megapixels

News.blog: Kodak boosts mobile megapixels

News That problem gets worse as pixels get smaller, so more megapixels isn't necessarily progress. Kodak hopes turning one aspect of chip design on its head will help improve mobile phone cameras -- or at least help the image quality catch up with the...

Tags: megapixel, detect, pixel, mobile phones

5 February 2008, 9:11

Putting hi-def video on your phone

News The cameras on the phones will also be capable of shooting 12 megapixels of photos per second. The OMAP 3430 will sport hi-def video and a camera capable of 12 megapixels per second. The OMAP 3420 will sport 5 megapixels per second and VGA-quality...

26 June 2007, 9:17

Motion-sensing comes to mobiles

News With 700 million camera phones sold each year and over 50 per cent of them with 3 megapixels or more, there is a real need for this technology. Responding to a flick of the wrist or sweep of the arm, tiny sensors called accelerometers, which...

26 March 2007, 11:05

Panasonic developing lower-end dSLR

News It will have a resolution of at least 10 megapixels. Beefing up its attempt to penetrate a high-growth segment of the camera market, Panasonic plans to release a second digital SLR camera this year. The new lower-end model will be a geared for a...

12 March 2007, 10:36

Photos: Fujifilm flirts with the frugal

News The S5700, with 7 megapixels and a 10x optical zoom, offers more heft and functionality than a slim point-and-shoot. The FinePix A820 (£149) offers 8.3 megapixels and has 14 scene modes, a 64mm (2.5-inch) LCD screen and flash modes including red...

26 February 2007, 10:40

Canon announces new high-end SLR

News Canon has countered Nikon's competitive new SLR cameras, revamping its high-performance line with the EOS-1D Mark III, the company said late on Wednesday. Among the camera's new features are a higher shooting rate, a new image-processing chip, a...

23 February 2007, 8:50

Do more megapixels mean better photos?

News Digital camera makers continue to squeeze ever more megapixels into their products. For example, it's fair to compare the [Digital IXUS 900 Ti] at 10 megapixels vs.the [Digital IXUS 750] at 7.1 megapixels because both cameras have the same lens and...

Tags: pixel, digital cameras, resource, digital camera

8 February 2007, 8:00

Adobe attempts to unify image formats

News That's because more camera manufactures will add raw support, to entice consumers displeased that more megapixels from their camera hasn't meant higher-quality images. For a consumer camera, megapixels are not the ultimate goal.

21 November 2006, 9:48

Samsung improves NAND flash memory

News This new development will also help in the digital photography realm as megapixels and photo file sizes continue to increase. Samsung on Monday announced a new design for NAND flash memory chips that will pave the way for a more powerful memory...

12 September 2006, 9:11

BlackBerry escapes boardroom with Pearl

News We thought 1.3 megapixels was adequate.it's something you need but it's not why you buy [a phone]. RIM has officially confirmed what many in the industry had been expecting: a move into the consumer world with a sleeker, lighter device.

7 September 2006, 10:31

News.blog: Nikon counts down to new dSLR launch

News Depending on the details, the new camera could be a successor to the Nikon D70 (6.1 megapixels and no longer sold), the Nikon D50 (6.1 megapixels, about £380), or the Nikon D200 (10.2 megapixels and about £1,200).

9 August 2006, 10:51

Photos: Kodak's new offerings

News The Kodak EasyShare C875 offers about 7 megapixels, and a 64mm (2.5-inch) indoor/outdoor screen on the back with a wide-angle view. The Kodak EasyShare V705, which sells in the US for about $349.95 (£183), comes in pink, silver or black.

9 August 2006, 10:39

News.blog: Blur beware

News The lightweight trio consists of the DMC-FX50 and DMC-FX07 (both 7.2-megapixels) and the DMC-FX3 (6-megapixels). Panasonic unveiled three new additions to their FX Series LUMIX collection of cameras, signalling a bold move in the company's ongoing...

20 July 2006, 9:07

Photos: Webcams shoot the Messenger

News The LifeCam VX-3000, priced at about $49.95 (£27), can take HD still photography (1.3-megapixels interpolated) and video with 640x480-pixel resolution. Microsoft has announced two Webcams for use with its Windows Live Messenger, the instant...

14 June 2006, 9:48

Photos: The end of the classic film camera?

News Canon's 1Ds Mark II digital camera has 16.7 megapixels and was introduced at a list price of $8,000 (£4,300). This Mamiya Super Deluxe range finder camera was released in November 1964 and had a relatively fast f/1.5 Mamiya-Sekor lens.

26 May 2006, 10:09