Tessera Technologies has licensed its FotoNation FaceTracker solution to Samsung Electronics. The solution provides high-performance face-detection and tracking capabilities for next-generation digital cameras and cell phones. As consumers continue to demand increasingly feature-rich, easy-to-use cameras, Tessera’s FotoNation developed FaceTracker to provide fast, high-performance face-detection and tracking capabilities that enable the camera to select settings automatically to help capture the best picture. Tessera reports that the FotoNation FaceTracker solution uses face-oriented technology to detect up to 10 faces in the camera viewfinder in as little as 0.1 second. It enables a camera to automatically adjust focus, color and exposure settings, helping to...

The Red Dot award is a prestigious design prize granted by the German-based Red Dot institute. They bestow a design prize on numerous items from the mundane (fireplaces) to the exotic (there's a prize for tupperware). You can see a list of 2009 winners in the camera and photography section here (left column). The winners include Nikon's D3, Sony's S-Frame, the Flip Mino camcorder, several Sony Cybershot and Handycam camcorders and their A900 d-SLR.

Panasonic today announced the Lumix DMC-G2, a digital interchangeable-lens camera with a movable touch-screen LCD, as well as the DMC-G10, a lightweight interchangeable-lens model with a viewfinder and a host of advanced digital camera functions, including HD video recording. Get all the details here.

If you've got $21,900 burning a hole in your pocket, Mamiya's DM40 digital SLR has just hit the market. It features a huge image sensor: 44 x 33mm with 40-megapixels. If you have a pressing need to create billboard sized prints, or a discerning professional, it's the camera for you. Full release below: Elmsford, NY - March 1, 2010 - Mamiya today announced the addition of the new Mamiya DM40 to its lineup of professional large-sensor DSLRs. Featuring a resolution of 40 megapixels with a peak capture rate...