WATERLOO, Ontario, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, is pleased to announce that the first models of its newest Linea ML cameras are now in full production. The advanced multiline CMOS camera, Linea ML™ in monochrome, color, and multispectral options will transform the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Global tech giants are set to release flagship smartphones equipped with high-end cameras in the second half, industry watchers said Monday, with the technological focus switching to dual lenses instead of megapixels. Industry watchers said key giants are set to release smartphones with dual-lens cameras, helping users take quality [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Major flagship smartphones to be unveiled this year are anticipated to come with dual-lens cameras, industry watchers said Thursday, seeking to grab larger slices of the market by promoting top-notch photography features. Industry watchers said Samsung Electronics Co.’s new flagship smartphone set to be showcased next week, presumably the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Competition is intensifying in South Korea’s market for smartphones equipped with high-quality front cameras to meet the booming trend of selfies, company officials said Monday. A smartphone’s high-quality front camera, mainly used to take selfies, is increasingly appealing to plenty of young consumers, they said. Earlier this month, SK [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With the soaring popularity of 360-degree cameras, there have been a surging number of patent applications for new devices, systems, and application technology related to omnidirectional cameras. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the average annual number of patent applications related to omnidirectional cameras was 65 from 2011 [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In Korea, smartphone manufacturers are obliged to make camera shutter sounds audible even when the phone is set to silent mode. But more and more domestic consumers are seeking iPhones from abroad for their ‘quietness’, despite higher prices. When purchased directly from Hong Kong, an iPhone SE costs approximately [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – New research data indicates that apart from voice calls and texting, smartphones are most frequently used to take pictures or videos. According to a survey conducted by the Media Research Center of the Korea Press Foundation with the participation of 1,020 adults in September 2015, 63.3 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Aficionados of certain high-end goods will be pleased to find out that some items have been removed from the ‘Individual Consumption Taxes’ list, meaning they will now be exempt from what is often referred to as a ‘luxury tax’. Perfume, cameras and deer antlers were removed from the list, but [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has received more than 26,000 photographs taken by LG’s smartphones for the 3rd LG Mobile Photography Competition, in the one month since the release of the LG G4. The competition has been ongoing since 2013, and this year’s contest saw the number of entries triple from last [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Sony Korea unveiled its new perfume-bottle shaped camera, the KW11, optimized for taking selfies. The new release boasts a 21 millimeter f/2.0 lens which can be swiveled 180 degrees. It is also equipped with various functions that help to produce better selfies, such as a flick touch shutter function, [...]