
Olympus launches a new top of the range PEN micro Four Thirds digital camera with faster focusing and a touch screen rear display.

Sony’s new NEX-C3 combines small size with the big performance of a DSLR according to DxOMark lab tests. The Sony NEX-C3 is the latest in the line of digital cameras aiming to combine the small size, ease of carrying, and use of current compact digital cameras with the versatility and image quality of a...

HOYA and Ricoh have agreed as of today to transfer HOYA’s PENTAX Imaging Systems Business of developing, manufacturing and selling digital cameras and replacement lenses, digital camera accessories, security camera-related products, and binoculars to Ricoh. Hoya will retain the parts of the Pentax business involved in digital camera modules, DVD pickup lenses, endoscopes, artificial bones,...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. June 30, 2011. Sanyo, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of rechargeable batteries, introduced a new AA-size battery, the XX, the highest capacity eneloop rated at 2500 mAh. Sanyo say their eneloop technology means the XX AAs are ready to use right out of the package and retain up to 75% of...

Pentax say their just announced Q is, “The World’s Smallest, Lightest Interchangeable Lens Camera.” It is smaller than the Olympus EP-2 PEN and due to the small size of the digital sensor in Pentax Q the lenses are small.This makes the whole package compact and easy to carry, especially if photographers choose to have...

Marcos Ambrose – Local Boy Makes Good NASCARs latest race winner, Marcos Ambrose is from Launceston in Tasmania, the same part of the state I come from. Here is Marcos in a Aussie V8 supercar racing at Symmons Plains, just outside his home town of Launceston. Note the #1 on the Ford Falcon indicating...

Selecting objects or parts of an image are important facets of photographic editing. In the digital era photo editing software such as the GIMP makes this more accessible to photographers as a specially fitted out darkroom is not required, just an everyday computer. The GIMP is free photo editing program offering a number of...

Canon displayed prototypes of two new high performance telephoto lenses for its EOS Digital SLR camera range at the Expo. The new EF200mm f/2L IS USM and EF800mm f/5.6L IS USM, are part of Canon’s L -series lenses. Both incorporate high-performance Image Stabilization and feature optical systems utilizing special optical materials, such as fluorite...