Samsung Electronics will launch 14 new digital cameras in Taiwan in 2008, aiming to hike its market share from 4-5% in 2007 to 12% to become one of the top three vendors, according to general manger Chul-young Lee for Samsung Electronics Taiwan at a year-end press conference on December 26.
Out of the 14 new cameras to be launched, four will be in the NV series, three each in the L, S and i series and a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) model developed jointly by Samsung and Pentax, Samsung Taiwan pointed out. The 14 digital cameras cover a wide spectrum from entry level to middle range and high end, the company indicated.
All of the 14 models will feature the Samsung-developed DRIM (data rendering innovation matrix) engine which is capable of easy connection with LCD TVs or monitors and recording 720p video with built-in H.264 compression software, Samsung Taiwan noted.
Jimmy Hsu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES
source : digitimes
Friday, December 28, 2007
Samsung to launch 14 new digital cameras in 2008
Samsung Electronics will launch 14 new digital cameras in Taiwan in 2008, aiming to hike its market share from 4-5% in 2007 to 12% to become one of the top three vendors, according to general manger Chul-young Lee for Samsung Electronics Taiwan at a year-end press conference on December 26.
Out of the 14 new cameras to be launched, four will be in the NV series, three each in the L, S and i series and a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) model developed jointly by Samsung and Pentax, Samsung Taiwan pointed out. The 14 digital cameras cover a wide spectrum from entry level to middle range and high end, the company indicated.
All of the 14 models will feature the Samsung-developed DRIM (data rendering innovation matrix) engine which is capable of easy connection with LCD TVs or monitors and recording 720p video with built-in H.264 compression software, Samsung Taiwan noted.
Jimmy Hsu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES
source : digitimes
Out of the 14 new cameras to be launched, four will be in the NV series, three each in the L, S and i series and a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) model developed jointly by Samsung and Pentax, Samsung Taiwan pointed out. The 14 digital cameras cover a wide spectrum from entry level to middle range and high end, the company indicated.
All of the 14 models will feature the Samsung-developed DRIM (data rendering innovation matrix) engine which is capable of easy connection with LCD TVs or monitors and recording 720p video with built-in H.264 compression software, Samsung Taiwan noted.
Jimmy Hsu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES
source : digitimes
Young fashion photographer of the year
Gabriella May, 18, studying Foundation Art and Design at Falmouth College of Arts took one step nearer to fulfilling her dream of becoming a top fashion photographer when she was crowned Young Fashion Photographer of the Year 2007 at Clothes Show Live.
Beating off competition from over 200 entries, Gabriella was one of eleven lucky finalists who saw their photograph displayed and judged at the show�s Image Catwalk. In addition to receiving the prestigious title Gabriella was also awarded receive a set of fantastic prizes including �2000 worth of prize money, �1000 worth of Nikon photographic equipment, �1000 donated to her college art department plus an internship with leading Fashion Photographer Will Whipple. All runners-up have their work displayed at the show throughout the week, and will also get the opportunity to take their own professional catwalk pictures from within the photographers� pen at Clothes Show Live 2007.
After a very successful debut year the competition, in association with Nikon, invited young photographers from across the UK aged 16-25 to use their imagination and photographic skills to capture their vision of �Cool Britannia� in 2007. Details on the eleven finalists and their entries can be found in the Nikon online gallery and Clothes Show Live website
http://www.europe-nikon.com/home/en_GB/gallery/home/broad/f.html
www.clothesshowlive.co.uk
The judging panel consisted of leading Fashion Photographer Will Whipple, Nikon's Group Marketing Manager Jeremy Gilbert and Gavin Brown, Managing Director of Haymarket Exhibitions Ltd.
Gabriella May says: �I am honoured to win this award and feel very privileged for my
work to be recognised. This is the first time I�ve entered such a competition and now can�t to wait to upgrade my photographic equipment and follow my passion of photography.�
Will Whipple says �I was extremely impressed with the range of ideas and how all entrants interpreted the brief. The standard was very high and I think it�s great that this competition gives young talent the opportunity to showcase their work in front of key industry figures as well as hundreds of thousands of British fashion lovers�.
