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Top 10 Digital Cameras Gift Guide 2008

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The Top 10 Digital Cameras Gift Guide 2008 is part of our Top 100 Holiday Gift Guide 2008. The top 10 gift tips below will be filled over the 100 days preceding Thanksgiving.
This guide features our recommendations in this category for this year. The ten gift tips listed are not ranked. Check them out to see what is great and what is not so great about them by clicking on the links.

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:20:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Canon shipped 100 Million compact Digital Cameras

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Canon today announced that it has reached a new milestone by shipping its 100 millionth compact digital camera.
Canon first began producing digital cameras in 1996 at Oita Canon Inc., which continues to handle the bulk of the company's digital camera production, in addition to such manufacturing subsidiaries as Canon Opto (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and Canon Zhuhai, Inc. in China.

Since releasing the PowerShot 600 (photo) as Canon's first compact digital camera for sale to the general public in July 1996, the company has thus far launched a total of 106 digital camera models across the globe. Read more

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:48:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Liquid Image Camera Diving Mask is the ultimate Summer Gadget

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Liquid Image offers a diving mask with integrated camera. The Camera Diving mask was introduced earlier this year and is now selling in Japan. The cool diving gear is also listed on Amazon.com, but is not available for purchase.

The Camera diving mask features a 5MP camera or 3.1MP camera, 16MB of storage internal memory, USB port, and MicroSD card slot. Read more

Posted on Fri, 8 Aug 2008 01:50:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Eye Spy: U.S. Scientists develop eye-shaped Camera

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By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Borrowing one of nature's best designs, U.S. scientists have built an eye-shaped camera using standard sensor materials and say it could improve the performance of digital cameras and enhance imaging of the human body.
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Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:48:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Spy Camera Sunglasses with MP3 Player

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These new sunglasses take the Oakley Thump MP3 glasses to the next level by integrating a hidden photo camera.

The USB Spy Camera Sunglasses has a built-in 2GB flash memory which can store more than 15,000 photos.
The integrated 1.3MP camera takes pictures in 1280x1024px resolution. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:39:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pentax Optio E60 Budget Camera Introduced

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Pentax has introduced a new digital camera with lots of megapixels at a low price. The Pentax Optio E60 has 10.1-megapixels and a 3x optical zoom lens. The E60 lens has a wide angle of view of 32mm to 96mm in 35mm format.

Other features of the camera include Auto Picture, Face Recognition, High Sensitivity Digital Shake Reduction, and a Green mode that sets exposure, sensitivity and other features with the touch of one button. Power for the camera comes from AA batteries and the E60 has a built-in Image Recovery function to retrieve images deleted by accident. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:01:56 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Samsung innov8 i8510 8MP Camera Phone unveiled

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Samsung unveiled the innov8 (i8510) 8MP camera phone. The Samsung innov8 will be actually available globally starting August. It took 3 years for Samsung to release an 8MP camera phone outside of Korea. In 2005 Samsung announced the SPH-V8200, which was the first 8MP camera phone.

Samsung innov8 (pronounced [in-uh-veyt]) features a 2.8 inch 16m color LCD display, 8G or 16GB Flash memory, DivX, WMV, Real Player and MPEG4 video player, external dual speakers, 3D sound, DNSe 2.0, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, and GPS. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung NV9 Camera revealed

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Samsung unveiled the Samsung NV9 pocket digital camera with 10.2MP.

The Samsung NV9 features unique retro analog displays for battery life and remaining number of photos.
Other features of the Samsung NV9 include 5x optical zoom, 2.7 inch display, SRS 3D Sound, smile and blink detection, beauty shot, dual image stabilizer, MP3 player and trashcan delete function. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung NV100 HD 14.7MP Camera

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Samsung unveils the NV100 HD pocket digital camera with a huge 14.7MP resolution.

The Samsung NV100 HD features besides the 14.7MP resolution, a 3 inch touchscreen, 3.6x Schneider Kreuznach zoom lens, face recognition, smile and blink detection, up to ISO 3200 sensitivity and trashcan support (deleting like on Windows or OS X). Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Radiohead House of Cards Video uses Lasers instead of Cameras

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Radiohead produced a cool new video for their House of Cards song from the In Rainbows album using no video cameras.

Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:57:22 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Kodak EasyShare M-series Digital Camera Announced

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Kodak has announced another new digital camera, this time in its M-series. The Kodak EasyShare M1093 Is camera has a 10MP sensor and a 3x optical zoom lens. The LCD on the camera is a 3-inch wide-angle system and it can shoot HD pictures and video.

Other features include image stabilization, intelligent scene detection, intelligent capture control and intelligent image processing. Videos are captured in HD quality with MPEG-4 compression. Sport in videos can also be marked for easy access with video marking, face detection, high ISO sensitivity and a rechargeable battery round out the features. The camera will be available in September for $199.95. Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Kodak Unveils new Ultra-Zoom Z-series Camera

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Kodak has added a new super zoom camera to its line called the Kodak EasyShare Z1015 IS. The new camera has a 15x Schneider-Kreuznach Varigon optical zoom lens with image stabilization. The lens has a wide angle setting of f/2.8 28mm as well.

The Z1015 IS has a 10MP sensor and features a best in class 0.22 second click-to-capture speed for fast action shots. The camera also has Kodak’s Smart Capture feature which automatically adjusts settings for the best image in a given scene. ISO sensitivity is up to ISO 6400 at 3MP. The camera will be available in September for $349.95. Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Cell Phones are Growing as Camera of Choice

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If you go to a party or sporting event odds are you will see someone shooting pictures with their camera phone. The good part about a camera phone is that we almost always have our phone on us allowing us to take pictures at any moment. The bad part about camera phones is that the cameras in them tend to be subpar.

Wirefly.com did a survey that shows the camera phone is becoming the camera of choice for many adults. The survey says that 63.8% of adult’s age 18 to 30 say they use the cell phone camera at least once per week and 26.3% say they use it daily. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:38:20 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Sony Ericsson S302 Snapshot Camera Phone unveiled

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Besides the Sony Ericsson C905 & Sony Ericsson F305 the company also announced a low-cost camera phone dubbed S302.

The Sony Ericsson S302 features a 2MP camera, 2.5x digital zoom, Photo fix, Photo light, picture blogging, 3D games, FM tuner, Bluetooth stereo, speakerphone, and a 2 inch screen. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:41:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot 8.1MP Camera Phone

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Sony Ericsson unveiled the Cyber-shot C905 8.1MP camera slider today.

The Sony Ericsson C905 tries to be a full camera with the high 8.1MP resolution, Xenon flash, geotagging, face detection auto-focus, smart contrast and image stabilizer. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:32:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

PluggedIn: Lost Cameras phone Home to catch Thieves

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By Franklin Paul

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:57:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New PENTAX Optio W60 Waterproof Camera

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Pentax announced a new waterproof pocket camera with interesting specifications.

The Pentax Optio W60 compact digital camera is lightweight and fully waterproof. The Pentax Optio W60 features 10MP and a 5X zoom lens with 28mm wide-angle capability.
The enhanced design of the Optio W60 allows the camera to operate up to 13 feet underwater for two hours and at extreme temperatures well below freezing. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 May 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony posts Loss, sees Growth in Cameras, TVs

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By Kiyoshi Takenaka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp posted a surprise quarterly loss on Wednesday after a weak stock market ate into the value of securities held by its financial arm, but it forecast a bigger-than-expected profit this year as it boosts sales of digital cameras and flat TVs.
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Posted on Wed, 14 May 2008 06:03:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nikon D60 10.2MP SLR Camera Review

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Techgage published a review of the Nikon D60 10.2MP Digital-SLR Camera. The Nikon D60 hit the market earlier this year.

Quote from the review: "Targeting newer photographers, the Nikon D60 is priced right and includes a fantastic feature set. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pentax K200D DSLR Camera Review

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Pentax introduced the K200D SLR camera in January. The new Pentax K200D is designed for first time SLR users and features a 10.2MP resolution. The testers at our review partner Digital Trends tested the Pentax K200D and published a review.

Quote from the review: "Pentax is the Rodney Dangerfield of camera companies—they just don’t get any respect. The fact they operate on a shoestring budget, have recently been taken over by lens-maker Hoya and have as much clout with your local mega-retailer as I do may have something to do with it. Read more