Accessories

Lowepro - For over 30 years, Lowepro has been revolutionizing the industry with innovative carrying solutions for the imaging world that combine quality, comfort and durability.

Cokin - The Cokin filter system.

Hoya Filters - Hoya filters

SanDisk  Memory cards

Sekonic - Light meters

Slik - Slik tripods

Sunpak Flashes - The Sunpak name is trusted worldwide by photographers and videographers, from casual amateurs and enthusiasts to professionals. Sunpak has earned a reputation for innovation and advanced technical achievement, and Sunpak brand products are known for their superior quality and reliability.

Associations

ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers)    ASMP is the premier resource for community, culture, commerce and publications relating to publication photography. ASMP is the authoritative voice of publication photographers worldwide.

National Press Photographers Association - Founded in 1946, The NPPA continues to attract the best in news photography, video and multimedia. It is this professional diversity that sets the NPPA apart from other organizations.

PMAI (Photo Marketing Association International)    Over the 75 years of its existence, Photo Marketing Association International (PMAI) has grown and evolved to meet the changing needs of the continuously expanding imaging industry. At its inception, what is now PMA was called Photo Finishers Association of America — a group of 273 members started in Iowa by competitors Paul Burgess and T. R. Phillips. The purpose of the group, then and today, was to promote the growth of the industry through cooperation.

PPA (Professional Photographers of America)    PPA is the world's leading certifying agency for imaging professionals and the world's largest not-for-profit association for professional photographers, with more than 14,000 members in 64 countries. PPA offers consumers free referrals to photographic professionals, as well as acting as a locator service for finding the owners of images.

Camera Companies

Canon  Canon U.S.A., Inc., headquartered in Lake Success, New York, is a leader in professional business and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. Our extensive product line and digital solutions enable businesses and consumers worldwide to capture, store, and distribute information. Canon products include full-color as well as black-and-white copiers, printers, micrographics and image filing systems, facsimile machines, calculators, cameras and lenses, camcorders, semiconductor, broadcast and optical equipment, flatbed scanners, and other specialized industrial products. Canon U.S.A., Inc. employs more than 12,000 people at more than 30 facilities throughout North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Nikon    Nikon is the only major optical company in the world that still controls and manufactures every aspect of its glass-making business, allowing it to finely tune Nikon lens specifications, quality and performance. From the raw silicon to the final coatings, Nikon glass production is both a science and an art form.

Nikon also plays an active role in supporting many different organizations, events and workshops through its Spirit Initiative campaign. The Nikon name is equated with extraordinary photographic performance, innovation, precision and optical quality. Join our team, become a part of Nikon and help us realize our vision for the future…today.

Events, Conferences and Schools

American Photo: The Mentor Series - Take A Photographic Jouney of a Lifetime. Experience exotic destinations domestically and abroad with some of the worlds most famous photographers teaching you how. Workshops that build not only your skill as a photographer but your sense of the world around you. Join other avid photographers at all skill levels and share tips and most importantly fun times. Explore like you never have before on one of our specially planned workshops.

Brooks Institute of Photography - From its beginnings, Brooks Institute has followed the philosophy of "learn by doing". Students gain the artistic, technical, and business expertise needed to succeed in visual communications. Brooks is a world leader in professional photographic and motion picture education with an outstanding faculty, and three beautiful locations in Santa Barbara, California.

Brooks Institute's programs are designed for anyone who aspires to a career in photography or filmmaking as well as working photographers who seek new skills to advance their careers. As we enter the era of global communication, we will continue to provide one of the finest educations in photography and filmmaking available.

Hallmark Institute Photography School - Hallmark Institute of Photography combines the art and technology of photography with the business of photography. The goal of this intensive ten-month resident program is to prepare students for successful careers in professional photography.

The objectives of our program are twofold: First, we teach the technique and art of photography by ensuring that our students master the "tools of the trade". Then, we fine tune the student's ability to see light, form and composition in order to successfully finish images in a timely, professional and esthetically pleasing manner.

