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Vivitar digital camera sale at King Sturge's website

The ill-fated longtime photography entrepreneur Vivitar is now selling what's left in its UK warehouses, starting on Tuesday, the 14th of October at 10am and closing on Thursday, 16th October at 1pm. The sale comes after Eddie Kerr & Brian Hamblin asked King Sturge to dispose of the company's assets. Around 13,000 digital cameras and camcorders, all brand new and boxed, will be sold along with other photographic equipment. A total of 990 lots will be sold over two days with an online auction at the King Sturge website...

LG launches LG-KC780 8 megapixel portrait phone

LG launches the 8 Mp LG-KC780 portrait phone, a slim slider phone just 13.9 mm thick, that includes a large 2.4-inch widescreen LCD. The new KC780 is a full featured handset and includes the latest in mobile phones, including Smart Bluetooth technology, which opens up a number of new options when the phone is connected to your personal computer. For example, the phone's camera can also be used as a webcam for use in online conversations. The new LG-KC780 camera phone will go on sale in November in Europe...

Casio releases EX-FH20 firmware update v. 1.01

Casio releases firmware update version 1.01 for the EX-FH20, the speedy digital camera thas has been announced only last month. This update should improve the performance for memory card storage when shooting movies. In that case a CLASS6 equivalent transfer speed memory card is recommended...

BenQ upgrades C Series lineup with DC C1060

BenQ launches the 10-megapixel BenQ DC C1060, featuring a front to back leather handle. The new C1060 is equipped with a 2.7 inch LCD display, Super Shake Free system with a high sensitivity of ISO3200 which enables you to take pictures in dim lighting without the need for artificial flash. The 3x optical zoom in movie mode allows you to zoom in and out during video recording 720 x 400 (16:9) or 640 x 480 at 30fps in M_JPEG movie format. Furthermore the DC C1060 offers 10 creative photos frames to give the photos an individual touch...

Pentacon expands its horizon with 4 digital cameras

Pentacon unveils four new digital cameras. The Praktica luxmedia 8403 is an 8.0 megapixel digital camera with a 3" monitor, face tracking, smile detection, and a panorama function. The panorama mode allows you to create wide images. Only three images at different angles have to be taken and the camera calculates a panoramic view out of it. Furthermore, Pentacon unveils the Praktica DCZ 8.3, with 8 megapixels, and a 2.7" color monitor. The new Praktica DCZ 10.2 and the luxmedia 10-TS are both 10 megapixel cameras...

The Vivitar story continues with the next new owner

For the last month, visitors to the www.vivitar.co.uk website are welcomed by an introductory screen that reads "exciting things are to come to vivitar.com, check back soon". And indeed exiting things have come to 70-year-old photographic equipment maker as it's tossed around again. In the autumn of 2006, Vivitar had been acquired for $26 million by Syntax-Brillian. Now, after filing for bankruptcy, the brand name and intellectual property have been acquired by consumer electronics maker Sakar to expand its low-end digital camera line...

Get a feel for literature with the Sony PRS-700 book

Sony announces the PRS-700 Reader Digital Book featuring a six-inch display with touchscreen which allows you to flip the pages with the slide of a finger. The new model features high-resolution, high contrast electronic paper display technology which provides you with a reading experience very much akin to ink-on-paper. The result is crisp text and graphics that are highly readable, even in bright sunlight. When ambient light is not available, a built-in LED reading light is on hand. The new Reader will be available next month for about $400...

Casio releases firmware v. 1.01 for the EX-Z150

Casio releases firmware update version 1.01 for the Exilim EX-Z150 digital camera. This update adds a digital zoom function to the camera; you may wonder whether this has been an oversight at the initial product release...

ACD Systems unveils ACDSee Photo Manager 2009

ACD unveils ACDSee Photo Manager 2009, the latest version of its digital organization and photo sharing software. Amongst the new features of this version you will find a new Import tool to rename, back up, categorize and add keywords,and functions to frame and share photos to quickly add a finishing touch with a custom border, drop shadow or edge effect, and share images with friends and family with quick uploaders to online tools like Flickr. ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 is available for a free 30-day trial and for purchase for $49.99...

