http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/news Latest news, updated every five minutes http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17766 Moving away from the current crop of nearly identical digital photo frames that do nothing but serve up pictures, Sony released a more capable multi-tasking frame on Wednesday with the Vaio CP1. Besides display photos from camera memory cards, the new frame comes with Wi-Fi for pulling images from the Web, playing radio, and even delivering RSS feeds.The frame’s 7-inch LCD can display 16 million colors in 800 x 480 resolution, making it one of the higher quality displays used in digital photo frames. It accepts photos from SD cards, CompactFlash andRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:50:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17698 Sony has taken the wraps off its new CyberShot T500 camera: it keeps the slim form factor of the CyberShot line, enables users to snap photos at a 10.1 megapixel resolutions, but adds one big extra: it can shoot 720p video at 30 frames per second in MPEG4 AVC/H.264 format."Our research revealed that people like to shoot video with their point-and-shoot cameras, but were very dissatisfied with the video quality and the resulting large files," said Sony Electronics' director of digital camera marketing Phil Lubell, in a statement. "Our new T500 fulfills this customer need for a digital camera that delivers high-quality movies in a small form factor."The T500 sports a big 3.5 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:30:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/510973.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:47:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/510949.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:32:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/510938.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:19:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/510927.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:59:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17687 Mo’ megapixels, mo’ problems. As high-end digital cameras capture larger and larger images, the need for faster and larger capacity flash cards to scribble down all that data as quickly as possible has only gotten greater. SanDisk rose to that need Wednesday with the release of its first 30 MB/s SDHC card, the aptly named SanDisk ExtremeIII 30MB/s Edition.While the concurrently released Nikon D90 DSLR is actually the only camera on the market today that can harness that ki Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:15:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17683 Although the camera hasn't been a very well-kept secret, Nikon has formally introduced its Nikon D90 DSLR digital camera, offering a 12.3 megapixel resolution, scene recognition, outstanding sensitivity and image quality, and—for the first time in a DSLR camera—the ability to shoot video at up to 1,280 by 720 pixels at 24 frames per second.Although SLR (and DSLR) cameras are treasured by photographers for their extensive anual capabilities, letting experienced photo pros adjust and control their shows down to the most minute detail, the D90 packs a number of time-saving automatic features, in Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:15:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13580_3-10025487-39.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Hasselblad cuts the price of its lower-end medium-format digital camera. Perhaps it will keep medium-format photographers from straying into the 35mm SLR fold. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:17:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17661 Olympus has taken the wraps off five new consumer-oriented digital camera models today, including the semi-rugged 1050SW and the new SP565 UZ with a 20× zoom. The company has also unveiled a new green packaging initiative, in which it has cut out 70 to 80 percent of the plastic used to package its audio products and xD picture cards.First up, the new semi-rugged Stylus 1050 SW sports a "shockproof, waterproof, and freezeproof" body that uses a touch-sensitive body—rather than a touch-sensitive display—to access most camera setting. The 1050Sw offers a 10.1 megapixel resolution and Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:30:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1001_3-10024590-92.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Consumer electronics maker Sakar International announces it acquired the Vivitar brand name and intellectual property, in a move to expand into the mid-range digital camera market. 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Described as a pilot program, the kiosks will operate under the name "Best Buy Express" and carry small electronics items like portable storage devices and memory cards, chargers, headphones, travel adapters, gaming devices, digital cameras, and cell phone and computer accessories."The launch of Best Buy Express is another way for Best Buy to provide consumers with the products they need from a brand they trust, even while they're on-the-go," said Best Buy VP of strategic planning Chris Stidman, i Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:30:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17502 Nikon has taken the wraps off six new Coolpix digital cameras due to hit retailers in September, each targeting a different segment of the point-and-shoot digital camera market and offering unique features for different uses and different styles of photography. Each camera sports a smart scene selector that chooses an appropriate scene more for an image, along with smile detection and Blink Warning technology that displays a warning when it detects a subject has blinked.First up, the Coolpix S60 features a new 3.5-inch touchscreen interface, along with a 10 megapixel resolution, optic Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:30:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/17501 Sony has introduced its new Cyber-shot T700 and T77 digital cameras, both keeping the T-series traditional super-slim designs and sporting intelligent photography functions designed to appeal to everyday camera users."Sony is taking the lead in developing "intelligent" cameras so that taking great pictures is an automatic function and not a complicated process," sa Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:45:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/507130.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:08:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/507075.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:58:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/507069.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:55:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/507063.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:50:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/507059.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:48:00 -0400