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Garmin Creates Thermal-Imaging and Low-Light Marine Cameras

Garmin has officially introduced a bunch of additions to its collection of marine cameras, photo and video capture devices meant to be used at sea. The three newcomers carry the names of GCT 30, GCT 20 and GCL 20 and are fully controllable from compatible Garmin chartplotters (GPSMAP 4000/5000/6000/7000). The came...

14 February 2012
17:01 GMT

Olympus Finances Take a Dive in 2011, $412 Million Loss

Olympus may be the target of Samsung, Sony, Fujifilm and Panasonic, but that doesn't mean it is doing that well for itself. In fact, the Japanese company has reported highly unfavorable financial results for the year 2011. Even with strong camera sales (up 7.2 percent on year), and the top BCN ranking for 20...

13 February 2012
10:41 GMT

Nokia Preps More Lumia 800 Camera Enhancements

Recently, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available a software update to improve the camera functionality on its first Windows Phone, the Lumia 800. However, it appears that the update did not fix all the issues that the phone’s camera might have had, and that Nokia is gearing up for the release of a ...

11 February 2012
12:51 GMT

Sony NEX Camera E-Mount Lens Collection Will Grow to 15

Fresh from speeding up the work on the Cyber-Shot TX300V wireless charging camera, Sony has announced that it has big plans for the NEX Camera line. In its new blog post, it said that it didn't feel that the existing collection of seven E-mount lenses was sufficient for the NEX line. As such, it will release...

10 February 2012
10:10 GMT

Kodak Backs Out of Camera Market

As part of its effort to be reborn as a company, Kodak has announced the decision to gradually stop offering digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames. Basically, the company is phasing out what used to be a major part of its global business, which means that it will focus on desktop inkjet p...

9 February 2012
16:31 GMT

Samsung Plans Android Cameras, Files "Galaxy Camera" Trademark

The Android operating system has proven to be quite versatile, enough so that Samsung has decided to use it in a series of photo and video cameras. There was no announcement revealing any such product though. However, the fact that Samsung has such designs can be inferred from the latest trademark that the company ...

9 February 2012
09:35 GMT

Pre-Orders Suspended for Nikon D800 36-Megapixel DSLR Camera

One would think that a product whose price is of multiple thousands of dollars wouldn't draw so many customers, but Nikon's D800 totally subverted this expectation. It was only a few days ago that online stores finally began to accept pre-orders for this small technological wonder. Now, they have stoppe...

9 February 2012
08:02 GMT

Sony Builds Cyber-Shot TX300V Wireless Charging Camera

Sony has a very special camera on track for the Japanese market, but no other parts of the world, apparently, even though there probably would be no shortage of customers in other regions. Some people may be familiar with the Cyber-shot Digital Camera TX200V, a high-end, waterproof and dustproof camera. It so happ...

9 February 2012
05:24 GMT

Nokia Belle Brings Great Camera Enhancements

One of the great improvements that Nokia has packed inside the Nokia Belle platform update was related to the device’s camera. To be more precise, the camera update packed inside the new Nokia Belle operating system is the same enhancement that was delivered to the company’s Nokia N8 smartphone a while ...

9 February 2012
04:46 GMT

Olympus SP-620UZ Point-and-Shoot Debuts: 21x Optical Zoom & 16MP Sensor

Olympus’ newly released OM-D E-M5 might pack all the flexibility and features that one needs, but for those of you looking for a much simpler camera, the company has also introduced the SP-620UZ. Like all super zooms, the most important asset of the SP-620UZ is its 21x lens, enabling it to reach focal lengths ...

8 February 2012
11:04 GMT

Thin Samsung ST77 Camera Launched in South Korea

While it gets ready to make a strong push on the display market, Samsung is also operating on the camera segment, where it most recently prepared the ST77. Launched in South Korea, the product is a particularly thin camera based on a 16.7-megapixel sensor. It also boasts a 25mm wide-angle lens and 5x optical zoom, ...

8 February 2012
10:39 GMT

Pentax Readies Optio WG-2 Waterproof Cameras

Pentax is one of the few companies that has waterproof cameras which don't necessarily drain people of all their funds. The new Optio WG-2 is one of them. Pentax has officially introduced the Optio WG-2 series of consumer-oriented cameras, even though it is not ready to sell them yet. Still, it should not tak...

8 February 2012
04:50 GMT

Canon Intros New Wide Angle and Standard Zoom Lenses

Canon releases cameras on a regular basis, but this time it chose to offer a couple of lenses instead, a Standard Zoom Lens and a pair of Wide Angle Lenses. The EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM & EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM are Canon Standard Prime Lenses with Optical Image Stabilizer. Excelling at wide-angle image capture, they fea...

