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		<title>Vermont company holds funeral for film</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/08/03/vermont-company-holds-funeral-for-film/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
		
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As traditional film photography wobbles on its last, already flimsy legs, the last professional film processing company in Vermont shut down this week and held a funeral for film to commemorate the event, complete with a gravestone and a bunch of people acting solemn.

The bottom line, of course, is that it costs money to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Merc’ designer who captured layoffs gets laid off himself</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/07/03/%e2%80%98merc%e2%80%99-designer-who-captured-layoffs-gets-laid-off-himself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The designer who famously documented layoffs at his paper through a series of bleak photos was axed in the paper’s most recent round of cuts.]]></description>
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		<title>A camera without a camera body&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/06/08/a-camera-without-a-camera-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Focus DSLR is all lens and no body.
 
This is a weird idea, and one weird looking camera. HTLounge.net has the story&#8230;
The “Focus” is an all-in-one DSLR that has been housed completely within what looks like just the lens. The telescopic design effectively removes the need for a large SLR back altogether, so it looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kodak to rise prices because of production costs</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/05/30/kodak-to-rise-prices-because-of-production-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 00:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Your wallet might take a beating.
Due to skyrocketing costs of materials, Kodak is going to have to rise the price on their products by 20 percent. Here&#8217;s the story of Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co said on Friday it will raise prices on some products by as much as 20 percent due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nikon looking to increase sales of high-end SLRs</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/05/29/nikon-looking-to-increase-sales-of-high-end-slrs/</link>
		<comments>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/05/29/nikon-looking-to-increase-sales-of-high-end-slrs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 01:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nikon is looking to expand the productivity of its professional SLR sales.
Here&#8217;s the news from JCN Network:
Tokyo, May 29, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Nikon Corp. &#60;7731&#62; President Michio Kariya has shown the company&#8217;s intention to boost sales of its high-end digital single-lens reflex cameras, whose profit margins are higher than those for other cameras.
&#8220;This year, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates and Pentax?</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/05/15/bill-gates-and-pentax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pentax has joined forces with Microsoft.
The software giant and creator of the operating system that rules the world had joined forces with Pentax to further one another&#8217;s technology lines.
Adorama News Desk has the skinny&#8230;
REDMOND, Wash., and TOKYO — May 12, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. and HOYA CORPORATION PENTAX Imaging Systems Division have signed a patent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Link of the Day: Nick Brandt Photography</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/02/28/link-of-the-day-nick-brandt-photography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
		
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Born and raised in London, Nick Brandt studied Film and Painting at St. Martins School of Art. 
He started photographing in December 2000 in East Africa, beginning the body of work that is his signature subject matter and style. He no longer directs, devoting himself full time to his fine art photography now.
Brandt&#8217;s first book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Icon Sports Media Launches New Online Database Using Spitfire Photo</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/02/12/icon-sports-media-launches-new-online-database-using-spitfire-photo/</link>
		<comments>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/02/12/icon-sports-media-launches-new-online-database-using-spitfire-photo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		
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Icon Sports Media leverages Spitfire Photo technology to deliver new online archive of editorial and historical sports images
One million sports images now available online from searchable database
SAN FRANCISCO AND CHATSWORTH, CA. February 11, 2008 –– Spitfire Photo (www.spitfirephoto.com), providers of cutting-edge technology solutions for online image management and sales, along with Icon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canon makes record profit in Japan</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/01/30/canon-makes-record-profit-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/01/30/canon-makes-record-profit-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Canon Inc. in Japan announced today that they&#8217;ve had a record profit in the 2007 year, pulling in 756.67 billion yen in operating profit and a whopping 488.33 billion yen in net profit. Who wants to get in the camera business? 
With the US market being somewhat lukewarm due to an uncertain economy, Canon fell short of its profit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getty Images&#8217; sale influenced by cell phone cameras?</title>
		<link>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/01/22/getty-images-sale-influenced-by-cell-phone-cameras/</link>
		<comments>http://askthephotographer.com/2008/01/22/getty-images-sale-influenced-by-cell-phone-cameras/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at the blog, PDN Pulse, Daryl Lang found an New York Times article that stated one of the reasons that Getty Images is selling is because of the pressure from cell phone cameras replacing wire services as sources of news images.  
&#8220;Recent events - from the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani prime minister, [...]]]></description>
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