Digital Cameras
Saturday November 8, 2003: What kind of digital camera do master spies choose? We're not sure about current CIA procedure but the JB1 gets the nod from spies of the celluloid variety, having claimed the title of official James Bond 007 digital camera. Read More
Friday October 31, 2003: Using a 4th generation high-resolution Super CCD, Fujifilm's FinePix S7000 digital SLR camera can produce an impressive 12.3 million recorded pixel output for prints of up to 20" x 30" in size. Read More
Saturday October 25, 2003: The "World's Smallest" title in the arena of digital still cameras has a very short shelf life these days, but Sony has staked its claim with the Cyber-shot DSC-T1 ultra-compact camera. At 2cm and 6cm tall, the "Worlds smallest 5-megapixel camera" features advanced auto-focus and auto-exposure options... Read More
Sunday October 12, 2003: Another significant product release to emerge from CEATEC Japan 2003 is Casio's 2-megapixel Camera Phone - the Casio A5403CA. The camera has the most sophisticated specs of any such device Gizmo has encountered to date, including a 2,000,000 pixel 1/2.7 inch progressive CCD, auto-focus, digital zoom and movie recording at 15fps. Read More
Thursday October 9, 2003: Sony has released an end-to-end IP based surveillance system designed to enable co-ordinated emergency response from site administrators, police and other respondents, who can control cameras and gain access to the live footage simultaneously via the Internet. Read More
Saturday September 27, 2003: Panasonic have announced the upcoming Japanese release of the World's Smallest MPEG2 video camera. The "credit-card sized" SV-AV100 "D-snap" ultra-compact video camera measures just 33.2 x 89.8 x 64.9mm and weighs 156 grams... Read More
Friday September 26, 2003: The i865 Bubble Jet printer from Canon promises to by-pass CD labels by incorporating direct to CD-R printing as a standard feature. Designed as an all-round home or office machine and priced at $399, the i865 features print speeds of up to 23 ppm in black text and up to 16 ppm in colour... Read More
Hasselblad H1 named Best Professional Product at TIPA Awards
Friday September 26, 2003: The Hasselblad H1, a 645 format camera that incorporates an interchangeable film and digital back system, has been named Best Professional Product at the prestigious TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) European Photo and Imaging awards. Read More
Tuesday September 23, 2003: The Pentax OptioS4 digital compact offers 4.23 megapixel image capture, shutter release time lag of 0.01 sec, a wide range of shooting modes and 3X optical zoom in a compact aluminium body, but it's the extra touches often overlooked in compact digital cameras, including continuous shooting, voice recording and image zoom integrated into the optical viewfinder, that distinguish the Optio S4. Read More
Saturday September 20, 2003: magink is a full-color digital ink technology now being applied in the billboard industry that has the potential to revolutionise the way we view information in every aspect of our lives. Read More
