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ESA Builds Largest Digital Camera for Gaia Mission

The Gaia mission that the European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch in the near future will feature the largest, most advanced digital camera ever to fly in space. The array will feature a resolution of about one billion pixels, which will be pieced together from 106 separate electronic detectors.All of thes...

6 July 2011
08:22 GMT

Rawstudio 2.0 Review

DSLR users have a hard time finding a good software for RAW file manipulation on Linux because there are just a few options to consider. Practically, besides Rawstudio and UFRaw, the only viable alternatives can be found on Windows and Mac OS operating systems, but users need to pay a considerable amount of money for...

10 May 2011
05:14 GMT

'Infinitely Customizable' Optio RS1500 Compact Digicam Revealed by Pentax

Although the possibility of customizing the look of their digital camera is not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when deciding to purchase such a product, it seems that Pentax considers it quite a major feature, because it turned it into the major selling point of their new Optio RS1500 model.According to P...

17 March 2011
05:17 GMT

BenQ Rolls Out New C1430 Compact Digital Camera

BenQ has rolled out, over time, quite a serious lineup of compact, point-and-shoot digital cameras, the latest addition to their family of imaging products being the C1430 model.Now, despite of the fact that BenQ's cameras typically offered quite a good value (price/performance ratio), they're not exactly k...

14 March 2011
11:33 GMT

3G-Enabled Sony Cyber-shot Digital Camera Rumored

Although point-and-shoot digital cameras might be next in the list of devices rendered useless by smartphones, it seems that some companies are not really willing to give up without a fight, with Sony apparently working on a Cyber-shot model that will pack a 3G module.According to gdgt, who's quoting some unname...

11 March 2011
14:51 GMT

Three New Powerflex Compact Digicams Revealed by Rollei

Rollei has outed quite a few compact digital cameras over the past couple of months, but that's not stopping the company from presenting even more such products, as they've recently unveiled three new additions to their Powerflex series.As PhotographyBlog informs us, the models in question are the Powerfle...

9 March 2011
04:46 GMT

Future Olympus Camera to Create HDR Images with Single Shot, Rumors Say

Olympus has really managed to establish itself as one of the top innovators in the field of digital cameras over the past few years, and now, it seems that the company's working on a new camera that will make HDR photos a whole lot easier to take.We're not sure just how many of you have ever tried out HDR f...

4 March 2011
09:35 GMT

New Olympus TOUGH TG-810 Is World's First Digicam to Be Crushproof up to 100 Kilos

Without a doubt, Olympus' Tough cameras have really managed to make a name for themselves, due to their enhanced level of resilience when subjected to adverse external conditions, and now, the camera maker is back with yet another product of this type, the TG-810.However, the TG-810 really manages to stand out f...

2 March 2011
09:47 GMT

Sony Axes the NEX-3 Pocket DSLR

Back in 2010, Sony decided to tackle the increasingly popular segment of pocket, mirrorless DSLR cameras with its NEX series, comprising the NEX-3 and NEX-5 models, one of which we sadly won't be seeing around anymore.So, it seems that at least one of the cameras in this series, the NEX-3, was quite short-lived,...

23 February 2011
04:31 GMT

Thanko's Video Pen HD Does 720p in Ultra-Thin Form Factor

Miniaturization has reached quite an impressive level of complexity over the past couple of years, and one of the devices that best portraits this trend is Thanko's brand-new Video Pen HD digital camcorder.Without a doubt, the main selling point the device from Thanko has in store is represented by its highly-co...

21 February 2011
16:11 GMT

Samsung Unveils New 2011 NX Series Lenses

Samsung's NX series of pocket DSLRs has really managed to make a name for itself back in 2010, and in order to offer photographers more creative options, the Korean company has just announced a couple of interesting additions to its 2011 NX Series Lens lineup.So, for 2011, Samsung has prepared no less than 5 new...

21 February 2011
10:23 GMT

Nikon Rolls Out Coolpix P300 and P500 High-End Compact Digital Cameras

Beside the super-thin ultra-zoom camera we've already talked about, Nikon's Spring 2011 lineup also includes the P500 and P300 high-end compact digital cameras, both of which offer advanced photo shooting capabilities, designed for those wanting to learn more about photography without taking the step to a f...

9 February 2011
15:21 GMT

Nikon Coolpix S3100, S4100 and S5100 Also Make Appearance

Beside the Nikon S9100 model we've already talked about earlier, Nikon added three extra S-Series models to the Coolpix family, namely the S3100, S4100 and S6100, each bringing some interesting new feature and completing the comprehensive lineup the company has in store for its customers.The first model we'...

