Archive for the ‘Cameras’ Category
Now their is a camera that can’t be snuck up on! Olympus Japan announced the development of a 360° lens and camera. Sure it’s just a prototype now, but think of the possibilities! A self portrait no matter where you point. Always getting a picture of the guy who hates to get his picture taken.
Just like Ford and his assembly line, this 360° lense is a world first. And the company has only been working on it for a year. The camera covers a vertical angle of 180° now, while the old version only covered 45°. A special kind of glass is used for the lens, which has a diameter of 3cm.
All shenanigans aside, the camera is expected to be used for surveillance and at this time we don’t even know when. Olympus hasn’t said when the camera will be in production. (more…)
High def movies are great inventions, but they’re hard to stick in a scrap book. Well, Sony–the genie of the video world–has produced a compact HD video capture camera that will do the hard part for you. The magic is smile shutter and face detection and it works like this: As you record the video with your HDR-CX12 Memory Stick® Handycam®, it senses when anyone smiles and automatically takes a 10-Megapixel photo! It features child and adult prioritization so you can capture photos when your intended subject group smiles, and can even detect and capture a smile while in standby mode – just aim the camcorder and you’ll capture smiling moments. (more…)
Any of you who happen to be living in Japan on the 4th of July will be able to celebrate with Ricoh’s newest offering. The GX200, the followup to last year’s GX100, looks ready to please with a slick case design and a bevy of shooting modes.
Features include:
- 12 Megapixel 1 / 1.7 inch CCD
- 25mm thick body
- 24-72mm Zoom Lens
- 2.7-inch HVGA LCD screen with 460,000 pixels
- 5FPS continuous RAW mode
- Electronic level function for horizontal and vertical shooting
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There are two firsts for the Sony Ericsson C905. It’s the first Cyber-shot slider phone and the first Sony Ericsson with an 8.1 Megapixel camera. I don’t know how good the photo results are or whether it can rival a dedicated digital camera or not.
With 8.1 Megapixels, you can print on up to A3 size paper.
The specs are pretty impressive. It comes with face detection auto-focus, smart contrast, an image stabilizer, geo-tagging, and a Xenon flash (just like a digital camera). Displaying photos on the TV is pretty easy with Wi-Fi (DLNA) or through the TV-Out Cable.
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Have we hit our limit? This new watch has so many bells and whistles it may be too heavy to wear. Let’s start with the phone. The dialing is done via the keypad on the back lit wrist strap. Talking is either straight audio with a built-in mike, or via a bluetooth earpiece also provided. Talk time is up to 150 min. Standby is as much as 100 hours!
It has a 1.3-inch display and it’s a touch screen. Right. I guess that means you can only touch the screen because you couldn’t actually manipulate something in that small space! There is a mini stylus handy that could help when using your organizer or one of the several games. It hides away on the watch so you can keep track of it. There is an MP3 player to listen to tunes wirelessly. Supported formats include: MP3, WMA, WAV & AMR. (more…)
Sanyo has just released the successor to its premium pistol-style HD camcorder, the HD1000. The new Sanyo Xacti HD1010 will feature improved image processing and better stabilization, new “face chaser” for both still images and videos, and new 300FPS slow-motion mode for web purposes. So, now you can record any fast-moving event and post it in YouTube in super slo-mo mode. Cool! (more…)
These are believed to be the first hands on pictures of the Motorola MotoZine ZN5 5 Megapixel camera phone which features a Kodak lens. In case you are looking for the stats:
The phone features a 320 x 240 resolution, a 5 Megapixel camera, 2.5G GSM, GPRS, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and a morphing ROKR style keypad. It is running the Montavista Linux 2.6.1 OS.
If you just want to see the eye candy, browse through the gallery. (more…)
The Motorola ZN5, also referred to as the Motorola Xperl camera phone features a 5 Megapixel camera with a Kodak lens. This quad-band EDGE device has a ROKR type touch wheel, 100MB of internal memory, a microSD slot for added storage, Bluetooth and WiFi.
It is running on MOTOMAGX linux and it has a slide out keypad. (more…)
Let’s face it, we see slim phones all the time. But to be just .39 inches thick and to be packed with features, Samsung is definitely making a statement to the competition. Just released hours ago, this slim metallic candy bar shaped phone is making it’s way into our lives.
The Samsung Soulb is truly a phone in a class of its own. (more…)
You’re set to buy UMPCs but don’t really like the current crop? Well, if you’re patient enough, you can get your hands on this fine UMPC from Dell.
No official name has been announced yet. For the moment, it’s being called the “mini-Inspiron”.
No word about the processor, memory, the OS or the pricing. However I think it will be sold in the range of ASUS Eee PC’s pricing. It will have three USB ports, a muti card reader, VGA out, and Ethernet.
It comes in your choice of two colors.
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Now their is a camera that can’t be snuck up on! Olympus Japan announced the development of a 360° lens and camera. Sure it’s just a prototype now, but think of the possibilities! A self portrait no matter where you point. Always getting a picture of the guy who hates to get his picture taken.
