| KODAK EASYSHARE C-Series Digital Cameras
Feb. 2005 Eastman Kodak Company today introduced two new, compact digital cameras to its KODAK EASYSHARE line: the EASYSHARE C340 zoom digital camera, with 5 megapixel (MP) resolution, 3X optical zoom and on-camera cropping; and the EASYSHARE C300 digital camera, with 3 MP resolution and a fixed-focus lens. Both models provide people with an affordable entry point to the KODAK EASYSHARE consumer digital photography system for simplified shooting, sharing, organizing and printing of high-quality digital pictures. EASYSHARE C-series digital cameras blend simplicity, quality and value, making it possible for everyone to take and share both everyday and once-in-a-lifetime moments, said Mary Hadley, director of digital capture marketing, Eastman Kodak Company.
Casio Exilim EX-Z700 Zoom Digital Camera
Casio Electronics , adds another digital camera to the popular series of Exilim zoom line-up. Casio, today unveiled its new behemoth of a model in Casio Exilim EX-Z700. This new model from Casio combines high resolution performance with stunning looks and its sleek design. The camera boasts of a whopping 7.2 MegaPixel point resolution and also comes with with a 3x Optical Zoom and large 2.7inch LCD screen. The highlight of the camera is the LCD, which is huge and makes for easy viewing even in day light with its 1200cd/m2 brightnes. The high resolution photography also ensures for a crystal clear image output, be it for screen or printing. The camera also backs a punch with its battery-life where in once can take 460 still images on a single charge. The EX-Z700 also comes with the incorporation of several other cuttig edge features, like the BEST SHOT modes and the Anti-shake DSP.
Discover Digital Photography online at Northeast State
Have a digital camera but still wondering how to get your photos in a frame? Put the pixels together when Northeast State Community College and the Ed2Go online instruction network offers the Discover Digital Photography online course every third Wednesday beginning July 19 and continuing through Aug. 30. To enroll and get an online orientation go to the Ed2Go Web site, www.ed2go.com/nstcc. Topics will include the basics of digital photography, equipment, software, the digital darkroom, printing, Internet and e-mail use, along with commercial and personal applications. Students will also learn about photographic equipment and associated costs. Designed for the beginning photographer as well as the long-time professional, the class will provide an introduction to new opportunities for putting digital photography to use.
Pixology says revenue to-date up by 25 pct yr/yr but more business ...
LONDON (AFX) - Digital photography software supplier Pixology PLC's chairman, Lord Young of Graffham, will say at the AGM today that revenues to-date in 2006 are up 25 pct over 2005 levels. But Graffham adds that there is still business to be won to achieve sustainable profitability for the company. In the UK market, Graffham will say that Pixology is in a strong position and is the leading provider of software for retail digital printing, providing software to four of the top five UK retailers in the sector, Tesco, Asda, Jessops and Boots. He will also say that the company is making satisfactory progress in the US market, continuing successful relationships with existing customers Costco Wholesale Corporation and Duane Reade Drugstore and pursuing a number of new initiatives. The chairman also said in his statement at the AGM that after entering into preliminary discussions regarding partnerships with, investments in or an offerbeing made for Pixology it has .
Photo developing shop adjusts to digital times
DIGITAL cameras may have rendered film-based cameras in the Philippines obsolete, but now it is also affecting photo developing shops which have seen nearly 80 percent of their business shifting from traditional film developing to printing of photos from digital cameras and mobile phones. Photoline, one of the biggest chains of photo developing shops in the country, has seen a decline of their film developing business as it was overtaken by the digital camera printing business. Eighty percent of their print jobs are from digital cameras while the remaining requests are for film printing. Three years ago, the ratio of their print business to digital was the opposite. There really has been a shift to digital photography, especially in urban areas where people have access to both the cameras and the printing shops.
Digital images at risk
A new survey from Symantec underlines the importance of back-up and security protection for computer users in the digital media age.
The survey examines the digital photography habits of 2,227 UK consumers. It reveals that 90 per cent of adults own a digital camera or camera phone. The survey also reveals that just 15 per cent of the UK population are heavy snappers, taking over 432 digital photos per person, per year - 3,916 million photos from just that 15 per cent of people.
The problem is back-up and security. 30 per cent of people would lose their digital photos/digital memories if their computer or camera were lost or damaged, as people are moving towards neither printing nor backing-up their photos. The survey results indicate that 77 per cent of users don't back-up their photographs, 30 per cent do not print any of them, whilst 42 per cent only print a quarter of their photos.
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