Brittany Braudo

Camera and film company Fujifilm Holdings Corp. released its first quarter results last month, announcing a 280 percent increase in operating profit, boosted by a soft yen and strong demand in the digital camera market.

The majority of Digital SLR users are now women, according to the 2007 PMA U.S. Digital Imaging Survey.

Genius, a division of KYE Systems, has released a new digital photo frame designed to "make memories come to life."

Underwater product manufacturer Fantasea this month announced the release of three new housings for the Nikon Coolpix L12, S200, and S500.

Yesterday, BenQ announced the latest edition to their digital camera line. The 10 MP BenQ DC E1000 has a 3-inch LCD screen and 3x optical zoom, and will initially be available this month in China.

Pentax and Samsung SLR and DSLR owners will not be able to purchase Carl Zeiss lenses for their cameras.

Last week, Hasselblad announced the availability of FlexColor 4.7.1.

German company Praktica has announced the availability of two new cameras in their markets. The Luxmedia 7403 and DPix 740Z both are SD compatible and have 7.2 MP sensors, 3x optical zoom and face detection.