Kodak Luncurkan Kamera Lensa Ganda di Indonesia
Achmad Rouzni Noor II – detikInet
Jakarta, Eastman Kodak Company meluncurkan kamera lensa ganda Kodak Easyshare V570 di Indonesia. Dalam keterangan resminya, Rabu (1/3/2006), perusahaan yang angka penjualannya secara global di 2004 mencapai US$ 13,5 miliar itu mengaku mengembangkan sendiri teknologi lensa retina yang digunakan untuk produknya, yakni lensa ultra-wide angle (23 mm) dan lensa zoom optik (39-117).
Kedua lensa itu hadir dalam satu kemasan kecil dan ramping yang tebalnya kurang dari satu inci. Lensa itu juga diklaim memberikan jangkauan zoom optik hingga lima kali ukuran sebenarnya.Selain itu, lensa prisma Scheneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon-nya tidak menjorok keluar dari tubuh kamera.
Kamera itu memiliki layar LCD yang besar, berukuran 2,5 inci dan beresolusi tinggi. Didalamnya juga terdapat memori internal berkapasitas 32 megabytes (MB), ditambah sebuah SD Card slot untuk menyimpan gambar lebih banyak lagi.
Selain desain lensa gandanya, V570 dengan kemampuan 5 megapiksel itu memiliki beragam fitur yang diklaim bisa meningkatkan kepuasan berfotografi, antara lain in-camera panorama stitching. Dengan fitur itu secara otomatis dapat menggabungkan tiga gambar menjadi satu gambar panorama yang lebar. Dengan menggunakan ultra-wide view pada fungsi panorama, pengguna kamera itu juga bisa membuat foto pemandangan 180 derajat hanya dengan tiga kali klik.
Kamera V570 juga dapat merekam video dengan kualitas TV dengan kecepatan mencapai 30 frame per second (fps) dengan menggunakan kompresi MPEG-4 yang lebih tinggi. Teknologi stabilisasi gambar yang merupakan bagian dari kamera tersebut mengurangi getaran di layar, terutama yang berasal dari gerakan tangan dan kamera yang tak disengaja.
Pada kamera itu juga terdapat fitur zoom optik untuk video, termasuk fokus otomatis. Kamera digital zoom Kodak Easyshare V570 dengan Photo Frame Dock 2 dijual di pasaran dengan harga Rp 4.400.000 (rou)
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March 3rd, 2006
Lyra Launches Consumer Imaging Intelligence: New Advisory Service Offers Unmatched Coverage of Digital Cameras, Camera Phones, Photo Printing, and Online Photo Services
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Lyra Research, the digital imaging industry authority, announced the launch of its Consumer Imaging Intelligence (CII) advisory service today at the Photo Marketing Association’s PMA 2006 International Convention and Trade Show. CII’s comprehensive online competitive research tools allow marketing and product managers to stay ahead of the competition in today’s digital camera, camera phone, photo-printing, and online photo-service industries, with anytime/anywhere access to unparalleled industry advice and insight.
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) February 28, 2006 — Lyra Research, the digital imaging industry authority (www.lyra.com), announced the launch of its Consumer Imaging Intelligence advisory service today at the Photo Marketing Association’s PMA 2006 International Convention and Trade Show. With Lyra Research’s Consumer Imaging Intelligence (CII) advisory service, marketing and product managers can access unparalleled industry advice and insight, anytime and anywhere, to make critical business decisions. CII’s comprehensive online competitive research tools allow clients to stay ahead of the competition in today’s digital camera, camera phone, photo-printing, and online photo-service industries.
Steve Hoffenberg, director of Consumer Imaging Intelligence, explains the rationale for the newly retooled advisory service, which was formerly called the Digital Photography Advisory Service, “The ground is rapidly shifting beneath the companies in the consumer imaging space. As more consumers convert to digital photography and the devices and services to support digital imaging proliferate, the market’s potential will continue to grow.” Nevertheless, Hoffenberg cautions, “With a long and painful period of industry consolidation ahead, the winners will be those who strategically anticipate the market’s opportunities and changes. Consumer Imaging Intelligence is the only market research advisory service that equips vendors with a ‘big picture’ perspective that takes into account today’s mushrooming competitive landscape in its forecasts and analysis of market trends. Our goal is to arm companies with the information they need to maximize revenue and profit and—more importantly—ensure their strategic long-term viability.”
