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Digital cameras enable Web-based Spontaenous Smiley art project

When I read about Ruth Kaiser's Internet-based conceptual art project, I had to, well, smile. The Spontaneous Smiley Project combines digital photography, social networking, and just pure goofiness into an undeniably appealing, feel-good communal art project. by Janice Chen

Tags: Web, Art, Digital Camera, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Internet, Social Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Intel announces a digital camera that can read to you

Electronic book readers like the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook may be poised to take the holiday shopping season by storm, but the new Intel Reader announced earlier this week promises to give the gift of reading to those with vision- or reading-related disabilities. by Janice Chen

Tags: Digital Camera, Camera, Intel Corp., Digital Cameras, E-books, Digital Photography, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-11-12

New DVDs store digital photos for centuries

Though many people still back their irreplaceable digital photos to CDs or DVDs, the dyes and reflective layers of conventional recordable CDs and DVDs can deteriorate in two to five years depending on environmental factors. A new long-lasting DVD technology aims to dramatically increase that lifespan by using physical etchings...

Tags: Digital Photograph, Photograph, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Olympus announces new E-P2 compact interchangeable lens camera

Just five months after Nikon announced its first Micro Four-Thirds compact interchangeable lens camera, comes today's announcement of an updated version, the Olympus Pen E-P2 Micro Four-Thirds camera. by Janice Chen

Tags: Olympus Corp., Camera, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Digital SLR camera accessories

There's probably nothing a digital camera enthusiast likes better than gear and gadgets, which makes shopping for your favorite shutterbug a cinch. If you're looking for a great holiday gift for someone who already has his or her dSLR of choice, one of these dSLR camera accessories -- ranging...

Tags: DSLR, SLR, Accessory, Camera, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Digital SLR cameras

It's been a great year for digital SLR shooters: There have been no fewer than 17 new dSLRs released this year, with HD video shooting coming to the low-end and long-awaited updates to stalwarts like the much-loved Nikon D40. To help you narrow down the options, here's a list of...

Tags: DSLR, SLR, Camera, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Canon 7D glitch produces ghosted images

Canon has issued a service notice for the recently released EOS 7D Digital SLR, acknowledging a ghosting problem that occurs in images captured during continuous shooting. by Janice Chen

Tags: Canon Inc., Canon 7D Glitch, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Sony's new digital photo frame includes built-in photo printer

Despite the millions of digital photos that are shot every day, the days of snapshot prints that you can pass around to your friends and family are dwindling. Sony Electronics is trying to stem the tide with its new S-Frame DPP-F700 digital photo frame with a built-in printer. by...

Tags: Sony Corp., Digital Photograph, Photograph, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Printers, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware update to add broadcast and cinema frame rates

Though not as big as yesterday's release of its new EOS-1D Mark IV, Canon also slipped in an announcement that will make fans of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II's video capabilities happy. A press release from Canon Europe announced that the company is developing a firmware update to enable...

Tags: Firmware Update, Video, Firmware, Canon Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Zoom Q3 Handy Video Recorder brings high-quality audio to pocket camcorder

One of the drawbacks of those ubiquitous pocket camcorders -- like the Flip Mino HD -- is the lackluster audio that gets captured by tiny built-in microphones. The new Zoom Q3 Handy Video Recorder aims to change all that, by bringing high-quality HD audio recording to a pocket-friendly camcorder....

Tags: Audio, Camcorder, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Flip Video updates the popular Flip MinoHD camcorder

Flip Video has announced the newest member of its pocketable camcorder line, an updated version of the Flip MinoHD. This second generation of the popular MinoHD doubles the memory and recording time of the previous version, and sports a bigger higher-resolution LCD, an HDMI output, and uses the latest version...

Tags: Camcorder, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-14

DSLR remote iPhone app adds Nikon D300s support, fixes compatiblity issues

OnOne Software has just released an update for its excellent DSLR Camera Remote app. The updated version 1.2 of server software for the app -- which lets you use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a wireless cable release for DSLRs -- adds support for the Nikon D300s and fixes...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Apple iPhone, DSLR, OnOne Software, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Digital camera sensor inventors win the Nobel Prize in physics

Forty years after they first sketched out the idea for a digital image sensor, two former Bell Labs research scientists have been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit â€" the CCD sensor." by Janice Chen

Tags: Imaging, Sensor, Digital Camera, Digital Image, Camera, Document Management, Semiconductors, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Fujifilm launches Real 3D W1 camera and 3D V1 viewer

Though Fujifilm introduced its FinePix Real 3D technology and camera prototype a year ago, and announced the Real 3D W1 point-and-shoot and the Real 3D V1 viewer globally back in July, the camera and viewer were officially launched in the U.S. yesterday. by Janice Chen

Tags: 3D, Camera, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Canon to skip PMA: Is this the beginning of the end?

DPreview and the PDN Gear Guide are reporting that Canon is not planning to attend PMA 2010, one of the photo industry's biggest trade shows. by Janice Chen

Tags: Photograph, Canon Inc., Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-09-30

How to make a tripod for free

[How to make a tripod for free] If you can't bear to cough up a buck or two for even the cheapest little tripod to stabilize your table-top images or are just too lazy to carry one around, this awesome tip is for you: With a...

Tags: Bend, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-09-30

MIT students snap space photos of the earth with $40 Canon A470

Wondering what to do with that old clunker of a digital camera you've got in your drawer? Try taking photos of space with it. Three enterprising MIT students have successfully launched and retrieved a digital camera in order to snap photos of the earth from the upper atmosphere --...

Tags: Earth, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Digital Camera, Photograph, Camera, Canon Inc., Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-09-24

New Pentax K-x dSLR dishes up HD video for under $650

Taking a page from its successful predecessor, the K200D, the newly announced Pentax K-x delivers impressive specs in an aggressive priced package. Currently the lowest-priced dSLR to provide HD video, the K-x is priced at least $200 less than the next cheapest dSLRs with HD video, the Nikon D5000 and...

Tags: DSLR, Video, Pentax, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-09-17

JVC announces Everio GZ-HM400, full 1080p HD camcorder

Though it's been available in Japan for a couple months already, JVC has just introduced the U.S. version of its new top-of-the-line, flash-based consumer camcorder, the JVC Everio GZ-HM400. by Janice Chen

Tags: JVC, Camcorder, 1080p, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-09-15

New iPod Nano with camera shoots video (and kills Flip?)

Contrary to popular rumor, the new Apple iPod Touch announced today does not include a camera. But happily the newly revamped iPod Nano sports a camera that shoots video. by Janice Chen

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPod Nano, Video, Camera, Digital Music, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2009-09-09