Phase One has released a digital camera back with a 39-megapixel sensor for medium- and large-format photography. The P 45 has a capture rate of 35 frames per minute, a write speed of up to 20 MB per second and 117 MB per file size capability.
The P 45 digital camera back also includes Phase One’s revolutionary secure storage system (3S) technology...

Two West Coast photographers recently were honored by Nikon in the company's Small World competition, honoring excellence in photography through the microscope.

Charles B. Krebs, of Issaquah, Wash., was awarded first place for his photomicrograph of a common housefly. Second place went to Thomas Deerinck, of the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research at the University of California, San Diego, for his quantum-dot fluorescence image of...

Michael Grecco, a photographer based in Santa Monica, Calif., recently provided cover images of Steven Spielberg for Time and of Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm, for Forbes. Grecco's work can be viewed on his web site, michaelgrecco.com.

Fujifilm has introduced a compact digital camera with Real Photo Technology, as well as two entry-level models with Super CCD sensors and the slim F470.

The FinePix V10, with a 5-megapixel Super CCD HR sensor, is the first camera in Fujifilm's 2006 lineup to include Real Photo Technology, which helps remove noise from digital pictures, allowing picture taking at...

Michele Westmorland and Karen Huntt have been voted two of the 40 founding members of the International League of Conservation Photographers. Westmorland and Huntt recently completed a two-month expedition to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, retracing artist Caroline Mytinger's journey of the late 1920s.

The league was launched at the 8th World Wilderness Congress in Anchorage, Alaska, in...

Sony recently expanded its camcorder line with seven new models, including a hard disk drive camcorder.

The DCR-DVD105 provides the benefits of recording video directly to -R/-RW/+RW DVD media. It incorporates a 680K-pixel advanced HAD CCD, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, 2.5-inch hybrid SwivelScreen touch-panel LCD and color viewfinder. It is priced at about $500.

The DCR-DVD205 includes the features mentioned above and adds a 1-megapixel advanced...

Through video, art installations, sound and photographs, Amanda Koster is seeking to illustrate how the people of Rabuor, Kenya, are enduring and surviving AIDS. Koster's multimedia exhibition, "AIDS Is Knocking," is intended to raise awareness and funds for the Rabuor Village Project, whose mission is to empower the people of Rabuor to develop sustainable, community-based solutions to the challenges of poverty and HIV/AIDS. For more ore information, see rabuorvillageproject.org.

The International Photography Awards for 2005 have been announced. Jim Fisc, of Atlanta, was named the International Photographer of the Year and the winner of the $10,000 prize.

The award for Professional Photographer of the Year in Architecture was bestowed upon Timothy Griffith, based in San Francisco, who also received the first- and second-place awards in the Buildings category.

Nature photographer George Lepp, director of the Lepp Institute of Digital Imaging in Los Osos, Calif., won four...

New Gallery, School, Photo Contests Planned for 2006

Harnessing an impressive amount of inner energy, Wolfe has never been one to rest on his laurels, preferring instead to try something new, rethink the plan, explore another angle.

His newest books — "Vanishing Act" (named one of the best new science books of the year by Discover magazine, and winner of the German Fotobook Award in 2005) and hometown favorite "Seven Summits: The High Peaks of the Pacific Northwest" — are just two in a continuing line of art offerings filled with creative and masterful photographs. Even after his three decades as an award-winning and successful photographer, who has published more than 60...

Citing the difficulty of remaining competitive in the rapidly changing digital era, Konica Minolta is withdrawing from the camera and photography market. The move followed last year's announcement from Bronica that it was also retiring from the medium-format camera business, terminating a 47-year-old brand.

The surge of worldwide digitization has resulted in a rapid shrinking of the traditional silver halide photographic market, according to Konica management. In such a changing world, profits for camera and photo businesses...