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Panasonic Projector Systems, a division of Japanese consumer electronics company Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., is showing a new LCD projector system at this year’s PMA show. We wouldn’t normally cover a projector announcement as they’re rather outside the remit of this site, but the Panasonic PT-P1SDU is interesting as an example of the company’s strategy of providing added value by interlinking the functionality of products across a…

PMA 2006: Yesterday we got our hands on the Lumix DMC-L1 and had a detailed discussion with Panasonic executives and product planners about their exciting new digital SLR. The DMC-L1 is Panasonic’s first digital SLR, its design ethos is clearly clean, simple, functional and very ‘Leica like’. There are lots of touches in the design of this camera which make it more appealing that most other digital SLRs, these include the shutter speed dial and aperture ring (on the lens) which give very quick access to manual exposure creativity and encourage the photographer to experiment more. We also got the low down on just how much of this camera is shared with the Olympus E-330.

TechWeb - Vodafone’s Face Sensing Engine uses a 3.2-megapixel camera to authenticate a user’s facial features and eliminate the need for passwords or fingerprint verification.

PC World - New handsets feature Google’s Blogger app and built-in 3.2 megapixel cameras.

Mike takes a hike through the PMA trade show floor. Put your feet up and come along for a tour of a few of the more compelling exhibits. We start with a peek at the IR Video Team in action before taking a look at a few booths. Then we get our hands on the new Gitzo monopod (which weighs less than a pound) before looking over Mistubishi’s latest 600 dpi dye sub. We get a closer look at Lensbaby before covering the new toolkit from Vicman. Then …

February 28, 2006 - 09.40 GMT Texas Instruments gets into the heart of the digital camera with last week’s launch of a new processor based on DaVinci technology. The processor will support digital camera resolutions up to 16 megapixels and offer a high-definition video capture mode greater than 30 frames per second at 720p resolution. The flexibility of this innovative processor enables Digital Camera Manufacturers to easily and cost-effectively differentiate their products and still put them in the market more quickly than ever before…

Reuters - Sony Ericsson unveiled six new mobile
phones on Tuesday and said that two of them have cameras good
enough to carry Sony’s Cyber-shot digital camera brand.

Texas Instruments gets into the heart of the digital camera with last week’s launch of a new processor based on DaVinci technology. The processor will support digital camera resolutions up to 16 megapixels and offer a high-definition video capture mode greater than 30 frames per second at 720p resolution. The flexibility of this innovative processor enables Digital Camera Manufacturers to easily and cost-effectively differentiate their products and still put them in the market more quickly than ever before…

New retail solution to provide customers vivid digital photos in seconds Minneapolis — February 27, 2006 — Rimage Corporation (Nasdaq: RIMG) today announced that its disc publishing technology has been integrated into the new HP Photosmart Studio – the first in-store solution where consumers can design creative products in about five minutes and pick up their product in one hour or less. Rimage’s CD/DVD publishing technology for…

ORLANDO, Fl., February 27, 2006 - Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, today announced that its unique LockTight system is being localized and will be available to a greater number of security-conscious photographers worldwide. The LockTight System, on display this week at the Photo Marketing Association International Show (PMA), is a valuable tool for photographers in fields such as forensic photography,…

New Module Will Improve Digital Imaging Workflow for Photographers Using Adobe Bridge ORLANDO, Fl., February 27, 2006 - Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies today announced Lexar® Smart Download, an intelligent acquisition plug-in module that will allow photographers to rapidly download and manage images directly from their memory cards via Adobe® Bridge, a component of Adobe Creative Suite (CS2)….

ORLANDO, Fl., February 27, 2006 - Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies today announced several applications developed for the ActiveMemory System (AMS), the company’s innovative digital photography workflow technology. New and improved professional photo-imaging applications now supporting ActiveMemory, including Photo Mechanic by Camera Bits, Corel* Paint Shop Pro X, and ProShooters Digital Pro…

Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Family of Software Supports Lexar® ActiveMemory System to Enable Automatic Processing of Photos During Download Ottawa - February 27, 2006 - Corel Corporation today announced a partnership with Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR) to provide customers with a unique automated solution for transforming photos as they are downloaded from a memory card. Corel® Paint Shop Pro® X and Corel® Photo Album 6 software will now support the…

Now Wireless Carriers Can Offer ImageStation Members Photo Access Through Web-Enabled Mobile Camera Phones ORLANDO, Fla. (PMA 2006, Booth #4150), Feb. 25, 2006 — Sony shed light today on its new “Share Everywhere” program, which will give ImageStation members photo sharing capabilities through web-enabled camera phones, televisions, computers, and portable entertainment systems. One element of the program is Sony’s new Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition…

High-Capacity Card Is Ideal For Both Professional And Advanced Amateurs Capturing High Resolution Images In RAW Format ORLANDO, Fl., February 27, 2006 - Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, today announced that it has doubled the speed rating of its popular Professional 8GB CompactFlash® memory card to 90X. Furthering the company’s lengthy heritage in delivering cards with market-leading performance,…

8-Gigabyte Extreme III Cards Offer Speed, Performance and Capacities That Are Ideal For Digital SLRs ORLANDO, FL, Feb. 26, 2006 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced the addition of new card capacities to its Extreme III line of flash cards for professional digital cameras that are double the highest capacity points currently available. The new cards include the 8-gigabyte (GB)1 CompactFlash®, 2GB SD™ and 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo™…

Ability To Take Thousands Of High-Resolution Images Lets Photographers Concentrate On Their Subject ORLANDO, FL, Feb. 26, 2006 - With increasing sales of high-resolution digital cameras, video camcorders and other electronics devices that require more memory capacity and speed, SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced the 4-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra ® II Memory Stick PRO Duo ™ card. The addition of this card to its high-speed SanDisk…

Leading German Manufacturer to Support Open Standard For Digital SLR Cameras Melville, New York, February 26, 2006 – Olympus Imaging Corp. (President: Masaharu Okubo) is pleased to announce the participation of Leica Camera AG of Germany in the Four Thirds System standard for digital SLR cameras. Olympus has encouraged other manufacturers to participate in this open standard since it…

Folding SD Plus Card Eliminates Need For Separate USB Card Reader ORLANDO, FL, Feb. 26, 2006 – SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced a 2-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra ® II SD ™ Plus card, thus doubling the capacity of its award-winning storage card that combines USB connectivity and flash memory storage. The card looks and functions like a typical SD card and its high speed makes it ideal for digital cameras, camera phones and digital…

The new version focuses on Raw conversion and usability, according to a report today by Rob Galbraith. Scheduled for release later this month, an OS update may be required as well. Citing much improved Raw decoding that "appears to have none of the improperly sharpened and somewhat smeared look of Aperture conversions today," Rob Gailbraith details that and other improvements in the 1.1 release of Apple’s professional photo editing application….