ATP announces the new GPS Photo Finder mini

ATP introduces the new GPS Photo Finder mini. The GPS Photo Finder mini can record the locations at which pictures were taken and easily geotag photos with GPS coordinates without a computer and software. All you have to do is simply activate the Photo Finder mini while taking pictures, then insert the camera's memory card into the slot on the docking station, attach the Photo Finder mini as well and then the geotagging process will be carried out automatically. The Photo Finder mini is available now at select regions for $149.99...

Olympus releases E-520 and E-420 firmware update

Olympus releases a minor but practical firmware update, version 1.1, for the E-520 and E-420 digital SLR cameras. This update improves the brightness level of optical viewfinder AF target points.

Minox launches Agent M series digital spy cameras

Minox has showed everything the private-eye needs for capturing spontaneous, candid digital images at the Photokina 2008. The Agent M 5 megapixel DSC DigitalSpyCam packs remarkable features into dimensions of just 86 x 29 x 20 mm. The Agent M Digital Sunglasses Camera offers a micro video camera integrated in one earpiece and the other earpiece houses an MP3 player. Also available are the Agent M Digital Belt Camera, that hides a digital video camera inconspicuous in a belt buckle, and the Agent M Digital Pen Camera...

Microsoft on Digital Photography at the Photokina

Microsoft's Kostas Mallios of the Rich Media Group, had provided insight - at Photokina - into the company's efforts to solve real problems for photographers. For pros and advanced photography enthusiasts, Microsoft has been showing applications like Expression Media 2, an asset management tool for the professional, that comes bundled with Capture One. In addition Microsoft is making investments in new ideas, such as Photosynth, that allows you to experience digital photography in an entirely new 3 dimensional way...

Samsung Pixon 8 megapixel camera phone teaser

Samsung is to release the Pixon - a new 8 megapixel camera phone - on October 2nd, and has put up a teaser with the following text: "To showcase the Samsung Pixon Camera Phone we will let a professional photographer loose with it. Nick Turpin is a street photographer with an eye for spotting the unexpected moments in life. More information will be available about the phone and Nick's photographic adventures from Thursday October 2nd"...

Pretec releases 64GB and 100GB Compact Flash cards

Pretec releases 64GB and 100GB CF card; the highest capacity CF cards in the world. Continuing the revolution in the field of flash memory card speed and capacity, Pretec today releases 64GB and 100GB, 233X CF cards with access speed of up to 35MB/s, overtaking the Pretec 48GB CF card, the previous world's record holder for highest capacity CF card; and super high speed 333X 32GB and 50GB CF cards capable of running up to 50 MB per second of Read/Write speed, the highest speed CF card in the world...

Nikon releases D80 firmware update version 1.11

Nikon releases firmware update version 1.11 for the D80 digital SLR camera. This update resolves the problem that, in some rare circumstances, causes the battery indicator to blink, regardless of actual battery charge...

Tamron SP AF10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II LD (IF) lens

Tamron announces the new SP AF10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) featuring an unprecedented 2.4x zoom ratio in its class of ultra wide-angle zoom lenses. Tamron engineered a 0.24m (9.4 inch) minimum focus distance across the zoom range. The innovative, high-performance ultra wide-angle zoom lens is designed exclusively for Canon and Nikon (with Built-in AF motor) digital SLR cameras with APS-C sized image sensors. Pentax and Sony mount models will be announced at a later date...

Zeiss mobile screen eyewear for Nokia N and iPod

Zeiss releases the cinemizer for you to watch television on Nokia's N96 or watch movies or YouTube videos on the N95. The 115 gram portable home cinema eyewear simulates a more than one meter movie screen at a distance of two meters. The mobile movie screen can be connected to the N96 and offers a unique feature to display the TV signal from the integrated DVB-T receiver. At the recent IFA show Zeiss had already introduced the cinemizer for the iPod. The cinemizer is currently on display in at the Photokina 2008...