Jeremy Gilbert, Group Marketing Manager at Nikon UK added, �We are delighted to be involved in the competition again this year and pleased to be able to play a part in celebrating and supporting the next generation of fashion photographers. I was extremely impressed with the level of entries. Each interpretation of the brief was very individual - the photographs look fantastic mounted at the show, plus the great prizes should really help Gabriella progress her career.�
The Young Fashion Photographer competition is part of a wider Clothes Show Live Education Bursary project. Open to talent aged 13 upwards, the bursary supports young fashion and design talent, with the objective of turning this talent into broad based ability and knowledge that delivers well-rounded proficiency at all levels.
source : europe-nikon
Beating off competition from over 200 entries, Gabriella was one of eleven lucky finalists who saw their photograph displayed and judged at the show�s Image Catwalk. In addition to receiving the prestigious title Gabriella was also awarded receive a set of fantastic prizes including �2000 worth of prize money, �1000 worth of Nikon photographic equipment, �1000 donated to her college art department plus an internship with leading Fashion Photographer Will Whipple. All runners-up have their work displayed at the show throughout the week, and will also get the opportunity to take their own professional catwalk pictures from within the photographers� pen at Clothes Show Live 2007.
After a very successful debut year the competition, in association with Nikon, invited young photographers from across the UK aged 16-25 to use their imagination and photographic skills to capture their vision of �Cool Britannia� in 2007. Details on the eleven finalists and their entries can be found in the Nikon online gallery and Clothes Show Live website
http://www.europe-nikon.com/home/en_GB/gallery/home/broad/f.html
www.clothesshowlive.co.uk
The judging panel consisted of leading Fashion Photographer Will Whipple, Nikon's Group Marketing Manager Jeremy Gilbert and Gavin Brown, Managing Director of Haymarket Exhibitions Ltd.
Gabriella May says: �I am honoured to win this award and feel very privileged for my
work to be recognised. This is the first time I�ve entered such a competition and now can�t to wait to upgrade my photographic equipment and follow my passion of photography.�
Will Whipple says �I was extremely impressed with the range of ideas and how all entrants interpreted the brief. The standard was very high and I think it�s great that this competition gives young talent the opportunity to showcase their work in front of key industry figures as well as hundreds of thousands of British fashion lovers�.
Jeremy Gilbert, Group Marketing Manager at Nikon UK added, �We are delighted to be involved in the competition again this year and pleased to be able to play a part in celebrating and supporting the next generation of fashion photographers. I was extremely impressed with the level of entries. Each interpretation of the brief was very individual - the photographs look fantastic mounted at the show, plus the great prizes should really help Gabriella progress her career.�
The Young Fashion Photographer competition is part of a wider Clothes Show Live Education Bursary project. Open to talent aged 13 upwards, the bursary supports young fashion and design talent, with the objective of turning this talent into broad based ability and knowledge that delivers well-rounded proficiency at all levels.
source : europe-nikon
Young fashion photographer of the year
Gabriella May, 18, studying Foundation Art and Design at Falmouth College of Arts took one step nearer to fulfilling her dream of becoming a top fashion photographer when she was crowned Young Fashion Photographer of the Year 2007 at Clothes Show Live.
Beating off competition from over 200 entries, Gabriella was one of eleven lucky finalists who saw their photograph displayed and judged at the show�s Image Catwalk. In addition to receiving the prestigious title Gabriella was also awarded receive a set of fantastic prizes including �2000 worth of prize money, �1000 worth of Nikon photographic equipment, �1000 donated to her college art department plus an internship with leading Fashion Photographer Will Whipple. All runners-up have their work displayed at the show throughout the week, and will also get the opportunity to take their own professional catwalk pictures from within the photographers� pen at Clothes Show Live 2007.
