Monthly Archives: May 2013

The Memoto Lifelogging Camera

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A tiny, automatic camera and app that gives you a searchable and shareable photographic memory.

Memoto Lifelogging Camera

Memoto Lifelogging Camera

The world’s smallest wearable camera

(Sample photos are finally here!)

The Memoto camera is a tiny camera and GPS that you clip on and wear. It’s an entirely new kind of digital camera with no controls. Instead, it automatically takes photos as you go. The Memoto app then seamlessly and effortlessly organizes them for you.

Easy and effortless

The camera has no buttons. (That’s right, no buttons.) As long as you wear the camera, it is constantly taking pictures. It takes two geotagged photos a minute with recorded orientation so that the app can show them upright no matter how you are wearing the camera. And it’s weather protected, so you don’t have to worry about it in inclement weather.

The camera and the app work together to give you pictures of every single moment of your life, complete with information on when you took it and where you were. This means that you can revisit any moment of your past.

Long battery life

The camera’s batteries won’t need to be recharged until after approximately 2 days of use. To recharge the camera’s batteries, you connect the camera to your computer; at the same time the photos are automatically uploaded to Memoto’s servers. There are no buttons to press. You just wear the camera, then charge it and wear it again.

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Connected and Smart Cameras Show Highest Level of Interest in InfoTrends Study

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InfoTrends has recently published its latest survey results on the digital camera end-user market.

Weymouth, MA (PRWEB) May 09, 2013

InfoTrends has recently published its latest survey results on the digital camera end-user market. This study considers the ways in which user demographics are changing, highlights the segments that should be targeted in future marketing efforts, and spotlights what consumers are doing with their digital photos. It also highlights some key, year-over-year changes to gain a greater understanding of how this market continues to evolve.

InfoTrends finds that connected and smart cameras show the highest level of interest, with Wi-Fi enabled cameras receiving the highest interest ratings of all the product concepts presented. InfoTrends has been advocating for many years that connectivity needs to be a standard feature if cameras are to become a more relied upon photo taking and sharing device. Digital camera vendors need to make sure the sharing feature is simple and easy to use to guarantee consumer adoption of this feature/function. The camera phone has become the everyday camera for most consumers and continues to steal more and more photo taking activity away from traditional cameras. The image quality produced by camera phones is constantly improving; traditional camera vendors cannot rely on image quality alone to compete with camera phones.

In 2012, less than 15% of all camera models introduced featured connectivity. In 2013, that will likely be closer to 30%, while 100% of camera phones are connected. As connectivity finds its way into more cameras, it will make the task of sharing photos with friends and family easier and better able to compete with the immediate ability to send camera phone photos via e-mail, MMS, or upload to Facebook with a click of a button.

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The only thing retro about it is the way it looks: New Olympus Flagship PEN E-P5® Takes compact system to a new level.

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Advanced Performance in a Classic Design: 1/8000thof a Second Shutter, Built-in Wi-Fi, Custom Control, Creative Functions, Optional VF-4 Viewfinder and More
Olympus PEN E-5 Digital Camera

Olympus PEN E-5 Digital Camera

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., May 10, 2013 – Olympus marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary PEN F with the launch of the new Olympus® PEN E-P5, a digital update of a classic film camera designed with breakthrough technology and incredible performance advancements. Designed for photographers looking for superior image quality in a portable body, the PEN E-P5 delivers a stellar shooting experience with 1/8000th of a second shutter speed – a world-first for the Compact System Camera class – built-in Wi-Fi, autofocus advancements, easy-access manual controls and a host of other features.

Olympus PEN E-5 Digital Camera

Olympus PEN E-5 Digital Camera

The new flagship in the Olympus PEN series exudes detailed craftsmanship, from a seamless design to an all-metal casing that houses many of the same award-winning technologies found inside Olympus’s premier Micro Four Thirds® camera, the OM-D E-M5®: 16-Megapixel TruePic VI Live MOS sensor, FAST AF, 5-Axis Image Stabilization and more.

The Olympus PEN E-P5 is the first Compact System Camera with a mechanical shutter that can achieve a speed of 1/8000th of a second to freeze fast-moving subjects like insects in flight or to create pictures with dramatic background blur, even in bright conditions. The built-in flash, with an improved, faster 1/320th of a second synch speed, makes it easier to take backlit shots during the daytime. Never miss an instant photo opportunity with features like quick start-up, new short release time lag AF mode, which reduces the time between shots to 0.044 seconds, and nine-frame-per-second sequential shooting.

Olympus PEN E-5 Digital Camera

Olympus PEN E-5 Digital Camera

A world class autofocus system, also found in the Olympus OM-D E-M5, powers the E-P5’s new Super Spot AF, accurately bringing into focus even extremely small subjects. Simply select an area on your subject where pin-point accurate AF is required and the E-P5 can auto-focus on that area – offering even more precision than phase-difference autofocus systems. New Focus Peaking dramatically improves the usability of manual focus lenses by bringing shots into focus by emphasizing the contours of the point of focus in white or black.

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To find out more about the PEN E-P5, and for a complete list of specification, visit the Olympus website at:http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/digitalcameras/pen-omd/e-p5.html

Conran Reimagines the Camera

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March 26, 2013 · by weareconran ·(http://www.weareconran.com

If you could redesign any object, what would it be – and what would you change?

That’s the question Jared Mankelow, Senior Product Designer for Conran and Partners, was asked by BBC Future recently.

Jared chose the camera, and set about reimagining every aspect, from the form factor to the technology inside.

http://youtu.be/MhbkxFWC2dE

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Canon Point-and-Shoot Digital Cameras for 2013

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By Amanda Bellucco. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 (http://www.bhphotovideo.com) Photography Reviews

If you’re in the market for a new point-and-shoot camera this spring, you may be especially impressed with Canon’s recently introduced 2013 lineup. New improvements to design and functionality guarantee high-quality images and video across the board. Many models now come with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, making it one step easier to transfer, edit and share. Whether you need something for everyday snapshots or crave greater creative control, the odds are that Canon has you covered.

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Researchers unveil ‘bug-eye’ digital camera

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May 2, 2013. By: Laura Hopperton (http://www.newelectronics.co.uk)

A digital camera that functions like an insect’s eye has been unveiled by an interdisciplinary team of researchers.

The device exploits large arrays of tiny focusing lenses and miniaturised detectors in hemispherical layouts, just like the eyes of arthropods.

Its creators say it offers a nearly infinite depth of field, and believe it could be used in surveillance devices and tools for endoscopy.

“A critical feature of our fly’s eye cameras is that they incorporate integrated microlenses, photodetectors and electronics on hemispherically curved surfaces,” explained Jianliang Xiao, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at University of Colorado Boulder.

“To realise this, we used soft, rubbery optics bonded to detectors/electronics in mesh layouts that can be stretched and deformed, reversibly and without damage.”

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