Casio announces staggering 546 ppi color LCD

Casio announces that it has developed a 2.0-inch a-Si TFT color liquid crystal display with the industry's highest resolution of 546 pixels per inch. Casio's newly developed LCD, is based on its "hyper-amorphous silicon TFT" technology, which permits higher resolution and a higher aperture ratio. Combined with Casio's optimal design and manufacturing processes, the new 2 inch LCD is boasting QHD (Quarter High-Definition - 960×540 pixels). The LCD has a viewing angle of 160 degrees and displays16.77 million colors...

Nikon announces 50 mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor lens

Nikon announces the 50 mm f/1.4G AF-S Nikkor single-focal-length lens. This latest addition to the NIKKOR lineup features a large maximum aperture of f/1.4, enabling it to be used for easy handheld shooting in dark settings, such as a dimly lit room. It also allows you to easily create beautiful large blur effects. The Silent Wave Motor (SWM) of this lens ensures quick, quiet autofocus. Autofocus shooting is made possible with SLR models that do not have a built-in motor, such as the D40 series and D60...

New Sigma SD15 digital SLR replaces the SD14

Sigma announces the new Sigma SD15 digita SLR camera. This camera is the latest model in Sigma's digital SLR camera SD series, powered by the 14 megapixel Foveon X3 direct-image-sensor it can capture all primary RGB colors at each and every pixel location arranged in three layers. The SD15 incorporates the "TRUE II" new image processing engine. It provides high resolution power and reproduces high definition images rich in gradation. Incorporation of the large 3.0 inch LCD monitor improves the ease of operation...

Sigma unveils the new Sigma DP2 digital camera

Sigma announces the new Sigma DP2 compact digital camera featuring a 14 megapixel (2652 × 1768 × 3 layers) FOVEON X3 direct image sensor. This follow-on to the Sigma DP1 will co-exist with the DP1, and is equipped with a faster 24.2mm F2.8 lens (equivalent to 41mm on a 35mm SLR camera) rather than the 16.6mm F4 lens (equivalent to 28mm) on the DP1 model. Furthermore, the new Sigma DP2 incorporates "TRUE II" which is an improved version of Sigma's first TRUE (Three-layer Responsive Ultimate Engine)...

Sigma announces range of lenses and Macro Flash

Sigma announces a range of lenses at the Photokina 2008. The 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG HSM is a large aperture standard zoom lens covers focal lengths from 24mm and is housed in compact construction. The 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM large aperture lens becomes a medium telephoto lens offering 100mm equivalent angle of view on Four Thirds cameras. The 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC CIRCULAR and the 10mm F2.8 EX DC FISHEYE HSM for Sony and Pentax. Sigma also announces the FLASH MACRO EM-140 DG Sony and Pentax...

Adobe releases Creative Suite and Photoshop CS4

Adobe announces the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family, including Photoshop CS4, Photoshop CS4 Extended, InDesign CS4, Illustrator CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, After Effects CS4, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended will also be available as stand-alone applications. Photoshop CS4 leverages the power of the latest hardware to extend imaging possibilities and offer faster, more flexible ways to accomplish your tasks...

Fuji launches new Super CCD EXR image sensor

Fuji launches its next generation Super CCD EXR image sensor. In the past Fujifilm has developed high resolution sensors through its 'HR' CCD technology and high sensitivity / wide dynamic range through 'SR' CCD sensors. Fujifilm now combines the HR and SR technology into one sensor suitable for all high quality photography. The Super CCD EXR will offer three main changes: 1. A new arrangement of the mosaic colour filter 2. A complete revision of the electronic charge control 3. A new method of pixel binning...

New Olympus (Micro) Four-Thirds digital cameras

Olympus is developing a new interchangeable lens D-SLR to expand its E-System line-up. Positioned as a mid-level model, it is intended for anyone wanting to express their creativity through photography – no matter if an amateur just starting out, or a professional with years of experience already behind them. The new camera can be expected in the first quarter of 2009. Olympus has also begun development of a camera based on the "Micro Four Thirds System". A concept mock-up of the camera will be exhibited at Photokina 2008...

