Steve's
had a busy weekend putting together this brief user review of yet
another 2.3 megapixel camera, this time it's the slightly quirky Ricoh
RDC-5000 which has a sliding cover door over the LCD, 8MB of internal
storage if you don't feel like using memory cards (hmm) and SmartMedia. (04:00 GMT)
PC
Watch got their hands on a Beta Toshiba PDR-M4 (2.1 megapixels 1600x1200)
and have posted some sample images from it. It's worth noting that
this isn't a production camera and as such the final production release
may differ in quality. (04:00 GMT)
Panasonic
(Matsushita) just announced the Coolshot II which features a 1.3 megapixel
CCD (1280x960) and TWO CF card slots, interestingly this camera supports
an optional plug-in CF format USB interface. (04:00 GMT)
Just received this note from James Wakefield over
at Focus Online (one of our affiliates): Just posted a review of the
Epson Stylus Photo 1200 Printer on my site by Brian Allen, thought
it may be of interest to your readers as I believe it is the only
review currently available. (04:00 GMT)
Last
week I took a very quick poll on rec.photo.digital of what size CompactFlash
owners of that type of storage owned. Ignoring the supplied with camera
8MB CF cards the majority of owners have cards of more than 32MB. (04:00 GMT)
SanDisk Corporation today denied all allegations in
a complaint filed by Lexar Media Inc. in U.S. District Court charging
SanDisk with unfair competition, false advertising, trade libel and
interference with Lexar's business. (04:00 GMT)
The Tokyo Business Show '99 was held between 18th and
21st of May. They have brief report on the Canon A50, Ricoh RDC-5000,
Epson CP800 and an interesting digital camera add-on for the Cassiopeia
from Casio. (04:00 GMT)
Lucky
guy! Steve has posted his first impressions of a beta Japanese model
Fuji MX-2900, he says: "The soon to be released FujiFilm FinePix
2900Z (aka MX-2900) zoom has the largest CCD imager of any consumer
digicam that we have tested so far. It is an impressive 2.3 megapixel
CCD that yields 1800 x 1200 pixel images" (04:00 GMT)
Steve
has posted a short user-review of the Canon PowerShot Pro 70: "I
just finished posting my user review of the Canon PS Pro70 camera.
This is one impressive digicam and when it is mated to the Canon 380EX
Speedlite it becomes an affordable but very powerful "pro" digital
camera. The image quality is spectacular due to its superb Canon lens
and a nearly foolproof white balance and focus system." (04:00 GMT)
The
latest addition to the galleries is this set of photographs taken
yesterday at the Singapore Botanical Gardens. The gallery is "Mixed"
meaning that there are images taken with both the Kodak DC265 and
Nikon Coolpix 950. (04:00 GMT)
Our
latest digital camera review is posted, "The Kodak DC265 Zoom
(referred to as the DC265 from now onward) entered the digital camera
market recently as the upgraded release of the very popular DC260.
" (04:00 GMT)
This
just in from the Nikon Europe support site (thanks to John Edgecombe
for spotting this one). This camera is capable of Aperture/Shutter
priority exposure mode and is fitted with a connector for an external
flash unit. This allows the E-950 to be used in conjunction with studio
flash units. (04:00 GMT)
From the Society for Information
Display Show in San Jose is this info on an OEM CMOS digital
camera kit developed by Sound & Vision and HP, this camera doesn't
have a traditional LCD but instead uses Kopin's new microdisplay (as
featured on earlier in the news). (04:00 GMT)
New
2.3 Million Pixel MX-2900 Sports 3x Optical Zoom, Adaptable Lens and
Flash Features Building upon its prior digital imaging success stories,
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., announced today its latest innovation
in digital camera performance and design -- the Fujifilm MX-2900,
a new double mega-pixel model featuring a 2.3 million pixel resolution
and a 3x optical zoom lens. (04:00 GMT)
Fuji
surprise us all and announce two new and very interesting digital
cameras. The 2900Z (top) sports a 2.3Megapixel CCD @ 1800 x 1200
whilst the 1500 (bottom) is a 1.5Megapixel CCD available in a
variety of colours.
