Kodak CCD image sensors increase light sensitivity
Kodak claims “light starved applied imaging applications such as traffic monitoring and surveillance can look forward to a new class of cameras that will provide improved image quality under demanding lighting conditions.” The company is adding its TrueSense color filter pattern to its interline transfer CCD pixel design. This pattern adds panchromatic, or “clear” pixels [...]
Toshiba aims 14MP sensor at phones and cameras
Toshiba says its System LSI business has focused on mobile phones, but it will next year expand to cameras as well with a new 14.6-megapixel CMOS sensor that captures 1080p video at 60 frames per second. The sensor will have enhanced sensitivity thanks to its back-side illumination technology, Toshiba says: “Lenses on the rear of [...]
New camera phones from Sony Ericsson, RIM
The Equinox phone from Sony Ericsson sports “eye-catching night effects,” the company says, “five unique pulsating light effects so when a call comes in, you’ll know who it is in a flash.” The phone has a 3-megapixel camera, and an integrated application shoots video and uploads it directly to YouTube. It also has a 2.2-inch [...]
International Business Forum Cologne focused on memories
The 2nd International Business Forum Cologne, which was held under the title ”Memories are more…” Oct. 21-22, in Cologne, Germany, was the biggest event of its kind in the photo and imaging industry in Europe. According to the organizers, INTERNATIONAL CONTACT and Photo Imaging News, more than 200 industry delegates attended the event, which was [...]
MGI USA expands dealer network in United States
MGI USA, Melbourne, Fla., added three new dealers: Fuller Grafix Inc.; Alpha Imaging Technologies; and Standard Dynamics. The three new MGI dealers will cover territories including New England, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, providing sales and service support for MGI’s full range of digital printing and finishing solutions. Fuller Grafix is [...]
Discover who’s “tooting your horn” on today’s PMA Marketing Moment
Karla Elder, CPF, GCF, of Jackson’s Extraordinary Custom Framing Inc., Alberta, Canada, shares more advice on the importance of tracking where your customers come from in today’s PMA Marketing Moment. You may discover there are people, who may not be spending a lot of money in your store, but who are tooting your horn all [...]
ImageRights launches to battle copyright infringement
ImageRights International, an Internet-based services company, announced the availability of its first service — ImageRights — a low-cost, easy-to-use solution designed to help protect the copyrights of photographers and stock-photo agencies. Targeted to the estimated three million worldwide commercial photographers, ImageRights is applying visual search and image recognition technology to track the use of photographs [...]
Foto Quelle to continue until year-end
Foto Quelle, the German photo retailing and franchising chain based in Nuremberg, Germany, will continue its business operations until the end of this year, according to a letter of the management and the administrator to the company‘s franchisees and suppliers. As a result of the collapse of the German retailing company, Quelle, the parent-company of [...]
Sandisk announces third quarter revenue increase
SanDisk Corp., announced revenue of $935 million, an increase of 14 percent on a year-over-year basis and 28 percent on a sequential basis, for the third quarter ended Sept. 27, 2009. Net income, in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), was $231 million, compared to GAAP net loss of ($166) million in the [...]
iMagnify iPhone App turns phone into a magnifying glass
iMagnify, Greenwich, Conn., announces a new iPhone 3GS app that turns the iPhone 3GS into a portable magnifier. It’s a handy tool for viewing hard to see details when traveling, in restaurants, supermarkets, or when squinting at prescription labels, and convenient for stamp or coin collectors and hobbyists, the company says. This unique iPhone 3GS [...]
