Category Archives: Future of Photo Equipment

CompactFlash Association announces new CF5.1 Specification Goals

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2010

Some of the key proposed features are: Key Feature Benefits Ultra DMA 167 Mode Enables the development of higher performance cards while providing complete backward compatibility. Sanitize Provides an efficient NAND Block Erase of the entire user data area to return the CF card to “fresh” state before reuse or repurposing. Leverages a command defined […]

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Canon Wonder Camera Concept displayed at Expo 2010

By PR admin | Published: July 6, 2010

An interesting video showing an Canon concept camera with touch interface (at the beginning of the video): Head over to gizmag for the full picture gallery:

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Another amazing Samsung concept from Tecnofotografia

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2010

After the amazing Sony concept, today Tecnofotografia published a new Samsung concept – you can attach the flash unit on top of the viewfinder! Can someone offer those guys a job to design photo equipment?

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Camera concepts (part 2)

By PR admin | Published: May 25, 2010

Continuing with part 2 of the Camera concept series (camera concepts part 1 can be found here). Sony concept camera from tecnofotografia: Canon 3D concept from Dean Franciss: Fleximus camera – the lens (and I guess the sensor) are mounted on a flexible tube and can be a attached to a LCD display or a […]

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Camera Concepts (part 1)

By PR admin | Published: May 18, 2010

Today’s Nikon D4x concept post caused some interesting comments/ideas on [NR]. I  went online and collected few more photography/cameras related concepts and would like to hear what you think: “Snap and Look” concept consist of a digital camera and a bigger photo viewer docking station that allows image editing (source, designer: Johanna Schoemaker): “Every Stalker’s Dream” […]

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Future tech: Omni-Focus

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2010

“University of Toronto, a world-leading research university, announces a breakthrough development in video camera design. The Omni-focus Video Camera, based on an entirely new distance-mapping principle, delivers automatic real-time focus of both near and far field images, simultaneously, in high resolution. This unprecedented capability can be broadly applied in industry, including manufacturing, medicine, defense, security […]

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Carl Zeiss goes mobile

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2010

I keep reading about the latest cell phone cameras news – Apple of course dominates the headlines (see next iPhone to Record 1280×720 HD Video & a new iPod touch with built-in camera), but then I noticed that the new Nokia N8 mobile phone will have a Zeiss lens for its 12 MP camera which Nokia claim to […]

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News/Rumors/Links recap

By PR admin | Published: April 9, 2010

“Flip Slide HD” camcorder coming soon. Samsung laptop webcams will shoot 1080p video – CMOS sensor can now record 1080p video at 30fps. Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fisheye lens for Olympus (4/3 bayonet mount) now available for sale on eBay. Samyang also announced some new lenses: Samyang 14mm f/2.8 ED IF Aspherical MC […]

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New photography related technologies

By PR admin | Published: March 27, 2010

Some photography related technologies that made the news the past few weeks: Camera with 158 lenses enters the Guinness World Records (source): “It took the team a total of six months to finish this monster. The lenses are attached in four rows on the body of the device, which is 7.2cm high and 47cm in […]

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Latest sensor developments

By PR admin | Published: March 24, 2010

InVisage Technologies created a sensor using quantum dots instead of silicon for phone cameras. According to the company, this would increase the sensor performance more than four times. Read more on this topic @ Wired and ImageSensorsWorld. Full press release after the break. Just a month ago Dalsa announced a 196MP sensor which will be […]

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Canon patents touchscreen DSLR solution

By PR admin | Published: December 3, 2009

PhotographyBay found an interesting patent for a touchscreen DSLR filed by Canon. No, you will not change the menu with your nose while shooting – the iPhone works in a similar way: it has a sensor that turns off the touchscreen when you get it close to your face. Here is the suggested solution from Canon: […]

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Nova DSLR camera concept

By PR admin | Published: November 28, 2009

I am a big fan of camera concepts – in previous posts you can see a Leica S5 concept, Nikon 3M Coolpix concept, Nikon Coolpix 360 and another Coolpix concept. Keep in mind that those concept are created by designers and have nothing to do with real life camera manufacturers (but  they are still so cool). […]

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