PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities articles from May 2005

PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities archives from May 2005

Calendar of events.(Calendar)
May 1, 2005... June 1 PMA France Roundtable Lille, France 12 PMA British Columbia Division Inc. Golf Event Newlands Golf & Country Club, Langley, British Columbia 14 PMA Central Canada Division Inc. Golf Event Carlisle Golf & Country Club...

"D-mystifying" technology: Best Buy's Studio D store provides women with a place to learn.(FEATURE)(Company Profile)
May 1, 2005... Targeting specific customer segments is a hot topic in the retail world today, and perhaps no retailer is doing so more aggressively than Best Buy Co. Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. One of the retailer's newest projects aims to...

Creative canvas: Digital Art Production turns digital photos into canvas art with the look and feel of a hand-painted oil portrait.(FEATURE)(Digital Art Production Inc.)
May 1, 2005... Monet would be mad for it. Rembrandt would rave. Van Gogh may even have spared his ear. Think of the time and angst the great painters could have saved if Digital Art Production Inc. (DAP), Hendersonville, N.C., had been around a few...

Back to the future: West Orange Photo & Digital sets up business in historic building.(FEATURE)(West Orange Photo & Digital Inc)
May 1, 2005... Todd Nichols got an early start in his photographic career when his parents gave him a Yashica FX-3 camera in his junior high school years. He's come a long way, baby, as the saying goes. Nichols, president of West Orange Photo &...

Mothers--far from average.(RETAILING)(retail digital printing)
May 1, 2005... The results of the PMA Processing Survey for January show children have a significant impact on household digital photo activity, and the data suggests mothers are driving the increases in retail digital printing. Digital camera ownership...

Digital lab ideas: Australian-based Hutt Street Photos reaps the harvest of cameraphone prints.(RETAILING)
May 1, 2005... If Ben Deering were to take a photo of himself with his cameraphone, the screen would be filled with a big, happy grin. Deering is smitten with the prospects offered by cameraphones, which last year outsold digital still cameras by a ratio...

Industry consolidation, flat K-11 sales challenging: enrollment projections lack nation-wide consistency.(PROCESSING)(School package sales )
May 1, 2005... The school photography business continues to consolidate, both on the studio and lab ends, making strategic planning for independents more important than ever to compete in the digital environment. While independent school studios without...

Pharmacy chain installs Sony PictureStation kiosks: early usage data show dye-sub prints are a hit with customers.(FEATURE)(retail photo processing)
May 1, 2005... It has been nearly 25 years since the first minilab made its appearance and forever changed the face of retail photo processing. It's still possible, however, to offer customers great service and high-quality prints without an in-store lab....

Friendly forum: PMA offers an online Marketing Community for members to share ideas.(PMA NEWS)
May 1, 2005... Jonathan Ellam once considered online forums to be for nerds, "folks with nothing better to do." Then, he came across the PMA Marketing Comnmnity. Now Ellam, of Alta Image, Old Stevenage, United Kingdom, is hooked. "I was thrilled to...

Consumer online options: online photo companies expand offerings, drive growth.(Industry Overview)
May 1, 2005... Consumers have many options to get their digital prints--from retail, at home and, of course, online photo sites. In fact, about six or seven years ago, online companies provided the only option for some consumers to get prints, as those...

Reviewing Canadian regulatory changes.
May 1, 2005... Q: I recently learned a couple provinces are looking at regulating waste electronics. What other regulatory changes have there been in Canada? A: There have been several recent changes to regulations across Canada, many of them related to...

Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc.(Interview)
May 1, 2005... Photo Marketing recently met with Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. executives at company headquarters in Valhalla, N.Y. Addressing issues about the digital future were Atsushi Yoneda, president and CEO; Hank Hayashi, group president, Imaging Group,...

Aleratec.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... The PC Magazine's Editors' Choice award-winning Aleratec Digital Photo Copy Cruiser Plus (Part #310102) copies digital photos directly to CD from CF, SD, MMC, SM, MS, MS Pro, and MD digital memory cards of any capacity, without a computer, and...

Aperion Inc.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Receive a free photo greeting when you visit Aperion's website at www.aperioninc.com. While you're there, browse and order from hundreds of all-occasion and holiday designs and receive 20 percent off when you order online. (Please reference...

B&K Photo: BK-1000 film cleaning system.(PRODUCT Gallery)(B&K Photo Supplies Inc.)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... B&K Photo Supplies Inc. is introducing its latest film-cleaning machine, which is a high quality, easy to use, long roll film cleaning system. It is designed to clean all film sizes through 70mm, including reprints. Semi-automatic operation...

Brandess Kalt-Aetna Group, Inc.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Now you can extend the utility of virtually any digital camera, traditional camera or camcorder in low and no-light situations with the CameraBright[TM] X1. This lighting accessory requires no technical expertise and a single on/off switch...

