Premier Line of Consumer Lighting Accessories Announces Availability of the CameraBright! X1-W Warm White and CameraBright! X1-ER Extended Range Versions

FEB. 2005 CameraBright, Inc., in their effort to deliver the latest technology in lighting accessories for mainstream camera and camcorder users, has announced the availability of two new models, including an extended range model and a warm white light model, in the CameraBright!™ X1 lighting accessory product line.

Lyra Research Projects Worldwide Digital Camera Shipments Will Exceed 100 Million Units in 2008

NEWTONVILLE, Mass. Feb. 23, 2005 - In 2004 Europe surpassed the United States in unit shipments - Coinciding with this year's Photo Marketing Association (PMA) show in Orlando, FL, Lyra Research's Digital Photography Advisory Service has issued its worldwide digital camera forecast. Digital still camera shipments surpassed 63 million units worldwide in 2004, up more than 35 percent compared with 2003. Worldwide digital still camera shipments will surpass 100 million units in 2008.

Company Sweetens Arrival of Higher-Capacity One-Inch Hard Drive with Significant Price Reduction

Hitachi 6 gigabyte one-inch Microdrive digital media holds 6,000 photos or 250 rolls of 24-exposure film, with new reduced retail price of $299 USD.

Feb. 23, 2005 Users of miniature MP3 players and other storage-demanding handheld consumer electronics can rejoice today as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies begins shipping its 6 gigabyte(a) (GB) one-inch hard drive in high volume. As the leader in one-inch hard drives, Hitachi is raising the stakes by making available the new Microdrive 3K6 with a suggested retail price reduction of up to 60 percent.

With 6 GB, the new Microdrive lets consumers carry even more of what they love -- 1500-3000 songs, 6,000 pictures (1 MB each) or 8 hours of MPEG-4 video(b). Hitachi is making all this possible, now, at a significant price reduction, retailing the 6 GB Microdrive for $299 USD or pennies per megabyte. Hitachi's new suggested retail pricing represents the best value of capacity, reliability and performance at a price point that's affordable to virtually all owners of consumer devices. The Microdrive 3K6 is available in removable Compact Flash Type II and embedded versions.

New Slim 30GB Model Starts at Just $349

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 23 Apple(R) today updated its iPod(R) photo lineup by introducing a new slim 30GB model, holding up to 7,500 songs, for just $349 and a new 60GB model, holding up to 15,000 songs, for $449. Designed to take your entire music and photo libraries with you wherever you go, both iPod photo models feature a stunning high-resolution color screen for displaying photos and enhancing the entire iPod music experience. Both models hold up to 25,000 digital photos and will feature the ability to import photos from your digital camera via the new iPod Camera Connector for instant viewing and slide show playback on iPod photo.

New Camera Delivers Film-like Quality  in an Easy-to-Use Digital Format

Orlando, Florida  February 2005 - Polaroid Corporation announced today, the  availability of Polaroid’s new x530 digital camera  through Circuit City’s on-line store: www.CircuitCity.com and Wal-Mart’s on-line store: www.walmart.com. The announcement was made at the 2005 Photo Marketing Association (PMA) International Annual Convention, Booth #3532, in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

Sony Europe Press Release - Berlin, February 2005 - The newest member of the traditional-styled compact W-Series range of Sony digital still cameras is the 7.2 effective Megapixel Cyber-shot W7, with its ultra-high resolution matched by a large 2.5-inch LCD screen, Carl Zeiss zoom lens and energy efficient performance.

Sony Europe has announced the new Cyber Shot S80 for the European market, we have previously posted the announcement of the Cyber Shot S60 ,S40 and S90 digital cameras for the US market

Sony Europe Press Release - Berlin, February 2005 - Looking for your first digital still camera that is compact and easy to use? Look no further than the new 4.1 effective Megapixel Cyber-shot S40, S80 and S90. All featuring Carl Zeiss 3x Optical Zoom lenses, ideal for high-resolution digital images and prints, and superb STAMINA power efficiency.

Sony Europe Press Release - Berlin, February 2005 - Get up close The new Sony Cyber-shot H1 is the first Sony digital still camera to combine a 12x Optical zoom lens with a Super Steady Shot optical image stabiliser, 5.1 effective Megapixel resolution, a large 2.5-inch LCD screen, fast response and full manual exposure control.

PMA 2005 - Feb. 22, 2005 Rimage Corporation (Nasdaq:RIMG) today announced the availability of true inkjet photo-quality printing on CD and DVD media. Users of Rimage Desktop systems can now take advantage of new Rimage Photo Inkjet Cartridges to create stunning, high resolution, full color graphics. When used with new photo-quality inkjet media, these cartridges will perfectly reproduce all shades and color tones visible to the eye.

PMA 2005 - ORLANDO, Fla Feb. 22, 2005 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OVTI), one of the world's leading suppliers of CMOS image sensors, reported today that its OV5610 5-megapixel camera chip has achieved eight design wins in the digital still camera (DSC) and video camera markets. These design wins represent the first uses of a 5-megapixel CMOS image sensor to process both still and video images in mass market consumer devices.

Feb. 21, 2005 Flash memory is a popular storage technology for portable devices, such as digital audio players. Because flash is a solid-state memory, the songs don't skip. Introduced today at PMA 2005

New, High-Speed Compact Flash Cards and Secure Digital Cards Capture More Data Faster

Feb. 21, 2005 With the emergence of higher performance cameras and other multi-functional devices, PNY Technologies(R), Inc. introduced several, new higher-speed, higher-capacity digital storage solutions that support them. Announced today at PMA 2005