Fuji Photo Film has expanded its FinePix line with the F650, designed to slide easily into a pocket or purse. In addition to a Fujinon 5x optical zoom lens, the camera has a 6-megapixel CCD image sensor and a 3-inch LCD with 230,000-pixel resolution.

Ten scene modes include shutter and aperture priority AE for more user control, plus 30-frame-per-second movie mode...

Fuji Photo Film's 6.3-megapixel FinePix F30 is a point-and-shoot digital camera with full-resolution ISO equivalency speeds as high as 3200. Higher light sensitivities allow the FinePix F30 to shoot with faster shutter speeds, lessening the likelihood of blurry pictures caused by active children, fidgety pets or dim lighting. To aid in producing clearer images, the camera incorporates a...

Fujifilm has introduced a compact digital camera with Real Photo Technology, as well as two entry-level models with Super CCD sensors and the slim F470.

The FinePix V10, with a 5-megapixel Super CCD HR sensor, is the first camera in Fujifilm's 2006 lineup to include Real Photo Technology, which helps remove noise from digital pictures, allowing picture taking at...

Citing the difficulty of remaining competitive in the rapidly changing digital era, Konica Minolta is withdrawing from the camera and photography market. The move followed last year's announcement from Bronica that it was also retiring from the medium-format camera business, terminating a 47-year-old brand.

The surge of worldwide digitization has resulted in a rapid shrinking of the traditional silver halide photographic market, according to Konica management. In such a changing world, profits for camera and photo businesses...

Fujifilm has introduced its FinePix E900 digital camera with a 9-megapixel, Super CCD HR sensor. The E900 offers Real Photo Technology for faster operation, low noise processing, better low-light shooting and higher shutter speeds that minimize blurriness. In addition, fully automatic features on the E900 provide point-and-shoot simplicity, while manual and customizable feature settings allow...

Fujifilm's recently released FinePix S5200 comes equipped with 5.1 megapixels, a 10x optical zoom, and technology that suppresses camera shake and blur caused by subject movement.

Other features of the 5200 include Real Photo Technology, a new RP Processor, a Super CCD HR sensor and a 10x optical zoom. In macro mode, the FinePix S5200 can...

Fujifilm recently released the latest addition to its S-series, the SLR-styled FinePix S9000 digital camera. The S9000 boasts a 9-megapixel capture and incorporates Real Photo Technology, a Super CCD HR sensor, a Fujinon 10.7x wide-angle optical zoom lens and the RP Processor technology of the FinePix F10 digital camera.

With Real Photo Technology, the FinePix S9000 can take pictures at...

Microsoft has teamed with Fuji Photo Film USA to connect digital photographers with retailers for convenient printing of digital pictures. Fujifilm's Get the Picture Online service is now accessible through the Windows XP Online Print Wizard, MSN Photos and Microsoft Digital Image Suite. This will allow consumers to order professionally processed digital prints directly from a Windows XP-based PC for pickup in as little as an hour at participating Fujifilm retail photo centers, including those at Sam's Club, Ritz Camera Centers and Wolf Camera.

Once a photo or group of photos is selected on the Windows XP desktop, consumers can click on the Order Prints Online icon and elect to pick up their prints at the photo center of their choice or have them mailed to their homes. Pickup locations are chosen via...

Phillip E. Abel has been appointed director of Wedding and Portrait Photographers International. Abel’s background in the photographic industry includes sales with Fujifilm and Oriental Photo, photofinishing with the Photo Factory in San Diego and 12 years as a professional photographer with the U.S. Navy. Most recently, he was field marketing manager for Fujifilm.

Judy Horn, of Horn Graphics in Tacoma, Wash., has been selected as a representative on the national Talent Team by Fujifilm USA. In addition, Horn recently earned her Associate Fellow Photographer designation with the Seattle Professional Photographers Association.