Fujifilm enhances 3D camera with HD video
Fujifilm updates its 3D camera with HD video, a Mini HDMI port for playback on 3D televisions, enhanced new 3D modes, a larger display — and a lower price. Last year Fujifilm introduced what it says was the first complete solution for 3D digital photography — and now its new model makes “3D imaging more accessible to [...]
Panasonic previews Fall Lumix line
Panasonic calls its new top-of-the-line compact model “a powerful hybrid that can shoot video and still photos with ease and professional-like quality.” The DMC-FZ100 captures full 1080 HD video. With its mechanical shutter it captures 11 still frames per second at its full 14-megapixel resolution. That burst rate goes up to 60 frames per second [...]
New Fujifilm cameras add “phase detection pixels”
Fujifilm says its upcoming compact, the fashion-oriented FinePix Z800EXR “takes photos that look as good as the camera does.” The company says new “phase detection pixels” enable high speed auto focus — as fast as of 0.158 seconds. Added onto the 12-megapixel sensor, the phase detection pixels “work like external sensors on DSLRs,” the company [...]
Nikon to go mirror-free?
Many in the camera industry believe both Nikon and Canon will soon introduce ILC models — and last week, reports surfaced that Nikon may soon preview a concept camera. Likely new features include improved HD video capture, and perhaps a mirrorless design along the lines of recent ILCs from Olympus, Panasonic, and Sony that offer interchangeable [...]
PMA Data Watch: A look at camera sales and digital print volumes in March
According to NPD Group Inc., digital camera sales were up about 2 percent in March compared to the same month last year. This was an improvement over March 2009 when digital camera sales were down 20 percent. Year-to-date sales in March of this year were down 7 percent whereas they were down 9 percent in [...]
PMA Data Watch: Camera phone vs. digital camera use among U.S. households
According to the Photo Industry 2010: Review and Forecast Report camera phone penetration is catching up to that of digital camera penetration. In 2009, 78 percent of U.S. households owned digital cameras, compared with 62 percent of households who owned camera phones. There are more camera phones in use as households are more likely to [...]
PMA Data Watch: DSLR purchasers most likely to be purchasing additional units
According to the PMA 2010 U.S. Camera/Camcorder Digital Imaging Survey, 20 percent of households that purchased digital cameras in 2009 were purchasing the first digital camera, not a replacement. Forty-three percent of households were replacing an older digital camera and the remaining 37 percent were making an additional purchase. This varied, however, depending on whether or [...]
PMA Data Watch: Digital camera usage among U.S. households
According to the PMA 2010 U.S. Camera/Camcorder Digital Imaging Survey, the majority of digital camera owning U.S. households have purchased their most recent digital camera in the past couple of years. Two-thirds of households purchased the most recent camera in 2007 or after and only 8 percent of digital camera households have not purchased one since [...]
Sony debuts new interchangeable lens camera system
Sony started off PMA 2010 with a major introduction: its first new interchangeable lens camera system, delivering a sensor that is larger than that in compact cameras, but in a body much smaller than a standard SLR. Sony’s new model will ship in 2010, the company said at a Sunday morning PMA press conference, but [...]
PMA DAta Watch: Digital camera sales this past December a slight improvement over the past couple of years
According to PMA Marketing Research, typically, 30-40 percent of digital camera sales occur in the last quarter of any given year. With a faltering economy, this past November and December were extremely rough for retailers. Once again, the year as a whole was not favorable for digital camera manufacturers and retailers. Digital camera unit [...]
