Heavy Q4 Promotions Waiting In The Wings?

By TWICE Staff On Aug 22 2011 - 4:01am

TWICE: NPD numbers for Mother’s Day this year showed sluggish sales for the d-SLR category, yet sales really took off around Father’s Day. Is that saying something about the role of the female demographic? Was that just an anomaly?

Liz Cutting, NPD: I believe that was more than just than anomaly, as David mentioned.

David Lee, Nikon: It was supply.

Cutting: Yeah, we saw it in April and in May.

Lee: Devastating.

 

Has 3D Imaging Arrived?

By TWICE Staff On Aug 22 2011 - 4:01am

TWICE: How is the 3D photography market shaping up?

Stefan Guelpen, Panasonic: Today 3D is about 5 percent of overall TV sales and 20 percent in larger screen TVs, and I believe that’s because not everybody who purchases a 3DTV knows what it means or what it does. There is a significant reluctance to watch movies wearing glasses.

Casio Unveils New Exilim Camera Models

By Greg Tarr On Jan 24 2011 - 6:01am

LAS VEGAS — In addition to unveiling its Tryx new concept camera, Casio Computer used International CES to show an assortment of 2011 Exilim point-and-shoot models stressing resolution and zoom range.

Casio America presented five Exilim point-and-shoot models, including the EX-H30 ($250 suggested retail), ZR10 ($250), ZR100 ($300), ZS5 ($100) and ZS10 ($120).

Samsung Adds Smart UI To Video Cameras

By Greg Tarr On Jan 24 2011 - 6:01am

LAS VEGAS — Samsung’s digital imaging group used International CES to unveil a range of new camcorders and digicams, including select models equipped with an icon-based Interactive Smart Access User Interface (ISAUI) app.

The company also unveiled a new NX family mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, a Wi-Fi digital cam, and an 18x, 14-megapixel point and shoot.

Imaging Consumers Prefer Cameras: NPD

By Greg Tarr On Feb 21 2011 - 6:01am

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – A recent consumer study conducted by The NPD Group found that despite the growth of mobile phones with built-in cameras, the dedicated camera remains the image-capture device of choice by most consumers.

The finding was part of the market research company’s December 2010 Imaging Confluence Study, which said that digital still cameras account for the largest percentage of photos taken, at 51 percent.

The mobile phone followed in second place, at 42 percent.

WD USB 3.0 Drive Goes For Mobile Photogs

By Greg Tarr On Apr 4 2011 - 4:01am

LAKE FOREST, CALIF. — Almost a year after the first USB 3.0 PCI cards and motherboards started to appear in the market, Western Digital recently started shipping a series of highcapacity hard disk drives that make use of the high data-rate interface.

Kodak Prepares To Ship Spring Digicam Line

By Greg Tarr On Apr 4 2011 - 4:01am

NEW YORK — Kodak this month delivers to market a handful of new 2011 cameras all stressing massmarket pricing, ease of use and high-quality video and still-image capture.

New this year, all of the company’s cameras are designed to easily access and upload files to popular social-network sites, including Facebook and Twitter, using dedicated share buttons.

Canon, Nikon, Sony Top 2010 U.S. DSC Market Share Rankings

By Greg Tarr On May 2 2011 - 4:01am

FRAMINGHAM, MASS. – Canon and Nikon continued to build on their first and second ranked U.S. market share positions for digital still cameras in 2010 but Sony gained the most ground of any supplier during the year, according to studies released by market research firm IDC Research.

Fujifilm Unveils Z900 EXR Digicam

By Greg Tarr On May 2 2011 - 4:01am

VALHALLA, N.Y. – Fujifilm North America introduced this month its FinePix Z900 EXR digital camera, which is billed as “the latest addition to the fashion-forward line of Z-series compact cameras.”

The Z900 EXR (shipping in May at a $280 suggested retail price), features a new 16-megapixel EXR CMOS sensor, a Fujinon 5x wide angle refractive optical zoom lens (28-140mm equivalent) and a 3.5-inch 16:9 high resolution touch screen LCD with an simplified multi-touch user interface.

Flip Software Update Brings Greeting Cards

By Greg Tarr On Dec 6 2010 - 6:01am

SAN FRANCISCO – Cisco’s Flip video camera unit said it is updating the onboard software loaded on each Flip Video camera to further simplify sharing videos.

Among the changes in the new software version of the FlipShare software is a new greeting card feature that lets users create personalized video greeting cards for friends and family on the holidays and special occasions.