7 February 2012
17:21 GMT

First Nikon D3200 Details Emerge

The full-frame D800 may capture all the attention of Nikon fans these days, but this isn’t the only DSLR that the company works on releasing in the coming months, as the entry-level D3200 is also in the making.Coming as the successor of the popular D3100, this new Nikon camera is said to be built around a 24.2M...

6 February 2012
12:07 GMT

Panasonic Launches “Shoot It. Share It” Online Video Competition

Panasonic holds an edition of the “Shoot It. Share It” online video competition every year, and it looks like this year's session has just started. Some people may remember that Panasonic released the AG-AF100, what was basically the industry’s first professional micro 4/3-inch camcorder. It...

6 February 2012
11:31 GMT

Nikon Coolpix P510 Offers Massive 42x Zoom, 1080p Video & Built-in GPS

If the Coolpix L810 that we presented yesterday can’t get you as close to the action as you would have liked, Nikon also has the P510 for you, which can offer a massive 42x zoom. Equivalent in the 35mm world with a 24-1000mm lens, this VR stabilized Super Zoom also features a backlit 16MP back-lit CMOS sensor,...

2 February 2012
16:01 GMT

NAVTEQ Map and Location Content Part of Nikon COOLPIX AW Camera

Nikon has released the COOLPIX AW100 camera, the first member of the COOLPIX AW series specifically meant for outdoor users. One wouldn't think this product has any truly unique quality, not until attention is drawn to the integration of NAVTEQ's map and location content. Simply put, owners of the camera ...

2 February 2012
09:43 GMT

Upcoming Pentax Mirrorless DSLR Camera Exposed Prematurely

Pentax is going to launch its first mirrorless interchangeable lens DSLR camera later today, but it looks like some info made it to the web a bit sooner than the company intended. Pentax is getting ready to send out the K-01 camera, though it is unclear if sales will start immediately or sometime after the release....

2 February 2012
05:33 GMT

New Camera-Equipped iPod nano 7G Photos Emerge

Rumors of a camera-equipped iPod nano are being reignited by a Taiwanese site flashing around photos of a new prototype. The design doesn’t seem very convincing, but the imagery doesn’t seem to be fake either. This is not the first time Apple.pro posts images of a new-generation iPod nano bearing a camer...

1 February 2012
10:58 GMT

Panasonic Outs Lumix DMC-TS4 and DMC-TS20 Ruggedized Cameras

Panasonic’s well known TS-series of ruggedized cameras has just received the addition of the Lumix DMC-TS4 and DMC-TS20 point-and-shoots, which can stand the same abuse as their predecessors, but feature improved specifications. The new Lumix DMC-TS4 will take the place of the TS3 in the Panasonic’s lin...

31 January 2012
15:11 GMT

Panasonic Entry-Level Lumix Point-and-Shoots Get Priced

Since Panasonic’s slew of entry-level point-and-shoots hasn’t received all that much attention during CES 201, the Japanese camera maker is now back with another announcement trying to get these into the spotlight. This time, the press release comes packed full of pricing and availability details, since ...

31 January 2012
13:01 GMT

Fujifilm X-Pro1 to Hit Japan on February 18

Those of us living in other parts of the world may have to wait until March to get our hands on the Fujifilm X-Pro1, but Japanese photo enthusiasts will be able to buy the camera as soon as February 18. Pricing is still open, but right now Japanese retailers ask 150,000 yen (about $1,929 or 1,464 EUR) for the body, ...

26 January 2012
18:21 GMT

Apple Approves Fake Camera+ App

Apple has approved and subsequently removed a photography application that posed as one of the most popular apps of its kind on iTunes - Camera+.Allegedly developed by Pursuit Special, the fake Camera+ app was removed from the iTunes App Store as soon as Glyn Evans made his discovery.In response to the news, the real...

24 January 2012
10:05 GMT

New Sony CMOS Sensor Has Back Illumination

Not one to miss all the demand for cameras with extra functionality and adaptability, Sony decided to build a new type of camera CMOS sensor.The CMOS sensor made by Sony is unique in how it places the pixel section (with the back-illuminated structure pixels) on the chip that has the circuit section (which processes ...

23 January 2012
10:57 GMT

iPhone 5 May Boast New Sony CMOS Image Sensor

Sony has unveiled a new backlit CMOS (complementary-symmetry metal–oxide–semiconductor) image sensor that it is currently working on, which has the potential to end up in Apple’s next-generation iPhone. Sony’s next-gen image sensor separates the CMOS sensors from the circuits that handle imag...

