August 24
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. "
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.
Digital Photography Review exceeds one million page
impressions per month and keeps on growing. Many thanks to all my
visitors for helping make the site such a success in such a short
time.
Olympus America Inc., Digital & Imaging Systems Group,
world leader in film and filmless photography, today announced the Olympus
USB SmartMedia Reader/Writer, the fastest way to download images from any
SmartMedia digital camera. The new device complements the Olympus line of
connectivity options, which includes serial, parallel, and PCMCIA port image
download capability, and floppy disk compatibility, making the Olympus product
offerings broader than any other.
Kodak Professional post new firmware for both the DCS520/560
(Canon EOS D2000 / D6000) and DCS620. Updates include tuned up Portrait
mode and minor interface refinements.
The
Japanese site PC Watch have posted a "first impressions"
of the Olympus C-21, here's the complete translation of their article.
UPDATED: Comparison picsA warning to people who post photographs on Geocities:
Yahoo, faced with a growing boycott of its recently launched, integrated
Yahoo-GeoCities, said today it is likely to announce a change in its
terms of service, which many users believe gives away rights to their
intellectual property.
Foveon Inc. has built a high-end digital still camera
that aims to rival the quality of analog film. The new startup is
backed by Carver Mead, the inventor of the gallium-arsenide transistor,
the silicon compiler and the artificial retina. Although Mead is not
revealing details of the three analog VLSI image chips that are to
be used in place of a charge-coupled device (CCD), he claims the Foveon
camera spits out a 48-Mbyte, 4,000 x 4,000-pixel Photoshop file.
Nikon Japan (as expected) have just posted the Coolpix
950 v1.1 firmware update, uploadable from both PC and Mac via
serial cable.
PC Watch Digital Camera Sales Charts:
In Japan, the Fuji MX1500 bursts its way into the first place in the
sales charts, the Olympus C2000Z is pushed down to second place and
Kodak's new DC280 breaks in at number 7.
And Sony reveal a little more info, auto/manual focus,
macro mode, manual white balance preset, spot metering and
by fiddling with the image they've posted I've managed to discover
it has a 10 x zoom (can't confirm if that's 10 x optical or 5
x optical, 2 x digital). We also know it has an L shaped profile,
video output, will use Memory Stick for storage (whoopy doo!),
has a Carl Zeiss lens and USB. Other rumours indicate a 5x zoom
lens.
So today is Monday 16th, my site is down but I can
still create news items, so hopefully y'all see this as soon as
things get better.
This from one of our readers from Amateur Photographer (UK): "Scientists from Cambridge University and Hitachi have developed technology that is likely to produce digital cameras which can store millions of images."
Just posted: the latest of our 2 megapixel digital camera reviews comes the Fuji MX-2700. "The MX-2700 is Fuji's answer to the easily pocketable easy-to-use 2 megapixel class camera and to that extent it fits the bill. A worthy successor to the popular MX-700."
The Sony DSC-D700 caused quite a stir in the Digital Photography world when it was announced last year. Many people were excited by it's specifications: five times zoom, full SLR-TTL viewfinder, 1.5 Megapixel CCD and all the manual controls you'd expect to find on a true SLR.
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. "
It's here folks, a complete in-depth review of what is probably one of the most eagerly awaited digital cameras of 1999. From specifications to body and construction, operation, menus, timings, file sizes, all the features, image quality, samples galleries and more...
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.
The Japanese Technology news site PCWatch post the first
Nikon Coolpix 950 review, although this is a beta machine, and the
review is in Japanese.
Epson's Image Authentication System Provides Users
With Image Validation Technology for Applications in Law Enforcement,
Insurance and Quality Assurance Inspections
To all those people who are patiently waiting for my
Coolpix 950 review...
A survey conducted last week by the Consumer Electronics
Manufacturers Association (CEMA) found that digital consumer electronics
products top Dad's list of Father's Day gift ideas. When asked to choose
from a list of consumer electronics devices, the majority of fathers surveyed
(25 percent) indicated that they would like to receive a personal computer,
or a digital camera or camcorder (15 percent) as a Father's Day gift. A
DVD player and a color television tied for third place (8 percent each)
and a cellular phone or pager ranked fifth (6 percent).
Anyone
getting tired of this yet?? Sony today revealed that the new DSC
will have an MPEG capability. Not really a surprise saying that
several of the Mavicas and the recent DSC-F55 do. This image also
confirms my guess of yesterday that the camera has a hybrid available
light / backlit LCD. One other thing, todays page notes the next
release as 20th (Friday) which we can safely assume will be the
launch date and they can finally reveal all.
Our latest professional digital camera review: The Kodak DCS 620 (based on the Nikon F5 body, 2 megapixel CCD)
Dave Sheldon reviews his recently acquired Sony DSC-D700,
some first impressions.
New TWAIN drivers for the Powershot Pro70, A5, A5Zoom,
A50 and 350.
The Nikon Coolpix 950 comes back into the charts at
no.3 to the Sony DSC-F55K and Olympus C2000-Z.
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).
This is the latest word from the NikonTech USA
website:
Even though I've already updated my 950 (it's a
PAL version) the US and EUROPE have officially announced their
firmware updates, heres what the US site says:
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"
The latest and potential most useful addition to the
site is this complete digital photography glossary, dive in, browse
around and maybe you'll learn a little.
Nikon Japan have posted the first official Nikon Coolpix
950 samples
Reader Gino Creglia sent me this info on some experimentation
he's done with a Tiffen 2.0x telephoto and 0.05x super-wide angle
John Cowley, the author over at Lone Star Digital has
just completed his review of the Kodak DCS315.
Don't you love the internet...
Lots more exclusive photographs from the Olympus booth
at CeBIT. This time we've got seven different shots of the Olympus
C-2500L and two of a new unknown Olympus camera.
I just returned from a long weekend, so what's available
and how much?
Found on a Japanese website
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