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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charge-coupled-device cameras are a vital component of many applications involving digital imaging. Neil Savage presents a summary of some of the latest products. Cameras based on ...

Olympus America, Inc. today announced that its Japan-based parent company, Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., is developing a new multiple lens digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) camera that utilizes a new 4/3″ ...

The retro nostalgia continues across China as the once-forgotten charged-coupled device (CCD) cameras have made a comeback with the youth. According to Shanghai-based news site Shine, CCD digital ...

We'll take a look at the charge-coupled device sensor from a Fujifilm Finepix E550 6.3-Mpixel camera. For a point-and-shoot camera, the Finepix E550 delivers impressive resolution as well as ISO 800 ...