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No $1M Prize For Canon Christmas Promo Winner Canon announced that a Queenslander has won $10,000 in its ‘Pick the $1,000,000 Picture’ Christmas promotion.

Digital Camera Sales To Be Hit By Camera Phones Say Experts Medium priced digital camera sales are set to come under threat from a new generation of Smartphones that have flash and increased megapixels claims leading research Company iSuppli.

Sony Turns To Evil In Effort To Catch Up In Digital Camera Market Sony, which is desperately trying to catch up with brands like Canon and Panasonic with its Lumix brand in the digital camera market, has shown a new EVIL product in the form of a digital camera with an electronic viewfinder and interchangeable lens.

Waterproof Cameras Sony Vs Canon Vs Olympus Vs Panasonic The all new Sony TX5 has failed its first water test with Panasonic Olympus and Canon waterproof cameras all outperforming the depth test when compared with the 3-metre only TX5. It also suffers when it comes to megapixels and price.

Struggling Olympus To Launch 28mm To 840mm Digital Compact Camera As the digital camera war hots up, struggling Japanese camera company Olympus is set to launch a 30X zoom compact camera that looks more retro than modern in an effort to try and regain lost market share in the premium end of the digital camera market.

Harvey Norman Profit Centre Set To Be Hit Say GFK A move by Harvey Norman and the specialist photo industry into into the digital printing of camera content has in the past delivered high margins and big profits. Now, according to GFK, the sector is set to be hit as consmers move to a new generation of digital display screens.

Canon Launches New HD Video & Audio Capture Technology Canon, which has struggled in the camcorder market, is set to launch a brand-new Full-HD Codec that allows users to capture high-quality motion images and sound.

Smile Blink & Face Detection In New Look Pentax Camera Pentax who has been squeezed in the Australian market by aggressive digital camera marketing from Canon, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony is set to hit back with a new range of sleek looking cameras that have edgy designs that break away from the traditional silver camera look. The new models also incorporate, smile capture, blink detection, and improved face detection technology.

Canon Cameras Push Revenues Up After experiencing growth in the digital compact camera and digital SLR camera categories for the period January to September of last year, Canon Oceania has reported that its consumer imaging products have seen a 19 per cent growth in revenue for 2009.

Panasonic Scores Big With Lumix Digital Cameras Panasonic Australia have reported record “value” growth for their Lumix camera range during the past quarter with new GFK data revealing that they are now the #1 “value” vendor in the compact digital camera category. The Company is now on track to sell its one millionth Lumix camera in the Australian market.

SLR Digital Camera Market Set To Grow In OZ According to GFK data, digital camera sales in Australia fell 11 per cent in December 2009 in what is traditionally a big month for vendors. Despite this, several vendors are tipping big growth in 2010, especially from premium compact and digital SLR cameras.

Panasonic To Reveal New Digital Camera Technology Panasonic Australia is set to use its sponsorship of the Australian Tennis Open in Melbourne to officially launch a brand new range of Lumix digital cameras that incorporate new technology that extends the zoom capabilities and quality of any images captured. The range will be launched tomorrow.

Samsung Creates New Digital Camera Category With NX10 The new Samsung NX10 digital camera has been officially launched today at the 2010 CES Show in Las Vegas in a move that Samsung Australia executives are saying will help it grow its presence in Australia up against the likes of Sony and Samsung, as well as Canon and Nikon.

Samsung To Take On Sony & Panasonic With New Digital Cameras As Samsung gets set to release a brand new mini SLR type camera at the 2010 CES Show in Las Vegas, insiders are also tipping a new Samsung CL80 Wi Fi camera with a 31 mm lens and 7X optical zoom.

Samsung On Wrong side Of Patent Dispute With Kodak Samsung has again found itself on the wrong side of a patent dispute, this time with Kodak which is claiming that the Korean giant is using patented Kodak technology in its camera phones.

Canon Showcases Creative Photographs Canon will display various photographs taken for its EOS Photo5 competition at a free public exhibition in Sydney from 9-14 January, 2010.

Polaroid Boss Facing 30 Years In Jail For Industry Scam Tom Petters, the former owner of Polaroid, is facing 30 years in jail after being found guilty of money laundering, wire fraud and mail fraud. He was also found guilty of conning several leading consumer electronics companies as well as retail chains.

Consumers Want Expensive Compact And D SLR Says GFK The compact digital camera market is set to fall by over 11 per cent in 2010, claims GFK; however, sales of digital SLR cameras and expensive compact cameras are set to grow.

JVC Gives Away HD Pocket Cameras On YouTube JVC launched its ‘Share a Moment. Every Day’ competition where users have a chance to win an HD pocket camera by uploading videos on YouTube.

JVC Camcorders Come With $450 Extras JVC announced a promotion where customers who purchase selected camcorders from its HD Everio range will receive over $450 worth of extras.

Lexar To Give Away $15,000 In Prizes Lexar announced a new Christmas promotion where users who purchase its gaming, mobile or photography memory card will have a chance to win a daily, weekly or monthly prize.

Samsung To Give Away Toyota Prius Samsung has launched a promotion where users who purchase selected cameras or camcorders have a chance to win one of three Toyota Prius.

99% Probability That Consumers Will Not Win $1M From Canon The probability of a consumer winning $1,000,000 in a Canon digital camera promotion is extremely slim, despite how many people enter the promotion, an investigation by Smarthouse has revealed.

