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Key Highlights:

• Mobile phones are now the primary video capture device used by many consumers.

• Popularity of using a mobile phone for video capture has increased 13% from 2010.

• Imaging vendors should direct their efforts towards smartphone/ camera phone usage.

Mobile Phones Take a Leading Role in Video Capture...

TriPlay's MyDigipack Cloud Sharing and Storage Service  Simplifies Uploading and Sharing of Mobile Media

New York, NY – January 6, 2012 – TriPlay, a multi-faceted technology company focused on providing globally-available multimedia services, today announced MyDigipack, a new cloud storage service that uniquely addresses the needs of users who want to...

1Gbps^*2 for faster write speed and superb reliability create new possibilities for advanced photographers

06 January 2012 -- Giving photo enthusiasts and professional photographers a new level of speed and performance, the new range of XQD memory cards by Sony supports the recently adopted XQD specification for high-speed, high-performance digital...

Nikon Inc. has today announced the Nikon D4 professional SLR, which follows in the footsteps of the venerable--but now rather long-in the tooth--Nikon D3S and its predecessor, the Nikon D3, and we've just published our Nikon D4 hands-on preview.

The Nikon D4 has a redesigned body and features a raft of updates throughout, bringing improvements both for photographers and...

New NIKKOR Lens is Ideal for Low-Light, Portraiture and Adding Dramatic Background Blur to Both Photo and Video

MELVILLE, N.Y. (January 5, 2012) – Today, Nikon Inc. announced the addition of the new AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G FX-format lens to its legendary line of NIKKOR lenses. The new 85mm is a fast, fixed focal-length lens with medium telephoto...

Montreal, January 5th  , 2012 . Mediaclip™ Inc., a developer of software solution for the personalization of printed products, announced today that they will be launching their new turn-key solution called USimplyPrint during PMA@CES . This solution integrates version 2.7 of the Mediaclip™ Photo Product Creator Suite ™ into a complete  e-commerce...

Starting January 10, Techies Can Join the Conversation, Interact with Technology Experts, Plus Hear and See Industry Panels Live from Panasonic’s CES Show Floor

SECAUCUS, N.J. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic (NYSE:PC) (TOKYO:6752) (@PanasonicEvents) is pleased to announce that the company will host a global interactive video stream broadcast, ...

Wireless HD camera solution creates the ultimate smartphone companion device

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ambarella, Inc., a leader in low-power, high-definition video compression and image-processing solutions for consumer cameras, has announced the availability of the Ambarella Wireless Camera Developer’s Kit. The Kit enables the design of...

iOS App for Optrix HD Sport displays and records speed, g-force, track map, lap time and more

Optrix HD and new App on display at CES 2012 at Booth 26606 South Hall

Austin, Texas--January 5, 2012--Optrix, designer of rugged mounts that transform your iPhone 4S/4/iPod Touch into an HD action sports camera, unveils the ultimate action video recording...

The big story with Datacolor's Spyder4 is its significantly improved accuracy. But Datacolor has also made an effort to extend its software's reach to devices other than you computer monitor. And these days, you look at your images on all sorts of screens: desktop monitor, laptop, netbook, HDTV, projector, tablet, smartphone. The Spyder4 can handle them all.

We've been...

Spyder4 Express, Spyder4 Pro and Spyder4 Elite Provide Full Spectrum Color Calibration for Creative Professionals

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- Jan. 5 -- Datacolor (http://www.datacolor.com), a global leader in color management solutions, today introduced Spyder4, a line of highly advanced colorimeters able to calibrate monitors, laptops, projectors, TVs,...

Blazing-Fast 1000x Memory Card Offers the Ultimate Performance for Professionals Shooting High-Resolution Images and Full-HD and 3D Video

Fremont, CA, 5 January, 2012 – Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory products, today announced the industry’s first 1000x memory card, the Lexar® Professional 1000x CompactFlash® (CF) card. The new card...

Kicking off a raft of digital camera announcements in the runup to this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Fujifilm North America Corp. has today revealed that the Fujifilm X-S1 digital camera--unveiled last November for the rest of the world--will also be coming to the US market.

The Fuji X-S1 is the third model in the company's flagship X-series, which forgoes the...

Continuing its camera announcements for the day, Fujifilm has revealed the FinePix HS30EXR and HS25EXR long zooms.

The duo are closely related, sharing the same 16 megapixel, 1/2-inch EXR CMOS image sensor and Fujinon-branded 30x optical zoom lens, as well as a 3.0-inch LCD viewfinder with 460,000 dot resolution. Both can record 1080p Full HD movies at 30 frames per...

Next up in today's flood of announcements from Fujifilm are three new Finepix F-series models: the Fuji F770EXR, F750EXR, and F660EXR.

As the model numbers would suggest, the Fuji F660EXR is the base model, with a 16 megapixel, 1/2-inch type EXR-CMOS image sensor, and a Fujinon-branded 15x optical zoom lens that has a 24mm-equivalent wide angle. Priced at about US$280,...

As our tour of Fuji's roster of Consumer Electronics Show announcements continues, we take a look at the Fuji SL300, S4500, and S4200, a trio of FinePix super-zoom cameras.

The entry point to the group is marked with the Fuji FinePix S4200, based around a standard 14 megapixel CCD image sensor and Fujinon-branded 24x optical zoom with 24mm equivalent wide angle. Based...

We've already mentioned nine digital camera models from Fujifilm today, and we've barely reached the halfway point, with three new models for the rugged FinePix XP-series: the Fuji XP50, XP100, and XP150.

The Fuji XP50 is the most affordable of the trio, with an expected price of approximately US$200 when it ships this March. Dustproof, waterproof to 16.5 feet, shockproof...

Nearing the end of Fujifilm's long zoom camera announcements for the day, we have the Fuji T400 and T350 digital cameras.

Both cameras will ship from March 2012, with the Fuji T350 carrying the lower pricetag of US$160. For that, you'll get a 14 megapixel CCD image sensor, a Fujinon-branded 10x zoom lens with 28mm wide angle, and a handsome body with a 3.0-inch LCD panel...

Rounding out its long zoom camera announcements for the day, Fujifilm has taken the wraps off the Fuji JZ250 and Fuji JZ100, a duo of long-zoom cameras that look near-indistinguishable when seen from in front, although the JZ100 seems to be a tad bit slimmer on the top deck.

The Fuji JZ100 is the more affordable of the two, priced at US$130 and available from March 2012....