Fujitsu Limited has announced the release of its new LSI image-processing chip MB91680A-T, for use with cutting edge Foveon X3 image sensors and 3CCD technology, as a new addition to Fujitsu’s Milbeautâ„¢ line of advanced image processing LSI chips for digital cameras, which includes the flagship model MB91680. The new chip enables sharp, high-quality images [...]

Pixinfo.com has a very good review on the effectiveness of different sensor cleaning system in digital SLR cameras. They devised a test method that compares each of the different dust removal systems to remove dust from the sensor under standard conditions . The four manufacturers were Canon (400D / Rebel Xti), Pentax (K10D), Olympus [...]

It seems the marketing department at Nikon has put enormous effort into its “Vibration Reduction” lenses by creating a new dedicated website. The website has some great videos that goes through a step by step process of the blurring problems associated with normal lenses, followed by the benefits of its new Vibration Reduction lenses such [...]

Here is some interesting news that Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, has overhauled the basic building block of the information age, paving the way for a new generation of faster and more energy-efficient processors.
According to the New York Times, company researchers said the advance represented the most significant change in the materials used to [...]

According to the IBM press release, scientists from IBM, Macronix and Qimonda has announced joint research results that give a major boost to a new type of computer memory with the potential to be the successor to flash memory chips, which are widely used in computers and consumer electronics like digital cameras and portable music [...]

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 [...]

It seems that Canon is the only camera manufacturer to really push the advantages of a full framed sensor. They have two DSLR, the EOS-1Ds Mark II and the EOS 5D which incorporates the full-frame CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensors. As Nikon and other top camera manufacturers have yet to enter the full [...]

According to an interview with the Assistant Manager, Product Planning and R&D Department for Nikon, Charles- André Wamberque, full frame sensor may become a reality when the cost decreases.
Here’s what he says:
“We never said we abandoned the full frame. But then again, we never said when we will introduce a camera with a full frame [...]

After a long 3 years, Sigma will be releasing a new DSLR called the SD14 on the 26th September 2006. The new Sigma SD14 replaces the Sigma SD10 which is the only DSLR in the world to incorporate the Foveon X3 CMOS sensor.
Rumors has it that the new Sigma SD14 will have a 14 megapixel [...]

According to the press release by EurekAlert, researchers at the University of Toronto have created a semiconductor device that outperforms today’s conventional chips. This is made it simply by process similar to painting a liquid onto a piece of glass.
The finding, which represents the first time a so-called “wet” semiconductor device has bested traditional, more [...]