Tag archive: Digital Cameras

Kodak has been in trouble for awhile. Over the past few months it’s sort of reminded me of someone in a SAW movie: hacking away at his limbs to save himself. Kodak’s been slicing departments with the greater good in mind, and once it killed its sensor business, we felt like its camera division entirely wasn’t long for this world. Kodak is potentially leaving two victims in its wake: the PlayFull Zi12 and the EasyShare M750. The pocket camcorder… Read More

Lytro continues to delight and intrigue the photography world, despite the fact that it hasn’t even shipped yet. We were able to go hands-on with the camera at CES, and while many of our initial questions have been answered, there’s still so much about Lytro that eludes us. Namely: where does it go from here? It’s obvious that this is just the beginning for Lytro. It has nearly exclusive control over the consumer light field camera, and we can… Read More

Sigma Corporation announced today a rebranding of its flagship DSLR camera, renaming the SD1 as the Sigma SD1 Merrill. The minimum suggested retail price will also drop more than 66 percent, knocking the premium sticker price of $9,700 down to $3,300 with a street price of $2,299. This is huge news for casual and professional photographers alike since the SD1 was still found on major online retailers for $6,899 as of this morning. The Sigma SD1… Read More

Canon has unveiled a slew of new cameras – 10, to be specific. These include new iterations in its PowerShot A-series. We’ll spare you the specifics and offer a briefer on the new standouts. A4000 IS: Includes optical image stabilization with an 8x optical zoom – that’s the longest zoom yet for an A-series camera. It will also have a 3-inch LCD and a new help button that offers explanations behind various shooting modes (available in all of the… Read More

In more camera news that everyone saw coming from a mile away, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 has been officially announced, marking a new series from the manufacturers that brought you the very popular Micro Four Thirds PEN series. While it has a stylish body and MFT, interchangeable lens systems in common with the former, the OM-D line is an entirely different animal.   The OM-D series pays homage to the original OM SLR series, with its triangular… Read More

Fujifilm announced its X-Pro 1 at CES, its new interchangeable lens camera that follows in the same retro vein as its popular X100 and X10. While we were given a thorough introduction to the camera in all its hybrid viewfinder glory, pricing and release dates were still a little iffy. Today, Fujifilm has announced that the latest addition to its X-series will cost $1,700 (body only) and be available at the end of February. Fujifilm also launched… Read More

This morning Pentax introduced the K-01, yet another addition to the next-gen, bridge camera segment. The mirrorless, interchangeable lens device may have all the same general interior technology as its competitors do, but its aesthetics are quite different. Most of the cameras in this genre have offered some variation of a streamlined take on retro designs, somewhat mimicking the models of yesteryear. Not the K-01: it looks more like a tough… Read More

Today Sony launched three new pocket cams, despite the decreasing interest in this sector. Next-generation digital cameras (Micro four thirds and other non-traditional interchangeable lens system devices) coupled with the effects of full-frame DSLRs and smartphones have eroded the entry-level point-and-shoot market significantly. And Sony addressed that. The manufacturer is aware that this segment is struggling and has more to compete with than… Read More

If we can say anything about Steve Jobs, it’s that his death was premature. The Apple innovator had a lot of ground left to cover and was likely only getting started revolutionizing the face of consumer electronics in numerous ways and fields. A new book detailing some of this unfinished innovation, Inside Apple, reveals that Jobs had plans to impact the digital photography industry. Not that he hasn’t already: the iPhone 4S has set the bar for… Read More

The line between smartphone and point-and-shoots is about to get blurrier. Sony has announced its new backside illuminated CMOS image sensor that “embodies the continuous evolution of the camera” – in other words, smaller, lighter, thinner devices. In (still) other words: smartphone cameras. Sony doesn’t mince words explaining the drive behind its new sensor. “The popularization of smartphones and other devices in recent years has been… Read More

Olympus has endured some very public legal and financial woes lately. The company has found itself in serious debt after years of shady business practices from executives and board members, and buyout rumors have surfaced. Now it appears that instead of selling its camera business, Olympus is negotiating to partner with Sony. Japanese site Diamond Online reports that the two will coordinate to “enhance the synergy of business and technology”… Read More

CES and 3D go hand-in-hand. The trend has persisted for years now at the show, in a sort of “always the bridesmaid never the bride” way. Something always seems seems to manage to overshadow 3D, yet the hype and promise of its full emergence into the consumer market remains. Casio took a different route with 3D this year, turning 2D images into 3D works of art. The manufacturer was sparse on details behind the printing technology (it… Read More

One of the major trends we saw at CES this year was connectivity. Every electronics maker has a “smart” something, boasting products that communicate with one another so that all of your technology can be in constant sync. And cameras were no exception at the show, with every manufacturer showing off a smart device of some sort.  In an appropriate move, Kodak was one of them. The beleaguered camera company has infamously struggled… Read More