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Sony just announced three new Exmor CMOS (5.15, 8.11 and 12.25Mpix) that we’ll probably see in our mobile phones in the near future. Included is the world’s first 12.25Mpix (effective pixels) 1/2.5 type CMOS, the IMX060PQ.
Sony also announced a 1/2.5 type lens module at 12.25Mpix, the U060F.
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With a price gap of about $900 between the Olympus E-520 and the E-3, Olympus has long had a pretty big hole in its dSLR lineup–a hole populated by extremely popular competitors like the Nikon D90, the Canon EOS 40D, and the Canon EOS 50D. But with the announcement of the E-30, it looks [...]
MINOX has introduced a new DCM digiscoping system that combines a digital camera, video, monitor, and eyepiece in one package for taking photos and digital video through a high-power scope. The optics of the system work like a regular digital camera and the LCD is a 2 3/8″ unit with high-resolution color graphics.
The entire [...]
It’s a fact that today’s digital SLR users almost always have at least one, and often multiple, spare battery packs for their cameras. But with more than one battery pack, it can sometimes be hard to keep track of whether all batteries are being used fairly evenly (in other words, that one or more aren’t [...]
In medium format digital photography, price and performance are usually at opposite ends of the digital spectrum. Normally you have to pay more – a lot more – for better quality, performance and features, certainly for the latest technology. The new Mamiya DL28 Digital Camera System totally changes that way of thinking.
The Mamiya DL28 [...]
Eye-Fi’s wireless SD cards become better every day. Late last month, the company announced that its products would finally support uploads to Apple’s MobileMe and the AdoramaPix services, and now they have released a Manager update that has added support for RSS feeds along with Twitter integration, enabling users to let their friends know when [...]
T-Mobile is introducing a new service and a new device for its subscribers. Strangely it is not a cell phone or anything like that. It is a Picture frame with a sim card buit in. Back on January, Parrot announced the new DF7700, a digital picture frame with a GSM sim card in it. T-Mobile [...]
Fujifilm announces a completely new, real image system (3D digital camera, 3D digital photo frame, 3D print) that marks a complete break from previous attempts to introduce this technology. The arrival of digital photography over a decade ago opened up so many new ways of enjoying images, not only through capture, but also through manipulation, [...]
Minox has introduced the perfect pocket-sized camera - the Leica M3 with gold finish.
Packing those classic Leica looks (albeit in miniature), this 5 megapixel camera has a 1.5-inch screen, 32MB of storage and an SD card slot for boosting it further.
Sold in a satin-lined wooden box, it will sell for £319.
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While the competition to introduce the highest resolution camera is heating up, Canon’s latest salvo is the EOS 5D Mark II ($2,700 without lens), the extremely long-awaited successor to the popular 5D pro digicam. The Mark II blows away its predecessor in every way, both expected and unexpected.
Here are the key specs:
The full-frame sensor’s resolution [...]
The Canon 5D Mark II popped up Wednesday at the big biennial battleground for camera makers, the Photokina trade show in Cologne, Germany.
Cosmetically same as the original 5D, it is still a heavy duty camera. The new version shoots full HD video and even better still pictures. The larger data stream from a 21-megapixel sensor [...]
This flagship Sony α (alpha) DSLR raises the bar with impressive features including the world’s highest resolution at 24.6 megapixels.
The new standard in digital photography has arrived with the Sony α (alpha) DSLR-A900. Packed with features, this flagship DSLR is the first alpha to incorporate a 35mm full frame image sensor and [...]
Circuit City is taking pre-orders for Canon’s much awaited EOS 50D. As you all know, EOS50D is a 15.1 Megapixel DSLR camera for the pro category. The EOS 50D DSLR is up for pre-order right now for $1,399.99 (body only) / $1,599.99 (kit with EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM zoom lens). Just over two weeks [...]
