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JOBO unveils two High-Res digital picture frames

JOBO announces two new digital picture frames, the PDJ801 and PDJ800, both featuring an 8.4” high-resolution TFT LCD display. Both frames feature an 800x600 pixel resolution with a contrast ratio of 500:1 and user adjustable brightness. To view images, you can just insert your camera's media card into the frame to transfer the images or you can download the image files from your PC onto the frame via the included USB cable. The new displays are available for €179.00 (PDJ801) and €159.00 (PDJ800) respectively...

FotoNation Face Beautification imaging technology

FotoNation, well know for their imaging enhancing techniques for digital cameras, has introduced another novel technique, the new FaceEnhancement solution that beautifies captured images of human faces by smoothing lines and blemishes. This FotoNation solution enables you to capture "professional" quality pictures from your digital still camera or camera phone. The technique beats going to the beauty parlor as it automatically smoothes and reduces the wrinkles and other skin imperfections from faces at the click of a button...

Think Tank backpacks feature enhanced security

Think Tank introduces version 2.0 of their new Airport photography backpacks to carry your camera bodies, lenses, and accessories onto aircraft, legally store them in overhead bins or under the seat, and secure those to immoveable objects once they land. The Acceleration 2.0 backpack comes with security features and holds up to a 500mm f4 lens. The Acceleration, an enhanced mid-sized model comes with an Artificial Intelligence 15-inch laptop case. The Antidote is the smallest and the Ultralight is the lightest member of the family...

Kingston boosts DataTraveler 150 capacity to 64GB

Kingston Technology is now shipping its high-capacity 64GB model of the DataTraveler 150 USB Flash drive family. The new DT150 models offers the largest capacity in Kingston's entire line of DataTraveler products and is fully compatible with Windows Vista, XP and Windows 2000 as well as Mac OS X 10.3 (and above) and Linux 2.6 (and above). The DT150 flash drives carry a fully guaranteed five-year warranty and 24/7 tech support. The 64GB DataTraveler model will sell for $ 177.00 and the 32GB model for $ 116.00...

hama introduces LED ring and digital photo frames

hama introduces a macro ring for compact cameras with lenses up to 32 mm in diameter. The flexible holding arm attaches to the tripod socket of the camera so the ring light can be optimally positioned in front of the lens. 12 LEDs can be switched on in two levels of brightness to ensure constant and, most importantly, shadow-free lighting. hama also introduces two Digital Picture Frames with Bluetooth. The 11 or 8 inch screen has a resolution of 800 x 480 or 800 x 600 pixels, two built-in USB ports and a set of integrated card readers...

Nikon releases SB-900 firmware update ver. 5.02

Nikon releases firmware update version 5.02 for the SB-900. The following improvements have been made in version 5.02 - With uninterrupted shooting with the SB-900 set to i-TTL mode, images captured just before the flash ceased firing were sometimes overexposed. - When the SB-900, set to TTL auto flash mode, is used with a camera supporting the Creative Lighting System, flash mode automatically changes to A mode according to camera communication status. The Nikon D3 or the D300 can be used to upgrade SB-900 firmware...

Photographs enhance Videos of a static scene

GRAIL, the Graphics and Imaging Laboratory of the University of Washington, has updated their current 2008 publication section with a number of interesting documents on their research projects. My personal favorite remains a 2007 Research Project on Video enhancing, which illustrates some impressive systems to enhance video's using digital still images. FotoNation's innovative BlinkCheck technology demonstrates how quickly such new developments nowadays are becoming ready for implementation in our everyday products...

Polaroid t1031 and i1035 10 Mp digital cameras

Polaroid is steadily expanding its digital camera business again. Their latest entries in the field are the t1031, a 10 megapixel digital camera with 3.0-inch monitor, 3x optical zoom, Anti-shake image stabilization, Face tracking, and Integrated photo editing software. The t1031 camera is available in black, titanium, and orange. The new model i1035 offers about the same set of features and is available in black and titanium. Polaroid's innovative Zink Printer is increasingly making inroads in the digital entry level and mobile camera scene too...