Look out Nikon, look out Olympus, look out Canon
here come Fuji... (04:00 GMT)
"We're
officially announcing the winners of the Digita Scripting Contest.
We received some really cool scripts that not only enhance the overall
digital imaging experience, but transform the camera into a variety
of in the field tools. " (04:00 GMT)
Agfa Improves a Popular ePhoto Camera by Adding Style
and Reducing Cost. The ePhoto 780c ships in a metallic blue housing
and will be available in the U.S. for the suggested price of $199. (04:00 GMT)
The Imaging Application with Ink, Voice and Text Annotations
for the latest version of Windows CE on the Palm-size PC and Handheld
PC Pro Devices. (04:00 GMT)
PC
World have posted a short article on the pros and cons of the two
top condenders, to quote: "Although some of the latest digital
cameras are small enough to fit in your shirt pocket, their prices
may bore a hole through it. Svelte new models from Nikon and Olympus
deliver beautiful, ultrahigh-resolution images, but each of them carries
a hefty $999 price tag. " (04:00 GMT)
Traditional photographers have been slow to adopt
digital cameras, as they don't want to discard the lenses and accessories
that only fit their film-based cameras. Now Kodak has an answer: it
is teaming up with chip maker Intel to produce a device that lets
a normal stills camera take digital pictures. (04:00 GMT)
World's
Smallest and Lowest Power Color VGA Displays for Ultra-Portable
Electronics Products (read also digital cameras). This
would facilitate LCD driven viewfinders which would finally give
you an SLR-TTL view of the image you're taking. (04:00 GMT)
Dreamarts
(Japan) have posted yet another invaluable direct picture quality
comparison of the top consumer digital cameras. This one also demonstrates
the difference between each cameras field of view from wide to zoom.
(04:00 GMT)
Increased Quality and Lower Prices Enhance Mass Market
Appeal for Digital Cameras, IDC Says. Worldwide Digital Camera Sales
Will Approach 4.7 Million Units in 1999. (04:00 GMT)
VuePrint
7.4 is now available for downloading. If you previously paid $40.00
to register VuePrint, then this is a free upgrade. (Now with improved
Canon CRW import and Nikon Coolpix 950 support). (04:00 GMT)
"Toshiba's
new PDR-M3 expands on its megapixel brother with the addition of a
3x (35-105mm 35mm equivalent) optical zoom lens with macro focus down
to only 25cm. Toshiba made some other improvements over the PDR-M1
that improved the overall picture quality. " (04:00 GMT)
Canon
U.S.A. today announced the immediate availability of the HyperPhoto
System, a fully-integrated digital photo production system. Offering
the finest photo-quality output on the market today with 1,200 dots
per inch (dpi) resolution, HyperPhoto transforms negatives and transparencies,
reflective art, and digital media into calendars, postcards, stickers,
composites and other creative mediums. (04:00 GMT)
According to a new report from InfoTrends Research
Group, Inc., a new breed of photo minilabs, called digital minilabs,
are poised to play a critical role in the mainstream adoption of digital
photography by allowing users to bypass the hassles associated with
processing and printing digital photographs themselves. (04:00 GMT)
A few years ago, the memory-card market for digital
cameras was up for grabs as competing formats fought for industry
acceptance. Today, it's much less of an issue, as CompactFlash cards,
introduced by SanDisk Corp. in 1994, are now used in more than 70%
of all digital-camera designs, according to International Data Corp. (04:00 GMT)
Steve's
had a busy weekend putting together this brief user review of yet
another 2.3 megapixel camera, this time it's the slightly quirky Ricoh
RDC-5000 which has a sliding cover door over the LCD, 8MB of internal
storage if you don't feel like using memory cards (hmm) and SmartMedia. (04:00 GMT)
PC
Watch got their hands on a Beta Toshiba PDR-M4 (2.1 megapixels 1600x1200)
and have posted some sample images from it. It's worth noting that
this isn't a production camera and as such the final production release
may differ in quality. (04:00 GMT)
Panasonic
(Matsushita) just announced the Coolshot II which features a 1.3 megapixel
CCD (1280x960) and TWO CF card slots, interestingly this camera supports
an optional plug-in CF format USB interface. (04:00 GMT)
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