Archive for May, 2006
Retrieving missing images in digital camera
By Raj Saraf
Deccan Herald
I downloaded the images from the digital camera once. After that, I find that the same images are found in the camera before erasing. When I again tried to download the same images from the camera, the message appears that there are no images in the camera. But I can still view the images in the camera? Again, when I tried to write the above images to a CD only 32 images were written to CD instead of 52 images downloaded. How to retrieve those missing images.
Murthy
The images are either saved on clipboard & its temporary.
I have installed WIN XP-Pro SP-2 in my system, when I try to open any DOS-based applications the following message appears “C:windowsystem32/autoexec.nt. The system file not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft windows application, choose ‘Close’ to terminate The application” appears. Please help
Utham Chengappa
There is change in autoexec.nt or config.nt or it could be virus in hdd.
The author is Chairman, MD of Zenith Computers
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May 31st, 2006
Innovative Digital Camera Pod
SYS-CON Media
OSN, a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-quality photographic and digital camera accessories and tripods, introduces an
LIBURN, Ga., May 30 /PRNewswire/ — The “Digital Camera Pod” can be easily attached to bottles with a 28.5 to 30.5 mm diameter — turning the bottle into an instant, multi-purpose camera pod. The camera pod is ideal for self- portraits, night shots and impromptu photos. Its compact design allows for easy connection to most manufacturers’ 20 oz. bottles. It is recommended for use with bottles containing some amount of liquid to counterbalance the weight of the camera. The multi-function “Digital Camera Pod” can also be attached to a car window or other flat surfaces such as books or binders.
“This new product turns virtually any stable surface, from a bottle top to a schoolbook, into quick and easy to use camera pod,” said OSN’s founder David Breymeier. “It is compact, lightweight, and easily fits into your pocket or a book bag.”
Ease of use, durability, and stylish design makes this the perfect camera pod for everyone from novices, students to the photo enthusiast.
The OSN “Digital Camera Pod” is just one of an innovative line of professional and digital tripods offered by OSN. For more information, contact: David Breymeier at One Source Network, Inc., phone: 678-344-2989 or visit the website at: http://www.osnusa.com/
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May 31st, 2006
Canon sees 2006 Chinese sales up 30 pct: exec
Reuters via Yahoo! News
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Canon (7751.T), the world’s largest digital camera maker, expects its 2006 Chinese sales to rise 30 percent from a year earlier, building on solid growth in the previous year, the Japanese company’s vice president for China said.
Canon, which competes with Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Nikon Corp. (7731.T) among others, saw its Chinese sales grow by about a third in 2005, driven largely by robust demand for its digital cameras, Yasuhide Tamegai told Reuters on the sidelines of a business event over the weekend
“We expect China sales to grow at 30 percent this year,” he said. He declined to give specific figures, but said China now accounted for less than 10 percent of the company’s total sales.
Canon in January forecast global sales of 4.06 trillion yen ($36.11 billion) for 2006, up from 3.75 trillion yen in 2005.
Shares in Canon had slipped 0.12 percent on Monday, lagging a 0.18 percent rise in the benchmark index (^N225 - news), but the company’s stock is still up 17 percent so far this year.
May 30th, 2006
Utah Highway Patrol To Use Digital Cameras
KUTV.com
SALT LAKE CITY Beginning this week, the Utah Highway Patrol is equipping a new fleet of cars with digital video cameras as part of an effort it says could save troopers’ lives.
Switching to the new technology will eventually allow dispatchers and supervisors to view squad-car video feeds in real time.
“We have an officer down, we can turn a camera on remotely and see where the officer is,” Capt. Bob Anderson said.
Beginning in the late 1980s and early 1990s, VHS video cameras were installed in patrol cars to capture traffic incidents on tape.
Digital video cameras will serve that same function but also allow transmission of real-time video.
A dispatcher, for example, could watch a trooper’s high-speed pursuit as it happened.
