Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras
During the same 24 hours that BenQ called it quits on the digital camera market, Kodak has reportedly had similar thoughts when eying its low-end camera lineup. According to CNET, Kodak President Antonio Perez shared that the firm would be “abandoning the low-end of the digital camera business” at the JPMorgan Technology Conference in Boston. He also added that while the company “wasn’t making much money” in that segment, it was developing its own five-megapixel CMOS sensor to be used in a (presumably mid-range) Kodak-branded digicam. More interesting, however, was the addition that this very sensor would also make its way into “several Motorola cell phones by the end of the year.” Unsurprisingly, Mr. Perez was fairly tight-lipped about any further details on the deal, but it’s about time we saw something more advanced than a grainy 1.3-megapixel shooter built into mainstream handsets.
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Try not to look too shocked that BenQ’s digital camera sales haven’t exactly been brisk enough to warrant clinging tight to the division (wait, they sold cameras?); not long after BenQ’s Siemens-laden phone business rolled right over, now the firm is cutting additional corners with cameras. Ability Enterprise, the, um, lucky bidder on the business is said to be snagging it for under $3 million US. See, now you know exactly how much you’d have to fork out to take on a crapcam business of your very own.
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Pfff, 10 megapixels is for sissies. Casio, like Panasonic earlier today, just pumped out their own 12.1 megapixel shooter, the Exilim Zoom EX-Z1200. A 1/1.7-inch CCD and 3x zoom lens will be responsible for collecting the photons while the Exilim Engine 2.0 processing attempts to make sense of it all. Casio’s flagship compact also delivers CCD-shift image stabilization and range of blur-reduction technologies bent on making the most of that ISO 1600 sensivity — if reviews of its EX-Z1000 cuz are anything to go by then that’s probably not saying much. Face detection and motion analysis technologies enable the camera to lock focus onto a subject’s face and then track it as the person moves. Rounding things out are a decent 2.8-inch wide LCD, SDHC card support, a lazy 3 shot per second burst mode, and H.264 video recordings at a maximum 848 x 480 resolution and just 20fps. No price listed, but it had better slide in for less than the superior spec’d DMC-FX100 if they hope to compete.
[Via Digital Photography Review]
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Oh boy, lookie lookie. Panasonic just announced their new Lumix FX top-ender, the DMC-FX100. Packing a 1/1.72-inch, 12.2 megapixel CCD, this compact shooter manages to squeeze in a 28mm wide-angle Leica DC lens with 3.6x optical zoom. The cam features VE III processing along with Panny’s Mega Optical Image Stabilizer and Intelligent ISO control (up to a 6400 sensitivity) to reduce blurring. Shutter release is measured at 0.009 seconds while bursting 8 shots per second at full resolution. It even records WVGA (848 x 480) video at 30fps or 1280 x 720 at 15fps direct to SDHC/SD cards. Nice, should be a winner by the time the reviews roll around.
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Yes, it requires 35mm film. Yes, it looks cheaper than a disposable camera. No, it doesn’t have a flash. But who cares? The Lomo Oktomat’s got 8 separate lenses which shoot in succession over 2.5 seconds, allowing a little extra creativity into your photographs. The $40 Oktomat produces some interesting shots, but we’ll leave it up to you whether you think it’s worth anyone’s time and money. To help you make up your mind, we’ve included a link to the 500 photo strong Optomat Flickr group, from which the above shot is from.
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Filed under: Digital Cameras
While Sony was showing off its new Alpha DSLRs all the way back at
PMA in March (where we snapped up
plenty of pics of ‘em), it looks like the company is just now starting to let loose some official shots to flaunt the cameras in their best possible light. Unfortunately, they aren’t yet providing any specs to go along with the pics, although we do know that the cameras will boast the same BIONZ image processor and image stabilization of Sony’s
A100, which these cams are set to succeed. From the looks of it, Sony will have more to say about ‘em at the Seoul International Photo & Imaging Industry Show that’s just getting underway. Until then, you can check out a couple more pics of the various models after the break.
Continue reading More pics of Sony’s new Alpha DSLRs surface
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Filed under: Desktops, Digital Cameras, Displays
Here’s a novel spin to the desktop bundle: Epson’s Digital Darkroom system. The system starts at around ¥600,000 (about $5,000) and features Epson’s PX-5800 inkjet printer, GT-X900 scanner, P-5000 photo viewer, the 21-inch WSXGA+ capable ColorEdge CE210W monitor from EIZO, and Photoshop CS2 (yes, CS2 not CS3) running on an Endeavor CM3100 desktop. An average system presumably targeting indolent wedding photographers. Sorry, digital camera, desk, chair, and light meter not included.
[Via Impress]
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Keeping its promise to have the EZ201 Small Wonder on store shelves this Spring, RCA has just announced that its flash-based camcorder is available now at Circuit City locations. As expected, this 5.25-ounce video recorder sports a ho hum enclosure, no optical zoom, 512MB of internal memory, a 1.5-inch LCD, MemoryManager software, and a SD expansion slot as well. The device is also compatible with Box.net’s online storage / sharing service, touts an EZ Grab feature that allows users to easily snag still shots from live action footage, and can function for two solid hours on a pair of AA cells. Best of all, however, is the price that CC is currently charging for this budget-minded device, as the $119.99 asking price is a full $10 less than we had previously seen, and you’ll even get a 1GB SD card thrown in gratis.
[Via Physorg]
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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Misc. Gadgets
One of the oldest and most successful tricks in the book could be finally meeting its match, as the infamous “bag drop” seen in countless silver screen suspense flicks is now the focal point of the European Union’s latest investment in intelligent cameras. The EU has partnered with ten other companies and research institutes to fund the $3.11 million ISCAPS (Integrated Surveillance of Crowded Areas for Public Security) project, which does a fair job in and of itself explaining the duties. While the Brits are wading through gobs of surveillance issues in their own land, this attempt to utilize smart camera systems to pick up “abandoned bags, erratic movements, loitering, or suspicious vehicle movements” could cause quite a bit of fuss right next door. The crew has purportedly done extensive interviewing with security experts to program in what could be classified as dodgy behavior in a bustling locale, but the ultimate decision to approach someone of their motives would still be left up to a human (at least for the time being). Looks like your plans to pull off a Thomas Crown Affair of your own just got spoiled, eh?
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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays
Quite a few digiframes have come and gone since eStarling’s original iteration hit the market early last year, but the company is coming back swinging with a swankier, larger, and soundly priced 2.0 edition. The eStarling 2.0 WiFi digital photo frame now dons a sleek, piano black casing, a seven-inch widescreen display, 480 x 234 resolution, support for 802.11b/g, WEP, and WPA, a four-in-one multicard reader that handles MMC, MS, CF, and SD, and the obligatory Web 2.0 features that make this thing attractive. As with version one, you can still view photos from a Flickr RSS feed, and you can even email pictures in from your mobile or alternate location to give your household pets a glance at where the master’s currently hanging. Notably, you will need a Windows-based computer to get things up and running, and while we’ve certainly seen frames with more detailed displays and classier motifs, the web-enabled WPF-187 still only costs $249.99.
[Via TRFJ]
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