Velbon Corp. began offering a new compact tripod head, dubbed ‘cu head’, in November. The compact cu head measures 58x25x50mm, and is suitable to hold a compact camera or action camera weighing up to 400g. The camera can be swiftly and securely attached by a dial operation. Made with magnesium alloy, the lightweight  tripod head is only 106g. The cu head (#4907990306746) is … [Read more...]

Panasonic to close Blu-Ray and DVD player plant Panasonic will shut down their Blu-Ray and DVD player plant in eastern Slovakia as a result of declining sales. The factory in the town of Krombapachy, which employs 650 workers, will be closed on December 31, 2014. The traditional TV and DVD industry has taken a hit due to increase in online video streaming services like Netflix, … [Read more...]

World Press Photo has invited all professional photojournalists and other visual storytellers worldwide to participate in the 58th annual photo contest and the 5th annual multimedia contest. The deadline for submissions for both contests is January 14, 2015. This year, there are a number of changes in the contest set-up, including the introduction of a category for long-term … [Read more...]

On December 15, 2014, Transcend Information Inc. launched the 256GB large capacity SDXC UHS-I cards. They offer full support for the Ultra High Speed Class 3 (U3) specifi cation, and read and write speeds of up to 95MB/s and 60MB/s. In devices that do not support the UHS-I specifi cation, Transcend’s SDXC UHS-I U3 cards off er constant write speeds of at least 10MB/s (SD Speed … [Read more...]

Panasonic reported that it posted a 21% year-on-year gain in operating profit for the first half of the fiscal year, ending on September 20, 2014, to 177 billion Yen on a total revenue of 3.723 trillion Yen, almost even from the previous year’s revenue of 3.706 trillion Yen. Net profit fell by 52% to 80.9 billion Yen from 169.3 billion Yen from a year earlier. The company … [Read more...]