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Nikon Australia returned to the sponsorship podium for the 2009 SuperGP race on the Gold Coast in October, having deferred its involvement this year due to the global financial crisis.

Panasonic Australia has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with Tennis Australia, commencing with the Australian Open in January 2010.

I think we would all agree this has been one of the trickiest years photo retailers have had to work through since the upheaval changes that were required of us to move into the digital age.

This being the final edition of Photo & Imaging News for the year, it is appropriate to end the season with a lingering look into the rear view mirror to reflect on the matters that mattered most in the year of the recession we nearly had.

Frustrated with your IT? You're not alone.

PMA members can now share, trade, and exchange photo class curriculum with other PMA members for free via the recently debuting PMA Photo Class Sharing program.

The annual Australian PMA imaging show will be given a new name and treatment for the 2010 event due to be held Friday 4th to Sunday 6th June at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Mark Alderson, chairman of Camera House and managing director of Foto Riesel, says the company's record results in 2009 reflect the strength of well-organised specialist photo marketing and buying groups.

Ricoh staged a simultaneous worldwide PR campaign to launch its revolutionary GXR interchangeable unit camera that claims to be the world's smallest and and lightest digital camera with the ability to change lenses.

Vicki Schoo, owner of Schoos Studio in the Snowy Mountains gateway town of Cooma in NSW, says the 'worst thing' that can happen to the specialist channel in 2010 is 'our own apathy.'