Following last week’s announcement of four new SL cameras, Samsung USA announced today the release of two new 12-megapixel compact cameras: The TL320 and the HZ15W.

Fujifilm released today five new compact cameras for its FinePix lineup, including the FinePix Z33WP, a model waterproof up to 10 feet deep, and the S1500, which sports a 12x optical zoom lens.

Samsung unveiled yesterday the Memoir, a new touch-screen phone with an 8-megapixel camera to be available exclusively through T-Mobile.

Sony’s new Cyber-shot DSC-G3 camera is the first wi-fi enabled camera with a built-in Web browser, allowing users to directly upload shots to the Internet straight from the device.

Kodak announced this week several new digital cameras to be unveiled during this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including the 12-megapixel Z980 Digital Camera, new additions to the company’s M-Series cameras and …

 
Pentax Imaging announced this week the release of a limited edition white version of its 10.2-megapixel, entry-level K2000 DSLR bundled with an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens and a 50-200mm f/4-5.6 zoom lens–both of which are …

Panasonic has announced the first firmware update for its breakthrough DMC-G1—the Micro Four Thirds System camera that is the first digital to use an interchangeable lens system and rely on live view full-time.

German camera manufacturer Minox, known for its popular line of spy camera gear, has released a new Digital Camera Module that can attach to spotting scopes to give hobbyists like birdwatchers the ability to see …

Panasonic announced today the pricing for its LUMIX DMC G-1, the first in its Micro Four Thirds System digital camera series–a system with interchangeable lenses that does not use single-lens reflex (SLR) camera bodies.

This one’s rich: Nikon has released a “Black Gold” edition of the 10.2 megapixel prosumer D60. What differentiates it from the normal D60? Some shiny gold paint. At Ritz Camera, that bling will run you …

Everyone knows Nintendo is a global gaming juggernaut, but you might not think of them as a player in the digital camera game. Well, think again: The new Nintendo DSi hand-held has two 640×480 cameras …

Casio released today a firmware update that adds a digital zoom feature to the company’s 8.1 megapixel Exilim EX-Z150, a camera which already had 4x optical zoom. The upgrade enhances that factor to 60.2x.

Pentax released its latest entry-level digital SLR today: The 10.2 megapixel K2000 (or “K-m” in Europe), which features shake reduction and continuous shooting at 3.5 frames per second.

Canon has formally announced the 50D–to be released for sale in October–and specs posted on the official Canon USA sight confirm many of the rumors that had been circulating about the prosumer upgrade to the 40D.

J.D. Power and Associates has released their 2008 Digital Camera Usage Satisfaction Study, which examines picture quality, performance, ease of operation, and appearance and styling. The report gave healthy props to DSLRS by Canon and …

Israel-based Leaf Photography, a member of Kodak’s Graphic Imaging Group, has rolled out a 56-megapixel medium format digital back, just out-pixeling the recently released, 50mp Hasselblad H3DII-50 – a camera that uses a Kodak sensor.

Imaging Resource has posted an in-depth review of the new Fujifilm Finepix S100FS, an 11.1-megapixel hybrid with a 28-400mm zoom lens that Fujifilm is billing as the “Genesis of Nature Photography Digital Camera.”

The Jamaica Observer has a nice story about the rise and fall of film photographer and the rise of the digital age.

Q: What was the first digital camera ever made? Tim S from Chicago, Ill.
A: The first digital camera was invented by Steven Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak, in 1975. Sasson used state-of-the-art CCD image sensor chips, …

Q: How big of a print can I make with a 5 megapixel camera?
A: To answer your question quickly: you can make a quality