News archive: page 149: Digital Photography Review

Sep21

These samples, taken by their resident pro photographer Yamada were taken using what PC Watch call a "production body" in RAW format then compressed back into JPEG for viewing in a web browser. Note: my D1 gallery contains combinations of straight JPEGs and RAWs exported from Nikon View DX as JPEG.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 21, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep20

Agfa re-launch ePhoto 1680 with "LE"

Say What? Yup... they've dropped the official price to $549, other than that it's the old camera:

Comments 0 Published: Sep 20, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep19

Exclusive: Nikon D1 Hands-on Part II

EXCLUSIVE: I have had an exclusive hands-on preview and shooting session with the latest pre-production model of the Nikon D1 (Sample 235), this generation three pre-production camera is said to be very close to the final production unit.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 19, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep16

New Site Feature: Owners Opinion

Introducing a new level of interactivity to readers of Digital Photography Review. Do you own a Digital Camera? Probably, in a recent survey we conducted over 65% of you do. Noting a recent trend on the Forums of people posting mini-reviews we've now extended the functionality of the Cameras Database to accept Owners Ratings and Owners Reviews (in short Owners Opinion).

Comments 0 Published: Sep 16, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep15

Fuji announce MX-1200 budget digicam

Fuji today announced their latest in a now vast range of digital cameras, the budget MX-1200 aimed squarely at the $300 price level. It's a 1.3 megapixel, 38mm fixed lens, SmartMedia digicam with tiny proportions and light weight.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 15, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep14

PC Watch post BIG image quality comparison

PC Watch's resident professional photographer Yamada has updated his large array of sample images from most of the current (and upcoming) digital cameras on the market, a great way for you to see how the image quality of one camera stands up against another. Updated (now fine weather shots): Toshiba PDR-M5, Casio QV-2000UX, QV-8000SX. Fuji MX1700Z UPDATED: ADDED SONY DSC-F505 Samples

Comments 0 Published: Sep 14, 1999 at 04:00:00

Nikon D1: Interchangeable CCD?

A very short item this one, but I've had a rumour (and I don't normally publish unconfirmed rumours but this one is just TOO interesting). The rumour is that the D1 will indeed have an interchangeable CCD, that means that in its current configuration it'll be 2.74 megapixels. Nikon would then in the future release upgrades (probably only installable by their service centers) which would allow you to always be on the cutting edge of image resolution. If this is true it makes the D1 a very, very economical purchase and almost future-proofs it (especially if the firmware is user-upgradeable which we can assume it will be).

Comments 0 Published: Sep 14, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep13

Sony DSC-F505 / Olympus C-2500L samples

I often get requests from readers for "more flesh tone photos", well these aren't mine but are some I found on a popular Japanese site "ASCII/DOS V", their resident professional photographer Kazuhisa Nishikawa has posted two small galleries of F505 and C-2500L shots, there's even a Canon EOS D2000 (Kodak DCS520) gallery to compare them to.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 13, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep11

Steve Sanders posts most of his Casio QV-2000UX review

Steve's been busy again, this time with the Casio QV-2000UX, which looks to be an interesting camera with some neat features (not least of being the ability to create HTML index pages within the camera)... "The QV-2000UX proves that Casio is up to the challenge, it is a 2.1 megapixel camera that easily competes (and beats) many other cameras. It features a CompactFlash Type II slot that handles any size CF Type I card or the IBM Microdrive. There's USB connectivity for very fast downloads to PC or Mac computers. Inside is a large internal RAM buffer that allows capture of up to 5 full-size images at the rate of one picture every 1.5 seconds. "

Comments 0 Published: Sep 11, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep10

30x extra battery life from Li-Ion batteries

Thanks to Andy Williams who sent over this hot news story from the excellent UK technology journal "The Register": You could soon talk on your mobile phone for much longer between battery recharge sessions, thanks to some nifty research from Tottori University in Japan. If the breakthrough gains commercial acceptance, the life of a lithium ion (Li-Ion) battery could be 30 times as long.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 10, 1999 at 04:00:00

PC Watch report on PC Expo 99, part III

PC Watch report on another day at PC Expo 99, Japan. This time not that much on the Digital Photography front other than a MemoryStick USB reader/writer, Lexar's JumpShot USB CompactFlash card, HP's new printer with SmartMedia and CompactFlash slots.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 10, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep9

Yamada reports on World Expo 99 part II

PC Watch's resident professional cameraman Yamada reports on the World PC Expo 99 in Japan for the second time, this time he visits Kodak, Casio, Ricoh, Canon, Epson, Toshiba and Panasonic (Matsushita in Japan).

