Waterloo, Ontario, October 13, 2009 - DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA), an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors, will release its Third Quarter 2009 financial results at 4:00pm ET on Thursday, October 29, 2009. A conference call to discuss the results will be held the same day at 5:00pm ET.

The conference call, followed by the question and answer period, will be broadcast live and open to anyone interested in listening at http://events.digitalmedia.telus.com/dalsa/102909/index.php . The phone numbers for those who wish to participate in the question and answer period are as follows:

Live Conference Access Information:
Local Access: 416-340-8061
Toll-Free Access: 866-225-0198

Instant Replay Access information:
Local Access: 416-695-5800
Toll-Free Access: 800-408-3053
Passcode: 7348358
Expiry Date: November 12, 2009

About DALSA Corporation
DALSA is an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors with approximately 1000 employees world-wide. Established in 1980, the Company designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital imaging products and solutions, in addition to providing semiconductor products and services. DALSA's core competencies are in specialized integrated circuit and electronics technology, software, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer processing. Products and services include image sensor components (CCD and CMOS); electronic digital cameras; vision processors; image processing software; and semiconductor wafer foundry services for use in MEMS, high-voltage semiconductors, image sensors and mixed-signal CMOS chips. DALSA is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “DSA” and has its corporate offices in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

For more information, please contact:

Patrick Myles
Vice President, Corporate Communications
DALSA Corporation
Tel: (519) 886-6001 Ext. 2177
Fax: (519) 886-3972
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.dalsa.com