Sigma Corporation of America announces “Dear Sigma” Contest winner

December 23, 2011
Sigma Corporation of America announces “Dear Sigma” Contest winner

Charitable photographer will use new lenses to shoot shark-diving projects for cancer survivors Ronkonkoma, NY, Dec. 22, 2011 – Sigma Corporation of America made one photographer’s – and many cancer survivors’ – holidays a little bit brighter today when it announced the winner of the “Dear Sigma” Contest.  Brandon Bethea, of San Diego, Calif.,...

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Digital cameras hold their own against smartphones

December 22, 2011
Digital cameras hold their own against smartphones

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II SLR with 24-105mm lens attached. By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Even in this smartphone era, when many consumers find the photos on their cellphones are good enough, camera sales remain strong. “Tablets and smartphones have captured the consumer zeitgeist,” says Chris Chute, an analyst for research firm IDC....

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Six Great Gifts For Photographers

December 22, 2011
Six Great Gifts For Photographers

By ROY FURCHGOTT - December 19, 2011, 5:47 pm – NY Times Still stuck for a gift to give your household shutterbug? Here are some of my favorite photo products from this year—as well as some perennial favorites—at a variety of prices Canon PowerShot S100 – Even if you favor an SLR, every dedicated photographer...

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Consumer Electronics Show Loses Its Anchor, Microsoft

December 22, 2011
Consumer Electronics Show Loses Its Anchor, Microsoft

  MicrosoftSteven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2011.   By NICK WINGFIELD December 21, 2011, 1:11 pm – NY Times 2:55 p.m. | Updated to reflect comment from the Consumer Electronics Association. The technology industry’s premier trade show got a lump of coal in its stocking this year...

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Authorities Seize Documents in Raid on Olympus in Tokyo

December 22, 2011
Authorities Seize Documents in Raid on Olympus in Tokyo

  By HIROKO TABUCHI - Published: December 21, 2011 – NY Times TOKYO — More than two months after Olympus’s former president blew the whistle on a huge accounting fraud, Japanese authorities raided the company’s headquarters here Wednesday, emerging several hours later with boxes of documents. TV cameras crews, tipped off in advance, were in...

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Snapping Up a KFC Scholarship: One Tweeted Photo Earns San Diego High Schooler $20K for College

December 21, 2011
Snapping Up a KFC Scholarship: One Tweeted Photo Earns San Diego High Schooler $20K for College

  Sixth Annual KFC Colonel’s Scholars® Program Gains Momentum by Awarding First of 75 Scholarships   LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Today, a photo is worth more than a thousand words – it’s worth a college education. Kentucky Fried Chicken has announced that Daniel Galuppo from Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, Calif. won a...

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