Sony Debuts 17 Megapixel Sensor Capable of 120fps Video Capture on Smartphones

Just about everyone now a days has a smartphone and if not chances are they at least have a cellphone with a camera. While the current offerings on budget phones may not be up to par, higher end smartphones are coming equipped with high definition cameras capable of capturing beautiful images and videos. Thanks to ...

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Sony Ramping up CMOS Production with $1.2 Billion Investment

Sony is one of the world's biggest electronics oriented companies with everything from smartphones to televisions on the market. However, one of their biggest product categories is none other than digital cameras with several of their offerings recieving high marks. Going into 2011, it seems that Sony is looking to ramp things up even more with ...

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Sony Announces A560 and A580 DSLRs

Sony is one of the world's leading electronic manufacturers with their hardware reaching into just about every industry in the book. Digital cameras is one industry that Sony is particularly respectable in with several high end offerings good for any level of photographer. In fact, today the company has come forth to announce both the A560 ...

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Toshiba Announces a New 14.6-megapixel Backlit Sensor

Toshiba has a new 14.6-megapixel BSI sensor. BSI stands for back-side illumination and it’s a design meant to improve pictures taken in low lighting conditions. The BSI sensor will decrease the amount of noise and your pictures will look better than ever. The new CMOS sensor is official already but that doesn’t mean that a ...

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Nikon to Launch Leica X1 Competitor?

The Leica X1 has been revealed well ahead Leica special event hosted on 09/09/09 and it has apparently managed to turn a few heads. And according to the latest rumors it looks like Nikon has been impressed with the camera and wants to launch its own compact camera sporting an APS-C sized sensor. The sensor ...

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