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The recent introductions of the Canon EOS-1Ds single-lens reflex digital camera and Kodak's DCS Pro 14n model inaugurate a new standard in the megapixel sweepstakes. These new cameras, offering resolutions [...]

What Rolls Royce is to autos, Hasselblad is to cameras: a superbly engineered, conservatively designed, understated product whose every detail whispers quality in a particularly authoritative, self-assured manner. The original [...]

Digital imaging is fast, versatile, convenient, and cost-effective... but. The 'but' has to do with print quality. Can a print made from a digitally-recorded image compare in quality to a [...]

With the digital imaging market shifting its new product emphasis from technological sophistication to user-friendly styling, economy, and convenience, several companies are developing systems that promise to perform the various [...]

In the super-competitive world of digital imaging, resolution has become a prime defining characteristic of cameras, comparable to maximum aperture in a lens, light sensitivity (ISO) in a film, or [...]

In the field of digital imaging, a generation is about six months compared to two years or so for traditional photography. This complicates the task of tracking progress. Nonetheless, here [...]

It wasn't too long ago that a one-megapixel amateur camera was state-of-the-art as far as digital imaging was concerned. More recently, most self-respecting non-professional models offered three megapixels. Now, we [...]

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the previous issues including the articles on vacation cabins in the August 17, 1962 issue, one on Teodoro Moscoso and another on Peter Fechter's unattended death at the Berlin Wall in the August 31, 1962 issue.

Someone once said - or ought to have said - that changing markets make strange bedfellows. This was never more evident than at the recent Photokina, the giant German photo [...]

The technological cachet of digital imaging and the spate of new products for this market has, perhaps, created the impression that conventional (or silver-based) photography was just about ready to [...]

Digital imaging has emerged from the category of technological novelty to become an accepted and expanding segment of the market. As such, it is following a traditional path, reaching a [...]

By now, any question as to the growing prominence of digital imaging is moot. Having consolidated their position as the preferred imaging technology for professional users, digital cameras and equipment [...]

A recent market survey on the imaging industry reports that for 1997, sales of digital cameras should reach some 800,000 units, about the same as sales of 35mm single-lens reflex [...]

Professional photographers are finding that digital technology has become a major part of the illustration business. But for many semi-professional users or amateurs, digital technology was simply too expensive for [...]

This year has seen a substantial increase in the number of available digital cameras, with products coming not only from the major camera companies like Fuji, Nikon, Canon, and Olympus, [...]

Dorothea Lange is a famous example of a photographer who got caught up in social upheaval and was transformed into a superb artist in the process. Her photographs of Americans [...]

When the next Photo Marketing Association Trade Show opens in February 1996, there is little doubt what the star attraction will be. The long-awaited Advanced Photo System (APS), a new [...]

A relatively simple, low-cost device to link digital imaging sources - VCRs, camcorders, electronic still cameras - with personal computers or laptops has been introduced by Play Incorporated, Cordova, California. [...]

The new products under discussion here exemplify the two current approaches to digital imaging. The first involves adding this capability to existing professional cameras, while the second involves using a [...]

The new Contax G1 35mm rangefinder camera system embodies a happy blend of modern electronic technology with the traditional look and feel of the classic range-finder models of the 1950s [...]

It was a little over 80 years ago, in 1913, that a German microscope technician named Oskar Barnack designed a little camera that used standard perforated motion picture film, supposedly [...]

The Fuji company has developed a Fujix HC-1000 digital still camera with a resolution 2,700,000 pixels higher than QuickTake 100 from Apple Computers. Fujix, which costs $25,000, uses 900,000 pixel CCDs and the image recorded is viewed directly on the monitor of the Macintosh computer. Both QuickTake and Fujix are developed for efficient use by nonphotographers for image recording.

Rolleiflex 6008 and Rolleiflex 603 SRC 1000 are two new cameras which are competitors to Hasselbald cameras and belong to the medium-format type with single-lens reflex. Rolleiflex cameras have a better design than the Hasselbald cameras and new features such as standard lens, superimposed on a tele-lens of 500 mm, makes it more favorable for use by professional and amateur photographers. Rolleiflex 6008 costs $ 7294 and 603 SRC 1000 costs $ 3995.

Fujicolor and Kodak have introduced new films into the market with an emphasis on high quality image and sharper photos. The new 800-speed Fujicolor film, described as the 'Super G,' has a high shutter speed and reduces the danger of camera shake, while increasing field depth. The new Kodak Ektachrome Lumiere 100 and 100X utilize extremely fine grain to provide high sharpness and good color production.

Canon has announced the launch of two new still video cameras, the Canon RC-570 and a prototype, possessing revised optical system and imaging capabilities of playback and editing, priced at $3400. The RC-570 records around 50 images on a reversible 2' disk that can be fed into a color video printer for paper prints. It is the latest technology in the video presentation system and is superior in design and performance.

Several different emulsions, films for specific requirements, and the range of films covered in every important line, characterize the news films that have been introduced in 1993. Eastman Kodak has introduced 12 new films with improvements such as greater sharpness, very fine grain, better skin tone reproduction, and improved color saturation. Konica's introduction of a color print film for photographing babies, called Konica Baby Film, and Fuji's Velvia Color slide film are part of advancements in the industry.

The autofocus or point-and-shoot cameras were originally designed for the casual photographers and were not advanced enough to rival the single-lens reflex (SLR) camera for 'serious' photography. The Sept 1992 trade show held in Cologne, Germany featured newly developed point-and-shoot cameras which can provide high-quality results and handle a range of photographic requirements similar to the SLR. Most of its models were also introduced in a 1993 Photo Marketing Association trade show in Atlanta.