After a very successful debut year the competition, in association with Nikon, invited young photographers from across the UK aged 16-25 to use their imagination and photographic skills to capture their vision of �Cool Britannia� in 2007. Details on the eleven finalists and their entries can be found in the Nikon online gallery and Clothes Show Live website
http://www.europe-nikon.com/home/en_GB/gallery/home/broad/f.html
www.clothesshowlive.co.uk
The judging panel consisted of leading Fashion Photographer Will Whipple, Nikon's Group Marketing Manager Jeremy Gilbert and Gavin Brown, Managing Director of Haymarket Exhibitions Ltd.
Gabriella May says: �I am honoured to win this award and feel very privileged for my
work to be recognised. This is the first time I�ve entered such a competition and now can�t to wait to upgrade my photographic equipment and follow my passion of photography.�
Will Whipple says �I was extremely impressed with the range of ideas and how all entrants interpreted the brief. The standard was very high and I think it�s great that this competition gives young talent the opportunity to showcase their work in front of key industry figures as well as hundreds of thousands of British fashion lovers�.
Jeremy Gilbert, Group Marketing Manager at Nikon UK added, �We are delighted to be involved in the competition again this year and pleased to be able to play a part in celebrating and supporting the next generation of fashion photographers. I was extremely impressed with the level of entries. Each interpretation of the brief was very individual - the photographs look fantastic mounted at the show, plus the great prizes should really help Gabriella progress her career.�
The Young Fashion Photographer competition is part of a wider Clothes Show Live Education Bursary project. Open to talent aged 13 upwards, the bursary supports young fashion and design talent, with the objective of turning this talent into broad based ability and knowledge that delivers well-rounded proficiency at all levels.
source : europe-nikon
Beating off competition from over 200 entries, Gabriella was one of eleven lucky finalists who saw their photograph displayed and judged at the show�s Image Catwalk. In addition to receiving the prestigious title Gabriella was also awarded receive a set of fantastic prizes including �2000 worth of prize money, �1000 worth of Nikon photographic equipment, �1000 donated to her college art department plus an internship with leading Fashion Photographer Will Whipple. All runners-up have their work displayed at the show throughout the week, and will also get the opportunity to take their own professional catwalk pictures from within the photographers� pen at Clothes Show Live 2007.
After a very successful debut year the competition, in association with Nikon, invited young photographers from across the UK aged 16-25 to use their imagination and photographic skills to capture their vision of �Cool Britannia� in 2007. Details on the eleven finalists and their entries can be found in the Nikon online gallery and Clothes Show Live website
http://www.europe-nikon.com/home/en_GB/gallery/home/broad/f.html
www.clothesshowlive.co.uk
The judging panel consisted of leading Fashion Photographer Will Whipple, Nikon's Group Marketing Manager Jeremy Gilbert and Gavin Brown, Managing Director of Haymarket Exhibitions Ltd.
Gabriella May says: �I am honoured to win this award and feel very privileged for my
work to be recognised. This is the first time I�ve entered such a competition and now can�t to wait to upgrade my photographic equipment and follow my passion of photography.�
Will Whipple says �I was extremely impressed with the range of ideas and how all entrants interpreted the brief. The standard was very high and I think it�s great that this competition gives young talent the opportunity to showcase their work in front of key industry figures as well as hundreds of thousands of British fashion lovers�.
Jeremy Gilbert, Group Marketing Manager at Nikon UK added, �We are delighted to be involved in the competition again this year and pleased to be able to play a part in celebrating and supporting the next generation of fashion photographers. I was extremely impressed with the level of entries. Each interpretation of the brief was very individual - the photographs look fantastic mounted at the show, plus the great prizes should really help Gabriella progress her career.�
The Young Fashion Photographer competition is part of a wider Clothes Show Live Education Bursary project. Open to talent aged 13 upwards, the bursary supports young fashion and design talent, with the objective of turning this talent into broad based ability and knowledge that delivers well-rounded proficiency at all levels.
source : europe-nikon
Macro Photography, Microscopic Details
WHEN Riva Berkovitz moved close to Griggs Park in Brookline, Mass., its beauty inspired her to take up photography.
