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Gadget Lab's cyclopean camera

Mike Yamamoto, Crave.CNET.com | Mar 12, 2007

The disturbing trend of technological mutation that has taken hold of the computer industry has apparently been extended to cameras. Case in point: The "120 Tri-lense Stereo Camera".

Why would anyone want or need three lenses, especially in a camera that uses film? According to Gadget Lab, China-based 3D World claims that its camera can produce two slides that "combine to produce an image that gives an illusion of three-dimensional depth". There's apparently a catch, though, as you need one of its viewers to make the whole thing work. But that's the best part, because Gadget Lab says one of them is coin operated!

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Olympus shows off next-gen top-end SLR

Stephen Shankland, Crave.CNET.com | Mar 12, 2007

Olympus has been short on details other than to say the camera will ship this year. In addition, the company said the new model would be rugged and weatherproof for the demanding conditions of professional photographers.

The camera prototype was on display at the Photo Marketing Association trade show here. It featured a main camera body and a detachable grip for taking vertically oriented shots and--if other manufacturers' products are anything to go by--for housing more batteries.

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More images of upcoming Olympus dSLR

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A different approach to GPS-enabled cameras

Lori Grunin, CNET.com | Mar 12, 2007

Photography's essential use of GPS differs from the typical GPS application in one significant way: You don't need it to tell you where you are, only where you've been. Why does this distinction matter? Because the former requires far more real-time horsepower and precision than the latter does. For digital photography, that translates into the difference between bulky, expensive power-draining solutions or small-footprint, cheap, energy-efficient ones.

At least, that's the thinking behind NXP Software's swGPS technology, and I think it has a lot of merit. With the swGPS software embedded in a camera along with a small receiver, every time you take a shot, the camera takes a "snapshot" of all the GPS satellite signals it can pick up plus a time stamp and then saves a tiny file with the info. According to the company, it consumes only 27mJ of power per shot. When you download the photos to a PC, it syncs with NXP's servers to turn that miscellaneous signal data into a location stamp for each photo. In contrast, a typical GPS solution does that synchronization while you're shooting.

The first product available using NXP's SnapSpot swGPS technology--Jobo AG's PhotoGPS, a US$149 add-on that fits into a camera's hotshoe--will ship this summer in the US. I'm just hoping that the execution works as well as the theory sounds.

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Sigma's compact DP1 gets some exposure

Stephen Shankland, Crave.CNET.com | Mar 12, 2007

Each pixel in a Foveon sensor can detect red, green and blue light, a different approach compared to most "Bayer pattern" sensors that have a checkerboard of pixels that only capture a single color. The Foveon sensors have been used earlier in Sigma's SLR cameras. The camera image has a resolution of 4.7-megapixels, but each pixel has all three colors; most cameras have only one color and extrapolate values for the others.

The DP1 also has a 2.5-inch display, a fixed 28mm lens, a hot shoe to mount an external flash and support for RAW images taken directly from the sensor without in-camera processing.

The camera is due to ship in the US this summer, Sigma said, but the company isn't releasing price details. At press time, the regional distributor for Sigma in Asia was unable to furnish further details either.

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Call a Sherpa: Sigma's 200-500mm lens

Stephen Shankland, Crave.com | Mar 09, 2007

When it comes to SLR cameras, there are big lenses with a long focal length, there are fast lenses with a wide aperture to gather lots of light, and flexible lenses with a wide zoom angle.

Squeezing all three into the same lens is tough, but Tokyo-based lens maker Sigma has done just that with a model with a 200-500mm zoom range. It's got a wide aperture, F2.8, for taking higher-speed shots.

But there's a catch: The lens weighs 40kg.

The company is showing off a prototype here at the Photo Marketing Association trade show.

The mammoth lens, about three feet long, is a prototype but will go on sale, said Yousuke Yamazaki, a mechanical designer for Sigma. The lens has two motors, one for zoom and one for focusing. It also has a digital display that indicates the focal distance setting.

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