Eastman Kodak Company has introduced a new advance development in Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensor technology that significantly improves performance for applied imaging applications. Their new Interline Transfer CCD technology platform will be the basis for a full portfolio of image sensor products targeted to markets such as industrial and scientific imaging - starting [...]
Now here is some interesting piece of news from www.smh.com.au which claims that Kodak has developed sensors that can take photos in low light. To me this seems like they are increasing the ISO to about 2 -4 times the normal level, but what about noise. These are no mention of the noise or the [...]
Here are some interesting facts for 2006 for digital cameras. According to Reuters, Canon has topped the market share in global digital camera shipments in 2006, however South Korea’s Samsung Electronics jumped up the ranks to 5th place from 9th a year ago. Nikon is ranked 6th in the world.
Tokyo-based Canon shipped 19.7 million digital [...]
Eastman Kodak Company continues its leadership position in image sensor technology with the release of the KODAK KAI-16000 Image Sensor, offering the highest resolution interline transfer CCD image sensor.
The only problem for DSLR manufacturers is that the sensor is only available for commercial and industrial markets. It builds on Kodaks robust CCD technology, which [...]
Did you know that DSLR camera have an expected shutter-life on their camera? This is the number of times the shutter is activated (actuations) before the mechanism fails. Although it is not an absolute figure, it does exit.
You see, on a good days shooting, a normal film SLR camera could use up 10 rolls [...]
Dpreview has a in-depth review of the Kodak Easyshare 6 megapixels Z650. Since it is the replacement of the the Kodak Z740 and being lower in specification to the P850, the rating is just an above average.
Here is the conclusion of their review.
“When Kodak launched it’s first ‘SLR-like’ super zoom, the DX6490, back in 2003 [...]
Maya Raber, a director of engineering since 2002 at Kodak’s was dismissed when she voiced her objections against a cost saving project that may damage the file through compressions when uploading a file to their website.
She was in charge of developing software for Kodak’s popular Easy Share Gallery in Emeryville, however the company came up [...]
Kodak pulled out of the lucrative DSLR market last year with the last camera being the full frame 14 mega pixels Kodak DCS Pro. Although not a big player in this market, they are a major player in the compact market. In addition, they are also a major supplier of CCD sensors and are also [...]
Kodak has just announced the release of two high resolution CCD image sensor for professional photography. The sensors is the KAF-39000 and KAF-31600 image sensor (see below) with 39 and 31.6 megapixels respectively. These sesnors will offer professional camera and camera back manufacturers resolution and image detail that was once unimaginable for digital cameras at [...]