Tag: Cameras

Google working on improved image searching for a trillion online pictures

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According to Google, almost one trillion images now exist online, thanks to the explosion in popularity of digital cameras and camera phones. and the company is looking at ways to improve how users can search for the pictures they want.

Currently, Google’s image search relies on textual information stored in and around images on web pages. This is fine to a point, but not only does it have the potential to be abused by people trying to make their web pages more popular, but it relies on a human to correctly categorise a picture and what it contains…

Andy Merrett Internet, Software

Opinion: Digital photo frames, are they really worth the cash?

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Now Sony has entered the er, frame, in manufacturing digital photo frames, the Editor-in-Chief posed the question of does this now mean they are serious bits of techno kit.

Well, with so many on sale now, ranging from the £50 cheap to the £200 expensive, they have – in recent months – become best-sellers on many high streets. In fact, recent sales figures show more than a MILLION of them were sold last year…

Jonathan Weinberg Cameras, Columns & Opinion, Gadgets

CES 2008: Samsung launches a slew of digital cameras – here's a quick roundup

Along with hundreds of high def tellies, it’s traditional for electronics manufacturers to flood their CES stands with digital cameras in all shapes and sizes. Some of them may not have the most wild and quirky set of features, but these are the cameras you’ll actually be buying next year when Currys works out that no-one’s stupid enough to buy consumer electronics before Xmas and has to flog ‘em off cheap in the new year. Here’s the run down:

Samsung i8
The latest in the multifaceted PMP range of Samsung cameras, the i8 offers MP3, WAV and video files as well as the more normal act of taking photos. It takes 8 megapixel shots and measures in at 3.5” x 2.3” x 0.8”. Compared to its CES award winning predecessor, the i85, the design is a lot less angular than before, although I can’t quite decide if that’s really been a good thing.

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CES 2008: Casio Exilim EX-Z80, EX-Z200, EX-Z100 and world's thinnest 10.1-megapixel camera, EX-S10

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Casio Exilim digital cameras are definitely a Marmite product, with the division between lovers and haters almost as big as the HD format war. There’s three new additions to the Zoom range, with the EX-Z80 (pictured) featuring a 3x optical alongside 8.1-megapixels, then the EX-Z200 and EX-Z100 both containing 10.1-megapixels, wide-angle 28mm lens…

Katherine Hannaford Cameras, CES 2008

Take lots of pics of Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground with the White Stripes' Lomography cameras

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When they’re not releasing sex tapes new albums, Meg and Jack from the White Stripes are busy plastering their artwork on gadgets like USB flash sticks and now, lomographic cameras.

As you’d expect, they’re limited edition, and you can choose from two models, the JACK Holga which includes an additional Fisheye lens, three filters and a custom Peppermint lens filter (the Peppermint…

Katherine Hannaford Cameras

IFA 07: Nikon launches two entry-level cameras, the L14 and L15

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Nikon are showing off their wares here at IFA, with several new cameras added to their CoolPix range. First up, for the entry-level seekers, the L14 has the honour of supposedly having the longest battery life out of the vast barrel of 3x zoomer compact cams. Specs include a savoury 7.1-megapixel sensor, 23MB inbuilt memory (expandable by using SDHC memory cards), 2.4″ LCD screen, and is available in black, or to please both genders, in blue and pink…

Katherine Hannaford Cameras, IFA 2007