Pentax unveils K2000 SLR camera and new lensens

Pentax announces the new K2000, an entry level digital SLR camera and step stone if you're ready to make the transition from a digital compact camera to a digital SLR camera. The new K2000 features a 10.2 megapixel CCD, a 2.7 inch, 230,000 dot high resolution, wide-view LCD panel, and an ultra compact design. Pentax also announces the smc DA 60-250mm f/4 ED[IF] SDM, a tele zoom lens offering a high zoom ratio, and the smc DA 55mm f/1.4 SDM, a compact medium-telephoto lens offering a large maximum aperture...

Leica unveils revolutionary S2 Digital SLR camera

Leica announces the revolutionary digital S-System for professional use. The new Leica S2 digital SLR camera, with its premium AF objectives including everything from ultra wide to super telephoto, is an absolute novelty. The digital SLR camera has a large image sensor with 30 x 45 mm (56% larger than full frame) and 37.5 megapixels. The Leica S2's metal body is appreciably smaller and easier to carry than similar models from other camera brands, and yet it's also nearly twice as fast thanks to ultra modern processor technology...

Leica releases firmware update for the M8 camera

Following the announcement of the M8 model 2, Leica releases firmware version 2.000 for their current M8 digital camera. This update adds these improvements to your camera: • Compatibility to memory cards in the SDHC standard up to 32GB capacity. • New function “AUTO-ISO” with setting options for maximum ISO values and the slowest shutter speed Note: It is not possible to "downdate" your camera to previous firmware once this version is installed...

The aceMedia project puts your pictures into words

Scientists at aceMedia Research have been working on a project to put your digital pictures in words by putting words in your digital pictures. In the digital camera age, shooting pictures has been simpler than ever before, but the one major drawback is that all your digital gems do not fit in the shoebox any longer. Finding that one image is searching for the needle in a haystack. aceMedia builds an information layer into the image files and thus these files will come with content information, metadata and an intelligence layer to facilitate your searches...

HP offers new easy-to-use digital picture frames

HP has expanded its easy-to-use digital picture frame portfolio to you show off photos, create slide shows and play videos - with no computer needed. The picture frames come in a variety of sizes, including a portable, 3.5-inch pocket frame and an attractive 10-inch cherry wood-finish frame. The frames feature clock and calendar options, support MP3 and other audio formats, and play music through stereo speakers. The new frames are available now, and come in 3.5-inch, 7-inch, 8-inch and 10-inch in a price range from $59 to $219...

JOBO announces photoGPS for digital cameras

JOBO announces the photoGPS system, a small and lightweight Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that fits directly on your digital camera's hot shoe, without the need for extra cables. Each time you take a picture the GPS receiver automatically captures raw GPS data too and stores this information in its own internal memory. When you have finished taking photographs, you can unload the photos to your PC. Matching times and locations is quick and easy, since the photos and raw GPS data were captured simultaneously...

Canon releases WFT-E3/E3A firmware version 2

Canon releases firmware update version 2.0.0 for the WFT-E3/E3A wireless transmitter. This firmware update is only needed for use of the transmitter on the EOS 50D digital SLR camera. If you are using the EOS 40D, you do not need to update the firmware as the new functions only apply to the model 50D. These new functions are: • Supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup • Can transfer images in folders • Can change HTTP port numbers ...

Sony releases A700 firmware update version 4

Sony releases firmware update version 4 for the A700 digital SLR camera. This firmware update improves the following issues: • The choice to select auto exposure bracketing with 3 shots in 2 EV steps has been added • Added choice to turn [Off] the High ISO NR feature • Improvement of the image quality in high ISO setting • Performance improvement of the auto white balance and the D-Range Optimizer • Improvement of reliability for communication between camera body and vertical grip...

BenQ unveils 10 megapixel E1050 digital camera

BenQ launches the E1050, the latest 10-megapixel addition to the E-Series. The new camera features a large 3-inch LCD screen, 3x optical zoom, and ISO 3200 with a suite of intelligent features, such as Web Sharing mode, AF assist lamp, and users can take 16:9 high-definition images. The E1050 web sharing mode allows you to film precious moments directly in a video size of 640x480, at 30fps for up to 10 minutes or 100MB. This size is optimized for most web sharing sites and saves you time in adjusting video file format or size...

