A reader send me some specs of the rumored Samsung NX5 camera:
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 used in “UltraCam line of aerial photogrammetry cameras produced by Vexcel Imaging GmbH, a subsidiary of Microsoft. The new UltraCamXp and UltraCamXp Wide Angle use multiple Dalsa CCD image sensors to provide breathtakingly detailed imagery that feeds applications such as Microsoft Bing Maps”. 196MP not enough for you? Then check out this 570MP intergalactic camera.
Also a month ago, Samsung announced a 3MP CMOS sensor for camera phones, capable of recording 720p video (source). At the same time NEC announced an image processor for cameras phones that can handle Full HD (1080p) videos and 13MP photos (source).
How about that one: OmniVision has announced a new RAW-capable CMOS sensor for cellphones (source).
The Swedish online retail site multitronic.se lists a mysterious Samsung NX5 model and the price appears to be lower then the current NX10 model (In 2010 Samsung is expected to release a new, cheaper version of the NX10 camera):
The Impossible Project had a press event yesterday and SanDisk had a new product countdown on their website.
Here are the announcements:
Samsung kept their promise for a March delivery and now the Samsung NX-10 camera is available in stock at Adorama and B&H:
This information was published in the Japanese trade journal Pen News Weekly quoting Photo Trade Express where reportedly an unnamed Canon officer said:
“Canon is proceeding with the development of a mirror-less interchangeable lens camera to compete against models launched by Panasonic, Olympus and Samsung.”
The Impossible Project will have a press conference in New York today. Expected are some announcements about the future of Polaroid.
