Sharp Japan today announced a new 1/2.3 type 12Mpx CCD [JP] for compact digital cameras featuring “the highest performance in the industry”. The company says first samples will be available starting ...

I've got a question for all you digital photography buffs. My dad has a friend who went whale watching and took quite a few photos. He claims that when he was looking through the viewfinder and took ...

The bewildering array of products on the market and reams of associated technical jargon can make choosing the right CCD camera a daunting task, especially if you're unfamiliar with the technology. In ...

Despite its small size of just 2.51.5 in., the PixelFlyQE digital CCD camera offers improved quantum efficiency with higher pixel resolution of 13901024. Its miniature head easily connects to a ...

Fujifilm has shown (will show, rather, if this technique works) that there’s still a lot of play on the lowest levels of sensor design. With all the new facilities cameras enjoy such as face detection ...

This morning, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three researchers who made advances in optical technologies. Charles Kao won the half the prize for leading the search for development of ...

Charge Coupled Device (CCD) digital cameras are everywhere these days, but it is hard to design a very high performing camera that works no matter where or when the user wants to use it. Optimizing a ...

Olympus America, Inc. today announced that its Japan-based parent company, Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., is developing a new multiple lens digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera that utilizes a new 4/3″ ...

Problems with the image pickup in eight models of Sony Corp. digital still cameras could prevent them from taking clear pictures or any photos at all, the company said today. Sony has found that the ...

Digital Media Thoughts notices that Panasonic has dropped the price on the PV-GS120, their three sensor digital video camera, to just $699. Normally it's hard to get massively excited something like ...