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• Camera 'battered' in fish and chip shop drama • Police forced to issue photo apology
A man arrested after photographing a police van outside a fish and chip shop is seeking compensation from police after they issued a written apology.
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Canon celebrates camera milestone
Canon has rolled out its 100 millionth digital compact camera, the first being the PowerShot 600 which was launched in 1996.
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Canon to ‘cut' operating costs
Canon is to slash costs by £49m, around 20% more than expected, amid the ‘tougher business environment', according to unconfirmed reports emerging from Japan.
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Sanyo to ‘boost' camera production
Sanyo has pledged to boost digital camera output by 33% over the next two years, according to a Japanese press report.
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Amateur photographers spark global debate
The Sunday Telegraph 's coverage of the ongoing campaign to protect the right to take photographs in public places has sparked an international debate on the internet.
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Sony showcases Cyber-shot T77 and T700 ‘fashion' digital cameras
Sony has revealed two new 10.1-million-pixel cameras that are due to go on sale in the UK next month.
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Leica Camera hit by fall in sales
Leica's global sales fell 38% for the three months to 30 June compared to the same quarter last year. But sales of the M8 camera are ‘holding up' in the UK.
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• Photographer Chung in China crisis • UK photographer 'manhandled' by police
Award-winning Guardian news photographer Dan Chung was ‘manhandled' by police as they removed student protesters near the main Olympic site, according to the newspaper's Beijing diary.
Picture credit: Angela Nicholson
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Camera prices could fall with ‘bionic' eye invention
Cameras could become smaller and less expensive using newly developed ‘flexible' electronic circuitry that enables the use of smaller lenses, one of its US inventors has told Amateur Photographer magazine.
Picture courtesy John Rogers
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Photography hotspots invaded by killer jellyfish • Expert calls for photographs of 'jellyfish strandings'
Durdle Door in Dorset, a favourite location among readers of Amateur Photographer (AP), is one of several coastal beauty spots to be invaded by a poisonous jellyfish-like creature.
Picture credit: Peter Soper
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Briton's tribute to photographer killed in Georgia conflict
Tributes have been paid to 27-year-old photographer Alexander Klimchuk (pictured) who died during fighting in South Ossetia.
Picture credit: Mark Pinder
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Capa photography mystery remains unsolved
An investigation that could have solved whether one of Robert Capa's most famous war photographs was staged has found no fresh evidence.
Picture: International Center of Photography
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Polaroid was photographers' ‘comfort blanket'
A photographic exhibition to mark the end of the Polaroid film era will take place in London in October.
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Photographers to shape Polaroid history
In an historic move, Amateur Photographer readers have been given license to help design a new Polaroid digital camera that will include an on-board printer focused on ‘professional and business users'.
Picture: The move comes 61 years after Edwin Land unveiled his ‘one-step process' for producing finished photos in 60 seconds
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• Photographer put on sex offenders register • But most 'indecent' images escape detection, says Bonusprint boss
Indecent photographs of children are less likely to be detected since the move away from film because fewer images are sent to high-street printers, warns Bonusprint.
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Nikon P6000 camera boasts GPS and RAW
Nikon has unveiled a new 13.5-million-pixel flagship digital compact called the Coolpix P6000 whose features include a raw format mode and built-in GPS ‘geotagging' technology.
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Nikon adds ‘touchscreen' to Coolpix line
Nikon has added a 3.5in ‘touchscreen' to one of six new digital compact cameras announced this morning.
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Camera owners are ‘butterfingers'; Photography disasters revealed
Nearly one in ten camera owners fell over while taking their shots - often into water – according to disasters documented by a UK insurance company.
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‘Olympics' monopod revealed by Gitzo
A new monopod aimed at sports photographers has been launched by Gitzo, including a model to celebrate the Beijing Olympic Games which start on Friday.
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Olympus and Panasonic to develop Micro Four Thirds System cameras
Photographers can expect to see ‘dramatically' smaller and lighter interchangeable lens camera systems as Olympus and Panasonic announce the Micro Four Thirds System standard.
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