9 February 2011
10:09 GMT

Sigma DP2x Compact Camera Packs APS-C Sized 14-Megapixel Foveon X3 Sensor

Over the past couple of years, we've witnessed the appearance of plenty of compact-sized digital cameras capable of providing DSLR-grade image quality, and that's exactly what Sigma's doing right now with their brand-new DP2x digital camera, that comes equipped with an APS-C sized sensor and multiple e...

9 February 2011
04:50 GMT

Olympus Debuts the VG-110 Entry-Level Compact Digicam

After announcing the entry-level VG-120 model back at CES 2011, Olympus decided to offer users an even more affordable compact digital camera and introduced the VG-120 camera, targeting roughly the same market segment and coming at a price point even customers on a very tight budget will certainly find to be quite in...

9 February 2011
03:39 GMT

Olympus VR-330 and VR-320 Compact Digital Cameras also Make Appearance

Beside the slim ultra-zoom camera we've already talked about in a previous article, Olympus decided to also push onto the market two new additions to its VR Series, namely models VR-330 and VR-320, both of which built on the platform of the VR-310 model, introduced back in January, during CES 2011.The two camera...

8 February 2011
16:21 GMT

New Olympus SZ-10 Ultra-Zoom Compact Camera Packs 3D Photo Mode, HD Recording

While Olympus brought plenty of interesting new products at CES 2011, that's not stopped them from pushing even more attractive cameras onto the market, one of the latest novelties brought forth by the company being the SZ-10 digital camera, that offers ultra-zoom capabilities and quite a few other extras in a v...

8 February 2011
15:31 GMT

Pentax K-5 DSLR Now Comes In Silver Limited Edition, Lenses in Tow

We've already talked about the two rugged compact digital cameras Pentax recently announced, but these are by no means the only imaging solutions the company had in store for today, as they've also come up with a special, limited edition K-5 DSLR, who's main selling point is the fact that it's dom...

8 February 2011
13:51 GMT

Fujifilm FinePix X100 Premium Compact Camera Gets Pricing, Availability, Extra Details

As some of you might remember, Fujifilm's FinePix X100 premium digital camera was announced way back before Photokina 2010, but the company sure took its sweet time before actually pushing it onto the market, pricing and availability details being kept under some pretty tight wraps up until now.As a quick remind...

8 February 2011
04:25 GMT

Canon Also Releases Four New PowerShot Compact Digital Cameras

Beside rolling out the Rebel T3i (also known as EOS 600D in other parts of the world) and T3 DSLR cameras, Canon has also outed today no less than four PowerShot compact digital cameras, three of which, however, are mostly just slightly improved rebadges of some of the models Canon already had in store.So, first and ...

7 February 2011
05:57 GMT

Canon Unveils the EOS Rebel T3i and EOS Rebel T3 DSLR Cameras

It's been a while since Canon brought forth an interesting new addition to its DSLR lineup, and in order to make up for the lost time, the company's decided to now launch not one, but two such cameras at the same time, namely the EOS Rebel T3i and EOS Rebel T3, the latter being a more budget-friendly versio...

7 February 2011
01:38 GMT

Take a Look Inside Your Mouth with the Wireless Dental Camera

We're pretty sure that none of us really love going to the dentist (I mean, having someone drilling your teeth is not exactly the most pleasurable possible experience), and in order for us to be able to constantly check the status of out teeth, the people over at Chinavision are offering the Wireless Dental Came...

4 February 2011
06:09 GMT

New Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V and HX9V Digital Cameras Offer 1920x1080 60p Recording

Although one would normally believe that Cyber-shot still digital cameras from Sony are designed mostly to take good quality photos in almost any conditions, it would seem that this is not really the case with the company's latest such products, models DSC-HX100V and HX9V, whose main selling point is actually re...

1 February 2011
01:45 GMT

3D-Capable Ultra-Compact LUMIX FX78 Digital Camera Also Outed by Panasonic

Since rolling out just one compact digital camera capable of taking 3D photos simply didn't feel OK with Panasonic, the Japanese company has decided to also unveil today yet another addition to the LUMIX FX family, namely the FX78 model that, despite of its ultra-compact form factor, packs plenty of attractive f...

25 January 2011
14:11 GMT

New Panasonic Lumix ZS10 Digicam Offers 3D Photo Mode, Full HD Video Recording, GPS

Despite rolling out quite a large number of Lumix compact digital cameras at CES 2011, it really seems that Panasonic had some more such products up its sleeve, and that's because it has just unveiled the latest addition to its ZS series, namely the ZS10 model, that comes equipped with plenty of attractive featu...

