Casio has unveiled five new Exilim models, one featuring high-speed shooting and four others with improved design quality and functionality.

The 6-megapixel, 12x optical zoom Exilim Pro EX-F1 features a high-speed CMOS sensor and LSI processor to achieve up to a 60-frame-per-second burst rate for still images and a 1,200-frame-per-second rate for movie recording. The Pro EX-F1 also records movies in high definition.

The 10.1-megapixel Exilim Card EX-S10 offers a slim form with a 3.71-inch-wide, 2.15-inch-high, 0.59-inch-thick body. The camera also features a...

Canon has unveiled the new headliner for its entry-level series of digital SLRs. The 12.2-megapixel EOS Rebel XSi features several higher-end functions, including Live View, that debuted on the EOS-1DS Mark III professional SLR. The camera body is composed of a lightweight combination of stainless steel, polycarbonate and glass fiber.

The XSi features a 230,000-pixel, three-inch LCD screen that allows seven brightness settings for viewing under different lighting conditions. An APS-C size CMOS sensor employs...

Sony has rolled out its smallest high-definition camcorder, the HDR-TG1 Handycam. The camcorder weighs in at 10 ounces and measures 1.3 x 4.7 x 2.5 inches.

The new model incorporates face-detection technology for both video and still images and can identify up to eight faces on its 2.7-inch touch-panel LCD screen. It also automatically adjusts focus, exposure, color control and...

Seattle-based photojournalist Tim Matsui and the FEAR (Friends Educating Against Rape) Project have been awarded a $22,300 Project Distribution Grant by the Open Society Institute of New York.

The grant will allow Matsui and FEAR to present to schools, community organizations and professional groups in the greater Seattle area. FEAR aims to combat sexual violence through the use of personal narrative and multimedia presentations.

Pentax has announced the release of two new digital SLR cameras, the K20D and the K200D. Both cameras feature dustproof and weather-resistant bodies, improved Prime image processors and Pentax's Shake Reduction technology that works with any Pentax lens.

The flagship K20D is a 14.6-megapixel DSLR that builds on the K10D model. It features a newly developed CMOS image sensor, an Expanded Dynamic Range function to allow for more contrast, a Live View on a 2.7-inch display and...

Sony has introduced five new high-definition (HD) camcorder models based on AVCHD technology and featuring 1,920 x 1,080 high-definition recording. The HDR-SR12, HDR-SR11 and HDR-SR10 are hard drive models, while the HDR-UX20 and HDR-UX10 are DVD models. Sony has also debuted the HDR-HC9, a 1,440 x 1,080 HD video that records on mini-DV tape.

Based on the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codec, the HDR-SR and HDR-UX models are compatible with...

The Brooks Institute has announced that visual journalism faculty member and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Rickman and his third-year student Mariah Tauger will attend the 2008 Summer Olympics in China as press photographers for NewSport Photo Agency.

For more than 25 years, Rickman has covered all aspects of Olympic-related sports and has developed an affiliation...

Award-winning photographer Robert "Bob" Holmes has joined Mountain Light Pictures (MLP) as a contributing photographer. MLP is home to the Galen Rowell Image Collection and represents a growing list of some of the finest working outdoor and nature photographers.

Holmes began his career by covering the British Everest Expedition in 1975. His subjects have ranged from snow leopards in Nepal to...

Canon has introduced its new Vixia line of high-definition camcorders. The new family includes the HF10 Dual Flash Memory, HF100 Flash Memory and HV30 HD camcorders. The HG10 AVCHD hard disk drive and HR10 AVCHD DVD camcorders have also been added to the line, as has the DW-100 DVD burner.

Vixia camcorders feature a Canon HD CMOS image sensor for full HD image capture, a Digic DV II image processor, instant autofocus and SuperRange optical image stabilization. The new line of camcorders also features...

Sony has released the 10.2-megapixel DSLR-A350 and 14.2-megapixel DSLR-A300 α (alpha)-series models, equipped with the Quick AF Live View system. The live-view technology allows the photographer to frame photos on the camera's LCD without utilizing autofocusing speed, as in other live-view systems.

The Pentamirror Tilt mechanism directs light to a dedicated live-view image sensor, enabling TTL phase-detection autofocusing during live view. The models also offer...