Ideal for professional event and portrait photographers, Canon’s new 7DSV SLR offers “locking” camera controls and an organizational bar-coding system.

Four levels of password-protected access allow for camera settings to be “locked” in and help to maintain more consistent photo shoots when there are multiple users. Administrators can also set custom functionality within each tier level to allow certain users greater flexibility when operating the camera.

Canon’s new bar-code solution links customer data directly with every image so that users don’t have to...

As I write this, Photokina, the world’s largest biennial photo technology exposition, is being presented in Germany to almost 100,000 attendees. Notably, the manufacturers exhibiting are placing the emphasis on “prosumer” equipment, while new product introductions in the professional category are at a minimum. As the economy continues to stagnate, the industry is appealing...

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Cameron Diaz are just a few of the faces picked up by Getty Images in August through a deal to subsidize celebrity images by Los Angeles Times photographers.

This new collection of images will be available on Contour, a division of Getty Images that focuses on professional licensing of celebrity portraiture...

Hal Fischer, an independent consultant in the nonprofit sector since 1984, has been appointed interim director of the SF Camerawork Gallery.

Fischer has worked with organizations such as San Diego's Timken Museum of Art and San Francisco's Asian Art Museum and For-Site Foundation. He is also a recipient of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships in art criticism and photography.

Fischer will fill this position while SF Camerawork conducts a nationwide search for the gallery's next executive director through the end of the year.

On the cover: This Epson ad from 2008 showcases the purity of Mark Laita’s talent for precise lighting in the studio.

Cover photo: © Mark Laita