Early Photo Pulled from Auction - Origin Scrutinized

A few days ago I reported about an Image could be of historic importance in world of photography

This primitive image believed to be taken decades before what is widely considered to be the dawn of photography has now been pulled from an upcoming auction to allow further research as to its authorship.

The image of a leaf at was scheduled to be sold at Sotheby's next Monday, and was listed in the auction catalog as "Photographer Unknown." But Sotheby's said research by a leading photo expert had suggested that several early photo experimenters could have made the image, including Thomas Wedgwood, James Watt and Humphry Davy, who worked in the medium decades before what is believed to be the birth of photography in 1839.

On Wednesday, Sotheby's said it decided to pull the lot because the upcoming auction had generated "a spirited and lively dialogue'' among photo scholars "about the possible origins for the 'Leaf."

This conversation has revealed new areas of research, which will be explored in the coming months,'' the auctioneer said."Leaf'' is a photogenic drawing - a cameraless process in which an object is placed on silver nitrate-coated paper or leather to form a negative image.

It had previously been attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot, considered the father of photography along with Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre. "Leaf'' was among six similar anonymous works that were sold individually at Sotheby's London in 1984. It was purchased by a dealer for $776, and only later attributed to Talbot.

Two of the other six works are now in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and one is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.

Sotheby's said the hypothesis that the work could predate Talbot was made by Larry J. Schaaf, a leading photo historian and Talbot expert.

It said Schaaf based his theory on the "W'' inscription in the lower corner of the image and the fact that it doesn't resemble a Talbot, among other things.

Credits: Wcbs880.com.

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New Organization For IR Photographers

The League of Creative Infrared Photographers (http://www.irleague.com/) was officially formed in January 2008. It was established to promote the joy, excitement, and creativity of infrared photography from in-camera capture to enhancing images in the digital darkroom.

The group was founded in 2008 by Rick Sammon and Deborah Sandidge. Rick Sammon, the founder of The League of Creative Infrared Photographs is an avid IR shooter. He also hosts digital SLR photography lessons on http://www.xtrain.com/. Deborah Sandidge, the director of The League of Creative Infrared Photographers, is inspired by what she sees in nature’s endless and changing opportunities. Deb enjoys a variety of in-camera and Photoshop/Painter creative photographic techniques and enthusiastically shares her knowledge of digital imaging. Joe Farace, the Technical Director of League of Creative Infrared Photographers, is a widely published Colorado-based photographer and author of 30 books including "The Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography" published by Lark books. He has written more than 1700 magazine stories and is Contributing Photographer and Writer for Shutterbug magazine.

The League invites IR photographer—film or digital—from around the world to share their photographs with other creative image makers in the League. Best of all, membership is free! All you have to so is send us your best horizontal and vertical infrared image (low res), a head shot of yourself and a bio (complete with your website’s URL so we can link to it) and we will list you as a member on The League of Creative Infrared Photographers’ site. If you have a how-to article that you can contrubute, we may be able to use it on the site as well! Just send it to ricksammon@mac.com in a zip folder (again with low-res images) and we may be able to published it on our How-To page (coming in February 2008.)

That's it. At this point, the League’s goal simply want to draw infrared photographers together and share news about IR photography. Plans are underway for meetings and even workshops at some time in the future.

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The Fujifilm Finepix F100fd is a 12 megapixel digital camera with 5x optical zoom. It is designed to be compact camera packed with advanced features that are normally seen on bigger cameras. The F100fd features wide dynamic range, dual image stabilization, SO settings of up to an unprecedented ISO 12800, automatic red eye removal, and face detection. The FinePix F100fd will debut in March 2008 for about $379.

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Fujifilm unleashes latest f-series powerhouse. The Finepix F100fd packs a 12MP Super CCD, ISO equivalency speeds up to 12800, and Face Detection Technology 3.0.

Valhalla, N.Y., January 24, 2008 – Following the long line of award-winning F-Series models, Fujifilm U.S.A., Inc., today announced its latest and greatest, the FinePix F100fd digital camera.

Combining a 12-MegaPixel, 8th Generation Super CCD with a powerful Fujinon 5.0x wide angle optical zoom lens and a 2.7" high-resolution 230,000 pixel wide angle view LCD, the FinePix F100fd is among Fujifilm's finest compact digital cameras. As with previous F-Series models such as the FinePix F31, F40fd and F50fd, the F100fd is a powerful, feature-packed compact digital camera aimed at consumers looking for something well above the average model. It offers the most advanced technologies available, including Wide Dynamic Range, Dual Image Stabilization, Face Detection 3.0 Technology with an Automatic Red Eye Removal function and ISO settings of up to an unprecedented ISO 12800 - so missing great shots is not an option.

"The FinePix F100fd demonstrates how consumers can ultimately benefit from Fujifilm's investment in professional photography," said David Troy, senior product manager, Consumer Digital Cameras, Electronic Imaging Division, FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. "The features packed into this camera like ISO ranges and wide dynamic ranges are unprecedented for a compact consumer model - they first appeared in our Professional line. Combine these advances with our new Face Detection 3.0's faster, 360 degree detection range and Dual Image Stabilization and you have the ultimate consumer digital photography experience."

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Photography company Eastman Kodak Co. on Monday introduced chips that can boost the picture-taking power in mobile phones, and help manufacturers cut development costs.

Kodak says its KAC-05020 Image Sensor is the world's first 1.4 micron, 5-megapixel device that allows capture of high quality images in small cameras, with quality that equals what is available from current devices using larger, 1.75 micron pixel designs.

"It will help manufacturers reduce their costs...because of the size - you can put more chips onto one wafer, for the same amount of money," said Fas Mosleh, CMOS Sensors Marketing Director at Kodak. "This is the kind of technology that can help upgrade all camera phones to a real camera."

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