23 January 2012
10:56 GMT

Kodak Files For Bankruptcy amid Digital Revolution

Kodak used to be one of the strongest brands on the photo camera market, but its current position is very slippery, enough so that it had to file for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. It appears that Kodak simply did not move fast enough to catch the digital camera and camcorder trend, ending up in a precarious financial posi...

19 January 2012
16:41 GMT

Canon IVIS Camcorders Improved with New CMOS Sensor

Looks like Canon is getting ready to release three new camcorders, although the newcomers will only be sold in Japan, at least at first. The three camcorders that Canon Japan intends to start shipping in March (2012) go by the names of HF M52, HF M51 and HF R31. They all have the DIGIC DV III image processing techn...

19 January 2012
10:01 GMT

Samsung Gives the NX200 a More Retro Look

Retro looking interchangeable lens cameras seem to be at a rage now, and since Samsung couldn’t just ignore this trend the outfit has come out with its own vintage-like snapper called the NX200 RS.Expected to arrive this weekend in South Korea, the NX200 RS is nothing more than a redesigned NX200 which has rece...

18 January 2012
17:51 GMT

Fujifilm X100 Limited Edition Sports All-Black Case

Fujifilm already released a limited edition X100 a few months back, but apparently this wasn’t enough so today it unveiled a new LE X100 model, this time sporting a black finish.The model will remain relatively exclusive, as only 10,000 units will be available worldwide.So what do you get outside of the black X...

16 January 2012
10:17 GMT

Nokia Lumia 900 to Arrive at Other Carriers with Better Camera

In March, United States-based wireless carrier AT&T will add to its offering the first Nokia Windows Phone to pack LTE connectivity, namely the Lumia 900. The handset will be exclusive to this carrier, though only for 45 days, new reports suggest. Moreover, it appears that more operators in the US will be receiving...

16 January 2012
06:41 GMT

CES 2012: Liquid Image Reveals Underwater Ego Camera

Looks like Liquid Image brought a certain new camera to the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, one dubbed Ego and aimed for underwater use. The Ego camera is reportedly intended for athletes and was invented as the latest addition to the line of underwater electronic equipment from Liquid Image. The newcomer can be m...

13 January 2012
10:19 GMT

Take a Look Inside the $34,500 (24,073 EUR) RED Epic-X 5K Camera

Quite a few of us were curious to see what’s inside RED’s Epic-X 5K camera, but taking apart a $34,500 (24,073 EUR) piece of hardware just for that certainly doesn’t seem like the best idea in the world.Fortunately for us, FCC doesn’t have a problem with tearing down such a precious camera, an...

12 January 2012
10:47 GMT

[UPDATE]CES 2012: Polaroid Reveals New Camera/Phone with Android Market Access

It is the second day of the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, meaning that companies like Polaroid are hard at work revealing their products, such as the SC1630 Smart Camera. By now, users can easily guess what it means when the word “Smart” precedes the name of a product or product type. B...

11 January 2012
03:21 GMT

WVIL Camera Separates the Point of View from the Point of Control

The WVIL camera concept that has just showed up on the net may be the future of photo and video cameras. Since the performance and image quality that such devices can attain is already very high, companies may have to start searching for new product assets. It so happens that Artefact came up with a way to provide...

10 January 2012
10:54 GMT

CES 2012: Samsung Announces Wi-Fi-Enabled Cameras

Samsung is pulling out all the guns at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, releasing even a series of cameras with wireless Internet connection. It has been some time since wireless Internet support became common on smartphones. Cameras didn't hurry to integrate the same functionality, but time passed...

10 January 2012
05:08 GMT

Capture One Updated to 6.3.3

Photographers should be pretty familiar with this piece of software, as it is a raw converter and workflow software designed to improve the quality of the images. The application has just been updated to version 6.3.3, which increases camera support by adding models such as Canon S100, Fuji X10, Nikon J1, V1, P7100,...

5 January 2012
07:56 GMT

Olympus Waterproof Camera with Interchangeable Lens Slow in Arriving

Olympus is working on a waterproof camera with interchangeable lens, but it won't, unfortunately, manage to bring it out in time for CES 2012. In fact, there is little chance that the product was ever meant to be showcased there. After all, it will only be formally introduced in the second week of February, or...