Comments 0 Published: Sep 9, 1999 at 04:00:00

PC Watch post detailed PDR-M5 specs

PC Watch have posted the specifications of Toshiba's upcoming PDR-M5, it has the fairly generic 2.14 megapixels, 3 x zoom (40mm - 120mm), up to 2 minute motion JPEG AVI video, SmartMedia and USB. More specs inside. (Anyone else think it looks like a whale?)

Comments 0 Published: Sep 9, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep8

PC Watch publish digital camera sales chart

PC Watch Digital Camera Sales Charts: In Japan, the Fuji MX1500 still holds the number one place closely followed by the Olympus C-2000Z (they're selling a barrel load of these!) and the Sanyo DSC-SX150. Amazingly the ever faithful Olympus C900-Zoom (D400Z) hangs on for fourth place. The Nikon Coolpix 950 surges on the back of new stock.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 8, 1999 at 04:00:00

DPReview.com

The observant amongst you may have noticed the addition of "www.dpreview.com" under the logo in the side-bar. This is an indication of our new domain name, you can now access the site at our new address of www.dpreview.com, we intend on leaving the old photo.askey.net address for as long as possible.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 8, 1999 at 04:00:00

Canon BeBit post S10 specifications and sample images

Many thanks to Steven Dong who posted this hot tip on the forums, Canon have put specifications and two sample images from their tiny 2.1 megapixel marvel the Canon PowerShot S10. From what I can see of the sample images the quality of shots from this camera is very impressive.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 8, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep7

Sony DSC-F505 and Nikon D1 at PC Expo 99

PC Watch's resident pro photograph Yamada reports on the digital cameras on show at the special preview day of World PC Expo 99, Chiba, Japan. Sony and Nikon steal the show, Sony with a 40:1 scaled-up model of the DSC-F505, Nikon give visitors opportunity to have hands-on with the D1 (still prototype).

Comments 0 Published: Sep 7, 1999 at 04:00:00

Delkin Introduce 128MB CF Type I

Delkin Devices Introduces the Highest Capacity CompactFlash Card On the Market, new 128MB CompactFlash card. We previously reported on Delkins announcement of up to 80MB (soon to be 224MB) CF type II cards, this 128MB monster is a type I card which means it will work in the majority of CF digital cameras.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 7, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sony announce 3.24 megapixel CCD's

Sony Core technology announce ICX252 series of 3.24 megapixel (2088 x 1550) CCD's, ushering in a potential new wave of 3 megapixel digital cameras. The CCD comes in two different packages and two different colour array patterns.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 7, 1999 at 04:00:00

PC Watch post BIG image quality comparison

This is the second big comparison PC Watch have posted, their resident professional photographer Yamada has compiled this large array of sample images from most of the current (and upcoming) digital cameras on the market, a great way for you to see how the image quality of one camera stands up against another. Added this time are: Olympus C-2500L, Sony DSC-F505, Fuji MX1700Z and Casio QV-2000UX.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 7, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep6

Toshiba announce PDR-M5

Toshiba today announced the PDR-M5, 3x Optical Zoom, 2.14 (?) megapixels (1600 x 1200), fast burst shooting (2fps), SmartMedia, Manual controls, supplied rechargeable Lithium battery.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 6, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep4

Imagek becomes SiliconFilm

The previously-thought-of-as-vapourware company Imagek has changed its name to Silicon Film and is now touting a 24 shot, 1280 x 1024 insertable digital film cartridge solution for traditional 35mm cameras.