Ricoh releases R10 firmware update version 1.15

Ricoh releases its 2nd firmware update within a month for the model R10. This update - version 1.15 - fixes the following: 1. At enlarged display in the playback mode, if you press the DISP. button to switch the position display window off, the right side frame of the window may remain. 2. When you use an 8 MB SD card that has not been formatted in a camera, if you playback the first picture in the card in a camera, the picture will not be displayed correctly...

3M debuts MPro110 first handheld digital projector

Bridging the gap between portability and practicality, 3M is introducing the MPro110, a handheld digital projector designed for business, entertainment and versatile field applications. Employing advanced optical technology, the MPro110 weighs less than a pound and is roughly the size of a digital camera. When attached to a video capable pass-through device such as a laptop computer, DVD or MP3 player or handheld video game the MPro110 projects up to a 50-inch still or video with true VGA resolution...

Sony 12.25 Megapixel sensor for mobile phones

Sony Corporation today announced the commercialization of "IMX060PQ", a new type 1/2.5 CMOS image sensor "Exmor™" for use in camera enabled mobile phones that leverages Sony's proprietary formation technology to realize the industry's smallest unit cell size (1.4µm), and the industry's highest pixel count*1 (12.25 effective megapixel resolution).

Nikon Coolpix P6000 firmware update version 1.1

Nikon releases firmware update version 1.1 for the Coolpix P6000. The following improvements have been made: 1) When pictures were taken with the Wide Converter WC-E76, with the Wide-angle converter and Distortion control items in the shooting menu set to On, the effects of distortion control were weak. 2) When Autofocus mode in the shooting menu was added to My Menu and autofocus mode set to Full-time AF, the setting was displayed as Single AF in My Menu. These issue have been resolved...

Sigma acquires its Image Sensor developer Foveon

Sigma has acquired all stock of the company that developed the original three-layer image sensor used in their DP1 and SD14 digital cameras. Foveon made history when it developed and patented the world's first three-layer image capture technology, placing a stack of RGB pixels in each pixel location. As the digital camera market continues to expand, Foveon and Sigma will evolve and further improve the X3 sensor technology. For next year the DP2 and SD15 digital cameras have already been announced at the recent Photokina...

Panasonic and Sanyo to start Business Alliance

Panasonic and SANYO agreed to start discussions for capital and business alliance. Panasonic has been challenging to generate "ideas for life" for the future. SANYO has been seeking to become a Leading provider of Environment- and Energy-related products. In the Electronics and Ecology Business both can expand the range of products and mutually utilize each other's sales channels. Panasonic and SANYO will immediately set up a project team, to start intensive discussion on these alliances...

Trust unveils micro Gold Bluetooth 2 USB adapter

Trust announces the ultra small Bluetooth 2 USB adapter Gold and the Ultra Small Bluetooth 2.1 USB adapter. Both adapters quickly and easily add Bluetooth technology to a notebook or a PC. These ultra-small twins hardly protrude from a laptop or a PC. This means that there is no risk of them being knocked and they become part of the notebook itself, so that the notebook can be quickly placed in a notebook bag without having to remove the USB adapter. The Adapter Gold is now available and the 2.1 Adapter will be available from January...

Olympus unveils new in-between E-30 digital SLR

Olympus unveils the E-30, the latest addition to their E dSLR series, filling the gap between the E-3 and the E-400 / E-500 series. The new E-30 features a High-Speed Imager AF for Live View shooting, and a dual-axis variable-angle LCD monitor. Furthermore the new model is equipped with a newly developed 12.3-megapixel high-speed Live MOS Sensor, new TruePic III+ image processing engine, and an image stabilization system. The camera complies with the Four Thirds standard, and is scheduled for the first quarter of next year...

Sigma releases DP1 firmware update version 2.00

Following its 1.04 firmware update of July, Sigma now further improves its DP1 digital camera with the release of firmware version 2.00. This latest firmware update offers the following improvements: • It is possible to allocate different functions to each of the Digital Zoom buttons. • When the image is magnified in the review display, the magnification ratio will appear...

Olympus ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-54mm f2.8-3.5 II lens

Olympus announces the ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-54mm f2.8-3.5 II Four Thirds System lens, developed as a successor to the 14-54mm f2.8-3.5 introduced in October 2003. The new lens boasts High-Speed Imager AF support and a circular aperture mechanism for higher imaging performance, and enabling you to enjoy responsive AF Live View shooting. In addition, the lens supports creative photography with its circular aperture mechanism, and excellent close-up shooting capabilities. The new lens is scheduled for sale in Japan on December 20...