25 January 2011
02:12 GMT

Samsung ST30 Entry-Level Compact Point-and-Shoot Digicam Also Introduced

It's been raining Samsung compact digital cameras today, and after taking a look at the top and mid-range models, it's now about time to also check out what the Korean company has in store for the entry-level segment, namely the ST30 camera.The ultra compact model is about the size of an average mobile phon...

20 January 2011
10:30 GMT

New Samsung ST95, ST90 and ST65 Compact Digicams Also Pop Up

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that, when Samsung releases a product, they don't usually stick to just one model, but rather offer plenty of versions to cater for just about every single market niche's needs, and that's also the case right now, since, beside rolling out the ST6500 model, ...

20 January 2011
04:38 GMT

Samsung Adds 16-Megapixel ST6500 to Stylish Compact Digicam Lineup

Although it brought plenty of new digital camera models at CES 2011, it seems that Korean company Samsung still has plenty of such “aces” up its sleeve, since, only a couple of weeks after the aforementioned Las Vegas event, they've already outed yet another compact digital camera, the ST6500 model. ...

20 January 2011
01:20 GMT

WB210 and PL210 Compact Super-Zoom Cameras Revealed by Samsung

As if they hadn't released enough new cameras at CES 2011, Samsung decided to add two super-zoom compact digicams to their lineup, namely the WB210 and PL210 models.The WB210 comes equipped with a long 12x optical super zoom lens, accompanied by an 1/2.3″ (Approx. 7.76mm) CCD, 14.0 Mega pixel sensor, as we...

16 January 2011
13:04 GMT

Panasonic Lumix S3 and S1 Digital Cameras Target the Entry-Level Segment

There have been plenty of interesting additions to the Lumix lineup of Panasonic digital cameras at CES 2011, targeting various specific consumer segments, and that's also the case with the S-series compact digital cameras, that target the entry-level segment.The 14.1-megapixel LUMIX S3 and 12.1-megapixel LUMIX ...

13 January 2011
04:32 GMT

Ultra-Slim LUMIX FP-Series Digital Cameras Outed by Panasonic

Beside its extremely impressive home-entertainment oriented lineup, Japanese company Panasonic also brought to CES 2011 plenty of compact digital cameras in its LUMIX family, including here two ultra-slim models in the FP series, namely the FP-7 and FP5. In spite of the fact that the LUMIX DMC-FP7 (16.1 megapixel)...

12 January 2011
01:50 GMT

Casio EXILIM HI-ZOOM EX-H30 Digital Camera Also Revealed At CES 2011

Casio brought quite a few interesting surprises at CES 2011, one of them being the device you'll read about as follows, namely the latest addition to the company's EXILIM HI-ZOOM series, the 16.1 megapixel EX-H30 digital camera.The compact EX-H30 digital camera from Casio packs 24mm-300mm (35mm equivalent) ...

11 January 2011
14:51 GMT

New Olympus Tough TG-610 and TG-310 Digital Cameras Are Ready for Extreme Weather

Olympus is quite well-known for its ultra-rugged Tough series of compact digital cameras and, at CES 2011, the company decided to add two new products to this lineup, namely the TG-610 and TG-310 Waterproof, Shockproof and Freezeproof models.Without a doubt, the main selling point these new camera models have in stor...

10 January 2011
04:59 GMT

CES 2011 Sony Cyber-Shot Digital Cameras Pack 3D Photo Shooting, 1080p Video Recording

Given the fact that, after all, they've brought quite an impressive lineup of new Bravia 3D HDTVs at CES 2011, Sony decided to offer a little something for users who want to take 3D photos and revealed a whole bunch of new Cyber-Shot digital cameras providing 3D still image capture capabilities.The models in que...

7 January 2011
08:38 GMT

Olympus XZ-1 Premium Ultra-Compact Digital Camera Pops Up at CES 2011

Beside the E-PL2 pocket DSLR we've already talked about yesterday, Olympus brought plenty of other interesting surprises at CES, including here a brand-new ultra-compact premium camera, the XZ-1 model.The XZ-1 sports a new functional design called X-factor Style, that delivers full manual controls in a slim, sty...

7 January 2011
05:51 GMT

Canon Ultra-Compact XA10 Professional Camcorder Revealed at CES 2011

Given Canon's very long history of CES releases, it should come as no surprise that they've also prepared quite a serious lineup for this year's edition, starting with the ultra compact XA10 Professional Camcorder, designed for pro-users on a tighter budget.And, in fact, this thing is truly very compac...

5 January 2011
14:51 GMT

Samsung SH100 Wi-Fi Enabled Compact Digital Camera Released at CES 2011

Although we're still waiting for Samsung to pull out the big guns at CES 2011, the Korean company keeps pushing out new and interesting products, the latest we've come across being the company's new SH100, a compact Wi-Fi enabled camera. Without a doubt, the new compact digital camera's main se...