The highway patrol is following the lead of police departments in cities such as Philadelphia and Seattle that already have begun using the technology on a large scale.
In Seattle, the cameras were installed in 2001 as part of a pilot program in response to community concerns about police accountability. The city now has 80 patrol cars fitted with the digital cameras.
Anderson said 37 of the Utah Highway Patrol’s 480 cars have been equipped with the $5,200 L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision digital camera systems. The cost is covered in part by $110,000 in federal grants.
Besides increasing officer safety, the digital cameras could help solve crimes more quickly, Anderson said. A trooper, for example, could use the camera to transmit images of a suspect, allowing troopers in other locations to see the person and help capture him or her.
The cameras can also be programmed to record on a continuous loop that erases after 60 or 90 seconds, Anderson said. It begins to save images when activated to record by the officer either from inside the car, by flicking on the emergency lights, or by the impact of a collision.
Because of the loop recording, the 60 seconds of image recorded before activation also is saved.
The information is stored on a memory card, which is less prone to damage in a car accident than a videocassette, Anderson said. At the end of their shifts, troopers will pop out the memory cards and move the data onto computer hard drives.
Integral to transmitting the real-time video is a high-speed wireless Internet “mesh network.”
In late June, the highway patrol will install two antennas along Interstate 15 in Salt Lake County, each site providing wireless Internet access to troopers within a four- to six-mile range, Anderson said.
Eventually, the patrol wants to extend the mesh network to include all of Interstate 15, as well as I-215.
Other police agencies would be able to tap into the wireless network.
The Murray Police Department, for example, has already fitted 10 of its 37 patrol cars with digital video cameras, which could someday be used to transmit real-time video, Murray Detective Rob Hall said.
“It’s something we’d certainly like to have, but it all comes down to money,” he said.
May 30th, 2006
Digital dominance is elbowing aside film camera models
Chicago Tribune/Associated Press
Published May 27, 2006
TOKYO — Japan’s top camera maker, Canon Inc., will stop developing new single-lens reflex film cameras as more people abandon film for digital, company officials said Thursday.
The Tokyo-based Canon’s move followed a similar move by its closest Japanese rival, Nikon Corp., which announced earlier this year it would stop making seven of its nine film cameras and concentrate on digital models.
Canon will continue making film cameras already on the market as long as their demand remains. Whether to withdraw from the film camera business will be “decided appropriately by judging the market situation,” said Canon spokesman Hiroshi Yoshinaga.
Japanese camera makers sold a combined total 64.77 million digital cameras last year globally, compared with 5.38 million film cameras.
Meanwhile, Tsuneji Uchida, president of Canon, told reporters that demand for film cameras will be limited to “special needs” like camera buffs, Kyodo News agency said.
In January, Konica Minolta Holdings Inc., another Japanese manufacturer, said it was quitting the camera business altogether and selling its digital assets to rival Sony Corp.
May 30th, 2006
BenQ Announces New Ultra-Slim 5- and 6 Megapixel Digital Camera Line Up
Manila Bulletin
BenQ has unveiled two latest additions to its digital camera classic line-up, the BenQ DC C530 and C630. Both digital cameras offer an ultra-compact design and versatile feature set, and are ideal for consumers seeking a high-quality multi-function digital camera at an affordable price.
In addition, the large 2.4” TFT LCD screen and 480×234 high resolution enable true-to-life, crisp photos with pristine clarity and superb contrast. The BenQ DC C530/C630 is available in the colors red, blue, black, white and silver, respectively.
The DC C530/C630 features several settings that enhance the simplicity and functionality of making pictures:
Shake-free function
The BenQ DC C530/C630 features a shake-free function allowing the user to take clear and precise shots without any distortion. This function can be selected directly from the function wheel allowing the user to capture shake-free images.
High ISO Portrait function
Both cameras also boot the High ISO Portrait function (ISO 800~1000) which enables users to take ambient photos indoor and in dimmed light environments without the need of using flash.
