http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/ A digital camera junkie's look at photography and related technologies. en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:56:39 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Megapixel.net is currently not accepting submissions to its galleries.... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/03/megapixel-on-hiatus.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/03/megapixel-on-hiatus.html Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:56:39 -0500 Olympus has boosted the creativity quotient for lensslingers with its release today of its latest digital SLR based on the Four Thirds image processing system. The new 12.3 megapixel E-620 includes a set of art filters for producing on... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/feature-rich-four-thirds-dsc-i.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/feature-rich-four-thirds-dsc-i.html Cameras Olympus E-620 Four_Thirds Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:33:40 -0500 http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/ten-new-digcams-debuted-by-can.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/ten-new-digcams-debuted-by-can.html Cameras Canon point-and-shoot SX1_IS SX200_IS D10 SD970_IS SD960_IS SD780_IS SD1200_IS A2100_IS A1100_IS A480_IS Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:24:55 -0500 http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/fuji-rolls-out-five-new-shoote.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/fuji-rolls-out-five-new-shoote.html Cameras Fujifilm FinePix Z33WP z30 S1500 J20fd J250 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:12:54 -0500 Winners of the Nature Conservancy's annual Best Nature Photo contest for 2008 were named today by the organization. The Grand Prize was garnered by Howard B. Cheek of Kempner, Texas, for his arresting photo of a female cardinal about... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/nature-photo-aces-announced.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/nature-photo-aces-announced.html Contests Nature_Conservancy contest Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:18:05 -0500 Steganography is a technology used to hide text documents in photos. To the human eye, the photo appears as a simple image but, in fact, the snapshot may be giving new meaning to the old saw that a picture... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/hide-text-files-in-your-photos.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/hide-text-files-in-your-photos.html Software QuickCrypto encryption steganography Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:24:45 -0500 Wireless USB technology hasn't exactly been taking off like gangbusters, but Samsung may be poised to change that with some new system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology it announced today. According to Samsung, its new W-USB SoC combines the convenience of wireless... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/airborne-pix-transfers-get-boo.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/airborne-pix-transfers-get-boo.html Technology Samsung system_on_a_chip SoC W-USB Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:04:09 -0500 Fujifilm's point-and-shoot digtial camera announcement this week adds to the company's reputation as a camera maker that refuses to be enslaved to the megapixel myth. The new pashoo, the FinePix F200EX, has a sensor that Fuji is calling the... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/fuji-pushes-sensor-envelope-wi.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/fuji-pushes-sensor-envelope-wi.html Cameras Fujifilm F200XR A150 Super_CCD_EXR Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:05:08 -0500 Pentax got the jump on traditional Presidents' Day sales this week by rolling out a package of deals on its K line of digital cameras. Here's what the company is offering From February 1-22, a $100 in-store instant rebate... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/pricing-for-pentax-k-cameras-g.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/pricing-for-pentax-k-cameras-g.html Promotions Pentax K2000 K20D Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:07:03 -0500 Not to be outdone by Panasonic, Nikon rolled out eight new Coolpix digital camera models this week, including two with monster zooms. All the new DSCs have Nikkor lenses and are built around Nikon's Expeed processor. They also have... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/post.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/02/post.html Cameras Coolpix Nikon P90 S230 S220 S630 S620 L100 L19L20 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:25:38 -0500 If a scratch on a new camera makes your eyes moisten, you won't want to take a look at what they did to a Nikon D3 at the DesignZen Web site. They cut the camera in half and posted... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/autospy-performed-on-nikon-d3.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/autospy-performed-on-nikon-d3.html Web Sites Nikon DesignZen D3 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:48:45 -0500 Less than two weeks after it announced a trio of new economy pocket shooters, Panasonic pulled the wraps off a sextet of high-powered ultracompacts. The new sixsome, scheduled to arrive at retailers in April, range in price from $250-$400... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/sextet-of-pocketcams-announced.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/sextet-of-pocketcams-announced.html Cameras Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS25 DMC-FX580 DMC-TS1 DMC-ZS3 DMC-ZS1 DMC-FX48 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:08:35 -0500 When we first heard about MyLite from a company named DoApp, we thought: "Oh great. Just what the world needs. Software to turn a $200 piece of high tech hardware into a flashlight." Then we began to the learn... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/wacky-light-app-taps-creative.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/wacky-light-app-taps-creative.html Software DoApp MyLite iPhone iPod_Touch Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:04:50 -0500 Digital stills and digital video have never peacefully coexisted. Still camera makers have tried to elbow their way into camcorder makers' turf by incorporating video into their products. Meanwhile, camcorder producers have made stills part of their products' repertoire,... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/sanyo-boasts-solution-to-still.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/sanyo-boasts-solution-to-still.html Cameras Sanyo Xacti DMX-WH1 DMX-CA9 DMX-CG10 DMX-FH11 DMX-HD2000 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:01:33 -0500 Despite gloom and doom predictions about the global economy this year, Samsung believes it can grow its share of the world digital camera market. According to a report this week in The Nation, a business daily based in Thailand,... http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/samsung-shooting-for-bigger-ma.html http://blog.megapixel.net/blog/2009/01/samsung-shooting-for-bigger-ma.html Cameras Market Samsung market point-and-shoot SL420 SL102 TL100 HZ10W Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:31:44 -0500