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Archive - 2012

NASA Satellites, Powered by Android

Turns out it’s not only cameras that are powered by Android. NASA are building and sending into space small satellites powered by Google’s Nexus One smartphones. The PhoneSat Project makes extensive use of...

Cross Walk Pedestrian Art

Picture a bare tree painted on an enormous white canvas (12.6m x 7m). Now place the canvas on the road with the bare branches overlapping a cross walk. At the end of each crosswalk, place a sponge mat soaked with...

The Future of [Professional] Photography

Interesting article over at Black Star by Talbert McMullin on the future of professional photography. McMullin is a photographer who specializes in history and historical architecture, and he makes the argument that...

Camera Logos Through The Years

Microsoft unveiled their new logo yesterday and many expressed shock and dismay at how boring and cheap it looked. Anyway, we thought it might be interesting to view some logo evolutions from the camera companies and...

Pentax Canada Announces X-5 with 26x Optical Zoom

PENTAX X-5 An all-purpose digital camera, featuring a versatile 26X optical zoom lens and a tilt-able LCD monitor Mississauga, ON – August 22, 2012 PENTAX RICOH IMAGING CANADA INC. is pleased to announce the...

Pentax Announces X-5 with 26x Optical Zoom

August 23, 2012 PRESS RELEASE PENTAX Introduces New X-5 Digital Camera Versatile 16 megapixel BSI CMOS point-and-shoot digital camera features a powerful 26X super-telephoto zoom lens as well as convenient tiltable LCD...

Olympus Announces SP-720UZ

PRESS RELEASE August 22, 2012 Equipped with a 26x optical ultra-zoom and Full High-definition movie capability Announcing the OLYMPUS SP-720UZ compact digital camera Olympus Imaging (Haruo Ogawa, president) is proud to...

Olympus Announces SZ-14 DX

PRESS RELEASE August 22, 2012 For events and sports, fun for the whole family The “Big Telephoto Set” including a 24x optical zoom camera, and binoculars Announcing the OLYMPUS SZ-14 DX Olympus Imaging...

Olympus Announces TG-625

PRESS RELEASE August 22, 2012 Fashionable design and colors let users easily capture a variety of situations from daily life to active scenes. The OLYMPUS STYLUS TG-625 compact digital camera Olympus Imaging (President:...

Olympus Announces VH-515

PRESS RELEASE August 22, 2012 Stylish, High-performance Compact digital camera equipped with iHS Technology, for capturing images exactly as they are imagined OLYMPUS STYLUS VH-515 Olympus Imaging (President: Haruo...

Olympus Announces VH-410

PRESS RELEASE August 22, 2012 Simple Operation and Good Photos Available with a Touch Panel Screen, Stylish model, equipped with DUAL IS for excellent image stabilization The OLYMPUS STYLUS VH-410 compact digital camera...

Nikon Canada Announces P7700 with F2 Aperture

Nikon Canada today announced the COOLPIX P7700, the company’s new flagship COOLPIX camera. Built for photographers looking to step up from traditional point-and-shoot cameras to professionals who require a digital SLR...

Nikon Canada Announces S01

Nikon Canada today announced the COOLPIX S01, an ultra-compact camera that combines Nikon imaging technology, style, and affordability into an ultra-mini camera body. An ideal everyday travel companion, the S01 is a...

Nikon Canada Announces S800c Powered by Android

Nikon Canada today announced the COOLPIX S800c, the company’s first Wi-Fi-enabled compact digital camera. Built to integrate Nikon’s powerful imaging technologies with the capabilities of an Android operating system, it...