Nikon announces new fieldscopes and attachment
Nikon Vision Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Nikon Corp., announces the Fieldscope Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L2, for use exclusively with Nikon EDG Fieldscopes and Nikon D-SLR cameras. The Digital SLR Camera Attachment FSA-L2, which has 3.5x zoom and 500-1,750mm (f/5.9-21) focal length, used together with the new EDG Fieldscopes, enables super-telephoto shooting with Nikon [...]
Survey of PCMag.com readers anticipates better 2009 holiday sales
PCMag.com, New York, N.Y., announced several key findings from its first annual Consumer Electronics Holiday Study. Narrowing in on the fourth quarter and holidays as they are traditionally the strongest period for technology sales, the study polled over 1,600 PCMag Digital Network visitors in July. The results were then tabulated and compiled in-house. While consumer [...]
Kubota Image Tools announces Creative Photography Workshop
Kubota Image Tools, Bend, Ore., announces a new creative photography workshop – Studio Success, from K to V – taking place at the Sugarbush Resort in picturesque Warren, Vermont, Oct. 26 – 27, 2009. Attendees will join professional photographers Kevin Kubota and V Gallery owners Vicki and Jed Taufer for this intense 2-day workshop designed [...]
SanDisk wins ITC review of patent infringement case
Bloomberg reports SanDisk Corp., the world’s largest maker of cards that store digital pictures, won a second chance to argue that more than a dozen companies infringe on its patents for flash-memory technology. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, D.C., will review part of an ITC judge’s findings that SanDisk lost in April. [...]
E-Ink to exceed $2.5 billion
The global market for e-paper displays will grow at the compound annual growth rate of 124 percent from 2008 through 2013 to exceed a $2.5 billion market value. Eighty percent of the business is in the U.S. market, but that share will decrease to about 55 percent by 2013. The market is primarily driven by [...]
WonderMedia passes Microsoft “Compatible with Windows 7″ logo program
System-on-chip platform provider WonderMedia Technologies Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, announced the WonderMedia SmartFrame Reference Design Kit (RDK) is the first Digital Photo Frame (DPF) Digital Media Renderer (DMR) to pass the “Compatible with Windows 7″ logo program from Microsoft Corp. Based on the WonderMedia PRIZM platform and controlled either through a touch interface or via PC, [...]
OmniVision aims 1080p sensor at mobile conferencing
OmniVision Technologies says its 1080p high definition CMOS image sensor enables video conferencing and recording for mobile devices. The 1/3-inch OV2710 offers a 1920 x 1080 array using a 3-micron pixel, delivering low-light performance of 3300 mV/(lux-sec), dark current of 6 mV/sec and a peak dynamic range of 69dB. This allows the OV2710 to operate [...]
Sony expands e-book line
Sony Electronics Inc. completed its line of “electronic paper” devices with a seven-inch model with built-in wireless connectivity. The $399 Reader Daily Edition connects to AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband network [although it apparently only reaches Sony's eBook store.] Its seven-inch touchscreen works in portrait and landscape modes. Sony notes its “high contrast ratio with 16 [...]
Study shows digital photos given new life in Web 2.0
Research released by YouGov shows that people are turning to online platforms and services to record and share their digital photographs and avoid them slipping into the digital abyss. The online survey, commissioned by Blurb, found 44 percent of respondents share their digital photographs using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The emergence [...]
Discount Drug Mart adds Kodak printing solutions throughout Ohio
Discount Drug Mart Inc., Medina, Ohio, will deploy Kodak Picture Kiosk G4 digital stations and Kodak APEX thermal dry labs in all 70 of its drugstores throughout Ohio. The new contract upgrades the chain’s existing kiosks to G4 models and replaces wet labs with Kodak’s thermal labs. With the upgrade, customers will be able to [...]
