| Local firefighter takes aerial photography hobby to new heights | | Posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 2:47:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | WILKINS CORNER -- He goes to great heights to take unique photos. Using a digital camera mounted to a small, remote-controlled Styrofoam airplane, 32-year-old Tyson Sparks takes aerial photos and video footage of various landscapes and monuments in Licking County, including the Longaberger Basket and Girl Scout Bridge. .... | |
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| | | PENTAX Introduces Optio T30 and Optio M30 Digital Cameras | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 12:48:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | PENTAX has introduced two new compact digital cameras. One of them - the PENTAX Optio T30 - is one of the thinnest digital cameras featuring a three inch LCD monitor. In addition, the Optio T30 features a touch display with a wide field of view for fun image capture and editing. This latest Optio also offers new functions such as Face Recognition Auto Focus and Auto Exposure to assure properly exposed portraits and a high ISO Digital Shake Reduction mode. The touch panel on the Optio T30 allows image customization with drawing functions while a unique Mode Pallete includes Auto Picture mode to access camera settings. PENTAX also announced the latest model in the PENTAX Optio M series. Sporting an ultra-slim body with a fresh, textured design, the affordable Optio M30 features Digital Shake Reduction, Face Recognition AF and AE, and an Auto-Macro function that enables close-up photography up to two inches away in Super Macro mode and less than four inches in Auto Macro mode.... | |
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| | | Olympus ups profit forecast on cameras, weaker yen | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:00:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | TOKYO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp. on Tuesday raised its annual profit forecast by 23 percent to a record as cost cuts and a weaker yen helped lift gains at its digital camera and medical gear businesses. Olympus estimates full-year operating profit of 90 billion yen ($762.4 million) for the year ending March 2007, up from an earlier forecast of 73 billion yen and in line with the average market expectation for 90.9 billion yen in a survey of seven brokers by Reuters Estimates. The company's profit totalled 62.5 billion yen in 2005. Rival precision equipment makers such as Canon Inc. and Fujifilm Holdings also reported robust earnings last month thanks to currency gains and strong demand for new cameras and office consumables. Olympus also raised its full-year sales estimate to 1.04 trillion yen from an earlier target of 1.035 trillion yen.... | |
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| | | Karen Meiman: A snapshot of the road not taken | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 12:53:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | He's been on the road since Oct. 17, sleeping about 50 percent of his nights in the cab of his 2000 Ford Ranger. His companions? A mattress, a cooler and a Coleman heater. Wess' Nikon and Pentax cameras are always by his side. And most importantly, those breath-taking views Wess can often capture just steps away from his primitive sleeping quarters. Among the many views on this four-week trip were the eight wild turkey - two of them completely snow white - who flew just ahead of his truck one morning while en route to a magical sunrise from a canyon in Alabama. There was also the spectacular, saturated and brilliant fall colors Wess captured in Virginia. "Every single leaf was yellow, orange or red and not one had fallen," he says. It's been a good year, chasing the changing colors of the leaves, Wess says.... | |
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| | | Pentax Shares Gain as First-Half Net Beats Forecast (Update1) | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 10:51:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of Pentax, a Japanese camera and medical equipment maker, gained after first half net income beat the company's forecast on higher-than-expected sales of digital cameras, led by more profitable single-lens reflex models. The stock climbed 8.5 percent to 565 yen as of 2:32 p.m. in Tokyo, compared with a 0.3 percent advance on the Nikkei 225 Stock Average. ``Our digital cameras are selling well, especially the high- margin digital SLR,'' said Shinichiro Mitsuhashi, Pentax managing director, at a news briefing in Tokyo today after the company announced first-half earnings. Net income was 1.09 billion yen ($9.3 million) in the six months ended Sept. 30, the company said today in a statement to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, compared with the Oct.... | |
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| | | The ten best compact digital cameras | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 6:49:13 AM by Blog57 Team | | Slim and eye-catching, the T30 is an impressive compact. It has anti-blur technology, 7.2 megapixels (Mp) for detailed shots, and a 3in LCD screen. 08705 111 999; www.sony.co.uk Canon Ixus 7 Zoom £249.99 Choose from blue, grey, sepia or pink versions of the latest 7Mp Ixus camera, with a 2.4 times (2.4x) optical zoom and face detection technology. 08456 049 049; www.johnlewis.com Fujifilm Z3 £194.95 In silver, metallic blue and light pink, this is an ideal handbag camera. The 5.1Mp Z3 has an ISO rating of 1600, so takes great pictures in low light. 08002 796 620; www.amazon.co.uk Olympus mju 810 £330 Small, stylish and weatherproof in stainless steel.... | |
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| | | Point-and-Shoot Image Stabilization Test (Winners: Pentax Optio ... | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:49:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | Putting five point-and-shoot cameras through various tests, Digital Camera Info tried to determine which one presented the best image stabilization for your money. The result was surprising. Although the Nikon Coolpix P3 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX50 have good image stabilization and performed notably better with the feature on, the Sony DSC-T30 and the Pentax Opti A10 produced better images. Why? Because they're better cameras, and image stabilization is just one part to getting good picture. One thing of note is that the Pentax Optio A10 moves the CCD around instead of the lens to provide image stabilization—uncommon thanks to the lens' lighter weight. But the results say the A10 performs just as well as the others. – Jason Chen DCI Comparison Feature: Point-and-Shoot Image Stabilization Tested [Digital Camera Info] .... | |
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| | | Secure Digital Card provides 4 GB capacity. | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 2:48:31 AM by Blog57 Team | | Compatible with 15-in-1 Reader, Secure Digital High-Capacity Card supports storage demands of digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and other high-resolution image recording devices. It includes built-in write-protect switch, which prevents accidental data loss. Measuring .94 x 1.25 x .08 in., plug-and-play Class 2 card complies with SD Association 2.0 specification standards. .... | |
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| | | The Arkansas | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 2:48:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | The University of Arkansas student newspaper, the Arkansas Traveler, was first published in 1906 ands last weekend, most of the living former editors as well as some of those who were familiarly associated with the newspaper and the university over the years were back on campus. Among the first people I saw was Charlie Rixie, my sports editor on the Traveler who went on to function in outstanding fashion at the old Arkansas Gazette and the Birmingham News.Charlie said it was the first time we had seen each other since we graduated 53 years ago. .... | |
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| | | Pentax K100D digital SLR | | Posted Friday, October 06, 2006 2:48:29 AM by Blog57 Team | | Lowdown: This 6-megapixel camera is supplied with a Sigma 18-125 mm lens, equivalent to 27-187mm on a film camera. Its construction is solid and controls are well thought out, with some grouped under a single Function button. It sits well in the hand and is easy to use. The viewfinder is good but not as bright as some. The camera uses four AA batteries and we found that a set of fully charged Sanyo Eneloops easily exceeded the 430 shots promised in the manual - we took 603 and the battery indicator was still showing all segments. There is in-body image stabilisation, which is astonishingly effective - it is like carrying a weightless, invisible tripod. And being in-body, it works with most lenses. Default settings produce images that are garish and oversharpened. It takes a minute to adjust the settings but then the images show wide dynamic range, excellent detail and rich, true colour.... | |
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