$1M Canon Camera Promotion Fails To Add Up UPDATED: As the battle for dominance in the digital camera market heats up Canon is offering a $1 Million dollar prize opportunity to consumers who buy one of their digital cameras, however there seems to be a problem with Canon’s mathematics.

Lumix Blu ray & Plasma Send Panasonic Over The Top After investing millions into marketing for their plasma and digital camera's, including $9M on the Australian Tennis Open and millions more on Rugby, Panasonic Australia is now reaping the benefits with big increases in market share in the flat panel TV, digital camera and camcorder markets claims the Japanese Company’s CEO Steve Rust.

Panasonic Back In The Black As OZ Sales Roar Panasonic, who six months ago reported over $5 Billion in losses, has reported a profit for the first time in 12 months. Arch competitor Sony us still bleeding losses.

Canon Inc Down, Canon Oz Up Despite Canon Inc reporting a 56 percent fall in third-quarter net profits, Canon Australia announced that it had unparalleled growth in the digital compact camera and digital SLR camera categories for the period January to September of this year.

More TV Giveaways From Panasonic From today, users who purchase any Panasonic Lumix camera have a chance to win a 32-inch Viera TV. This new promotion is in addition to the Viera HD Bonus campaign launched by the company last week.

Cisco Tries To Dump Old Flip Camera In OZ Two weeks after launching in Australia, what they knew to be an old Flip pocket camcorder, Cisco has rolled out a brand new model to US and European consumers that has more memory and a wider LCD screen and better resolution than the model currently being sold in Australia.

Camera Store Fined $15,000 Over Pay Dispute A Perth Camera Shop who took two years to pay severance pay to a former employee has been fined $15,000.

Samsung To Give Away Dual LCD Cameras Samsung has gone to Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter to promote its dual screen digital cameras. The company will also be giving away the new ST500 and ST550 to lucky online followers.

Panasonic Exhibition Celebrates Photography Panasonic has officially launched its Lumix Life exhibition yesterday. The exhibition is currently being held at the Global Gallery in Paddington and will run until October 10, 2009.

Australians Spend Big On Tech Despite the global financial crisis, Australians have purchased more tech gear in the first six months of 2009 than in any other first half, according to a survey conducted by Canon Australia.

Panasonic To Exhibit Best Photos Photographers who want to get their works exhibited in a Sydney gallery next month should start uploading their best Lumix photos at the Lumix Life website.

New Twist In Canon Photo Competition Canon is once again looking for the best photographers in Australia with the return of its EOS Photo5 contest.

Digital Imaging Products To Be Big At CES Big imaging companies like Kodak, Iomega, Canon, Nikon, and Olympus will showcase its latest products at the 2010 International CES.

Panasonic To Give Away 1,500 PVRs Panasonic is giving users a 1-in-5 chance to win a DVD/HDD recorder with its new Lumix promotion.

Hot Photo Causes Problems For Harvey Norman We know that Harvey Norman loves promoting hot deals, however for residents of the Whitsunday's it was more than hot deals that caught their attention when fire broke out at the Harvey Norman Centro store earlier this week.

47.5 percent Sales Growth For Canon OZ Canon Australia has reported first half sales growth of 47.5% from increased demand for digital cameras. Globally, Canon this week reported that profits had plunged 86% and that sales were down 29%. Sales of SLR camera's have grown by 74.7%.

Dud Image For Canon As Profits Plunge 86% Canon has reported an 86% downturn in profits as revenues at the digital camera maker plunges 29%. The market leader in digital camera's in Australia, the company has been hit by sluggish sales as more competitors like Samsung and Panasonic look to take share away from the Japanese camera maker.

New 12.1 MP Lumix Camera Range From Panasonic Panasonic, who are determined to be a serious player in the digital camera market with their Lumix range, has announced three new 12.1 megapixel digital cameras. The new models are expected in Australia soon.

Cisco Does A Right Flip Senior management from Cisco Singapore, are today flying to Australia after we exclusively revealed at shakeup in Cisco’s consumer division in Australia. Now it appears they have done a “right flip” over the management of the division from overseas.

New 3D Camera & Camcorder Revealed IN OZ Fujifilm will tomorrow show for the first time in Australia a new 3D digital camera that not only shoots 3D Images but allows users to view images in 3D.

Digital Camera Market Booming The handout of money by the Federal Government is driving sales of digital cameras and camcorders with the market growing this year in excess of 75% according to executives attending this year’s PMA conference in Sydney.

Photo Pros To Share Tips For Free Aspiring photographers can learn how to take better photos for free at the upcoming Imaging Technology Show at the Sydney Conference and Exhibition Centre.

Take A Photo And Win $60,000 Canon Australia today launched Canon Creative for a Cause, a national campaign targeting the thousands of Australian charities in desperate need of awareness and financial support.

Canon Camera Of The Year Widely regarded as one of the best cameras on the market, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR received further validation today after being named "Camera of the Year" in the Camera Grand Prix 2009.

Cisco Finalises Flip Purchase Cisco has today completed its purchase of Pure Digital Technologies, creator of the Flip Video brand.

Vindictive & Unfair Attacks Really Sony COMMENT: Yesterday Sony PR attempted to intimidate 4Square Media by deliberately issuing a statement to the Australian technology media that was false and misleading. It was pure bullying tactics by a large Corporation who accused 4Square Media of vindictive and unfair attacks on their credibility.

Canon Bags Five Image Awards Canon has received five awards from the Technical Image Press Association.