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FinePix F200 Camera Goes For Quality Not Quantity of Megapixels

Though the megapixel war in consumer digital cameras has calmed down since its hectic early days, it still rolls on with each new device sporting yet more sensing pixels. But Fujifilm has finally done the right thing: Its new Finepix ...READ»

Next-Generation Cameras: Digital Rules!

Digital cameras aren't new--but they haven't really arrived until now. Our advice and picks.READ»

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The Megapixel War's New Frontier: Cameraphones

There's a rumor going around about an upcoming cellphone from Samsung, due to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress, that possesses a 12-megapixel camera. Let's all give Samsung a round of applause for opening the megapixel war's ...READ»

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Nikon's D300s Video DSLR Makes Us Wonder, What's Next for Cameras?

Nikon just refreshed its D300 digital SLR camera into the D300s, with 720p video-shooting powers, a quieter shutter and in-video auto-focus. It's neat and all, but it has us wondering where else can next-gen DLSRs go? The D300s is ...READ»

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Samsung Gets Compact Cameras Right: With a DSLR's Sensor

I've railed against the pointless war for more megapixels in digital cameras before: photography is about how best to capture light and including more densely-packed, tinier pixels just doesn't make sense. It seems that someone in ...READ»

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Samsung Memoir: 8MP Camera, Touchscreen Smartphone Mashup

Although the megapixel war continues, stupidly, in cameraphones, Samsung's Memoir gets a pass. It's a sweet mashup of an 8-megapixel camera married to a cellphone with a huge touchscreen. The camera module behaves much like a ...READ»

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The Digital Darkroom

Sometimes, the best way to help people get the picture is to take one. Now that digital photography is finally ready for the world of work, we've assembled pixel-perfect tools for outfitting your digital darkroom.READ»

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Canon's Compact SX1 Shoots 1080p Video, But There's a Catch

Canon unveiled it's latest "prosumer" digital camera ahead of the PMA trade show next month, and it includes the ability to shoot full high-definition 1080p video. That's a feature only recently introduced in the higher-end Canon 5D ...READ»

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New Canon 5D Specs Leaked

Canon [NYSE:CAJ] is reportedly refreshing their 5D digital SLR with a new version called the 5D Mk II, which may arrive as soon as September at the Photokina show. CanonRumors is spreading word that they've gotten leaked specs for ...READ»

HP's Digital Desires

A Hewlett-Packard digital camera gets a makeover, and comes out with a whole lot more than just a pretty face.READ»

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RED Scarlet Officially Ready to Bite at Canon, Nikon's DSLR Heels

We love technology here at Fast Company. And we're big on design too. Which is partly what makes RED's digital cameras quite so awesome, since they mix the two exquisitely. And the newly official RED Scarlet may even change the DSLR ...READ»

FujiFilm Announces Oddly Intimate Camera

With a name like the Finepix "Glam Cam," FujiFilm's [NASDAQ:FUJI] new digicam smelled like mischief from a mile away. The Z200fd, as it's known by day, looks from the outside like any other ultra-slim, pocket-friendly ...READ»

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Nikon D90 Release Imminent

Rumors of Nikon's [OTC:NINOY] new D90 have been billowing about for quite a while, but now the UPC code for the digital SLR has shown up in Best Buy's [NYSE:BBY] stock record. It was entered last night, along with another ...READ»

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Sony's New HD Camcorder: World's Smallest, But Expensive

Sony's new HDR-TG5V takes the palm-held digital camcorder category to the pinnacle of the technology. The device is heralded as both the world's smallest and lightest in its class. Undoubtedly, it's a fabulous camcorder, but it ...READ»

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New Canon DSLR Can Shoot 1080p Video

Small point-and-shoot digicams have had the ability to shoot short videos for a while, but digital SLRs are just catching up. Recently Nikon [TYO:7731] announced its new D90 DSLR, which came with an HD movie mode that shot in ...READ»

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Nanotechnology To Sharpen Digital Photographs

Digital photography has leaped forward over the years for three reasons: improved batteries, larger and cheaper memory cards, and revolutions in sensor technology. And now researchers in Scotland are trying to improve the sensors even ...READ»

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Nikon's S1000pj Digicam With Picoprojector: Convergence Gone Mad?

Nikon's just pulled the official wrapper off its S1000pj Coolpix digital camera, and it's a real mutant hybrid: A standard point-and-shooter, but with a picoprojector riding shotgun. Is this device convergence gone mad? The ...READ»

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Small Wonder

SMal Camera Technologies is a big player behind the push for tiny digital cameras.READ»

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RED Preparing a Pro DSLR

RED has already turned the movie industry upside-down with its high-quality, economical digital movie camera, beloved by Peter Jackson and other top-tier directors. Now the company appears to be taking on Canon [NYSE:CAJ] and Nikon ...READ»

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Digital Heaven

Digitize your life with Hitachi's M2 multimedia recorder.READ»

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Samsung's Ultra Touch S8300 is a Smarter Slider

Samsung's Memoir phone was an interesting mashup of a phone strapped to the back of an 8-megapixel digital camera. But the company's new Ultra Touch S8300 cellphone flips the problem around, bolting a high-end smart cellphone onto a ...READ»

Flagship Sony Ericsson Phone May Have 8.1MP Camera

The Unofficial Sony Ericcson Blog is reporting that the forthcoming C905 camera phone fron Sony Ericsson [NYSE: SNE] will be the company's premier offering, thanks in part to a fully featured digital camera embedded in the handset. ...READ»

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Samsung Readies 8MP Cameraphone

Not to be outdone by Sony Ericcson's [NYSE:SNE] new 8-megapixel phone, word has it that Samsung [SEO:005930] is formulating a competitor dubbed the i8510, complete with -- you guessed it -- an 8-megapixel camera. The phone will run ...READ»

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A Challenge of Olympic Proportions

As companies such as Kodak show, innovation isn't the only requirement for success. Leaders need to execute on their ideas, as well.READ»