Panasonic Lifts Lid On 32GB SD Card
February 13, 2008
Boston (dbTechno) - Running out of space on your SD memory card in your digital camera? Panasonic has the solution as they have announced a Secure Digital memory card with 32GB of memory.
The SD card is called RP-SDV32GU1K and will ship out in April according to Panasonic. Read more
Polaroid Officially Ends The Instant Film Era
February 11, 2008
Boston (dbTechno) - According to reports, Polaroid is set to no longer make instant film for those instant cameras which print pictures as soon as you take them. The instant film era will come to an end in 2009.
Polaroid introduced the instant camera in 1948 in the U.S., but some 60 years later, it is now completely out of date and obsolete. One year ago they stopped making the cameras, and now they are no longer making the film. Read more
Kodak To Put 5.0 Megapixels In Your Phone
February 4, 2008
Boston (dbTechno) -As if having a 2-3 megapixel camera in your phone wasn’t good enough, Kodak believes they can now develop up to a 5-megalpixel camera to put into your next phone. Eastman Kodak Company is so confident that their new 1.4 micron sensor will be able to be put into some of the cheapest phones, that they are showing them off to mobile phone companies at Mobile World Congress (MWC) next week.
The KAC-05020 image sensor combines CMOS technology with Kodak’s own Color Filter Pattern (sic) technology to deliver brilliant looking pics, even in very low light. Kodak says this makes the 1.4 micron KAC-05020 better even than 1.75 micron pixel CMOS image sensors.”Camera phones and other small-pixel consumer imaging devices often suffer from poor performance, especially under low light conditions. Read more
SanDisk Unveils New 32 GB Flash Card
February 4, 2008
Washington (dbTechno) - SanDisk has come out and unveiled a new 32 GB SDHC Flash card to add to their Ultra II SDHC memory card line-up.
SanDisk has announced that they will be coming out with SDHC memory cards in the sizes of 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB. Read more
Sony Reveals Digital Camera With 4GB Of Onboard Memory
October 25, 2007
Boston (dbTechno) - Sony has unveiled the Cyber-shot DSC-T2 which comes with 4GB of internal onboard memory.
The new Cyber-shot DSC-T2 from Sony has a nice eight-megapixel point-and-shoot camera. With 4GB of onboard internal Flash memory users should not have to worry about storing any photos.
The front of the new camera has a 3x optical zoom lens and is made by Carl Zeiss. The lens also has many nice features including optical image stabilization.
The back of the camera sports a 2.7-inch touchscreen LCD for navigating menus and such. It also has smile-detection which is supposed to recognize when people are smiling and automatically take snapshots.
The new camera, the DSC-T2 will ship in December and retail for around $350.
It will come in many different colors as well making for one of the more ideal holiday gifts for those looking for a new digital camera.
The colors will include pink, white, black, blue, and possibly others.
Canon Announces The EOS 40D digital SLR
August 20, 2007
Boston (dBTechno) - After months of rumors, Canon has today revealed its EOS 40D digital SLR.
The new EOS 40D sports a 10.1MP CMOS sensor, 6.5 FPS burst shooting mode (maximum burst of 75 JPEG images or 17 RAW images), 9-cross type AF engine and DIGIC III image processor.
“[There are] very pro type capabilities on this camera, certainly some big improvements over the 30D in all of these areas,” said Chuck Westfall, Canon’s director of media and consumer relations, in an interview with DigitalCameraInfo.com.
Key features
* 10.1 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
* 6.5 fps continuous shooting, max. burst 75 JPEGs
* New AF system with 9 cross-type sensors
* DIGIC III processor
* 3.0” LCD with Live View mode
* EOS Integrated Cleaning System
* Clear and bright viewfinder
* Customisable Picture Style processing parameters
Indeed, at 6.5 fps, no Digital SLR in the EOS 40D mid-range class and price category has so high a continuous shooting capability, making it ideal for shooting – and actually capturing – speed-sensitive outdoor and wild-nature shots as well as a wide variety of action and sports scenes. The speed of the EOS 40D SLR comes from Canon’s balanced combination of its latest processor, DIGIC IIII, DDR SDRAM high-speed memory, four-channel-per-line sensor readout, and two separate motors for shutter and mirror operation.
“This newest member of Canon’s Digital SLR family takes mid-range Digital SLRs to exciting new heights with enhanced resolution and image quality, faster shooting and processing speeds and better overall functionality than ever before,” stated Yuichi Ishizuka, senior vice president and general manager, Consumer Imaging Group, Canon U.S.A. “The Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR Camera incorporates many Canon innovations and advancements that differentiate our products from the competition, while respecting and reinforcing our long-standing traditions of providing superior value and innovative imaging technology.”
The Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR is scheduled for early September delivery and will be sold in a body-only configuration at an estimated selling price of $1,299.00i. It will additionally be offered in a kit version with Canon’s EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM zoom lens at an estimated selling price of $1,499.00i.
