Olympus announces E-600
Olympus Imaging America Inc. has today announced its new E-600 digital SLR. The Olympus E-600 is a lower-cost version of the existing E-620 model which launched in February 2009, with just a couple of changes made to reduce the cost and help provide differentiation. The only hardware difference we’re aware of is that the Olympus E600 drops the useful backlit buttons, which make it easier to see the controls at night or in low light conditions. Firmware changes in the E600…
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Fraunhofer Researchers will be presenting a prototype of the “FlashBox” at the Int’l Broadcast Convention in Amsterdam (Sept. 11 to 15). The FlashBox is an onboard recorder – truly diminutive in size – that stores digital film on exchangeable disks without compression. It can record images for digital cinema and HD in a resolution of up to 2048 x 1080 pixels. It is also capable of storing Bayer raw sensor data and optionally JPEG2000 images. On the inside of the robust housing, the slots for two Solid State Disks offer a total of 500 gigabyte…
Samsung will soon announce the new WB5000 digital SLR-style camera featuring 12.5 Megapixel resolution, a powerful Schneider-KREUZNACH 26mm wide angle, 24x optical zoom lens, and a 3-inch LCD display. CNET Asia did already have a quick hands-on with the new camera, at the recent launch of the new line of Dual-view cameras in Singapore. Samsung UK has briefly posted the camera on their website too, but has apparently decided to withdraw the post again. More details on the new WB5000 you’ll find here…
Getting a hard time of choosing which digital camera to buy?
Sony introduces a stylish limited edition S-Frame digital photo frame made with CRYSTALLIZED – Swarovski Elements. The 7-inch digital photo frame offers WVGA (800×480 pixels) resolution and features about one gigabyte of internal storage capacity, and through an auto-resizing adjustment that downsizes photos, it lets you store up to 2,000 photos. Image transfer through USB input, as well as support for most memory cards. The new DPF-D72N/BQ digital photo frame will be available for about $150 in October…