Auto Exposure Bracket
In addition, the Auto Exposure Bracket (AEB) allows the user to take three continuous photos with different exposure value (EV) to get the best shooting condition for the best picture quality results.
Printer Mode
The Printer Mode function is an easy way for users to directly print photos out via the compatible printer (with the PictBridge feature which enables you to connect directly to your printer) without connecting to the computer first.
May 30th, 2006
Canon sees Chinese sales up 30 pct: exec
MSN Money
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Canon , the world’s largest digital camera maker, expects its 2006 Chinese sales to rise 30 percent from a year earlier, building on solid growth in the previous year, the Japanese company’s vice president for China said.
Canon, which vies with Sony Corp. and Nikon Corp. , among others, saw its Chinese sales grow by about a third in 2005,
driven largely by robust demand for its digital cameras, Yasuhide Tamegai told Reuters on the sidelines of a business event over the weekend.
“We expect China sales to grow at 30 percent this year,” he said. He declined to give specific figures, but said that China now accounted for less than 10 percent of total company sales
“China is a big market and we have good products. There is no reason to be pessimistic,” he said.
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May 29th, 2006
Casio is eyeing Taiwanese market
REPLACEMENT TREND: Although the Japanese firm said that it wasn’t expecting the local market to grow very much, it still views Taiwan as quite competitive
By Jason Tan /STAFF REPORTER
Taipei Times, Taiwan
Eyeing the growing digital-still-camera replacement trend, leading Japanese vendor Casio Computer Co has vowed to join the top-three players in the local market this year.
“The digital camera market here is fairly competitive as a result of saturation. We don’t expect the market size to grow drastically this year, but the replacement demand will help us increase market share,” Toshiharu Okimuro, president of Casio Taiwan Co, told reporters on the sidelines of a product launch yesterday.
He estimated that total market in Taiwan for digital cameras this year will be slightly reduced to 950,000 units from 1 million units last year.
Casio Taiwan is gearing up to raise market share to 10 percent by the year’s end, which will enable it to become one of the top three players he added.
Last year, the company garnered around 8 percent of market share, making it into the top-five list, according to Okimuro, who has been based in Taiwan for the past nine months.
The move of Casio Taiwan — a pioneer in offering thin credit-card sized digital cameras — will pressurize Sony Corp, Canon Inc and Nikon Corp, the current local top-three players occupying a combined share of 55 percent to 60 percent.
“Despite the fact that our cameras offer higher resolutions, we will win over more consumers with products providing longer battery life and wide-screen panels,” Okimuro said.
The company yesterday unveiled the Exilim Zoom EX-Z1000, a 10 megapixel digital camera weighing 139gm and offering battery life of 13 hours and a 2.8-inch wide-screen panel at 230,400 pixels.
Sales of the EX-Z1000, priced at NT$14,900 (US$466) apiece, will reach 5,000 units a month, he said.
The eight major Japanese digital camera makers, which include Canon, Sony, Nikon and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, plan to boost their combined shipments worldwide by 18 percent year-on-year to 76.5 million in the year to next March, Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) reported last month.
These firms combined shipments hit 64.94 million in the year to last March, which was 13 percent higher than the previous year.
Casio is targeting a 30 percent increase in global shipments this year to 600 million units, the Nikkei said.
To lower production costs, 90 percent of Casio’s digital cameras are assembled by contract makers, with Taiwan’s Ability Enterprise Co (佳能) as a major partner.
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May 26th, 2006
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
The Rensselaer Republican, IN
RENSSELAER — At the most recent meeting of the Rensselaer City Council, Rensselaer Mayor Herb Arihood read the American Legion Auxiliary “Poppy Days” Proclamation into record also noting the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars “Poppy Days” efforts.
“I encourage the citizens of Rensselaer to support the American Legion Auxiliary and the VFW by proudly wearing a Memorial Poppy in honor of our gallant veterans who gave their lives in the fight for freedom,” said Mayor Arihood.
