“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

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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

In today's special DIMAcast, Sony today beefed up its digital SLR line with three new models that promise to bring better price/performance to the field including an affordable full-frame camera. For more on the new models, 6Sight Report Editor Paul Worthington spoke with Mark Weir, digital imaging senior technology manager at Sony Electronics.

Interview starts :2:00

Interview ends :17:07

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Paul Worthington

Mark Weir

Samsung has brought innovation and style to the compact camera market. In this special podcast, Samsung director of marketing, Rich Campbell, talks to PMA publisher Gary Pageau about three new innovative cameras, announced today: the wireless and geo-aware CL65 and the dual-LCD and social-media driven TL225 and TL220 models.

Interview starts :1:22

Interview ends :16:53

Educational photography tours to destinations near and far generate sales, word-of-mouth marketing, and customer loyalty for Paul’s Photo, Torrance, Calif. In 2007, the DIMAcast presented an interview with Mark Comon, who leads the tours for Paul’s Photo. In today’s DIMAcast, PMA Senior Editor Jennifer Kruger revisits this topic with Comon, to learn how the tours have changed and evolved over the past year.

Interview starts :4:49

Interview ends :29:24

Mark Comon

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In today’s DIMAcast, Jennifer interviews John Barber, vice president of marketing for Varioptic in Lyon, France, a company that has a patented Liquid Lens technology being used in all sorts of imaging devices.

http://www.varioptic.com

Interview starts :7:43

Interview ends :21:07

Now is Your Chance to Win Big From PMA! Enter your best consumer photo gift promotional campaign in the PMA Custom Photo Gift Promotion Competition, and you might win big! How big, you may be wondering?  $25,000 big!

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John Barber

Today, Jennifer interviews Edward Kim, cofounder of Picwing, a new company dedicated to helping people free their pictures.

Interview starts :3:07

Interview ends :16:42

http://www.picwing.com/

Now is Your Chance to Win Big From PMA!
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Kodak's Brad Kruchten, general manager of retail printing, talks about the retail printing market and the company¹s latest kiosks with new upselling function.

Interview starts 5:58

Interviews ends 17:37

In today’s DIMAcast, Jennifer interviews George Grey and David Chang, co-founders of Mobicious Inc., provider of SnapMyLife, a social network that allows camera phone users to instantly share their images with other community members.

   www.snapmylife.com

Interview starts: 03:32

interview ends: 17:33

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