Most importantly, our program is designed to put each assignment into the context of the professional business of photography; i.e., the marketing, financial, and management of operating and participating in a successful professional imaging business.

Nikon Schoool

Rocky Mountain School of Photography - At Rocky Mountain School of Photography, we provide all the components a school can. Passionate instruction from skilled educators. A range of courses to suit your objectives. The technical foundation of photography - film, speeds, composition, light exposure and so on. We even cover the business of building a portfolio and selling your work.

Santa Fe Workshops - The Santa Fe Workshops offers photography and Photoshop workshops for all levels of experience. Visit the information below for general information about the registration process, our campus, housing, meals, and more.

Film Companies

Afga   Most people know us as a manufacturer of consumer products such as photographic films. But Agfa is much more, we supply all kinds of high-end 'imaging' solutions.
Hardware, software and digital imaging products account for an increasing part of our turnover. This is true for our consumer products, but also in the other divisions such as Prepress Systems, HealthCare and Industrial Imaging.
With its wide and innovative range of products and systems, the Agfa-Gevaert Group is ready for the future.

Fuji Film   Established in 1965, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., is the U.S. marketing subsidiary of Tokyo-based Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., based in Elmsford, NY, is one of the nations leading providers of imaging and information products. These include film, cameras, videotapes and audiotapes for consumers and professionals; chemical-free and environmentally-friendly digital photographic color printers, photographic paper, minilabs, digital imaging products (including digital cameras for commercial and consumer use), photofinishing services, computer and optical disks, data tapes and cartridges, computer accessories, microfilm, motion picture film, a complete range of products for the graphic arts industry, and more.

With 46 facilities, offices, distribution centers and photo labs throughout the United States, Fujifilm and its employees are committed to providing consumers and professionals with the most innovative and highest quality imaging and information products and services. Our technological breakthroughs have played a major role in working towards achieving this goal. These same advances have led to numerous citations and awards, including several designations as the Official Film of high-profile sports and events across the country.

Ilford    Totally committed to the highest quality at every level of production and service, the company enjoys a reputation for excellence that spans countries and continents.

Look closer into our achievements and you see ideas translated into action...visible evidence of our vision.

Our status as a world leader in the digital imaging arena proves the point, a success which owed much to the cross-fertilization of technology across our entire range. Where others hesitated, ILFORD took the lead with a significant investment program backed by a workforce with intimate knowledge of the complex processes involved in the manufacture of premium imaging products.

Today, we are the only company to have integrated research and development activities for dyes, inks and media used in inkjet printing. ILFORD is also the only company to offer a complete range of color papers and films for digital photographic applications.

More than that, ILFORD has the manufacturing capacity and expertise to satisfy demand. The efficiency of our plants in the UK and Switzerland - and the award winning products they constantly develop - are the envy of the industry.

Kodak   The Photography segment derives revenues from consumer film products, sales of origination and print film to the entertainment industry, sales of professional film products, traditional and inkjet photo paper, chemicals, traditional and digital cameras, photoprocessing equipment and services, and digitization services, including online services.

Lens Companies

Sigma - After nearly 40 years of pioneering new and better ways to capture and portray the ordinary — and extraordinary — Sigma is still creating new avenues of expression with innovative designs and enhancements in zoom and non-zoom lenses … and single lens reflex cameras. As one of the first manufacturers to successfully introduce the interchangeable lens, Sigma's well-earned reputation for originality, innovation and leadership is your guarantee of the world's most advanced line of photographic products.

Tamron - Tamron USA, Inc., is the US sales subsidiary of optics manufacturer Tamron Co., Ltd. Tamron USA, Inc, referred to as Tamron from here on, is comprised of 3 major divisions: Tamron 35mm SLR Lenses, Bronica Medium Format Cameras and Tamron CCTV Lenses. It is headquartered in Commack, NY, about 1 hour from New York City. Tamron Co, Ltd., is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange over-the-counter.

Tokina - THK Photo Products, Inc. is the U.S. distributor for Tokina Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), one of the top manufacturers of converter lenses for the 35mm single-lens reflex camera, for all products of the camera accessory manufacturer, Kenko Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), camera filters of the worldly prestigious brand of HOYA Corporation (Tokyo). and the most copied line of tripods today.SLIK Corporation (Tokyo).