�I needed to capture it but I realized I couldn�t paint it,� Ms. Berkovitz said. �So I decided to buy a digital camera.�
Ms. Berkovitz assumed she would use the camera for landscapes. But she ended up concentrating on the minute rather than the sweeping: close-ups of the fine details of flowers. She recently bought an Olympus digital single-lens reflex camera and a special close-up, or macro, lens.
�If it were not for a digital camera and a computer, I would not be a photographer,� said Ms. Berkovitz, who recently turned 79.
Close-up photography, of course, long predates the rise of the digital camera. But digital photography, along with the introduction of electronic light metering in cameras, has overcome many of the exposure and framing problems that previously made it something of a chore. And digital cameras also offer the ability to quickly review close-up photos � useful in a branch of photography where slight focus errors or exposure mishaps can turn a thing of beauty into an unsightly blob.
While the rest of the world uses the word �macro� to indicate large scale, as in macroeconomics, in photography it describes close-up work. One theory on this quirk of language is that at their closest focus settings, most special close-up lenses project an image of their subject on the camera�s sensor or film that is exactly the size of the object itself. (Just to add to the confusion, Nikon calls its close-up lenses �Micro-Nikkors.�)
IAN AUSTEN
more : nytimes
�I needed to capture it but I realized I couldn�t paint it,� Ms. Berkovitz said. �So I decided to buy a digital camera.�
Ms. Berkovitz assumed she would use the camera for landscapes. But she ended up concentrating on the minute rather than the sweeping: close-ups of the fine details of flowers. She recently bought an Olympus digital single-lens reflex camera and a special close-up, or macro, lens.
�If it were not for a digital camera and a computer, I would not be a photographer,� said Ms. Berkovitz, who recently turned 79.
Close-up photography, of course, long predates the rise of the digital camera. But digital photography, along with the introduction of electronic light metering in cameras, has overcome many of the exposure and framing problems that previously made it something of a chore. And digital cameras also offer the ability to quickly review close-up photos � useful in a branch of photography where slight focus errors or exposure mishaps can turn a thing of beauty into an unsightly blob.
While the rest of the world uses the word �macro� to indicate large scale, as in macroeconomics, in photography it describes close-up work. One theory on this quirk of language is that at their closest focus settings, most special close-up lenses project an image of their subject on the camera�s sensor or film that is exactly the size of the object itself. (Just to add to the confusion, Nikon calls its close-up lenses �Micro-Nikkors.�)
IAN AUSTEN
more : nytimes
Macro Photography, Microscopic Details
WHEN Riva Berkovitz moved close to Griggs Park in Brookline, Mass., its beauty inspired her to take up photography.
�I needed to capture it but I realized I couldn�t paint it,� Ms. Berkovitz said. �So I decided to buy a digital camera.�
Ms. Berkovitz assumed she would use the camera for landscapes. But she ended up concentrating on the minute rather than the sweeping: close-ups of the fine details of flowers. She recently bought an Olympus digital single-lens reflex camera and a special close-up, or macro, lens.
�If it were not for a digital camera and a computer, I would not be a photographer,� said Ms. Berkovitz, who recently turned 79.
Close-up photography, of course, long predates the rise of the digital camera. But digital photography, along with the introduction of electronic light metering in cameras, has overcome many of the exposure and framing problems that previously made it something of a chore. And digital cameras also offer the ability to quickly review close-up photos � useful in a branch of photography where slight focus errors or exposure mishaps can turn a thing of beauty into an unsightly blob.
While the rest of the world uses the word �macro� to indicate large scale, as in macroeconomics, in photography it describes close-up work. One theory on this quirk of language is that at their closest focus settings, most special close-up lenses project an image of their subject on the camera�s sensor or film that is exactly the size of the object itself. (Just to add to the confusion, Nikon calls its close-up lenses �Micro-Nikkors.�)
IAN AUSTEN
more : nytimes
�I needed to capture it but I realized I couldn�t paint it,� Ms. Berkovitz said. �So I decided to buy a digital camera.�
Ms. Berkovitz assumed she would use the camera for landscapes. But she ended up concentrating on the minute rather than the sweeping: close-ups of the fine details of flowers. She recently bought an Olympus digital single-lens reflex camera and a special close-up, or macro, lens.
