Panasonic has introduced a new consumer digital camera, with the world’s first 12.2 Megapixel resolution.  It’s called the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100.  Besides being the first camera to incorporate all those megapixels into one compact camera, it is also capable of shooting 16 x 9 high definition video with 1280 x 720 frames per second of motion, plus still frames of 1920 x 1080 in high definition. Perfect for displaying them on HDTV’s.  Sounds like a nice combo to me.   Panasonic says the digital camera will be available in July, but Amazon.com has it up for pre-order with a release date of August 15th.  Price tag, just under $400.

We want better cameras in our phones! Hearing those cash registers and plastic rustling, Kodak announced a five-megapixel model to come, and now NEC is already shipping samples of a "system chip capable of processing cameraphone images at resolutions of up to 8 megapixels," which even includes "image stabilization circuitry as an option."

I love it when those R&D departments are scrambling.