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The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom was announced a little over a week ago and today I got some hands-on time with the device, which is almost as much of a camera, as it is a phone. The most interesting thing about the S4, which is expected to go on sale this summer, is its 10x optical zoom with an optical image stabilizer. This...
Samsung continued to blur the lines between cameras and smartphones today by announcing the Galaxy S4 Zoom, which features a built-in, 16-megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom and an optical image stabilizer. Other photo-centric features in the S4 Zoom include a Xenon flash and, for previewing and playing back images, a...
In a move that probably surprises very few, Olympus says it will axe its low-priced, point-and-shoot digital camera line. Olympus' decision to get rid of its V series of cheap, compact cameras, comes in response to the continuing erosion of the category due to increased competition from app-happy smart phones with...
Are you thrilled by the possibilities of the Lytro light field camera, but less so by its extremely low resolution, bulky chassis, and relatively expensive pricetag? If so, a new tech from Pelican Imaging -- recently previewed by the folks at Extreme Tech -- might prove more attractive.
The Pelican array camera provides much the same...
In the fall of 2012, headlines trumpeted the debut of the Nikon S800c, the first smart camera to be launched by a mainstream manufacturer. Based around Google's Android operating system, the Nikon S800c is a shot across the bows of smartphone photography. By pairing the soul of a smartphone with the body of a digital camera, the S800c aims to...
Adobe Photoshop Touch has been wildly successful on the iPad and Android tablets, and now the app has been redesigned for even smaller screens, in an edition specifically crafted for smartphones. Unsurprisingly named “Adobe Photoshop Touch for phone,” the shrunken version of the app packs the same controls as the...
For a few weeks now, rumors have been swirling about the latest flagship smartphone from Taiwan's HTC Corp., after leaks from the European press suggested the possibility that it took a new approach to digital imaging, and might perhaps bear a Foveon-like full-color image sensor. Today, the company finally took the wraps off that new phone,...
So much for the demise of brick-and-mortar photo print shops. Polaroid plans to launch 10 brand new retail stores in 2013 that will be dedicated to helping consumers print their digital images from smartphones and other devices.
The company will open the first such retail location, called Polaroid Fotobar, in February...
Photo editing on Android smartphones and tablets just got a lot more intuitive, thanks to the release of a new app that had until now been an iOS exclusive. For Android users, Nik Software's Snapseed has been a long time coming, but its arrival is accompanied by some great news: it's now free.
Nik first shipped the app for Apple's popular...
Early this year, Sony revealed that it was working on a new generation of backside-illuminated image sensors that would move more of the peripheral circuitry at each photodiode location beneath the active pixels, replacing the supporting substrate in the process.
The design can be used to reduce the overall sensor area while maintaining the same photodiode area, translating to...
Back at the Mobile World Congress show last February, Nokia announced a phone that elevated pulses of photographers around the world. Dubbed the Nokia 808 PureView, this interesting handset includes a Carl Zeiss-branded lens with an f/2.4 aperture, and an unusually large 1/1.2"-type image sensor. With close to three times the area of the sensors in most compact cameras, and more...
If you've been reading our news page for any length of time, you'll likely have noticed a shift over the last couple of years. We've run an increasing number of stories about camera phones, mirroring a trend in the marketplace. At the entry level, many casual snapshooters have taken to their camera phone for the simple fact that--even if the quality might not match up to a...