Kodak announces OLED wireless picture frame

Kodak introduces the new OLED Wireless picture frame, featuring innovative Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology. OLED technology generates greater color depth and saturation than other displays, on panels that are substantially thinner, resulting in a sleek, low-profile design. The new frame features built-in Wi-Fi technology that enables the display of pictures as well as access to videos and music stored on a PC elsewhere in the home. The Kodak OLED frame will retail for US $999 and will be available from November...

Mamiya announces enhanced ZDb Digital Back

Mamiya announces a new model in their digital back series: the Mamiya ZDb 22 megapixel Digital Back. The new model offers several useful enhancements over the current Mamiya ZD back. The ZDb will have a buffer with up to twice the memory of the ZD to shoot up to 22 frames of full resolution RAW files. The new back is now compatible with SDHC cards that can store up to 32 gigabytes of images. The Mamiya ZDb Digital Back can also use SD, SDHC, CF I and CF II cards. ZDb pricing and delivery will be announced in the fall...

Canon announces 14.7 megapixel Powershot G10

Canon announces the PowerShot G10, its new flagship in the compact G-Series. Replacing the PowerShot G9, the 14.7 Megapixel PowerShot G10 is the first G-series camera to offer wide-angle imaging via a 5x (28mm) zoom with optical Image Stabilizer. For the ultimate in post-processing control, the PowerShot G10 includes a RAW shooting mode – plus support for Canon Digital Photo Professional software. Scheduled to be available in October, the PowerShot G10 digital camera will sell for $499.99...

Canon unveils the long-awaited EOS 5D successor

Canon announces the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera, the successor to the EOS 5D. The Mark II boasts a newly designed Canon CMOS sensor, with ISO setting up to 25,600 for shooting in near dark conditions. Canon's DIGIC 4 processor combines with the improved CMOS sensor to deliver images at 3.9 frames per second, for up to 310 frames. HD video capture allows you to shoot uninterrupted at 1080p resolution at 30fps. The 5D Mark II will be available in November. The kit version with the EF 24-105mm f/4L zoom lens for $3,499...

Canon announces PowerShot SD990 IS and SD880

Canon announces the PowerShot SD990 IS and SD880 IS Digital ELPH cameras (in Europe known as the Digital IXUS 980 IS and 870 IS). The SD990 showcases enhanced specifications such as 14.7-megapixel resolution, 3.7x Optical Zoom with Optical Image Stabilization and Canon's new Quick Shot Mode for even faster shutter speed. The SD880 boasts 10.0-megapixel resolution and 4x wide-angle Optical Zoom with Optical Image Stabilization. Scheduled for October, the SD990 and SD880 will sell for $399.99 and $299.99, resp....

The Leica M8.2 digital evolution of the M-Series

The new LEICA M8.2 is a further development of the rangefinder digital camera for professionals, where important attributes of the Leica M8 such as discretion, intuitive work and robustness have been further improved. With the new ‘S' snapshot mode the camera controls all the key features automatically, such as automatic exposure (aperture priority), automatic ISO speed setting and automatic white balance. The new M8.2 is the very first professional digital camera to use an ultra scratch-resistant sapphire crystal monitor cover glass...

Leica D-LUX-4 first digital compact system camera

Leica announces the D-LUX 4 digital camera system. This new camera, similar to the Panasonic LX3, offers a high-aperture lens that allows you to work with an open shutter. Its high speed makes the D-LUX 4 ideal for available light exposures. At a standard resolution of 10.1 megapixels, the D-Lux 4 can take photos in all three formats (4:3/3:2/16:9) to suit the particular recording or playback situation. On the spacious 3" LCD monitor with a resolution of 460,000 pixels, pictures can be viewed and assessed...