5 January 2011
00:57 GMT

Olympus E-PL2 Pocket DSLR Leaked, Now With Bluetooth

Since CES is almost ready to start, the rumor mill is spinning at light speeds, the latest piece of information we've managed to come across being related to the latest addition to Olympus' lineup of mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras, namely the E-PL2 model.A successor to the E-PL1, which we&#...

29 December 2010
06:01 GMT

New Samsung NX11 Pocket DSLR Comes with i-Function Lens Support

While we were sort of expecting Samsung to wait until CES 2011 in order to present the latest addition to its NX series of mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, it seems that the Korean company decided to go a little early and revealed the NX11 camera, that's compatible with the new i-Function lens that was i...

29 December 2010
01:09 GMT

Rollei Intros the Powerflex 3D Compact Digital Camera

Since the number of compact digital cameras capable of taking 3D photos available on the market is not exactly very high (in fact, we're only talking about a couple of models), Rollei has decided to tackle this segment (that's sure to skyrocket over the next couple of months) and launched the Powerflex 3D, ...

28 December 2010
03:50 GMT

Fujifilm X100 High-End APS-C Compact Digital Camera Further Detailed

Fujifilm's high-end, ultra-compact APS-C sensor X100 digital camera has been one of the most pleasant surprises from this year's Photokina show, but ever since then, few info on the imager has been released, a situation that didn't sit well with the development team, who's decided to provide some ...

16 December 2010
06:56 GMT

Axis Helps You Set Up Your Own Surveillance System

Since the world we live in is an increasingly dangerous place, setting up a home surveillance system is always a good idea (if you can afford it, of course), and given its extensive expertise in this field, Axis Communications has decided to lend everyone a helping hand and provide a pretty comprehensive guide regard...

14 December 2010
08:57 GMT

Canon to Offer Locking Mode Dial for EOS DSLRs, Charge 100$ for It

While Canon's managed to keep itself seriously engaged in the fierce competition on the digital imaging market, from time to time, they seem to be making certain marketing decisions that don't really do anything positive for them, this being also the case with their latest offering for “EOS 5D MarkII...

2 December 2010
02:52 GMT

Rollei Powerflex 440 and 450 Compact Digicams Announced

We haven't heard in quite a while from Rollei, but it seems that the German digital camera manufacturer has decided to out a couple of new compact models, namely the Powerflex 440 and the Powerflex 45, that, however, won't make it to the market in time for the Christmas shopping spree.As PhotographyBlog inf...

24 November 2010
13:41 GMT

Olympus Brings Forth the PEN Lite E-PL1s Mirrorless DSLR Camera

While we've seen plenty of mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras being rolled onto the market over the past few months, we hadn't heard anything of interest in a while from Olympus, the first company to have outed a micro four thirds pocket DSLR, the already famous PEN E-P1 (and it successors, the E-P2 an...

16 November 2010
10:48 GMT

Panasonic Intros the LUMIX GF2 Ultra-Compact Mirrorless Pocket DSLR

After the GF2's been rumored and leaked for quite some time now, Panasonic has decided that it's about time to finally release its latest DSL Micro (DSLM) compact mirrorless camera, the LUMIX DMC-GF2 being touted as being the company's smallest and lightest interchangeable lens system camera that comes...

4 November 2010
02:23 GMT

Remove Blur From Your Photos With the New BenQ S1410 Compact Digicam

Blurry photos can be any photographer's worst nightmare, and while pros don't really have to bother about such problems (they have the skills to avoid them), things are quite different as far as amateurs (and even advanced amateurs) are concerned, these being the main consumer segments targeted by BenQ'...

29 October 2010
03:10 GMT

CaseCruzer PSC300 Protects, Carries Your DSLR, Laptop

One of the biggest problems most photographers face when traveling is related to the number of bags they require in order to carry around all of their equipment, but it would seem that a company called CaseCruzer might have a solution to all of these issues in the form of the CaseCruzer PSC300.According to the manufa...

19 October 2010
03:36 GMT

Light Sensor Innovation to Make Digital Cameras Better

It's widely known that the pixels inside a digital camera are nothing but a complex light sensor, which is able to decode the wavelengths of visible light that hits them, and to convert them into electrical signals, in a process roughly similar to what happens inside the human eye. However, since the digital cam...

20 June 2009
05:51 GMT

Nikon Unveils Its Long-Rumored D3X DSLR Camera

We've been hearing rumors regarding Nikon's D3X, the successor to the company's famous (and very successful) D3 model, for the past couple of weeks, but it would seem that this "mystery" DSLR has finally become official, Nikon officially announcing its availability just in time for photographers to mak...

1 December 2008
05:21 GMT


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