German Photographic Society Cultural Award 2008 awarded to Kodak developer Steven Sasson. The inventor of the digital camera is being honored for his revolutionary invention

Kodak researcher Steve Sasson, inventor of the world's first digital camera. Photo: Eastman Kodak Company

Stuttgart - Kodak researcher Steven Sasson, inventor of the world's first digital camera, receives the highest award of the German Society for Photography (DGPh) the Cultural Award in 2008. The award ceremony will take place during the Photokina 27 September in Cologne. The pioneering work of Steven Sasson began in 1975 and the technology used to produce the first digital camera using the electronic sensor charge coupled device, CCD in short, was patented in 1978.

The Culture Award of the German Photographic Society has been awarded since 1959 and is distinguished from living individuals for significant achievements in the field of photography. The merits of the winner may be on artistic, humanitarian, charitable, social, technical, educational or scientific field. For StevenSasson this is the sixth award he received for the development of the first digital camera.

Last year he won a seat in the U.S. Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame and was also the Visionary Arward the PMA 2007 (Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association), the Distinguished Scholar Award from Peking University's School of Journalism and Communication (2006), the Progress Award of the Photographic Society of America (2006), and the Eastman Kodak's Innovation Award (2001). Sasson is the fourth Kodak researcher to be honored with the Cultural Award of the DGPh. Other prize winners were Dr. Leopold Godowsky in 1973, Dr. Wesley T. Hanson in 1977 and Dr. Paul B. Gilman in 1989. Kodak will launch a two-part interview with Steven Sasson in his blog PluggedIn: http://pluggedin.kodak.com . In addition, there is a podcast on the website http://kodak.com/go/podcast . Source: Gerd Böhm

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Samsung's press conference at Photokina 2008: New Executive Vice President of Samsung DSC Division, Sang-Jin Park, explains strategic shift in the camera field of the company. Photo: Samsung Electronics

Photokina 2008: Samsung unveils new super-zoom camera and explains strategies for the digital camera business and product innovations to bring connectivity leadership.

Cologne / Schwalbach Ts - Samsung yesterday announced at Photokina in Cologne, a change of strategy in the camera field: In the development of new products will in future no longer have the technological advancements in focus, but holistic solutions to consumers as possible during the entire photography process . support From capture to edit to common image-viewing with friends, Samsung will provide innovative solutions in 2009. These are designed to best meet user needs and bring the company to market leadership in this way. Sang-Jin Park, executive vice president of the Samung DSC Division, explained the increasingly changing customer needs in the photo and imaging market and gave an overview of how to confront this Samsung.

"In the era of convergence and Web 2.0 Consumers are no longer solely the pure photographic technology is at the forefront," says Park, "For consumers, it is rather more important, that photography is enhanced with innovative additional functions through the interaction with other devices." Samsung meets these requirements by the camera manufacturer always well equipped with new, fresh and surprising ideas such as a portable multimedia player or smart touch 2.0, a revolutionary operation directly on the LCD display enhances the camera. In the area of ​​connectivity, the company standards.

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