Workshops & Seminars

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NPPA Convergence ’08 Exhibitors & Sponsors

Adobe Systems, Inc.: Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information - anytime, anywhere and through any medium. See how industry leading Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Production Premium CS3 streamline digital photography and digital video workflows for optimum results. Learn more at www.adobe.com
Adorama Camera (Adorama.com): is one of the nation's largest photo retail and mail order suppliers. For over 30 years we have been serving professionals in the photographic, video, digital imaging markets. Adorama offers the best combination of quality services, vast selection, knowledgeable staff, and competitive pricing. We stock mountains of the supplies that you use on a daily basis to get your job completed with precision. Visit www.adorama.com
Apple: Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone. For more information, visit www.apple.com
Avid Technology, Inc.: Serving the industries that Make, Manage and Move Media™, Avid Technology, Inc. is the world leader in digital nonlinear media creation, management and distribution solutions, enabling film, video, audio, animation, games, and broadcast news professionals to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. Today, the vast majority of primetime television shows, feature films, commercials, and chart-topping pop music hits are made using one or more Avid products. And the company has received the most prestigious awards in the industries it serves – including three Emmys, a Grammy, and two Oscar statuettes.
Canon: Canon, the leader in the imaging industry is proud to support the NPPA. Our diverse product line, consisting of EOS digital still cameras, digital video cameras and archival inkjet printers have been the tools the discerning professional has relied upon to produce the highest quality results in the most demanding conditions.
IT's CODELMARKED, IT'S MINE, AND I CAN PROVE IT!: Codel will be at CONVERGENCE 08 to launch their Image Fingerprinting service to NPPA members. Codel is offering a special deal to launch this service. For only $100 per year you will be able to protect all your image rights now and for the future. Visit www.codelmark.com and sign up using organization code: NPPA08, or contact martin.warner@codelmark.com for further information
Cradlepoint Technology: Wherever there’s breaking news and sports, there’s a client who wants your photos fast. Now you can send Wi-Fi-ready images from your PC or direct from your camera with the Cradlepoint PHS300. It gives you broadband connectivity using your AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon USB Modems. Teamed with a Canon WFT or Nikon WT wireless file transfer unit, the PHS300 is the fastest path from your lens to the editor’s desk. URL: www.cradlepoint.com/photo Email: Routersales@Cradlepoint.com
JVC Professional Products Company: JVC Professional Products Company manufactures and sells Standard Definition and High Definition video cameras, recorders, and monitors for the professional and broadcast market. Our products offer very high cost versus performance ratios, and are ergonomically engineered to work the way professionals want to work.

Lowel Light

Lowel is the World Leader in Location Lighting. We make lights, controls, mounts & kits for imaging professionals. Popular products include a a large selection of Run & Gun DV location lighting kits, as well as the Rifa-eX System, 4 ultra-compact, self-contained, softlights, with 60 second set-up, and removable lampheads that quickly swap to take daylight fluorescent lamps.

Mountain Workshops

The Mountain Workshops are three concurrently-running programs; the Photojournalism Workshop, Multimedia Worshop and Picture Editing Workshop. This acclaimed learning experience has been held each fall for over 30 years in small towns in south-central Kentucky or northern Tennessee. These workshops offer a hands-on learning experience in documentary-style photojournalism mentored closely by some of the top professionals in the business. Information is available at www.mountainworkshops.org

Nikon Professional Services

Nikon Professional Services will be providing our regular camera clean and check service on a first come first serve basis. In order to be fair, each registered attendee will be limited to a couple of pieces of equipment. A full display of Nikon's latest D3, D300 and new lenses will be available for your inspection.

Olympus

From our flagship E-3 aimed at working professionals, to our consumer SLR models like the E-420 and E-520, the Olympus E-System is designed with revolutionary features that expand the frontiers of digital photography. The Olympus Digital Recorders provide superior sound, convenient file management and longer recording times with many models having the ability to quickly transfer audio files to your computer.

Panasonic AVCCAM—Next Generation Affordable HD

Panasonic AVCCAM is a line of next generation, affordable HD camcorders that offer incredible advantages over tape-based systems. AVCCAM records amazing HD video on the same reusable, widely available SD cards as your digital still camera. The SD card can be inserted directly into your computer for editing.

Roberts Imaging

In this, our 50th year, we are proud to say that Roberts still offers the professional photographer the best customer service in the industry. The Roberts name has come to stand for honesty and integrity, offering a complete array of still, video and computer equipment at nationally competitive pricing.

Think Tank Photo

– Founded by award-winning photojournalists and with the belief that the best new camera bag concepts are inspired by pros working in the field, Think Tank Photo will be featuring its line-up of rollers, unpadded modular systems (SKIN), and shoulder bags designed for urban shooting (URBAN DISGUISE). www.thinktankphoto.com

VUVOX Collage

introduces a new online digital story production platform that enables real time WYSIWYG dynamic media authoring of still images, video and audio assets. Multimedia stories can be created and interactively viewed in panoramic environments that can be instantly shared on any web page. Additional information and links can be found at: http://www.vuvox.com/collage. Contact: dane@vuvoxnetwork.com

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Started in the early 1990s by photojournalists for photojournalists--not shareholders or billionaires--ZUMA Press is now the world's largest independent press agency and wire service.

ZUMA Press, produces award-winning news, sports and entertainment content and represents some of the greatest photojournalists, media groups and picture agencies around the globe. ZUMA's staff of 50+ represents over 3,000 photographers worldwide and over 60 of the world's best picture agencies spanning the planet, as well as over 100 newspapers and the daily feed and archive of 33 publishing giants. ZUMA's photographers have won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer, World Press, BOP and POYi. ZUMA features a diverse library of over 4 million original pictures online, and over 5,000 new images are posted daily. Get the full picture. Get ZUMA.

www.ZUMApress.com

Convergence 08 Non-Exhibiting Sponsors

Lowepro: Lowepro is globally recognized as a leading brand of quality protective cases for cameras, notebook computers and personal electronics. Selling in over 100 countries and regions, the same principals and innovation behind our successful cases for professional photographers are used to create carrying solutions for digital/video equipment, notebook computers, PDAs and more.

Hays: At Hays we’ve long been providing associations with customized and affordable insurance products. Our NPPA endorsed property insurance plan for photography gear covers cameras, computers and editing equipment…even rental equipment! To learn more about this comprehensive protection for all your gear, contact us toll free at 1.800.809.6771 or visit us at https://nppa.haysaffinty.com.