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Kodak Professional has unveiled a multifaceted eBusiness plan to sell products online. Through Kodak's web site www.kodak.com/go/professional, customers will soon be able to buy products, submit and track orders and make payments. The strategy unveiled includes three major components: enabling online retail sales of Kodak Professional products; simplifying and strengthening the customer interface through the Internet for photo labs and dealers of Kodak Professional products; and further bolstering the popular and award-winning content in Kodak Professional's portion of www.kodak.com. The strategy will unfold in phases throughout 2000. Information: Kodak Professional, Eastman Kodak Company, 343 State St., Rochester, NY 14650-0414, (716) 724-9035.

Phase One, the world leader in digital photography, has announced the formation of a portrait and wedding photographer mentor group. Included in this mentor group-formed of Phase One's LightPhase users-is Jeff Lubin of McLean, CA, Bambi Cantrell of Pleasant Hill, CA, Larry Peters of London, OH, and Lisa Jane Murphy of Houston, TX. This mentor group, which represents different segments of the portrait and wedding industry, will serve Phase one in a variety of ways: They will contribute to the design and the user interface enhancements of the present and future Phase One LightPhase products including hardware and software; they will contribute articles on how they have adopted digital capture into their business operations and how photographers can best approach this transition; and at trade shows the mentors will be available at the Phase One booth for photographic demonstrations and to answer questions. Information: (631) 757-0400, fax: (631) 757-2217.

IBM has once again empowered digital artist/photographer Laurence Gartel [see July, 1999 Rangefinder] with the fastest personal computer ever made: an 800 MHz, AMD Athlon Processor. (This machine is not on the market and will not be for some time.) With built in CD-RW, and DVD Drive, what took half a day to render 3D models in the past, will now take a matter of minutes.

Paving the way for more on-site retail digital processing options, George Briggs, General Manager of OnSite Pictures (OSP),a division of Qualex, and Senior Vice-president of Qualex, announces the appointment of Peter Orsini to Director, OnSite Pictures Digital Products and Services. Orsini's primary objective will be to work within OSP to provide strategic direction as the marketplace changes from strictly analog to including digital products and services.

Photogenic Professional Lighting now has a new Web site called photogenicpro.com. The site is meant as an additional resource for dealers and professional portrait and commercial photographers interested in finding out the latest about studio and location lighting and light-shaping accessories. The site will also feature company news and new product tips and trends, and will be updated monthly as Photogenic introduces new products. Photogenicpro.com has links to Photogenic's newest offerings, including the Photogenic PowerLight PL2 Series and system controller software, which is one of the most advanced lighting systems in the world, and the StudioMax portable lighting system, a compact lighting kit for photographers at all levels. Information: (800) 245-1417, fax: (330) 758-3667.