Photos Online Storage

PhotoShelter - Created by photographers in 2005, PhotoShelter has quickly become one of the professional photography industry's most trusted brands. We are a thriving creative community where advanced technology combines with a native understanding of photographers to power the future of photography online.

Storage Options

Buffalo Technology - based in Austin, Texas, is a leading global provider of award-winning networking, memory, storage and multi-media solutions for the home and small business environments as well as for system builders and integrators. With almost three decades of networking and computer peripheral experience, Buffalo has proven its commitment to delivering innovative, best-of-breed solutions that have put the company at the forefront of infrastructure technology.

Iomega  - Established in 1980, Iomega Corporation is a global leader in reliable portable data storage. Iomega solutions help consumers, home and small business customers to manage, preserve, use and share their digital content and data.

Kinsgston Technology - Founded in 1987 with a single product offering, Kingston® now offers more than 2,000 memory products that support nearly every device that uses memory, from computers, servers and printers to MP3 players, digital cameras and cell phones. In 2004, the company’s sales exceeded $2.4 billion.

With global headquarters in Fountain Valley, California, Kingston employs almost 2,400 people worldwide. Regarded as one of the “Best Companies to Work for in America” by Fortune magazine, Kingston’s tenets of respect, loyalty, flexibility and integrity create an exemplary corporate culture. Kingston believes that investing in its people is essential, and each employee is a vital part of Kingston’s success.

Kingston serves an international network of distributors, resellers, retailers and OEM customers on six continents. The company also provides contract manufacturing and supply chain management services for semiconductor manufacturers and system OEMs

LaCie - LaCie’s products are specially designed to bring your ideas to life with innovative and practical solutions. Our Storage, Optical, Backup, Color and Add-on devices can be found in homes, classrooms, businesses, and multimedia design firms - seamlessly integrated across a diverse array of operating systems. When you require power, speed and freedom in hard drive capacity, data archiving, and graphics aids, LaCie can equip your system to be the optimum vehicle for your imagination.

LaCie consistently combines state-of-the-art design aesthetics and cutting-edge technology to create solutions that are the perfect synthesis of form and function. Featuring the unique styles of award-winning designers such as Philippe Starck, Neil Poulton and Porsche Design GmbH, LaCie’s products not only look stunning, they perform with unprecedented strength and versatility.

With a worldwide network of distributors, authorized resellers, production facilities, and in-house sales and technical support staff, LaCie is a global leader in manufacturing top-of-the-line digital tools that exceed expectations and re-establish industry standards.

Lexar Media - Lexar is a leading manufacturer and marketer of award-winning removable flash memory cards, USB flash drives, card readers and ATA controller technology solutions for the digital photography, consumer electronics, industrial and communications markets. Lexar brands digital memory cards in the industry's most popular formats including CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MultiMediaCard, SD, Mini-SD, SmartMedia, and xD-Picture Card. Lexar's ATA controller solutions for industrial and OEM applications and its innovative intellectual property is licensed by some of the world's most respected companies. As a digital storage innovator, Lexar was the first to develop and advance proprietary read-write speed standards for its CompactFlash cards, and holds over 70 controller patents.

Lexar consumer products are sold in the U.S., Europe and Asia/Pacific through consumer electronics retailers, mass-merchandisers and photo specialty stores. Leading digital camera manufacturers like Canon, Casio, Konica, Minolta, Nikon, and Pentax have chosen to bundle Lexar digital film with their cameras for its performance, reliability and value. Through technology licensing and controller sales agreements with key manufacturing partners, Lexar also capitalizes on the growing use of digital media in adjacent markets spanning a range of consumer, industrial and telecommunications applications.

Macally - Macally is a world wide computer peripherals designers and manufacturer dedicated to Macintosh computers. Since its founding in 1975, Macally has pioneered an innovative, high-quality and competitively-priced line of keyboards, mice, and storage devices. We have made substantial investments in design, development and manufacturing resources since the outset, as we knew that to succeed competitively, a fast, flexible and efficient service had to be offered to our clients.

