Digital Still Photography:

Kodak Reduces Prices for DC120 and DC50 Digital Cameras

Sept. 3, 1997, Canada News Wire reports that Kodak Canada has reduced the price of the DC120 to $1,149 (Cdn) and the price of the DC50 to $729 (Cdn).
[1997/09/09]

Olympus Bundles InMedia Software with D-220L and D-320L Digital Cameras

Aug. 18, 1997, Canadian Corporate News reports that Olympus will bundle InMedia Presentations Inc.'s "Slides and Sound" software with their new Olympus D-220L and D-320L digital still cameras.

http://www.inmediapresents.com/
[1997/08/22]

Intel Releases Design Guidelines fo PC Cameras

July 28, 1997, Business Wire reports that Intel has released a set of guidelines for PC cameras to be used with Intel-based computers.
[1997/08/02]

Canon PowerShot 350 Pocket Sized Digital Camera

June 23, 1997, Canada News Wire reports that Canon Canada Inc. has announced the PowerShot 350 pocket size digital camera for Windows and Mac users for $999.00 (CDN). Including a 1.8" LCD screen the PowerShot 350 measures 95 * 89 * 51 mm and weighs less than 312 g. 640 * 480 images are stored on Compact Flash memory cards.

Canon Canada Inc. also announced the PowerShot 600 with 832 * 608 by 24 bit resolution at $1,399.00 (Cdn).

http://www.powershot.com/
[1997/06/28]

Kodak and Motorola Working on Imaging Chips

June 20, 1997, Electronic Engineering Times reports that Kodak and Motorola are working together on CMOS active-imaging chips for consumer and industrial cameras.
[1997/06/28]

Sharp Digital Camera

June 18, 1997, Computer Retail Week reports that Sharp Velc 1u digital cameras are selling in camera superstores at around $699 US.
[1997/06/23]

Yashica To Release KC600 Digital Camera With MGI Software

May 13, 1997, Canadian Corporate News reports that Yashica will Release their KC 600 digital camera with MGI PhotoSuite SE.

http://www.yashica.com
[1997/05/19]

MGI PhotoSuite selected by Konica, Panasonic, Hitachi, Agfa

Feb. 21, 1997, Canadian Corporate News reports that MGI Software Corp.'s Photosuite has been licenced to Konica, Panasonic, Htachi and Agfa for shipment included with new products.

http://www.mgisoft.com/
[1997/02/25]

Hitachi Develops MPEG Movie Camera

Feb. 21, 1997, Newsbytes reports that Hitachi Home Electronics (America) has announced the first direct to MPEG movie camera. Providing images with 352 * 240 pixel resolution it will cost about $2,500 US, including a 260MB PC card.

http://www.MPEGCam.net
1997/02/25]

Matsushita Introduces Small Digital Camera

Feb. 14, 1997, Newsbytes reports that Matsushita the KXL-600A-N camera which measures 134 * 62 * 21mm and weighs 140 grams, but does not have a built in display. It takes pictures with resolution up to 640 * 480 and will be available in Japan, March 20 for about $400 (US). NEC has also recently entered this field with what they claim to be the smallest digital camera with an LCD display.

[1997/02/18]

Digital Photography:

The first article I wrote on this topic was a review of the Apple QuickTake 100 published in "Computing Now!" As far as I know, that article isn't available online. Since I still own the Copyright for that article, I may post it eventually. In the meanwhile, since digital photography is a "mobile information technology", I'm adding a link to my later article published in The Computer Paper:
Affordable Digital Cameras Arrive
[1996/12/30]