4 January 2012
03:14 GMT

Samsung Officially Introduces DualView DV300F Digital Camera

Samsung has just unveiled a product that may very well be what social networking enthusiasts have been yearning for without realizing it. In short, the company built a camera that can wirelessly connect to the Internet. The DualView DV300F is a testament to how smartphones and cameras are copying the capabilities ...

3 January 2012
10:02 GMT

Sony NEX-7 Up for Pre-Order Again, But Ships in April 2012

The floods in Thailand have spelled delays for many products that were supposed to come out in these last few months, including Sony who was forced to delay the launch of its NEX-7 camera.Since then, the company has managed to get production back on track and already shipped its first NEX-7 to their rightful owners, ...

28 December 2011
11:40 GMT

Sakar AppClix Colorful Kid Camera Ready and Waiting

Looks like kids with gadgets are going to be a far more common occurrence in the near future, especially with things like the Sakar AppClix camera. It isn't just the 7-megapixel sensor and the 4x zoom that makes it noteworthy, nor the cartoonish theme of the red device. What it has that cameras don't usua...

20 December 2011
16:21 GMT

Nokia 803 Emerges with Symbian Belle, Could Be N8's Successor

Nokia was rumored a few months ago to plan the release of a new high-end smartphone running under the Symbian platform, and it appears that the user manual for this handset might have just leaked into the wild. Said to be called Nokia 803, the new smartphone is powered by Symbian Belle and should arrive on the mark...

14 December 2011
01:33 GMT

A Camera Is Fast Enough to Record Light, Works at a Trillion FPS

Seeing light traveling has been done in simulations and can even be somewhat tracked with sufficiently advanced technical setups, but not by a camera.That is, it didn't used to be possible before some folks at MIT created a camera that could.It will probably still take a decade or two for everyone to have image...

13 December 2011
11:29 GMT

Nikon FT1 Lens Adapter Rivals Sony and Olympus

Since Sony and Olympus were kind enough to release legacy lens adapters, Nikon figured it wouldn't lag behind and launched one of its own, the FT1. The need for such things appeared when makers of photo and video cameras began to launch mirrorless cameras. Since people still felt they could use legacy lenses, ...

13 December 2011
10:11 GMT

Camera Films at a Trillion Frames per Second

Experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the development of a new imaging system that is capable of capturing video at a rate of one trillion frames per second. The device is capable of imaging light as it travels through a bottle. As the video embedded at the end of this article will conf...

13 December 2011
06:01 GMT

Nikon D4 Camera Specifications Finally Leaked

This is one of those occasions when details emerge on a product that hasn't even been actually caught on photo yet. The situation is doubly queer since snapping photos is exactly what the Nikon D4 is supposed to do. As people may or may not know, Nikon has been working on a certain DSLR camera ever since Feb...

12 December 2011
07:53 GMT

Download the Newest Firmware for Creative's Vado Pocket Cameras

We're happy to be able to deliver you the latest firmware for Creative's pocket-size camera series codenamed Vado. The firmware for the standard Vado camera has now reached version 1.1.9.0 and comes with several improvements. First of all, the new software will shorten the power on response time, while offe...

12 December 2011
07:28 GMT

World's Thinnest CMOS Camera Module Demoed on Video

We spoke about how Sharp had invented the world's thinnest CMOS camera module and how it has been used in the SH–01D handset on NTT DoCoMo. Now, the special functionality of that module has been shown on video. In addition to all the capabilities that come naturally with being a 12.1 megapixel, 1080p m...

9 December 2011
17:31 GMT

Sony NEX-7 Camera Hits Buyers Before Year's End

Sony's NEX 7 was supposed to start shipping quickly after its launch a few months ago, but problems interfered and it had to be pushed back, although things aren't so dire anymore if a recent statement is to be believed. The NEX-7 was sighted at the IFA 2011 trade show, back in September, when we were on ...

8 December 2011
18:31 GMT

Point Grey Launches Flea3 USB 3.0 Camera

Point Grey just made the official announcement of the FL3-U3-13S2 camera model that will expand the Flea3 USB 3.0 series unleashed about two month ago (and which we covered here). The Flea3 camera series is specifically made for machine and computer vision applications. Thus, the products are unlike all the consum...

7 December 2011
16:21 GMT

Canon Powershot S100 Camera Has GPS and Slow Motion

Canon decided this was a good moment to offer its Singapore customers a new photo and video camera that they may use to immortalize their holiday cheer. In fact, the Powershot S100, while not the mightiest of cameras, has a couple of features that will appeal to anyone. One of them is the Intelligent Image Stabil...

7 December 2011
04:07 GMT


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