Just a quick update to let you all know that I’m back from the UK’s biggest camera show Focus On Imaging. You can expect to see an article giving an overview of the show appear on this site in the … Continue reading
March 6, 2013
by Derek
Category Archives: Camera Business
January 14, 2013
by Derek
Another one bites the dust
When I wished everyone a Happy New Year in the previous blog entry, I was expecting the first article I’d write in 2013 to be about the CES trade show in Las Vegas. Of course, when the news broke at … Continue reading
July 17, 2012
by Derek
Name Changing For Pentax-Ricoh
*** The information in the following article is now out of date. Please follow this link before reading *** Since Pentax were taken over by Ricoh last year, there’s been a lot of speculation as to what that would mean … Continue reading
April 17, 2012
by Derek
Attention To Detail
Usually, when camera companies make obvious mistakes with their products, I blame it on the incredibly tight product cycles in the consumer electronics industry. When you have to create a new product less than 12 months after the last iteration … Continue reading
April 16, 2012
by Derek
Public Service Announcement
I try not to deal too much with rumours on this site, but I have come across one that I think I ought to pass on with the disclaimer that it’s unsubstantiated. It seems that Pentax UK is going to … Continue reading
March 28, 2012
by Derek
Early Adopters
This week’s D4 & D800 Price Controversy has made this article topical, though it has been in the works for a while now. The basic premise is that you should never buy a camera at its release unless unavoidable. This … Continue reading
March 27, 2012
by Derek
Is The Megapixel War Back On?
A while ago I wrote about The End Of The Megapixel Myth. In that article I told readers that most of the manufacturers had decided to stop chasing higher resolution, and instead concentrate on other areas. Cue Sony cramming 20MP … Continue reading
March 26, 2012
by Derek
A Primer In Alienation
It seems that it’s not just politicians who like to try and slip bad news under the radar. On Friday afternoon it seems that Nikon UK have decided there were pricing errors on the now ready to ship D800 and … Continue reading
March 21, 2012
by Derek
Heads In The Clouds
Samsung seem to have created a fair bit of buzz with their comments about the possibility of Android OS cameras in the near future. People have been excited about the idea of an open camera that they can program or … Continue reading
March 14, 2012
by Derek
Backing The Wrong Horse
This article has the potential to upset some Sony fans if they don’t pay attention to the qualification that follows. So read it carefully. I’m going to talk about relative differences in image quality. These differences are small. As I’ve … Continue reading