BenQ unveils M2400HD Full HD multimedia monitor

BenQ announces the M2400HD 24-inch wide multimedia monitor, delivering Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution. Monitor brightness is 300 cd/m2, and contrast ratio is 1000:1, or 10,000:1 dynamic by adjusting the backlight to optimize light levels for every scene. Furthermore, the monitor is equipped with a 2.0 Mp webcam, speakers, and a built-in microphone. HDMI 1.3 and DVI-D (with HDCP) offer easy connection to HD consoles and Blu-ray players, and when you're a game fan you'll appreciate the fast 2ms (GtG) response time...

SANYO announces ultra-compact PLC-XW65

With the PLC-XW65, SANYO offers a new portable and extremely bright ultra-compact projector for companies and educational establishments. Measuring only 265 x 74 x 189 mm and weighing in at a mere 1.6 kg, the new PLC-XW65 is the world's most compact and lightest LCD projector with XGA resolution...

Ricoh releases Caplio GX100 firmware vers. 1.51

Ricoh releases firmware version 1.51 for the Caplio GX100. The update offers this improvement: After switching from the Auto mode to a "My setting mode", and then you go back to Auto mode again, the zoom position of the lens will always become at wide end. Check-out this and all previous firmware updates for the Ricoh Caplio GX100 digital camera...

Zeiss cinemizer video eyewear goes extravagant

Carl Zeiss launches the cinemizer Gold, a limited (500) edition of its video eyewear for design-oriented, fashion-conscious people. With this video eyewear you can enjoy anytime, anywhere your personal movies and videos which have to be loaded on a video-capable iPod or cell phone. The cinemizer simulates a 115 cm screen at a distance of two meters. The matching battery can be connected to your iPod and provides up to four hours of power. The cinemizer Gold is said to be "relatively inexpensive", and sets you back only 369 euros...

Digital Foci pocket album OLED 2.8 photo viewer

Digital Foci is now shipping the Pocket Album Deluxe OLED 2.8 photo viewer. The new viewer fits right in your pocket, comes with viewing stand, carrying case, and wrist strap, and is available in popular colors of Red, Sky Blue and Charcoal. The 2.8" (320 x 240) OLED screen offers a contrast ratio of 10,000:1 and runs on Li-Polymer batteries with 5 hours of battery life. The device holds over 4,000 photos, and photos can be viewed by manual scrolling or with a slideshow. The Pocket Album Deluxe OLED 2.8 is priced at $99...

New firmware for Olympus cameras / Zuiko lenses

Olympus releases firmware update version 1.1 for the digital cameras: FE-370, SP-565UZ, μ1060, 1050SW and μ1040. This update resolves communication errors that occurred when using direct print with some printers. At the same time Olympus releases a firmware update for the Zuiko digital lenses listed below to ensure compatibility when used with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 camera: ZUIKO DIGITAL 25mm F2.8, 35mm F3.5 Macro, ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6, ED 35-100mm F2.0 1, and ED 40-150mm F4.0-5.6...

Dubai Podium building plans 100m tall LED screen

Dubai is nowadays standing out in its expansion in the seas and in the skies. The Tameer company - building the perfect human space is an art - is developing a high-rise with 33 levels of commercial office space, and 2 floors dedicated to retail. One facade of the "Podium" will be boasting a 100 meter tall LED screen, visible at a distance of 1.5 kilometers. The LED screen will be fitted in a curved façade with highly-reflective tinted glass to achieve astounding visual quality. The podium is planned to be completed in 2011...

Nikon releases D300 firmware update version 1.10

Nikon releases a major firmware update for the D300 digital SLR camera. Here is a small selection of the improvements included in this new release: - Recent settings can now be displayed in place of My Menu. - Focus acquisition performance in dynamic-area AF mode and with contrast-detect AF has been improved. - Auto white balance performance has been improved. - An issue preventing shutter release at the specified shutter speed when no operations were performed for 30 sec. in mirror up mode has been resolved...