About Lyra’s Consumer Imaging Intelligence (CII) Advisory Service
Supported by an experienced team of analysts and researchers, CII provides detailed analysis of the consumer digital imaging industry, products, and services. CII’s innovative approach comprehensively tracks the nuances of the complete image life cycle—from capture to viewing, to printing and storing, to sharing online and in person.
The unequaled breadth and sophistication of CII’s exclusive Forecast 360 deliver a wealth of actionable data on consumer imaging products, services, and behaviors. Each segment of the Forecast 360 includes worldwide data and regional breakouts for Asia Pacific; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; Latin America; and North America.
CII’s Forecast 360 is delivered as an Excel spreadsheet file featuring Lyra’s new dashboard-style user interface. The spreadsheet includes automatic charting functions for nearly any desired combination of data set, metric, and geographic region.
In addition to the new Forecast 360 interactive dashboard interface, CII offers straightforward, practical insight, including well-crafted primary market research studies, perceptive industry analyses, accessible expert consultation, targeted industry news services, convenient e-mail briefs, and tailored annual briefings. Lyra’s new CII is indispensable for consumer imaging companies and firms in related industries such as Apple, BellSouth, Best Buy, Canon, Casio, Cingular, Circuit City, CompUSA, CVS, Flickr, Fuji Photo Film, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, Kingston, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, LG, Motorola, Nikon, Nokia, NTT Group, Office Depot, Office Max, Olympus, Palm, Panasonic, Pentax, Photoworks, Ritz Camera, Samsung, SanDisk, Sanyo, SBC, Shutterfly, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Staples, T-Mobile, Target, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and others.
Meet Steve Hoffenberg at PMA 2006
Steve Hoffenberg will be at the Photo Marketing Association’s PMA 2006 International Convention and Trade Show from February 26 to March 1, 2006, at the Orange County Convention Center, West Building, in Orlando, Florida. Contact Steve Hoffenberg to schedule an analyst meeting during the event by calling 1-508-341-7978 or e-mailing stevehoffenberg (at)lyra (dot) com.
About Lyra Research
Founded in 1991, Lyra Research is recognized worldwide as the leading provider of market, product, and technology information and analysis focused on the imaging industry. Lyra Research provides targeted information on printers and copiers, digital photography, and imaging supplies to more than 2,000 clients in more than 40 countries. Lyra’s portfolio of services includes leading industry newsletters, special market reports, advisory services, conferences, Webcasts, and custom consulting.
March 3rd, 2006
Panasonic develops first digital SLR camera
CPILive.net
Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) has developed its first digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera, it said on Monday.
SLR cameras use a mirror placed between the lens and the film or image sensor to project the image to the camera’s viewfinder. The mirror moves out of the way when the picture is taken. SLR cameras typically support interchangeable lenses and are generally respond faster and are more capable than fixed-lens cameras.
Panasonic’s first camera, the 7.5-megapixel DMC-L1, is the result of a joint-development agreement with Olympus signed a year earlier. The camera, a prototype of which is being shown at the Photo Marketing Association’s 2006 trade fair that began in the U.S. on Sunday, includes a newly developed image sensor that allows for live images to be displayed on the camera’s rear LCD (liquid crystal display) for an extended period. Such a function more closely resembles that offered in consumer compact digital cameras and isn’t possible with current digital SLR cameras.
It also conforms to the “Four Thirds System” standard that specifies a common lens mount. Camera makers usually employ their own proprietary lens mounts — the sockets that lenses plug into — and that means lenses bought for one camera won’t work in a model from a competing manufacturer. Removable lenses mean photographers don’t have to go through the expense of replacing a lens when they upgrade a camera. But it does effectively lock a photographer into cameras from a specific manufacturer as replacing a number of lenses is often an expensive proposition.
The four-thirds system represents at attempt by Olympus, Panasonic, Eastman Kodak Co., Fuji Photo Film Co, Sanyo Electric Co. and Sigma to create a standard image sensor and lens mount. Nikon and Canon have their own mounts and Sony will be using the camera mount system of Konica Minolta Photo Imaging.
March 3rd, 2006