Ricoh Corp., West Caldwell, N.J., USA, is now offering a digital phone card from Socket Communications Inc., Newark, Calif., USA, as a plug-in solution for adding wireless capability to the Ricoh RDC-i700 Internet-ready digital camera. Socket's card fits in the RDC-i700's CompactFlash expansion slot and connects via cable to a mobile phone. Built-in software enables the camera to use a mobile phone as a wireless modem to transfer images, send e-mail, and perform Web publishing and Web browsing. The RDC-i700 is a 3.34-megapixel CCD digital camera with 3X optical zoom, 1 cm. (0.4 inch) macro capture, motion-picture mode, and sound recording capability. It includes two expansion slots, one for CompactFlash cards and one for PC Cards, which are compatible with Socket's digital phone cards, low power ethernet cards, and ruggedized serial cards....[read more]
05/30/2001: Epson Stylus Photo 785EPX Review Posted
I have just posted my Epson Stylus Photo 785EPX review and am happy to report that the Epson folks have done it again. They've married the latest 2880dpi print engine with a PCMCIA card reader and added the onboard processing power to operate standalone if desired. Now throw in borderless printing in all standard photographic sizes and Epson's new PRINT Image Matching technology and for you've got a definite winner!...[read more]
05/30/2001: Cameras, Cameras and More Cameras
Our good friends over at the Imaging-Resource have turned up information on four new digicams, the Pentax Optio 330 (pictured above) which is billed as the "world's smallest 3-megapixel 3x zoom, the Fuji 50i which is the successor to the 40i digicam/MP3 player, and two Konicas, the Revio KD-300CZ (world's smallest 3-megapixel 2x zoom?) and the Revio KD-200CZ, a 2-megapixel 3x zoom camera. You'll find links to the Japanese pages on the Imaging Resource's news page. The folks at LetsGoDigital have turned up yet another new camera, the Pentax EI-100, a 1.3-megapxel entry-level camera, their English coverage of it can be found here....[read more]
05/30/2001: Kodak Professional and Pretec Team Up to Show 640MB CompactFlash Card
The largest capacity CompactFlash card in the world, 640MB from Pretec Electronics Corp. has been tested and approved by Eastman Kodak Company to be compatible with Kodak Professional DCS760 (3032 x 2008, 6 megapixel) and DCS Pro Back (4080 X 4080; 16 megapixel) digital cameras running current firmware. Read the whole story at Electric Tech's web site....[read more]
05/26/2001: Sima Image Bank Review Posted
I just posted my review of Sima's Image Bank portable image storage unit. This is another excellent storage device for today's digi-photographers that never seem to have enough flash memory. If you're getting ready to take an extended vacation with your digicam then you might want to give this review a look-see before you go out and buy a lot of expensive flash memory or a laptop computer....[read more]
05/21/2001: An Easy Fix for Fuji S1 Pro's Green Cast
If you're the proud owner of a Fujifilm S1 Pro camera then I am sure that you have made many of your friends green with envy. I'm also sure that you have probably noticed that a good number of your photos suffer from a rather green cast in certain areas. Help for that is a mouse click away with a special Digital Outback Photo review that will tell you how to get rid of that problem using one of our favorite programs - Qimage Pro....[read more]
05/14/2001: Nikon USA Posts Nikon Capture 2.0 Info
Posted on the D1X and D1H product pages of the Nikon USA web site are the following statements with links for further info or .pdf files: "Order Nikon Capture 2.0 software within 30 days of purchasing a D1X or D1H and you will receive the software for .95." "Customers who purchased Capture 1.0 from February 1, 2001 to April 25, 2001 can receive a free upgrade of Nikon Capture 2.0 Software." "Customers who purchased Capture 1.0 prior to February 1, 2001 can receive a upgrade rebate on Nikon Capture 2.0 Software." It's not FREE but it is more "reasonable" than the old price for the Nikon Capture v1.0 software!...[read more]
05/07/2001: Nikon D1X Due in June, Nikon Capture 2.0 for
Thanks to RobGalbraith.com for the following news: Nikon USA expects the D1X to begin shipping in volume in early June, with the D1H to follow 30 days after that. Nikon USA recently advised dealers that the upcoming Nikon Capture 2.0 will have a suggested list price of US. The latest incarnation of the software will support the RAW .NEF format of the Nikon D1, D1X and D1H....[read more]
