it’s ironic how things have changed. Polaroid, the company that created the instant camera just after the Second World War, yesterday filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than a decade.
The company, which now makes digital cameras, printers and photo frames, said that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after [...]
Yes, that’s right a 160 mega pixel in a digital camera. Although not the most portable camera, the Seitz photo Seitz 6×17 Digital takes a massive 160 mega pixels.
Here are some of the features
Create a high-resolution (160 million pixel) 6 x17 digital scan in just one second
Capture action thanks to a minimum exposure speed [...]
Here is an interesting summary on various ISO modes in compact digital cameras by Dpreview.
There is a lot of variation in the appearance high ISO output of different cameras, but they’re all crippled by the same small sensors / lack of sensitivity. (except for the 6megapixels Fujifilm models)
Do not expect to be able to [...]
Amazon.com has purchased Dpreview.com on the 14th May 2007 and it will be interesting to see if the reviews by Phil and his team are NOT biased and are editorially independent from AMAZON. Imagine after a few month of Dpreview under the CONTROL of Amazon management. Who is really in control? Who controls what can [...]
PICA (Photo Imaging Council Australia) has joined with PMA (Photo Marketing Association International) in a venture to promote a new concept for the Asia-Pacific photo imaging industry show to be held in Melbourne Australia, May 3-7, 2007. Under the terms of the agreement, the new show will become a major event in the international PMA [...]
Now here is a rugged camera, the Phantom Miro 3. Although it has a low resolution of 0.26 mega pixels, it has a super quick frame rate of 2200 frames per second!
The camera was revealed by Vision Research, their first member in a new line of Phantom high-speed digital cameras at the NAB in Las [...]
A review by CNET in the UK about a camera combat between the Camera phones, a digital compact camera and a digital DSLR has to be the worst review I have ever read. In fact the review is more like a primary school project and I think this is where it is aimed.
In this [...]
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 [...]
According to Reuters, fewer shoppers reached for digital cameras as a gift during the holiday season, leading to the first-ever quarterly decline in U.S. shipments, according to an industry report issued on Thursday.
In a clear sign the U.S. market has matured, shipments of digital cameras fell 3 percent in the fourth quarter to 12.1 million [...]
Now here is an interesting alternative method to cleaning your DSLR sensor. It is an adhesive-based DSLR sensor clearer called DUST-AIDâ„¢ that will offer a unique solution for DSLR camera photographers seeking a safe and easy way of cleaning their dusty sensors.
It was developed and tested for contamination using extremely sensitive Fourier Transform [...]