Sharp Japan today announced a new 1/2.3 type 12Mpx CCD [JP] for compact digital cameras featuring “the highest performance in the industry”. The company says first samples will be available starting ...

I've got a question for all you digital photography buffs. My dad has a friend who went whale watching and took quite a few photos. He claims that when he was looking through the viewfinder and took ...

For most of the past 150 years, amateur astrophotography has been for only those who had unlimited patience and deep pockets. Then, in 1969, two scientists, Willard Boyle and George E. Smith working ...

The bewildering array of products on the market and reams of associated technical jargon can make choosing the right CCD camera a daunting task, especially if you're unfamiliar with the technology. In ...

This morning, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three researchers who made advances in optical technologies. Charles Kao won the half the prize for leading the search for development of ...

Problems with the image pickup in eight models of Sony Corp. digital still cameras could prevent them from taking clear pictures or any photos at all, the company said today. Sony has found that the ...

Despite its small size of just 2.51.5 in., the PixelFlyQE digital CCD camera offers improved quantum efficiency with higher pixel resolution of 13901024. Its miniature head easily connects to a ...

Fujifilm has shown (will show, rather, if this technique works) that there’s still a lot of play on the lowest levels of sensor design. With all the new facilities cameras enjoy such as face detection ...

SHENZHEN, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- In a delightful twist, the once-forgotten CCD cameras, deemed "electronic waste" and pushed aside by the technological tide, are making a stylish comeback as new darlings ...

Digital Media Thoughts notices that Panasonic has dropped the price on the PV-GS120, their three sensor digital video camera, to just $699. Normally it's hard to get massively excited something like ...

SHENZHEN, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — In a delightful twist, the once-forgotten CCD cameras, deemed "electronic waste" and pushed aside by the technological tide, are making a stylish comeback as new darlings ...