleeding Obvious, reveals that six segments of digital photographers exist: Frustrated Photogs, who make up 25 percent of the category; Digital Curators (23 percent); One-Click Wonders (15 percent); Feature-Focused Photogs (16 percent); Picture Happy Socialites (10 percent); and Digital Mavericks (10 percent).

Several online news reports claim the European Commission plans to class video-capable digital still cameras as camcorders and tax them accordingly.