Keep Up With the Latest News on Digital Imaging

With constant changes and advancements in digital cameras, digital photography and other areas of the digital imaging world, it is hard to keep up with the news.

This page will feature the most up-to-date news and events in the field of digital photography. It is updated daily, so check in often and see the latest news on new cameras, advancing digital technology and more…

Today’s News Headlines:

• New Nikon SLR camera shoots high-def movies, too (AP)
  
  AP - Nikon Corp. on Wednesday launched the first digital still camera with interchangeable lenses that also shoots movies.
  


• Dead Sea Scrolls to go digital on Internet (Reuters)
  
  

  Reuters - Scientists in Israel are taking digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the 2,000-year-old documents available to the public and researchers on the Internet.

  
  
  


• Nikon D90 Adds High-Def Video Recording (PC Magazine)
  
  PC Magazine - Nikon announced an upgrade to the Editors' Choice-winning D80 D-SLR. The D90 sports a 12.3-megapixel sensor, improved overall image quality, and high-def video capability.
  


• HP closes $13.9 billion purchase of EDS (Reuters)
  
  

  Reuters - Hewlett-Packard , the computer and printer maker, said on Tuesday it closed the $13.9 billion purchase of Electronic Data Systems Corp., a deal that HP hopes will help it better compete with IBM .

  
  
  


• Olympus Unveils Tap-Controlled Digital Camera (NewsFactor)
  
  NewsFactor - Olympus has taken the wraps off a new compact digital camera that will enable avid shutterbugs to activate a variety of device settings by simply tapping on the camera's body.
  


• Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas (AP)
  
  

  AP - Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows — and perhaps now worse, because instead of one blurry photo of the Eiffel Tower or the high school musical, there might be 50.

  
  
  


• Shutterfly Share Sites Adds Photo-Sharing, Social Networking (PC Magazine)
  
  PC Magazine - Shutterfly is jumping on the social networking bandwagon with Shutterfly Share Sites, a service that will allow users to create personalized Web sites that will allow for collaboration with other members.
  


• Canon Patent Sheds More Light on Fuel-Cell Plans (PC Magazine)
  
  PC Magazine - With the second patent filed by Canon, its use of fuel cells in digital cameras has been made a bit clearer.
  


• Best Buy Gadget Kiosks Land at Airports (NewsFactor)
  
  

  NewsFactor - You've been there -- late for a business flight, you forget your cell phone charger. Or, with a six-hour family vacation flight staring you in the face, the kids need something to keep them busy. You can relax: Chargers, Sony PSPs and even digital cameras will now be easily available in 12 U.S. airport terminals, courtesy of Best Buy.

  
  
  


• New Camera Mimics Design of Human Eye (NewsFactor)
  
  NewsFactor - Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University have announced the development of a camera based on the biological design of the human eye. While it won't make a 10-megapixel digital camera obsolete, it may be a huge breakthrough in bioengineering.
  


• Sony Introduces New Cyber-shot T-Series Digicams (PC Magazine)
  
  PC Magazine - The 10.3-megapixel T700 is intended to double as a high-res portable photo frame, while the entry-level T77 offers a 3-inch LCD touch screen with additional automatic shooting modes.
  


• Eye spy: U.S. scientists develop eye-shaped camera (Reuters)
  
  

  Reuters - Borrowing one of nature's best designs, U.S. scientists have built an eye-shaped camera using standard sensor materials and say it could improve the performance of digital cameras and enhance imaging of the human body.