Archive for the 'Photography' Category

New Camera Technology To Allow Shoot First, Focus Later

May 4th, 2012 by admin


A US start-up company is poised to release new camera technology allowing photographers to set the point of focus in their images after taking the picture. California-based Lytro claims it has developed a new camera to be released later this year that uses ‘light field’ technology to allow photographers to take a picture and set [...]

Ricoh buys Pentax Imaging Systems from Hoya Corporation

April 30th, 2012 by admin


Pentax has announced that Ricoh has purchased the Pentax Imaging Systems division from Hoya Corporation. Japanese optical glass-maker Hoya said on Friday it would sell its Pentax camera business to copier and printer maker Ricoh, in a deal the Nikkei business daily said was worth about 10 billion yen ($124.2 million). HOYA Corporation and Ricoh [...]