The company's customization capabilities can take your product from conceptual design to reality. Our state-of-the-art facilities enable us to provide every step of the manufacturing process; design, tooling,molding, assembly, production and distribution. We offer our technologies to all Original Equipment Manufacturers. We are proud that our current accomplishments in the OEM product carry the labels of leading desktop and mobile computing producers.

Pretec - Pretec Electronics Corporation (USA) is founded in 1993 with the vision of providing innovative and quality products to the mobile computing, consumer and industrial embedded system markets. Pretec designs, manufactures and markets the industry’s first solution for connecting Windows powered Pocket PC to the Internet Services Provider allowing mobile users to easily access e-mail from anywhere in the world with the conveniences of their handheld/Pocket PC.  Continuing its leadership in providing access solutions for mobile PC users worldwide, Pretec constantly expands its product lines unmatched by competitors to include SDIO Card Product line, CompactIO ^TM Card Product Line (for Windows CE, PocketPC, And Palm OS), Solid-State Flash Memory Storage Product Line and Digital Imaging Product Line.  Over the years, Pretec has successfully brought to both industrial and commercial markets numerous CompactIO ^TM cards, Flash PC Cards, and Digital Imaging products enabling users around the world to expand the functionalities, and add features such as connectivity, or multi-media capabilities to their applications. Our primary focus is on providing customers with product, system, and service solutions that take their businesses to the next level.  

Runtime Software - Runtime Software's data recovery software will help you rescue your lost or inaccessible files from any imaginable data recovery disaster.  Data Recovery is possible more often than you might think - even without having to send your hard drive to a data recovery service. Our powerful, yet easy to use, data recovery tools are designed not only to undelete accidentally deleted files or partitions but also recover your data with GetDataBack after fdisk, formatting your drive, power failure, virus attack, software failure, or after deleting files, folders or partitions. Runtime Software also offers a wide range of file system utilities and forensic tools as well as data recovery service for all kinds of logical hard drive failures and RAID reconstruction and recovery.

SanDisk - Founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari, an internationally recognized authority on non-volatile memory technology, SanDisk has grown to become the world’s largest supplier of flash memory data storage products.

Seagate - Seagate was founded in 1979 and was the first company to build 5.25-inch hard disc drives for the PC. And while it may have seemed like a minor milestone at the time, today this hard disc drive introduction is regarded as one event that helped fuel the PC revolution. Suddenly, people could access unprecedented amounts of information, which eventually gave rise to the Internet and other developments. And for nearly a quarter of a century, Seagate has been developing the technology and manufacturing the products that helped make it all happen.

25 years later, the world runs on information. Every time you access the Internet, use an ATM, watch TV, listen to digital music, enjoy a movie with computer-generated special effects, or use a consumer-electronics device, you access and share large amounts of digital information on disc drives -- the core of Seagate's business.

SmartDisk - We provide portable, network and multimedia storage products and technologies that enable people to enjoy, share and preserve digital content and information.

Streamload - Streamload is an Internet service that allows digital users to easily and securely send, store, move, receive and access their digital files; like video, music and photos. Streamload provides its users the freedom to move their media to and from people and devices as well as store and deliver their collections to others without regard to size or storage limitations. For the first time, people can get to their own content at the right place at the right time without having to buy additional devices. Streamload is freedom for today's digital lifestyle

Vosonic - Since it's established in 1995, Vosonic has focus on the digital Technology to cater the international demand and continuously to become an innovative manufacturer in Taiwan of the audio/video products as well as digital multimedia system. Our products ranges include the Digital Data Player (Multi Media Viewer), USB storage and main market include Europe , Central / South America , Africa.. etc.

Western Digital - We're the people who help you collect, manage and use digital information. We make hard drives like the one in your personal computer and in millions of others bearing the labels of the world's leading PC producers. You will find our hard drives also in gaming consoles and in personal video recorders or set-top boxes that control your cable or satellite TV.