Digital Camera News

Rapidly advancing technology means that Digital Cameras are constantly improving. Consumers are demanding better optics and more storage. Denser circuitry delivers more internal storage and higher image resolutions, while advances in battery technology increases battery life for digital cameras.

Demands of the professional photographer a high level of competition between manufacturers lead to ever more sophisticated features being added.

• Digital Foci Ships New Image Moments 6 Digiframe (Engadget)

  Filed under: Digital Cameras , Displays Given that Digital Foci’s IMT-062 was getting a bit long in the tooth, we’d say it’s about time a suitable successor hit the streets. The IMT-063, or “The Executive” as its known around the office, is the outfit’s very latest Image Moments 6 digiframe, which features a 5.7-inch 640 x 480 display, LED backlighting, a two-tone chrome finish, …

• Canon, Nikon Video-shooting SLR Cameras Ready For Action (USA Today)

  Millions of point-and-shoot-camera lovers have stepped up to more advanced digital SLRs to improve their photography. But while $1,000 or so gets you a faster-performing, sharper camera that can stop action on a dime, the fancier camera hasn’t been able to shoot video, something virtually any point-and-shoot can do.

• Digital Mammography Gets Upgrade (News 14 Carolina)

  HIGH POINT — Doctors say early detection is the key to surviving breast cancer, so in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, High Point Regional Health System is showcasing its new digital mammography facility.

• Digital Foci Intros 140PPI 5.7-inch Photo Frame (MacNN)

  Digital Foci on Monday unveiled its Image Moments 6 high-resolution digital frame built around a 5.7-inch, 640×480 LCD screen with a 300:1 contrast ratio. What the company claims is the highest pixel density (at 140ppi) digital photo frame on the market is also dubbed as The Executive, and features an LED backlight that delivers more colors than other technologies. The frame is also unique in …

• Digital Foci Ships Image Moments 6 Digiframe (PhysOrg)

  The Digital Foci IMT-063 Image Moments 6 digiframe features a 5.7 inch 640 x 480 display with LED backlighting, two tone chrome finish, 450Mb of internal storage, support for memory cards, and USB 2.0 connectivity. The frame also plays back audio and video files.

• Geotag Your Digital Photos (PC World)

  Two digital cameras possess a location awareness in addition to the time, date, and other typical archive information.

• Review: Fujifilm Finepix S8100fd Camera (Computer Active)

  Fujifilm consistently delivers reliable digital cameras, and the 10-megapixel S8100fd – the suffix denoting the inclusion of ‘face detection’– of which more later – doesn’t buck the trend.

• Samsung Offering Two-for-one Cinema Tickets For NV Camera Buyers (Tech Digest Via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

  Although all bar one person missed out on being shot into space with a couple of Samsung NV cameras (something Gary was clearly not happy about when he reported it back in April), we can at least get a fairly decent deal on cinema outings for the next year courtesy of the company to put the first Korean digital camera in space.

• It’s A Bet: Will It Break Or Not? (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

  Computer hard drives fail. Digital cameras quit clicking. Stuff breaks, so you might be wondering about so-called extended warranties to cover your new gadgets in case something goes wrong during a specific period of time. Should you do it?

• Sposto Interactive Helps Write Nikon’s Page In Rock History (PR Newswire Via Yahoo! Finance)

  Digital Creative Agency Sposto Interactive was tapped by Nikon to create Nikon Live , a dynamic visual feast of rock and roll photography. The site includes VISIONS OF ROCK — with interviews and bios of rock photography greats, and BEHIND THE LENS — the result of placing Nikon cameras in the hands of artists like My Chemical Romance to capture life on the road.