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DxO digital auto focus camera modules

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Thursday 8th, March 2007

DxO Labs announces a licensing agreement and a strategic cooperation with STMicroelectronics to develop and bring to market breakthrough imaging sensors and camera modules featuring DxO Digital Optics, a revolutionary embedded imaging technology. A generation of STMicroelectronics imaging modules will feature full auto-focus functionality without any motor or moving parts, enabling DxO Digital Optics fixed lens optics to deliver sharp images from a very short distance to infinity. The resulting products will initially target the high-end mobile imaging market DxO Digital Optics DAF EDoF Priority is just one of the implementations enabled by DxO Digital Optics technology.

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Kodak Digital Imaging at PMA 2007

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Wednesday 7th, March 2007

Eastman Kodak Company demonstrated a range of digital imaging solutions aimed at helping retailers tap growing consumer demand to do more with their digital pictures. At the Photo Marketing Association’s Annual Conference and Exposition, Kodak unveiled a lineup of custom photo books, collages and digital photo merchandising products and services that can be produced in-store, on-line and at wholesale. “Each day some 315 million digital images are taken and stored, but not printed, creating a tremendous opportunity for retailers to help consumers do more with their digital images,” said Brad Kruchten, General Manager of Kodak’s Retail Printing Business and Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company.

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The current global economic situation also influences the participants of the 2010 PMA International Convention and Trade Show. Renowned companies are undergoing major reorganizations, affecting mainly at local level, where major changes are made. When it comes to digital imaging, the world is roughly divided into three parts, America, Europe and Asia. It seems that the manufacturers have decided among themselves that the PMA is specifically focused on the U.S.A. market, including the associated market strategies, while Europe is served by IFA and Photokina. In Asia, it is the Photo Imaging Expo in Tokyo that seems to focus on Japan and surrounding countries. The PMA show is expected to offer a different twist; keep tracking us for the latest show news.