But the biggest topic of the meeting was Ordinance 10-2006, the Stop Sign Ordinance — a much-needed ordinance, according to Superintendent Jerry Lockridge.
“We have several areas that are in need of stop signs,” said Lockridge at an earlier meeting. He then asked for the ability to create the stop sign ordinances previously discussed.
The new stops signs the council approved will go in at the intersections of Drexel Parkway and St. Gaspar Drive, Drexel Parkway and Melville Street, Pleasant Run and Meadow Circle and Sparling Street and Scouts Bluff.
The next hot topic was Resolution 11-2006 Transfer of Funds, as the Parks Department created an account for testing costs. The Parks Department requires a Drug and Alcohol test prior to employment.
SEE MORE OF THIS STORY IN THE WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 EDITION OF THE REPUBLICAN.
May 24th, 2006
Digital contrast takes a bit of camera finesse
Centre Daily
Q: I think at times that I need to take a digital camera course. I have been digital for six years and recently purchased the Olympus E-500 SLR.
I have trouble with all my digital cameras (I also have an Olympus C-770 and SP-350) and most pictures with white objects, like a tablecloth or sweater.
They make the rest of the picture and subjects look darker. In Print Shop Pro’s one-step photo fix, I can usually balance the picture.
I use the dedicated FL-36 flash and experience this problem it seems mostly with flash pictures.
An Olympus technician advised me to increase the brightness level. I can increase the level to as high as +3 and can still have the problem with dark subjects if white is in the pics.
Another Olympus technician suggested spot metering — freezing the levels on the darkest subjects and then reframing the shot — to include all subjects.
Have you experienced this situation with digital camera?
I take a lot of banquet-type shots at tables with white tablecloths and stage shots with a white gown making other gowns darker.
I just don’t get a balanced shot.
Ed Sidwell, Bellefonte
A: Your problem is not specific to Olympus cameras — it is a symptom of digital photography in general.
Digital cameras have limited dynamic range compared to film.
This means the amount of detail in light and dark subjects together that can be captured is limited.
For example, if you take a picture of a couple at a wedding and expose the image to get detail in the wedding dress, you may not get a clearly defined lapel on the groom’s tuxedo.
Add the extra contrast of direct flash, and you are going to have a hard time getting proper exposures.
Exposure also plays into this problem. You have been working with the exposure settings because your cameras are exposing for the whites in the image.
What we are going to do to try and balance out your flash images is soften the light a bit and use manual exposure.
The tips below will help anyone using a digital SLR with an external flash get much better flash pictures.
To soften the light from your flash, get a Sto-Fen Omni Bounce.
It’s a plastic box that attaches to your flash and gives a natural, diffused light that looks much, much better than direct flash.
I think everyone with an external flash should have one — the difference is that dramatic — and they cost only $19.95 to boot.
You can see and order them at www.stofen.com.
Next, adjust the exposures. What we need to do is give control to the flash and not the camera.
Your camera has an auto mode with an external sensor. These external sensors are often more accurate than using the camera’s flash sensors. To use the flash sensor, select “Auto” (not TTL).
Put your camera on manual mode so you can set both shutter speed and aperture. Set your shutter speed to 1/30 or 1/50.
The slower speed will “burn” the background and give you a more natural look and more detail in the blacks, as well.
Don’t worry about camera shake — the flash will give you the effect of a faster shutter speed.
Set your flash at 5.6 and the lens to match.
Take a picture, and if it is still too dark, use the flash’s exposure compensation to bring up the light.
Experience tells me that you will be pretty close on the first try.
So remember these three easy steps to better flash pictures: Soften the light with the Omni-Bounce, set the shutter speed to 1/30 or 1/50, and use auto mode if you are not getting accurate exposures with the camera sensor.
Don Lindich is the creator of the “Digital Made Easy” series of books. Submit your audio, video and digital photography questions to donlindich@yahoo.com.
May 23rd, 2006
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