Bremson--a Kodak company: HR 500 Long Roll Auto-Frame Detection Upgrade.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Bremson's newest lab automation tool is the Auto-Frame Detection Upgrade for the Kodak HR500 Long Roll Accessory. This upgrade will allow customers to scan long roll film without having to punch the film first. Thus, the entire film punching...

CPAC Imaging.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... CPAC Imaging PRO, a powerful, simple portrait retouching software with an intuitive user interface lets you enhance skin tone and correct imperfections in just minutes. Retouching tasks that would take hours with other image editing software...

Crown Photo Systems: custom printer CDs, DVDs, and Gold CDs.(PRODUCT Gallery)(compact disc; digital versatile disc)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Crown Photo Systems now offers custom printed CD-R's, DVD-R's and Gold CD-R's. With these options, labs can now customize any type of CD media to help their customers know where to return for digital prints. The exceptional printing quality...

Digit-X Inc.(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Digit-X is introducing a new Digital Minilab/Printer-Processor. This new product is adressed for the smaller stores in need of an affordable solution to provide Digital Printing Services. The unit takes only 2x3 feet floorspace. Prints on...

Flicko's video workshop: re-invent yourself!(Flicko's Franchise Corp. Inc.)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Consider the large amounts of camcorders and digital cameras being sold today. Consider the near endless amounts of film and home videos people have. Now... imagine a store that can help organize, edit, copy, and preserve photos, film, videos,...

GTI Graphic Technology, Inc.(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Take a look at the Graphiclite[R] PDV series of Professional Desktop Viewers from GTI Graphic Technology. Inc. These compact D5000 viewing systems bring high quality color viewing into an economical price range for all critical color viewing...

International supply.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... It's a fact. In the world of digital camera storage capacity, bigger is better. But when it comes to portability, small and light is the way to go. Hitachi's new Microdrive digital media marries go-anywhere size up to 4 gigabytes of...

Kinetronics: new SpeckGRABBER[TM] with light.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Makes seeing and capturing dust from CCDs, SLR mirrors, lenses and telescopes easier. It comes in a kit with three SpeckGRABBER tips and an anti-static Panther Cloth and Precision Cleaning Solution. The Kinetronics SpeckGRABBER is patented and...

Mackay Photopak: Kiosk packaging introduced by Mackay Photopak.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... Self-Service Photo Kiosks are springing tip everywhere. To that end, Mackay Photopak has designed a new stock product to satisfy this growing need, giving consumers a protective envelope to package their digital prints. The Product known as a...

New Age Electronics, Inc.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... New Age is one of the leading sales and logistics companies in North America. We offer a unique solution set that streamlines the supply chain and drives the cost out of product returns for photo specialty and minilab retailers. This...

Noritsu.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... The Noritsu MYTIS-1 (Multi-Yield Transfer Inkjet System) is a 6-color, inkjet printing system that uses a special dispersion dye ink sublimation process to produce 720 dpi prints up to a maximum image size of 4-by-16 feet, with a color quality...

PhotoTidings.(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... New Two-Image Slimline Templates from PhotoTidings are perfect for commemorating landmark events. Each of the 12 new designs features one large and one small photo with room for a personal message. PhotoTidings offers high resolution digital...

Pioneer Photo Albums[R].(PRODUCT Gallery)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... New Cloth Frame Photo Albums. Deluxe cloth cover with a frame to insert your own photo. Patented Bi-Directional[R] memo pocket pages hold 200 photos up to 4"x6" horizontally or vertically. Archival, photo safe: acid, lignin and PVC free....

Pixel Magic.(PRODUCT Gallery)
May 1, 2005... Pixel Magic Imaging specializes ill digital imaging kiosks and lab systems, including a one-touch digital print kiosk for digital camera users, allowing your customers to get self-service digital prints immediately, affordably and on demand....

PMA: it's your people ... really! Change your focus and grow your sales.(PRODUCT Gallery)
May 1, 2005... The ability to interact effectively while coaching your team of associates--and your team's ability to anticipate and answer their customers" needs--marks the difference between a flourishing venture and a struggling operation. The new PMA book...

Rolleiflex MiniDigi <Dealers Wanted>.(product gallery)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2005... The Rolleiflex MiniDigi Proudly Continues the Rollei Twin Lens Reflex Tradition If somewhere deep down you have always hankered after a Rollei, you are not alone. First developed in Germany in the 1920s, the Rollei 6x6cm Twin Lens Reflex Camera...

SMI Group-San Marco imaging.(PRODUCT Gallery)
May 1, 2005... d.GITY is designed to quickly and easily convert Gretag analogue minilabs into digital systems and to provide retailers with profitable digital services. d.GITY can be installed in a very short time and handled even by beginners: by simply...