Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX5

“A very attractive package for those who want a compact camera that can handle the rough and tumble of the outdoors and shoot good looking images at the same time.”

We’ve added a new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX5 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

DigitalCameraInfo has published their review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX5, Sony’s first waterproof (up to 10 feet deep), freeze proof (down to -10 degrees Celsius), shockproof (up to about a 5 foot-drop) and dust proof digital camera. The TX5 features 10.2 megapixel (1/2.4-in. “Exmor R” CMOS sensor), 4x ultra wide-angle optical zoom (25-100mm equiv.), Optical Image Stabilization, 3.0-in. (230k-dot) Touch-screen LCD, Continuous Shooting at 10fps (max. 10 shots) at full resolution, Dynamic Range Optimizer, Backlight Correction HDR, Anti Motion Blur Mode, Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode, Smile Shutter™ technology, Intelligent Auto, Easy Shooting, Hand-held Twilight, Anti-blink, Intelligent Sweep Panorama Mode, and HD Movie 1280 x 720 @ 30fps.

You can read the full Sony TX5 Review at: DigitalCameraInfo.

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 / TZ10

“The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 is one of the newest and one of the best travel-zoom cameras available.”

We have added another Panasonic ZS7 / TZ10 [Specs] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 / TZ10, a compact ultra zoom digital camera with 12.1MP resolution (on a 1/2.33-in. CCD), 12x wide-angle optical zoom (25-300mm equiv.), optical Image Stabilization, 3.0-in. (460K dots) LCD, Intelligent AUTO (iA) mode, PASM, Scene modes, Face Recognition, and HD movie in AVCHD Lite with stereo sound. The Panasonic ZS7 / TZ10 is also GPS-enabled.

You can read the full Panasonic ZS7 / TZ10 Review at: PhotographyBLOG.

How about that? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Fujifilm Corp. with an Academy Award for scientific and technical achievement at a special awards dinner held on Feb. 20, 2010.

Fujifilm was recognized for the development of Fujicolor ETERNA-RDI digital intermediate film, the first motion picture film in the world designed specifically for use in converting digital image data to negative film.

Read the newswire at: PMA Newsline.

Digitimes is reporting that Acer is planning to introduce a frameless laptop later this year. Imagine two pieces of ultra-thin glass folded onto each other. Open them (like you do with your laptop) and a touch-screen keyboard appears on the bottom glass while the top glass becomes your screen. There’s no frame so the back of the top glass is simply colored [presumably to your choice] to function as a “cover”. All of this is made possible by printing color directly onto Corning’s reinforced glass substrate. No details are available yet, but imagine if Acer adopts an iPad angle: suddenly, the folded glass panels opens up to become an electronic book. Does a two-screen laptop sounds funny to you? Just ask the millions who have bought a Nintendo DS.

Read the article at: Digitimes.

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In answering the question of why publish a weekly print magazine when news are now instant online, the British Journal of Photography made the surprising decision to go back to a monthly print format. What will readers need in a visually rich format to be willing to plunk down money for? BJP is banking on images printed on higher quality paper and articles with more depth. Will that be enough?

Read the article at: British Journal of Photography.