April 11, 2006 16:43 - Casio cameras offers special trade in deal
Ilse Jurriën : April 10th 2006 - 08:07 CET
Have you wanted to get a new digital camera? Well now is your chance with this deal from Casio.
Casio cameras special trade in offer : Casio is pleased to announce the Casio Trade In, Trade Up Program, where consumers have the opportunity to trade in their old camera, regardless of brand, and trade up to a new Casio digital camera. Casio, Inc. realizes that in today’s ever changing technology it can be difficult to constantly upgrade to the latest digital camera. To provide consumers with an easy way to upgrade to the latest technology available in digital cameras, and even receive bonuses when upgrading to certain Casio models, Casio will offer the Trade In, Trade Up program beginning April 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. Casio cameras special trade in offer - How It Works
Purchase a Casio digital camera at an authorized participating retailer and submit proof of purchase to take advantage of the Trade in, Trade Up program. Check the value of the camera to be traded in at any time by visiting Casio’s Trade In, Trade Up website. Simply enter information regarding brand, number of mega pixels, condition, packaging information, etc. of the camera to be traded in and the site immediately calculates the estimated trade-in value. An additional $20 bonus will automatically be added to the trade-in value when the Casio Exilim purchase is an EX- Z600 or EX- Z850. The bonus offer for these models is valid on purchases from April 1 st to July 8 th 2006.
Casio Trade in, Trade up program
Casio has teamed up with participating retailers, and Deal Tree Services, Inc. as a service provider, to provide a hassle-free way to trade in any brand of an older model camera to receive a check for a trade-in value, and in some cases even an additional bonus, as a reward for purchasing a new Casio Exilim digital camera. “We realize that people are purchasing their second or third cameras, and often question what to do with their current ones. Casio Inc. is not only offering consumers an incentive to buy a new digital camera, but we are helping to minimize environmental waste and preserve our environment”, said Bill Heuer, Senior Vice President of the Digital Imaging Division for Casio, Inc.
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April 11, 2006 16:51 - Digital trend challenging camera makers
By HANS GREIMELThey are some of the most legendary names in photography.
Minolta scored the world's first successful auto-focus, single-lens reflex camera. Fuji invented 1600-speed film, once the industry's fastest. Nikon's fabled F-series made the 35 mm camera the picture-taking workhorse for the last half-century.
Now the companies share a more dubious distinction: abandoning part of the business that made them famous.
Camera makers have battled to adapt to the digital revolution for the last 10 years, but recent retreats by leading brands underline how the industry has turned upside-down.
With interlopers like Sony, Panasonic and Samsung capitalizing on their high-tech know-how, traditional camera makers and their black scrolls of film may soon join 19th-century daguerreotypes as museum-shelf curios.
Many of the big names in photography were once startups in their own right as they rushed to market in the 1950s with the advent of 35 mm cameras, undercutting and stealing market share from European makers.
Now they are the ones having difficulty adapting to the technology used in digital cameras: image processing chips and sensors called charge-coupled devices, or CCDs, which capture light and transform it into digital signals.
Die-hard film fans in groups like the Konica Minolta Photo Club mourn the passing of an era.
"Some members are very sad because they've been using Minolta for a long, long time," club liaison Tadashi Hasegawa said. Some club benefits are being phased out, including discounts on used camera gear.
Some names, such as Kodak, Nikon and Olympus, farm out manufacturing of digital cameras to high-tech firms with expertise. Sanyo Electric Co. and Taiwan's Premier Image Technology Corp. and Altek Corp. are among the ghost makers.
One key exception is Canon Inc., which successfully made the transition from film by investing heavily in digital technology.
Canon shipped about 12.6 million digital cameras in 2004 to lead the world with a 17 percent market share, according to U.S. market researching company IDC.
Global shipments of digital cameras are expected to peak at 92.7 million units this year, then start declining due to market saturation, according to IDC. That means a smaller pie to divide among even more producers.
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April 11, 2006 17:02 - Kodak’s Bluetooth-enabled Cameras?
Other camera makers have been creating wireless digital cameras. Now it apears that Kodak may be joining them in this race to bring high tech wirless cameras to the market. With Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, computers, printers and PDAs taking over the market at a steady pace, it was only a matter of time before someone came out with camera that integrated this technological boon.
From what was seen at FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) website, Kodak has filed an equipment authorization application for a “Bluetooth module” and a “mobile transmitter with its own RF shielding” for use in “mobile and portable devices.”
What this could translate into is that Kodak may just be looking at launching Bluetooth-enabled digital cameras, that the user can use to transfer images to his printer, mobile phone or handheld computer without using a computer and without the need to take out the memory card or USB cables.
Information on the device has been taken down from the FCC website since Monday, since Kodak prefers to stay tight-lipped about their upcoming technology.
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April 16, 2006 19:52 - Digital Camera News Central
Welcome to Digital Camera News Central! Here you will find a compedeum of information and news about the rapidly changing world of digital cameras, digital video, and digital imaging. We aim to give you the best information so you can get the most out of your digital photography. If you are into digital video then you are also in the right place as we are big DV fans and will bring you the latest from the digital video market place.
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