Panasonic has made some interesting changes to its third generation Micro Four Thirds, interchangeable lens camera, the Lumix DMC-G3. Updates include a new 16 megapixel sensor, an updated processor, and higher autofocus speed. The G3 retains a touchscreen, articulated LCD and features a slimmer DSLR-like design with a built-in electronic viewfinder (EVF), pop-up flash, and [...]
BuyDig offers the Canon PowerShot S100 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera in Black, model no. 5244B001, for $404 with free shipping. That’s $4 under our mention from last week and the lowest total price we could find by $11, outside the price below. It features a 3″ LCD, 24mm wide-angle f/2 lens, 5x optical zoom, dedicated movie [...]
MONTREAL – There are about 40 cameras for sale at the Black’s store in Place Montreal Trust downtown. That may seem like a lot, until you realize roughly half of them are actually cellular phones with cameras attached to them. Five years ago, there would have been no phones and dozens of types of cameras [...]
BuyDig offers the Canon PowerShot S100 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera in Black, model no. 5244B001, for $408 with free shipping. That’s $12 under our October mention and the lowest total price we could find by $14, outside of the price below. It features a 3″ LCD, 24mm wide-angle f/2 lens, 5x optical zoom, dedicated movie button, [...]
The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ47 looks very similar to the more expensive LUMIX FZ150, albeit missing its flash hot-shoe and with a slightly squarer body. It’s $150 less expensive, too, but still has a reasonably high retail price of $649. If you need a camera with an extreme zoom range, the LUMIX DMC-FZ47 is a good [...]
Now approaching its 50th anniversary, noncommercial WMHT Albany-Schenectady-Troy, N.Y. (DMA 58), recently upgraded its production and broadcast facilities with new digital HD equipment, including five Ikegami HDK-77EC full-digital multi-format HD CMOS camera systems. Anthony Tassarotti, the station’s chief technology officer, said the choice was based on evaluations of several HD camera brands and models. “We [...]
Eastman Kodak (OTCQB:EKDKQ) is leaving the camera production business it pioneered for over a century. The company on Thursday announced plans to shutter its digital camera operations in the first half of 2012. The move comes as Kodak attempts to recover from a steep financial slide that left it on the brink of bankruptcy. Kodak [...]
The company that invented the digital cameras decided to withdraw from that business due to inability to compete against other makers on price and efficiency. Eastman Kodak announced on Thursday that, as a result of its ongoing strategic review process, it plans to phase out its digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames [...]
By Sinead Carew Thu Feb 9, 2012 5:18pm EST (Reuters) – Eastman Kodak Co (EKDKQ.PK), the inventor of the digital camera, plans to get out of that business in the first half of the year as the bankrupt company looks to cut costs. The decision to stop selling digital cameras along with pocket video cameras [...]
“This revolutionary image capture system reflects both the artistic and technological sides of Merrill’s personality,” said Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of Sigma Corporation. “As an expression of Sigma’s passion for photography and in honor of Dick Merrill’s genius, we have named the latest generation of the Foveon X3 Direct Image Sensor the Foveon Merrill.” The Sigma [...]
