Archive — September 2004

GretagMacbeth has announced a new corporate brand program along with a nice new logo. This program will focus on the amazing value associated with the GretagMacbeth name. Key components of the program are: - New range of professional service products including training, consulting, hotline and digital interactive tools - An array of new products to be announced that are designed...
One of photography's greatest names, "Big Daddy" Don Blair, passed away Sunday morning surrounded by his family. He was 79 years old. Our hearts go out to him and his family at this time. He will be remembered and missed by the pictureline staff.
Atsushi Yoneda, president and CEO of Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., Valhalla, N.Y., USA, announced changes to Fujifilm USA's senior management structure and the realignment of its Photo Imaging management team. All changes were effective Sept. 1. "Our markets are experiencing remarkable change at unprecedented speed, presenting us with both tremendous challenges and new opportunities. We are therefore taking proactive...
New Protocol "PTP/IP" for Image Data Transfer from a Digital Camera via wireless LAN -- Nikon's joint development with FotoNation, to be supported by Microsoft Corporation Tokyo - Nikon Corporation (COO: Teruo Shimamura) is pleased to announce the implementation of PTP/IP (Picture Transfer Protocol over Internet Protocol) - developed by FotoNation Inc. - as a new computer interface for more...
Summary - (Sep 9, 2004) Bought a digital camera recently? It's probably got anywhere from 3.1 to 6 megapixels of resolution. Well, the European Space Agency is building a 1 gigapixel (a gigapixel is 1024 megapixels) digital camera for its upcoming Gaia space telescope, due for launch in 2010. It's actually not a single camera, but an array of 170....
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA, closed its acquisition of the Imaging business of National Semiconductor Corp., which developed and manufactured complimentary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor (CIS) devices. Under the agreement, Kodak has acquired certain assets, including intellectual property and equipment, and has hired approximately 50 employees who previously supported National's Imaging business. Financial terms of the agreement were...
It looks as if a wireless version of Firewire may be coming in the future. How great would it be to have wireless firewire transfers from your digital camera to a wireless harddrive. Looks like the wireless version may even be faster than a wired version of firewire. Wireless = 480Mbps Wired = 400Mbps 1394 group approves UWB 'Firewireless' tech...