The Leica C-LUX 3 ultra fashionable digital camera

Leica announces the stylish ultra-compact C-LUX 3 digital camera. This new camera, similar to the Panasonic FX37, offers a zoom lens with a focusing range from 25mm to 125 mm ( in 35mm format ) The MEGA O.I.S. image stabilization system also provides added reliability. There need be no more shaky pictures. The new large sensor with 10.1 million effective pixels and the optimized processor guarantee excellent picture quality, and the automatic face recognition system automatically adjusts focus and exposure...

Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM wide-angle lens

Canon announces the latest addition to its fixed length L-series lens, the EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM. The new lens incorporates the newest in Canon lens technology for spectacular sharpness and impressive performance at all settings. It features two high-precision, large-diameter aspherical lenses for sharpness across the sensor, even in peripheral areas of full-frame sensors. Lens elements have a newly-designed anti-reflective SWC that departs from conventional coatings by using an extremely fine structure...

Canon launches PowerShot SX1 IS and SX10 IS

Canon expands the ultra-zoom SX-Series with the PowerShot SX1 and SX10 IS digital camera. The new cameras feature a wide-angle (28 mm - 560 mm) 20x optical zoom lens and an Optical Image Stabilizer. For the ultimate in visual quality, the PowerShot SX1 IS delivers 1080p (30fps) High Definition video, ready for instant playback on any HDTV via a built-in HDMI connection. The PowerShot SX10 IS offers VGA movie shooting. Movies on both cameras are enhanced with CD quality stereo sound, optical zooming and Face Detection...

Carl Zeiss 21mm super-wide-angle lens for SLRs

Carl Zeiss launches a 21mm super wide angle lens. The new Distagon T* 2.8/21 is available for SLR cameras with EF, F and K bayonets, and is suitable for both digital and analog full-format SLR cameras. The shortest possible distance setting of only 0.22 m makes the lens ideal for impressive perspectives. Typical applications include architectural, journalistic and landscape photography. Delivery of the Distagon T* 2.8/21 is scheduled by the end of this year with the ZF and ZK version. Its selling price is estimated at 1,399 euros...

Mamiya ZD Back adapter for 4 x 5 format cameras

Mamiya announces an adapter for the Mamiya ZD Back to allow attachment and use between any 4 x 5 inch format camera and the 22 megapixel Mamiya ZD Back. The adapter consists of a ground glass and digital back attachment area which allows smooth and simple sliding during photography. At the same time Mamiya announces the Sekor AF 80mm F2.8 D L/S - the first leaf shutter lens in Mamiya's AF lens lineup, and the Sekor AF 45mm F2.8 D, which provides faster communication when used with the ZD, 645AFDIII and 645AFDII...

Casio unveils high-speed EX-FH20 digital camera

Casio announces its newest 9.1 megapixel EXILIM digital camera, the High Speed EXILIM EX-FH20, the little brother to the Casio EX-F1. The new FH20 is equipped with a powerful 26 mm-equivalent wide angle 20x optical zoom lens and also features a CMOS shift anti-shake function to support power-zoom shots. The camera is capable of ultra high-speed burst shooting at 40 fps and can record high speed movies at up to 1000 fps. The new EX-FH20's also features a HD Movie function that records at 1280 x 720 pixels, at 30 fps....

ZE Carl Zeiss SLR lenses now also with EF bayonet

Carl Zeiss is expanding its successful line of SLR lenses: ZE lenses with EF bayonet for all analog and digital EOS camera models. The first lenses to be available will be the Planar T* 1,4/50 ZE and the Planar T* 1,4/85 ZE in the last quarter of this year. Further focal lengths will be added to the line within the next few months. More optics for everyone...

AKVIS LightShop v.2.5 Impressive Light Effects

Akvis Software today announced LightShop version 2.5. This version introduces new ready-to-use light effects for a quick start. The version improves compatibility with Vista SP1 and adds a new interface language (Portuguese). Light effects can brighten up any photo: make it look more natural (by adding reflections on shiny objects) or on the contrary - add a bit of magic and fantasy...

New Panasonic LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm lens

Together with the announcement of the Panasonic Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera DMC-G1 on Sptemebner 12th, Panasonic also announced a new interchangeable Lens, the LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH./MEGA O.I.S. It is a new standard zoom interchangeable lens designed specifically for the cameras compatible with Micro Four Thirds System standard...

