Dptips :. Digital Photography Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

USATODAY.com - Trying to click with younger consumers, Nikon will begin a major ad campaign Wednesday for its stylish new Coolpix S6 digital camera using controversial supermodel Kate Moss. The deal extends a comeback for Moss, 32, whose cocaine scandal involved published photos and Internet video.

PC Magazine - Navman is introducing a new GPS that combines turn by turn navigation with a digital camera.

AP - An Eastman Kodak Co. manager claims she was fired for protesting a cost-saving proposal that would have quietly compressed millions of digital images stored by customers on the world’s leading online photography site.

Reuters - Japan's Nikon Corp. (7731.T) said on
Thursday it expects its operating profit to rise 70 percent
over the next three years on cost-cutting and expanding sales
of digital cameras and chip-making equipment.

AFP - Japan's Nikon said that rising sales of high-end digital cameras were expected to boost its operating profits by 70 percent over the next three years.

AP - Eastman Kodak Co. tripled Chief Executive Antonio Perez’s compensation to $10.4 million last year as he took charge of the photography company during its difficult digital transition.

AP - Toshiba won a lawsuit against South Korean rival Hynix Semiconductor over patents for computer chips widely used in cell phones, digital cameras and portable music players.

PC World - Beating Blur: The latest hot feature in digital cameras is antishake technology, which helps reduce photo blurriness resulting from a shutterbug’s jitters. Several leading camera makers have introduced antishake features in their affordable point-and-shoot lines.

Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
(005930.KS) expects flash memory chip prices to stabilize at
the end of the second quarter, a top executive said on Tuesday,
as demand for the chips used in MP3 music players and digital
cameras recovers.

AFP - Computer printer maker Seiko Epson has said it aims to slash costs and drastically trim its semiconductor business as its profit slump is faced with falling electronics prices.

Reuters - Sandisk Corp. , a maker of
flash memory chips for mobile phones and digital cameras, could
see its prices undercut by Micron Technology Inc. ,
Barron’s reported in its March 13 edition.

Reuters - Japanese consumer electronics
group Matsushita (6752.T) said it would introduce Blu-ray DVD
players in Europe in the autumn of 2006 and set targets for
sales of flat TVs and digital still cameras.

PC World - Handset also includes a music player, a video recorder, and a document viewer.

TechWeb - Samsung Electronics has developed the first 10-megapixel camera phone.

TechWeb - Outside developers are expected to build applications that tie in with Yahoo Photos, Yahoo Shopping, and other services.

TechWeb - Yahoo is giving developers tools to build applications that interact with Yahoo Photos, Calendar, MyWeb, and Shopping.

TechWeb - Revenues from digital cameras are expected to increase to $6.8 billion this year, as prices stabilize for the next five years.

TechWeb - Wal-Mart has updated its online photo service through a deal with Hewlett-Packard’s Snapfish.

AP - The annual CeBIT high-tech fair is set to show off a new range of advanced mobile phones, ultra-light laptops, powerful yet compact digital cameras and — maybe — Microsoft's latest secret project.

Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Monday it
has formed a relationship with Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Snapfish
online photo service and is continuing its pact with Fujifilm.