Digital Cameras
Epson, which does digital image processing really well, has teamed up with Cosina, which has developed outstanding original optics technologies in the production of camera lenses, and they have created a digital camera which looks and feels like a vintage film camera, even though it's capturing 6 megapixels per shot. Oh, and it can be used with Leica L- and M-mount lenses. Read More
Microsoft looks set to play a significant role in the mobile phone market over the next year if the recent announcement by Austrian manufacturer Tel.Me is any guide - the T939 is a WAN handheld running Windows CE, incorporating a 2.1 megapixel camera with a flash and autofocus, a hard keypad, handwriting recognition and a 160 x 240 pixel TFT Touchscreen running at 18-bit colour depth. Read More
Dutch-based technology giant Philips is set to show a unique variable-focus lens system that has no mechanical moving parts at this year's CeBIT Exhibition in Hannover, Germany. Suited to a wide range of optical imaging applications, including digital cameras, camera phones, endoscopes, home security systems and optical storage drives, Philips' FluidFocus system mimics the action of the human eye using a fluid lens that alters its focal length by changing its shape. Read More
Canon Australia has announced a new flagship professional digital SLR camera - the EOS-1D Mark II - featuring an 8.2-million effective-pixel CMOS image sensor and the world's fastest continuous shooting speed of approximately 8.5 frames per second (fps) for a burst of up to 40 consecutive frames. Read More
Nikon has released details of several significant digital cameras and products; an 8-megapixel, 8x zoom Coolpix 8700; an 6.1-megapixel D70 digital SLR camera with interchangeable lenses and the COOLWALKER MSV-01, a 30GB portable image storage device. Read More
Nikon have announced the upcoming release of the new D70 interchangeable-lens digital SLR camera. Being developed concurrently with a DX Zoom-Nikkor lens that will become its standard zoom lens, details are still scarce on the exact specifications of the D70, which is due to reach Australia in Autumn 2004. Read More
Nikon has added a the COOLPIX 5400 to the top end of its COOLPIX digital camera line-up. Offering 5.1 effective Megapixels and a powerful 4x optical zoom lens, the compact, lightweight digital still camera provides exceptional versatility for the $1599 pricetag. Read More
Olympus has boosted to its digital camera memory card line-up with the addition of the 512MB xD Picture Card. Double the capacity of the largest xD card currently available, the compact (1.7mm thick) 512MB xD Picture Card... Read More
An automated fire-watch system using technology from the Mars rover, 4D vision systems, iris recognition, tough notebooks and mobile phones- lots of mobile phones. CeBIT Australia was 50% bigger in 2003... Read More
Looking like an instrument that a doctor might use to examine your inner ear, the ProScope's digital microscope is a handheld digital device that can display and capture true-colour images on your computer via a USB connection. Read More
