Opening new camera stores? Buying existing camera stores? Are these things happening this century? Bill McCurry took the DIMAcast microphone to a recent PRO educational gathering and found executives under the age of 40 who own or manage imaging firms. They’re excited about their future and they’re investing their money, their talents and their passion. You can hear their stories, their joys and their challenges in this week’s DIMAcast.

Interview starts :3:14

Interview ends :20:04

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“Desktop software maker, Preclick, has been in the news lately, with the acquisition by multimedia greetings company Smilebox. In today’s DIMAcast, PMA Publisher Gary Pageau talks with Preclick founder and Smilebox vice president, Brian Smiga, about what his means for web-to-print opportunities for retailers.”

Interview starts :3:14

Interview ends :20:04

http://preclick.com/

http://www.smilebox.com/

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Brian Smiga

It may seem as though new camera innovations are coming out every day, but photographer, author and digital image pioneer Stephen Johnson of Stephen Johnson Photography, Pacifica, Calif., says new technology are not meeting the creative needs of professional photographers. In today’s DIMAcast, who will also speak on this topic at the upcoming 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference in November, shares his thoughts on what technologies are needed, when they might become available, and how they will affect pro photography, consumer imaging, and the industry as a whole.

Interview starts :2:22

Interview ends :20:59

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Stephen Johnson

Dan’s Camera City is well known for its innovative approaches to retailing. In today’s DIMAcast, Steve Olock, former DIMA president and director of technology for Dan’s, shares insights about how the store is expanding off-site services, breaking free of the confines of store hours and location.

Interview starts :2:22

Interview ends :20:59

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www.lehighvalleyphotobooth.com
www.danscamera.com/Learning/DPU/catalog.html

www.danscamera.com/gallery/lifeinthevalley/
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Steve Olock

“I can buy that elsewhere and not pay tax” These are chilling words to many retailers. Wednesday night Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Senator Richard Tisei spoke to the New England PMA Division Meeting. Bill McCurry was there with the DIMAcast microphone inquiring about the results of Massachusetts 25% sales tax increase. McCurry asked the Senator for his solution to tax policy. Hear why the Senator thinks abolishment of sales taxes may be the solution to government creating favoritism of one form of retail compared to another form of retail. It’s not your traditional politicians’ answer. Food for thought as governments struggle to grab new taxes and revenues. Interview starts :2:22

Interview ends :20:59

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Senator Richard Tisei

In the new episode of the DIMAcast, Lenny Lipton, inventor of the current state-of-the-art 3D technologies being used by Disney, Pixar and other top Hollywood filmmakers, discusses how 3D technology will impact still imaging. Lipton will also tackle this topic at the upcoming 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, to be held Nov. 10-11 in Monterey, Calif.

Interview starts :3:08

Interview ends :15:03

Lenny Lipton’s web site www.lennylipton.com

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Lenny Lipton

Photo by Steve Schklair

Every year, the 6Sight Future of Imaging conference brings together visionaries and networking opportunities to share, shape and create the industry of tomorrow. In the new episode of the DIMAcast, conference chairman Alexis Gerard, president of Future Image Inc., San Mateo, Calif. discusses the upcoming event, to be held Nov. 10-11 in Monterey, Calif., and what attendees can expect.

Interview starts :3:08

Interview ends :15:03

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Alexis Gerard

In today’s DIMAcast, mixed media artist Bonny Lhotka of Digital Atelier, a printmaking studio with 3 locations across the United States, discusses 3D imaging, the convergence of traditional and digital art, and the future of fine art imaging. Lhotka will be a speaker at the upcoming 6Sight Future of Imaging Conference in Monterey, Calif., in November.

Interview starts :4:26

Interview ends :20:54

Bonny Lhotka web site
www.lhotka.com

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Bonny Lhotka

What's the impact of one disappointed customer? In 2001 a customer was so disappointed in the service from a store in Sydney she and some friends opened a website offering to treat people fairly. This year that company is projected to sell over $30 million retail in photographic products by treating every customer the same, fair and square. Listen to this week's DIMAcast featuring Digital Camera Warehouse headquartered in Sydney, Australia and hear how their simple but unique strategies have served them and their customers very well. A written transcript with illustrations is also available for download at www.DIMAcast.com

Interview starts :3:23

Interview ends :20:54

In 2006, DIMAcast featured an interview with Thor Sigvaldason of On Demand Books, when the company was installing the first units of its Espresso Book Machine, (EBM,) which automatically prints, binds, and trims, on-demand at point of sale, perfect-bound, library-quality paperback books. In today’s DIMAcast, PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Barr Kruger revisits the topic in an interview with Andrew Pate, senior vice-president of Business Development for On Demand Books. He explains what changes have occurred over the past 3 years.

Interview starts :3:33

Interview ends :22:41

On Demand Books http://www.ondemandbooks.com

Andrew Pate