By: Brittany Hillen, Aug 7th 2013 (http://www.slashgear.com)
Casio has unveiled a new digital camera in its EXILIM line, the EX-ZR800. With this new camera comes 18x optical zoom and a 5-stop/5-axis image stabilization, as well as several other features commonly found on point-and-shoot compact cameras. Although the European announcement doesn’t specify the launch date, the company’s Japanese division says it will be launched on August 23.
Published on Apr 29, 2013 (Alkhazur Manakov)
A Reconfigurable Camera Add-On for High Dynamic Range, Multispectral, Polarization, and Light-Field Imaging.
We propose a non-permanent add-on that enables plenoptic imaging with
standard cameras. Our design is based on a physical copying mechanism
that multiplies a sensor image into a number of identical copies that
still carry the plenoptic information of interest. Via different
optical filters, we can then recover the desired information. A minor
modification of the design also allows for aperture sub-sampling and,
hence, light-field imaging. As the filters in our design are
exchangeable, a reconfiguration for different imaging purposes is
possible. We show in a prototype setup that high dynamic range,
multispectral, polarization, and light-field imaging can be achieved
with our design.
More info and results here:
http://resources.mpi-inf.mpg.de/Kalei…
A kickstarter by: by Ethan Lowry & Joe Heitzeberg
June 10, 2013 by Juliana Payson in Camera (http://www.gadgetreview.com)
The emergence of Smartphone camera accessories is a major indicator for where photography is heading. That is to say that the Smartphone has to a large degree replaced the standalone digital point and shoot camera.
What consumers are concerned with now, is the footprint of their Smartphone and their associated accessories while placed in their pocket. Moreover, since it is the single most portable intelligent device the majority of us carry around, the Smartphone has become a hotbed of ingenuity for customizations, plugins, and app development all to customize your personal imaging device and thus further propelling the death of the point and shoot.
A tiny, automatic camera and app that gives you a searchable and shareable photographic memory.
Memoto Lifelogging 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.
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.
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.
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.