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FotoTV, online archive of films about photography of its kind, launches English site

FotoTV.de, a website referencing photo films, launched a news English website at www.PhotoTV.com

FotoTV.de, a website showing films about all facets of photography from the technical to the artistic, is launching its English site www.FotoTV.com. The unique WebTV site, catering to both knowledgeable professionals and photo enthusiasts, presents a broad range of filmed material via an interesting mixture of web-based workshops, tutorials, and interviews. Acclaimed photographers Nobuyoshi Araki, Elliot Erwitt, and Ed Ruscha are some of the personalities presented in the filmed material. FotoTV.com's launch opens up its archives and future productions to the international English speaking community following the success demonstrated by the German website.

"FotoTV's unique and qualified online archive offers every enthusiast direct access to a host of artists, photographers, and knowledge. What is unique about FotoTV is that viewers have access to a large number of films from just one site," explains Marc Ludwig, FotoTV founder. "Furthermore, the quality of the films are assured by the experts featured in them as well as the editorial work of the FotoTV staff. Our well established parent site, FotoTV.de with its 300 films gives viewers a taste of what to expect from FotoTV.com in the future."

FotoTV.com's September launch offers new registered users the option to view 15 films free of charge in addition to a special introductory offer of Euro 29.90 (approximately US$42.60) for a year's subscription, including more than 40 films at launch.

Nikon Instruments features online image game, offers sneak peek of microscopic contest winning images

Nikon Instruments Inc., Melville, N.Y., is giving the public the chance to test its skills and interact with microscopic images typically only viewed by scientists with its new online game, "Identify the Image." The game gives players a series of five 2008 Nikon Small World finalist images and asks them to correctly identify each photomicrograph. Players are then graded based on their performance, says Nikon.

The series of images, which will be updated with a new set of five images daily, is a sneak sampling of winning images from the 2008 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. The game is available on the Nikon Small World website at www.nikonsmallworld.com.

Nikon Small World celebrates the world's best photomicrographers who create imagery while showing an understanding of advanced scientific disciplines. The Nikon Small World Competition winners will be announced Oct. 15.