New Camera Takes 40 shots per second and records high speed movies at 1000 fps
Casio announced the High Speed Exilim EX-FH20, its newest Exilim digital camera. The EX-FH20 camera is capable of ultra high-speed burst shooting at 40 fps and can record high speed movies at up to 1,000 fps. In addition to simplifying controls by placing all shooting mode settings on a single dial, Casio also gave the EX-FH20 a 20X optical zoom on a surprisingly compact body, 27% smaller and 28% lighter than the EX-F1. The EX-FH20 is designed to appeal to a broader range of users and will be available in black at retail stores in October for a MSRP of $599.99. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, SanDisk introduced the Extreme III 30MB/s Edition line of SDHC Cards and set a new speed record of 30 megabytes per second for SD flash memory. It has a 50-percent speed boost from previous 20MB/s cards which allows you to record 39 images in continuous shooting mode at 4.5 frames per second with a file size of 6.0 MB JPEG L Fine per image. The SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s is designed to deliver peak performance when used with the new digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, Nikon D90, which is the first DSLR camera to support SanDisk Extreme III 30MB/s Edition SDHC cards at increased performance. It will be available in 4-gigabyte (GB), 8GB and 16GB capacities. 