Casio Japan unveils 8 Mp W63CA mobile phone

Casio introduces the Exilim W63CA camera phone for the Japanese market. The name Exilim is normally reserved for Casio's standard digital camera series, but Casio appears to follow the trend started by Sony Ericsson with their Cyber-shot camera phones. The Exilim W63CA features an 8.1 megapixel camera, a 3.1 OLED monitor with WVGA 480×800 resolution, and a 28mm wide-angle lens. The 8Mp camera is the first to use the clamshell design, measurering 50×110×17.4 mm and comes in 4 bright colors...

Canon releases EOS 50D firmware version 1.0.3

Canon releases firmware update version1.0.3 for the EOS 50D digital SLR camera. The update incorporates the following fixes: • Corrects a phenomenon in which an image becomes overexposed. • Corrects a rare phenomenon in which "busy" blinks on the display panel and the shutter cannot be released due to timing of battery installation. • Corrects a rare phenomenon in which "Err 99" appears on the camera's display panel and LCD monitor and the shutter cannot be released due to the timing of pressing the shutter button...

NEC announces development of A3 / A4 e-paper

NEC announces the successful development of A3 & A4 e-paper. E-paper minimizes electricity needs and utilizes reflected light to produce wide viewing angles, provide high visibility under direct sunlight and reduce eye strain. The A3 size e-paper is composed of narrow frames of just 1mm, which enables the creation of large screens that feature effective multi-tiling. The A3 module has a resolution of 1600(H) x 1200(V) pixels in a display area of 395.2 x 296.4 mm. The A4 module has the same resolution in a 280 x 210 mm area...

Pentacon unveils Praktica DVC 5.1 HD & 5.2 FHD

Pentacon unveils two new digital camcorders with photo function. The Praktica DVC 5.1 HD offers a 5.0 megapixel CMOS sensor, a 3-inch LCD display, a 5x optical zoom lens, SDHC support and video recording at a resolution of 1280x720 pixels - 30 frames per second. The Praktica DVC 5.2 FHD is housed in a somewhat smaller but heavier body and offers the same 5.0 megapixel CMOS image sensor and LCD display, a slightly different 5x optical zoom lens and video recording at 1440x1080, 1280x720 , 848x450 resolutions - 30 fps too...

Tamron opens up on wide-angle lens technology

Tamron opens a website on its new B001 lens series, featuring the first member of the family, the SP AF10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II, introduced last month. The new ultra wide-angle lens offers 2.4x zoom, with a focal length range with the 35mm equivalent of 16mm ultra wide-angle to 37mm, and comes in a user-friendly lightweight, compact design. The SP AF10-24mm lens is designed exclusively for Canon and Nikon digital SLRs with APS-C sized image sensors.Pentax and Sony mount models will follow at a later date...

Mamiya introduces 45mm F2.8 D Wide-Angle lens

Mamiya today announces the Mamiya Sekor 45mm f2.8 D, a wide-angle lens that utilizes low-dispersion glass to correct chromatic aberration, producing high resolution and a large image circle coverage for film and digital backs. The new lens has a 16bit CPU that allows easy firmware upgrading, fine lens characteristic correction and fast, reliable communication between the lens, camera body and digital back when used with the Mamiya 645AFDIII and 645AFDII. A prototype of the lens has already been shown at the Photokina...

Epson improves outdoor visibility of its TFT LCDs

Epson announces development of a new Photo Fine HR TFT LCD for use in mobile devices. The new "transflective" LCDs use a mode with a backlight in darker settings, while outdoors and in other well-lit locations their reflective mode harnesses the surrounding light, reducing backlight power consumption. Photo Fine HR combines the high reflection technology that Epson Imaging Devices has developed with an optical design that achieves dual transmissive-reflective functionality. The new LCDs come in two sizes, 3 inches and 3.5 inches...

Elegant and compact Olympus E-420 Komachi kit

Olympus launches the limited edition E-420 Komachi Kit, named after famous Japanese poet Ono no Komachi, renowned for her beauty. Olympus brings together the E-420 body with the Zuiko Digital 25mm pancake lens, measuring a total length of just 76.5mm. Furthermore, the kit includes a hand-made leather case and strap, featuring a fashionable retro design, a 1GB CF card, an LCD lens protector and a lens cloth. The kit, which had already been announced in the EU for € 699, 00, is now available in the US too for $749.99...