�If it were not for a digital camera and a computer, I would not be a photographer,� said Ms. Berkovitz, who recently turned 79.
Close-up photography, of course, long predates the rise of the digital camera. But digital photography, along with the introduction of electronic light metering in cameras, has overcome many of the exposure and framing problems that previously made it something of a chore. And digital cameras also offer the ability to quickly review close-up photos � useful in a branch of photography where slight focus errors or exposure mishaps can turn a thing of beauty into an unsightly blob.
While the rest of the world uses the word �macro� to indicate large scale, as in macroeconomics, in photography it describes close-up work. One theory on this quirk of language is that at their closest focus settings, most special close-up lenses project an image of their subject on the camera�s sensor or film that is exactly the size of the object itself. (Just to add to the confusion, Nikon calls its close-up lenses �Micro-Nikkors.�)
IAN AUSTEN
more : nytimes
Nikon D300 Review
The landscape of the mid-range D-SLRs has been taking form over the last six months, with a slew of new releases from the likes of Canon, Olympus and Sony. However, one big player was missing; Nikon's D300. Well finally it has arrived, and we can tell you it has been worth the wait.
Sitting at a price point slightly higher than most of its competitors, this most definitely isn't a happy snap camera. It boasts a 12.1-megapixel sensor, six-frame per second shooting and a massive 51 auto-focus points, indicating it is clearly targeted at professionals and amateurs with a wad of cash burning a hole in their pocket.
We tested using a 24-85mm lens which differs a little from the default kit lens, so keep that in mind. As you'd expect the image quality is nothing short of stunning. With a higher sensor resolution than its chief rival, Canon's EOS 40D, it captures incredible amounts of detail. As with previous Nikon SLRs, the D300's images tend to be slightly towards the soft side, but that isn't to say they lack clarity. We captured some of the smoothest most detailed outdoor shots we've ever seen using this camera. If you'd prefer a slightly sharper look of course that can easily be achieved by adjusting a few settings.
Chromatic aberration wasn't really a problem either, with no loss of clarity towards the edges of the frame. There was some minor haloing in high contrast areas but it won't be problematic at most print sizes.
Colours were generally bright and vivid, with strongly saturated reds and blues. Overall accuracy was impressive. We would probably give the edge to the 40D in this regard, but with the multitude of pre- and post-processing options available to photographers these days the difference is negligible.
more : goodgearguide
Sitting at a price point slightly higher than most of its competitors, this most definitely isn't a happy snap camera. It boasts a 12.1-megapixel sensor, six-frame per second shooting and a massive 51 auto-focus points, indicating it is clearly targeted at professionals and amateurs with a wad of cash burning a hole in their pocket.
We tested using a 24-85mm lens which differs a little from the default kit lens, so keep that in mind. As you'd expect the image quality is nothing short of stunning. With a higher sensor resolution than its chief rival, Canon's EOS 40D, it captures incredible amounts of detail. As with previous Nikon SLRs, the D300's images tend to be slightly towards the soft side, but that isn't to say they lack clarity. We captured some of the smoothest most detailed outdoor shots we've ever seen using this camera. If you'd prefer a slightly sharper look of course that can easily be achieved by adjusting a few settings.
Chromatic aberration wasn't really a problem either, with no loss of clarity towards the edges of the frame. There was some minor haloing in high contrast areas but it won't be problematic at most print sizes.
Colours were generally bright and vivid, with strongly saturated reds and blues. Overall accuracy was impressive. We would probably give the edge to the 40D in this regard, but with the multitude of pre- and post-processing options available to photographers these days the difference is negligible.
more : goodgearguide
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