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Today we’re proud to reveal our new and exclusive resolution chart. The old ISO standard resolution chart we have been using for the last six years has served us well but met its limit at around ten megapixels. With the advent of 10+ megapixel digital SLRs and maybe next year even consumer cameras it’s clear the time is right for an updated chart. The new chart is based on the ISO chart but has double resolution bars, which provide resolution measurement up to 4000 LPH (which should be good for up to 35…

Olympus has now announced that the C-5050 Zoom and the C-730 Ultra Zoom are affected by defective CCDs, which have been plaguing several other manufacturers. The press release, from Olympus’s Japanese website, says that pictures may have a purple and gray color and that Olympus will repair the cameras affected from 13 October (C-5050 Zoom) and the middle of November (C-730 Ultra Zoom). For information regarding repairs outside of Japan, please contact Olympus support in your country.

Ricoh has now issued a service advisory notice regarding faulty CCDs used in its cameras, following on from announcements by Konica Minolta, Canon, Fuji, Nikon and Sony, which supplies the CCDs for these manufacturers. The problem is the same, and relates to images not being displayed correctly on the LCD. The cameras affected are the Caplio RR30, 300G, G3/G3 model M/G3 model S/ProG3, G4/G4 wide, 400G wide and RX.

Looks like Samsung has expanded their vast array of gadgets by introducing the YM-PD1 that will succeed the venerable YH-999 Personal Media Center. The YM-PD1 will feature a 4" display, 20 or 30GB HDD, DMB terrestrial TV tuner w/recording, TV-output, FM tuner w/recording, MP3/OGG/WMA audio playback, MPEG-4/DIVX/XVID/WMV video playback, JPG/BMP photo viewing, voice recording, and SD / MMC memory card storage. It will be available in Korea January next year and priced between $382 and $477 depending on the capacity.

[Via dapreview]