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If you're among the early adopters for the Panasonic Lumix GX1 system camera, or you're shooting with the Lumix G Vario 100-300mm lens, the company has news that'll put a smile on your face: new firmware that brings improved performance.

You'll have to wait a little while though, because while it's being announced today, it doesn't drop until the end of January.

For the...

Shoot with Ricoh's CX6 digital camera, and not happy with autofocus performance? If so, you'll be pleased to know that the company recently released a firmware update for the camera, hot on the heels of one it issued just before Christmas.

Ricoh CX6 firmware v1.21--which was posted on the company's website while we were in the midst of a whirlwind of CES show news--has...

A firmware update for Pentax's K-5 digital SLR resolves problems some customers have experienced when using the camera with the O-GPS1 accessory.

Announced last summer, the Pentax O-GPS1 has a completely unique function that the company has dubbed 'ASTROTRACER'. This uses info from the GPS receiver along with Pentax's Shake Reduction system to freeze stars in the night...

In our time with Nikon's Toshiaki Akagi at CES 2012, we found our wide range of questions would be limited to the Nikon D4, so we turned it into another question and answer session while we had access to the General Manager of Design, using many questions from Twitter and a few left over from our Live Q&A earlier in the week. Also included in the meeting were Kenji Suzuki,...

Do you own (or plan to buy) a Panasonic Lumix GH2, but haven't quite come to grips with all those buttons and dials? Maybe you have one that already feels like an extension of your hand, but you still suspect there are a couple of hidden features you've missed.

Either way, O'Reilly Media's Rocky Nook brand just might have the book for you...

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In 2011, Sony released the 30mm f/3.5 Macro as the fourth in its series of NEX E-mount lenses. The lens offers full 1:1 (100%) macro reproduction, with a very short working distance of under four inches; when you consider the length of the lens and the distance of the sensor, this equates to about an inch from the front of the lens itself. Just under five ounces in weight,...

January 10, 2012 -- This is to advise you of the latest situations of Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a consolidated manufacturing subsidiary of Nikon Corporation in the Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province located in Central Thailand, which is suffering damages from the flood.

Latest situations
Operations at the Nikon Thailand had been suspended since October 6....

Files ITC Complaint Alleging Apple and HTC Camera-Enabled Smartphones and Tablets Infringe Digital Imaging Technology; Suits Also Filed in U.S. District Court

ROCHESTER, N.Y., January 10 -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has filed lawsuits against Apple Inc. and HTC Corporation, alleging the infringement of certain Kodak...

The SD Association--a group of almost a thousand companies, whose board members include consumer electronics giants such as Canon, HP, Panasonic, Samsung, and Toshiba, as well as flash memory manufacturers like Kingston, Lexar and SanDisk--announced a new standard for Wi-Fi capable Secure Digital cards at the Consumer Electronics Show.

The new Wireless LAN SD card covers...

CNET "Best of CES 2012" Best Camera; Popular Science "CES 2012 Product of the Future"; Popular Mechanics "CES 2012 Editor's Choice Award"; Tom's Guide "Best of CES 2012"

Valhalla, N.Y., January 16, 2012 – Fujifilm North America Corporation Electronic Imaging Division today announced that the new, revolutionary FUJIFILM X-Pro1 Digital Camera has won...

Last November, Adobe announced its Creative Cloud service, which includes subscription-based access to Adobe Creative Suite and Touch Apps software, along with 20GB of cloud storage and a number of other services.

At the same time, the company revealed that it was altering its upgrade program for Creative Suite customers who had decided against switching to the Creative...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., January 13 -- Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Fujifilm Corporation, alleging infringement of certain patents related to Kodak digital imaging technology.

The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, alleges that certain Fujifilm digital cameras infringe patented Kodak...

For our second-last interview from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, Imaging Resource publisher Dave Etchells and senior editor Shawn Barnett met with Kazuto Yamaki, Chief Operating Officer of Sigma Corp.

All of Sigma's products are produced at the company's own factory in Aizu, Japan, and so we were pleased to hear Yamaki-san's report that impact to the company from...

Nearing the end of our CES interview lineup, Sony's Mark Weir (Senior Manager of Technology and Marketing) shares his take on the state of technology and the camera market. In the future, will any cameras have mirrors? Where's Sony going with the NEX lens roadmap? What are Sony's plans for full-frame SLRs? Read the transcript carefully; you'll find some intriguing hints in...

Continuing a hectic schedule of interviews at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Imaging Resource publisher Dave Etchells, senior editor Shawn Barnett, and features editor Arthur Etchells sat down with Darin Pepple, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Imaging at Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co.

Along with partner Olympus, Panasonic really got the ball rolling for the...

At the Consumer Electronics Show, Imaging Resource publisher Dave Etchells, senior editor Shawn Barnett, and features editor Arthur Etchells met up with Jay Kelbley, Senior Marketing Manager (NX SLRs) at Samsung Electronics, continuing our interview series.

With camera phones rapidly encroaching on the lower end of the camera market, manufacturers are looking for areas in...

Olympus announced no less than eleven camera models for this year's Consumer Electronics Show, and we kick off the list with the Olympus SZ-12.

Perhaps the most interesting of the five models that are currently slated to arrive in the US market this spring, the Olympus SZ-12 boasts a more powerful zoom lens than the SP-620UZ in a smaller body, providing 35mm-equivalent...

Alongside Olympus Europe's launch of the SP-720UZ, the Olympus SP-620UZ has been launched in both the USA and Europe.

The Olympus SP-620UZ is quite closely related to the SP-720UZ, but it differs from the other camera in several important ways. Its image sensor is a slightly higher-res but much slower 16 megapixel CCD chip, and while we don't know the full-resolution...

Continuing Olympus' CES announcements, we have the Olympus TG-320.

Like its predecessor, last year's TG-310, the Olympus Tough TG-320 is both shockproof to five feet and freezeproof to 14°F / -10°C, not to mention waterproof to ten feet. The TG-320 still has a 14 megapixel image sensor, and includes true mechanical image stabilization. Also unchanges are the 28 - 102mm...