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Photoworld 2008 #2 is now being mailed to subscribers!

Our Spring edition features -

SEASON’S BEST wishes from David and Shirley here at photoclubalpha! You know how the pursuit of photography can take over your plans? Well, we were offered a short break in Portugal (inspection visit terms, 2 hours wasted time and iron constitution to resist sales pitch) and took it up for the week before the holiday. [...]

Here is one for all you film users in the UK –
Fujifilm Professional has announced details of a photographic competition held to celebrate the re-launch of Fujichrome Velvia 50. The winner will jet-off to Turkey on a photographic holiday-of-a-lifetime worth over £2,000.

IN 1998 Minolta published, for their 70th anniversary, a large poster featuring all the landmark cameras from their own museum and employee collections. Many of the cameras shown - all fairly small on the poster - were well used and worn examples. The original image-files for the poster, which we have archived, are of poor [...]

THE appearance of press-release resolution (14Mb) images of the new Alpha - un-named but thought to be the Alpha 200 or 300 because of the product code earlier assigned to shots of prototypes at PMA - combines with reports on various forums from European Sony executives visiting Japan to suggest that the launch announcement for [...]

ASDA and Sony launch fastest digital photo printing service on the market
Britain’s second largest supermarket chain invests in multi-million pound deal to install 260 kiosks in 130 stores across the UK to maximise customer convenience and profits
LONDON, 20th June 2007 - By the end of 2007, ASDA customers will have access to the fastest digital [...]

NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE BORDERS
Hotel based, 7 nights
Free minibus travel to & from destination
Saturday 10 November to Saturday 15 November 2007
During this week we will explore the superb coastline and inland landscape of unspoilt Northumberland. The beaches on the north east coast are some of the loveliest in the U.K., but as well as these, [...]

A 2008 programme will be listed shortly!

Contact detailsLight and Land
Tel: 01432-839111.
Email: contactus@lightandland.co.uk
Web: www.lightandland.co.uk
Inversnaid Photography Centre
Tel: 01877-386254.
Email: info@inversnaidphoto.com
Web: www.inversnaidphoto.com
Duncan McEwan directly
Tel/Fax: 01505-612673
Email: mcewan@dunarden.fsnet.co.uk
Web: www.dmcewanphotography.co.uk or contact:
Duncan McEwan
Dunarden, Horsewood Road
Bridge of Weir
Renfrewshire PA11 3AT

We have a Photoworld day in Edinburgh on February 10th 2008, to which all Photoclubalpha registered members are welcome (it is strictly by prior arrangement, so please do not turn up on the day). It starts at 10.30am and ends around 4.30pm, and will be held at Edinburgh Photographic Society. Please email david@photoclubalpha.com for a [...]