Comments 1 Published: Sep 4, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sep3

Sony DSC-F505 Review Online

Exclusive: Here it is, the review I'm sure many of you have been waiting for. The Sony DSC-F505. A very capable and interesting camera, with great image quality, lots of functionality and one of the best LCD's I've ever used on a digital camera.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 3, 1999 at 04:00:00

News Archive search engine

A new feature on this site will soon be the ability to search the news archives, free text, "plain english" and logical searching will be supported, the search engine is currently undergoing testing, as part of this I'm making the search page (still in BETA) available for any brave souls who wish to test it.

Comments 0 Published: Sep 3, 1999 at 04:00:00

Epson PhotoPC 850Z photo and specifications

Here from an anonymous source is a shot of a prototype Epson PhotoPC 850Z, this interesting 2.11 megapixel camera has a fast F2.0 - F2.8, three times zoom lens (35mm - 105mm), flash hot-shoe, USB and can take CompactFlash type I or type II (meaning it can take the new larger capacity CF cards such as IBM's 340MB Microdrive).

Comments 0 Published: Sep 3, 1999 at 04:00:00

Aug31

HP announce new printers and cameras

HP announce eight new printers, eight new scanners and two digital cameras.

Comments 0 Published: Aug 31, 1999 at 06:58:00

Aug30

Epson announces 850Z, 2.1 megapixel USB, 3x zoom

Epson Introduces Its Most Powerful, Versatile and Advanced Digital Camera -- the PhotoPC 850Z

Comments 0 Published: Aug 30, 1999 at 04:00:00

Aug27

Printroom.Com: Turning images into real photographs

Just received an email about this very interesting new service on the net which allows you to turn your digital photos into real prints, here's the press release:

Comments 2 Published: Aug 27, 1999 at 04:00:00

Canon announce the S10

So, my prototype was a product after all :) About three weeks ago we published a picture and specifications of a product named the S10, today Canon have officially announced it and it matches our specifications and design.

Comments 0 Published: Aug 27, 1999 at 04:00:00

Sony DSC-F505 First Impressions

Today I was lucky enough to take delivery of a brand new Sony DSC-F505 which is on loan for review. This camera has created quite a stir these last couple of weeks with a clever marketing campaign executed by Sony and a huge interest shown in the camera.

Comments 0 Published: Aug 27, 1999 at 04:00:00

Aug26

Welcome to the new server!

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Comments 0 Published: Aug 26, 1999 at 04:00:00

Fuji publish picture of MX-1700 zoom mechanism

On the back of their announcement of the MX-1700 Zoom, Fuji have also published a press release and photograph of the groundbreaking 3x zoom mechanism used in the new MX-1700.

Comments 0 Published: Aug 26, 1999 at 04:00:00

Olympus C2500L 2.5 Megapixel Digital SLR

Olympus officially announce the C2500L Digital SLR. This 2.5 megapixel 3X zoom true-SLR digital camera has some unique features, the most interesting of which being it's dual media port, the camera can take both CompactFlash and SmartMedia.

Comments 0 Published: Aug 26, 1999 at 04:00:00

Fuji announce MX-1700, 1.5 megapixel, 3x zoom

Fuji have announced the MX 1700 Zoom. Designed similarly to the MX2700 (and older MX700) it's a 1.5 megapixel (1280 x 1024), where it breaks away from its older syblings is that it has a 3X optical zoom (38mm - 114mm) making it the smallest and lightest 1.5 megapixel zoom digital camera yet.

Comments 0 Published: Aug 26, 1999 at 04:00:00

Olympus to release D450Z upgraded D400Z

An anonymous contact has let me know that Olympus will be releasing a new camera named the D450Z, it will apparently be the same form factor and resolution as the ever popular D400Z (AKA. C900Z) but will feature much faster operation and new burst mode operable in any resolution. This info should become more apparent towards the end of August, suggested retail price will be around the $500 mark.

Comments 0 Published: Aug 26, 1999 at 04:00:00

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Comments 0 Published: Aug 26, 1999 at 17:55:00

Aug25

And the winners are...

Congratulations to the following people, who won an Olympus C-2000Z in the contest that we participated in along with Imaging Resource and DC Resource:

Comments 0 Published: Aug 25, 1999 at 04:00:00

Aug24

New Brand Specific Forums now available

In an attempt to improve the quality of the information available on our forums we've decided to create brand specific forums for the top five Digital Camera brands