New Panasonic LUMIX G VARIO 45-200mm lens

Together with the announcement of the Panasonic Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera DMC-G1 on September 12th, Panasonic also announced a new interchangeable Telephoto Zoom Lens of the Micro Four Thirds System Standard, namely the LUMIX G VARIO 45-200mm/F4.0-5.6/MEGA O.I.S. It is a new telephoto zoom interchangeable lens designed specifically for the cameras compatible with Micro Four Thirds System standard...

Panasonic LUMIX G Micro System Introduction

Together with the announcement of the Panasonic Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera DMC-G1 on September 12th, Panasonic also introduced the new generation Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera system, the LUMIX G MICRO SYSTEM. Based on the Micro Four Thirds System standard it features greater compactness and lighter weight. ...

Panasonic announces the Lumix DMC-G1

Panasonic announced a brand-new digital interchangeable lens camera system - the LUMIX G Micro System. It is based on the new Micro Four Thirds System standard that greatly reduces camera size and weight to further enhance the inherent advantages of the original Four Thirds™ System standard for digital interchangeable lens cameras. Panasonic today also releases the DMC-G1, an exciting new digital interchangeable lens camera, based on the Micro Four Thirds System Standard...

WinZip® 12.0 provides Photo Compression

Photo Compression, Management and Sharing with the new WinZip 12.0. WinZip 12 will now compress your JPEG files (digital photos or graphic images) by 20 to 25% and still without any loss of photo quality or data integrity. Now you can send photos faster or fit more on your hard drive and removable media than ever before. The new time-saving Zip from Camera Wizard in WinZip Pro makes it easy to transfer photos from your digital camera and compress them in a Zip file. ...

New SanDisk Extreme III 32GB at 30MB/s

SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash Series doubles capacity and boosts speed 50 percent (30MB/s (200x)). The new card has 32-Gigabyte capacity. The 32GB SanDisk Extreme III CF card benefits professional photographers, who often shoot strictly in RAW format. RAW images demand up to ten times as much space as regular JPG images. Photographers often use continuous shooting mode during high-action situations such as sporting events or theatrical performances, and the high resolution photos add up quickly. ...

New Epson Printers NX100, NX200 and NX300

Epson delivers better value with three new all-in-ones. The new Epson Stylus NX300, NX200 and NX100 All-In-Ones, together with the Epson Stylus NX400 offer Convenient Features and High-Performance. The entry-level Epson Stylus NX series is designed to meet basic printing needs of busy and creative households, especially those looking for products loaded with features to print, scan, copy, and even fax, and that are easy on the wallet. ...

Sony VAIO® AW Series for photo enthusiasts

Sony unveiled the all-new VAIO® AW Series high-definition notebook. The AW model is ideal for the multimedia enthusiast or photographer who likes to view or edit high-definition content on-the-go. The notebook is perfect for photo enthusiasts. With its optional Adobe® RGB color compatible LCD screen, it displays all colors in the RGB color space enabling you to view true on-screen reproductions of your digital photos— so they appear just as they would if they were printed. And since the panel displays in full 1080p, your images will “pop” with razor-sharp detail. ...

KODAK CCD Image Sensor to capture HD Image

Kodak, with over 30 years experience in the design and manufacture of electronic image sensors, is helping to power the growth of High Definition image capture with a new CCD image sensor targeted to industrial and broadcast video markets. Built using Kodak's latest Interline CCD technology, the new KODAK KAI-02150 Image Sensor provides full support for the 1080p image capture standard, supporting 1920 x 1080 pixel (16:9 aspect ratio) image capture at 60 frames per second. ...

Sony introduces its full-frame DSLR-A900 camera

The A900 is designed to deliver ultra-fine picture quality with the world's highest resolution, 24.6-megapixel, 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor and fast image processing with a new dual BIONZ® processing engines. The camera is also the first to have a body-integrated image stabilization system for a full-frame sensor with Sony's SteadyShot® Inside anti-shake system...