| Fuji, Universal Remote Control hope to boost sales through electronics show | | Posted Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:50:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | LAS VEGAS - New York firms are well represented at the Las Vegas and Sands Convention Centers for the International Consumer Electronics Show, which runs through Thursday. More than 150,000 attendees were at last year's event, and a similar crowd is expected this week. The companies are showcasing new products and services they hope will boost their sales. At Valhalla-based Fujifilm USA Inc., the face of new digital-camera technology seems to be the human face itself. Some of the company's new digital cameras feature technology that can pick faces out of a scene and adjust the exposure to optimize the faces. The face-detection technology can locate up to 10 faces in one-twentieth of a second, according to Fujifilm. The eight-megapixel FinePix F40fd digital camera includes the face-detection technology as well as a picture-stabilization feature that reduces the blur caused by unsteady hands or if your subject moves.... | |
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| | | Fuji FinePix S6000fd Digital Camera | | Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:53:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | To sum up: The Fuji FinePix S6000fd is an excellent buy for a superzoom, although the lack of optical image stabilization costs it an EC award. Our present EC for a budget superzoom is the Panasonic FZ7, which does includes this handy ability. Benchmark Test Results Check out the FinePix S6000fd's test scores. More digital camera reviews: • Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 • Fuji FinePix S6000fd • Kodak EasyShare C875 • Canon PowerShot G7 • Kodak EasyShare V705 • More .... | |
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| | | Fujifilm's Face Detection Technology a Cure for 'Picture Phobia' | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 6:50:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | More than 73 percent of women and almost 50 percent of men feel uneasy in front of a camera. So says the surprising results of a survey conducted recently by FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc., which commissioned the study to learn why so many folks are apprehensive when asked to smile for a picture. According to survey respondents, weight and hair style concerns are the main reasons for their "picture phobia." In fact, 44% surveyed preferred to do laundry, 34% would rather pay bills and 18% would rather visit the dentist than pose for a picture. While some would prefer to steer clear of a photographer altogether, many survey respondents cited factors that would make the picture-taking experience -- even the most casual one -- more pleasurable. Feeling better about appearance (52.9%), help with hair and make-up (35.9%), having the right clothes (26.3%) and/or including family and friends in the picture (27.1%) topped the list.* According to psychotherapist and author, Doris Wild Helmering, the overwhelming reason for this "picture phobia" is the fear the camera will reveal what subjects perceive as physical flaws.... | |
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| | | Shutterfly: a dot-com survivor's tale | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:53:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | What began as a sprint for the online photo printing service turned into a marathon. By Miguel HelftTHE NEW YORK TIMES Monday, November 06, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO — When Jim Clark started Shutterfly, the online photo printing service, in December 1999, a 2-megapixel digital camera could set you back $800, investor enthusiasm for e-commerce was soaring and the words "Internet" and "bust" were rarely used in the same sentence. For his part, Clark had something of a Midas reputation when it came to technology investing, having started Silicon Graphics, Netscape and Healtheon. .... | |
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| | | Digital Clinic | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:49:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | I am a keen photographer, and currently use a Fuji E500, which produces sharp pictures but I find the wide-angle attachment too large, particularly as I travel a lot. Can you recommend another camera that is as compact or flat-bodied, produces sharp professional-quality images, and can take as wide-angled pictures as possible on a standard lens? Neil, by email You pose an awkward question. Obviously, I cannot endorse any one particular camera, and there are lots on the market that are technically very similar, so really it all comes down to peronal preference and the 'feel' of the camera. I'm not too sure what you mean by a wide angle on a standard lens. However, most standard zooms go up to about 17mm (that's just under 28mm as a 35mm film equivalent). .... | |
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| | | Fuji Film Moves Up Sales Target on LCD Demand (Update3) | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 10:48:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Fuji Film Holdings Corp., the world's biggest maker of film used in flat-panel displays, said it expects to reach its sales target a year ahead of schedule, as demand for liquid-crystal displays surges. The company, which today opened a factory in Japan two months earlier than initially planned, said it will sell 200 billion yen ($1.7 billion) worth of polarizing sheet film and other components for LCD panels by the year starting April 2007. Fuji Film, which this month changed its name from Fuji Photo Film, is counting on the surging popularity of LCDs to boost profit as the shift among consumers to digital cameras has cut sales at its conventional photo film business. Fuji invested 40 billion yen to construct the No. 1 Kumamoto plant that opened today.... | |
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| | | Fujifilm 2Q Profit Grows 10.7 Percent | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 10:50:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | Fujifilm Holdings Corp. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose 10.7 percent, with brisk sales of display panel parts and digital copiers offsetting poor sales of color films and digital cameras. The Tokyo-based company, which adopted a holding company structure on Oct. 1 and changed its name from Fuji Photo Film, said its net profit rose to 18.99 billion yen ($162.32 million) in the quarter ended Sept. 30 from 17.15 billion a year earlier. Quarterly sales climbed 2.2 percent to 601.94 billion yen ($5.14 billion) in the July-September quarter from 589.19 billion yen. A 14.2 percent jump in the information solutions business like display panel parts, medical products and digital copiers and a 3.1 percent rise in copiers and other office-related products combined to offset a 12.7 percent drop in sales of information solutions sector products such as color films and digital cameras.... | |
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| | | Partnership clears picture of breast cancer awareness | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:49:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | The clock is winding down on National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but Janelle Hail is nowhere close to calling a timeout.Hail, founder and president of Frisco-based National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), in collaboration with Fujifilm, has launched a national public education campaign called Images of Health: Mammograms for a Million Moms.The campaign, which educates woman on the importance of early detection, hopes to encourage a million women in the United States to pledge the time to have a mammogram.Hail, herself a 26-year survivor of the disease, credits early detection to her survival. She started the foundation 15 years ago as a way to use her story to empower other women to take control of their health.The foundation has set up a Web site, sponsored by Fujifilm, as an educational tool.... | |
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| | | Big Camera takes a big shot | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:48:22 AM by Blog57 Team | | Over the years, many people may become bored doing the same things at work every day. Some might just want to rest at home or get out of town for a long vacation. But Chan Thienkanjanawong is one of the lucky few who have never felt that way. He believes that people are like horses. Stop working or running and you'll no longer be able to do it again. That explains why throughout the past 35 years, Mr Chan has been working non-stop seven days a week and his hard work has rewarded him with a business that generates sales of more than one billion baht a year. He now owns the country's largest camera retail chain, Big Camera Co, which will have 97 stores by the end of the year. ''Actually, I'm not photogenic or much of a photographer.... | |
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| | | Weekend Beat/ Filmmakers can't resist tragic tale | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:50:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim were working as a husband-and-wife directing team for the National Geographic Channel when they read a newspaper story that set them back on their heels. The article was about Junichiro Koizumi's landmark visit to North Korea in September 2002. The story reported that Kim Jong Il's government had finally admitted to abducting 13 Japanese nationals during the 1970s and early 1980s. "We were completely shocked," Sheridan said at a recent interview in Tokyo. One of the abductees had been a 13-year-old girl, Megumi Yokota. Her story, and that of the decades-long effort by her parents to find out what happened to her, deeply affected the filmmakers. "It was just an incredible mix of a personal tragedy played out against a very large political landscape that intrigued us," Sheridan said.... | |
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