WIth the Panasonic FP8 the research bods decided to take an innovative new approach. Instead of simply increasing current specifications they did something rather radical.

After much stagnation in the digital camera industry, panasonic went to it’s customers and asked what they wanted.

Quite surprisingly the customers said they did not care that it’s current digital cameras could take pictures with 12 megapixel resolution, neither did they give the proverbial about being able to put a picture frame around someones face. Infact the only real complaint was that it can sometimes take up to 10 seconds for a camera to start up, and two seconds for it to take a photo.

The people up at Panasonic HQ thought long and hard about this, after all they have spent 10 years working out how to fit more mega pixels in to a smaller space. But in the end they admitted, maybe it was time to listen to the consumer.

And the results do not dissapoint, the Panasonic Lumix FP8 starts in under a second, it has a new high speed auto focus system, which before was the domain only of Sony. Even with this high speed picture taking you get anti-blur technology and auto flash/whitebalance settings to give you the perfect picture!

This dinky little camera even comes with HD video capabilities, a sweet topping to this already delecious treat!

My only worry is that Panasonic may have come a little bit too late with their realization. Sony alraedy has sone pretty quick consumer digital cameras with the DSC series, and many casual photographers swear by it. However the New Panasonic Lumix FP8 is a very strong contender, which will do Panasonic proud!

The use of digital SLR cameras has vastly reduced many of teh significant problems found in the film based SLR cameras. Though one major issue has always been that there has never been a duel lcd screen to allow off the hip or from the ground easy picture taking.

This issue is mainly because an extra LCD screen would make the camera extremely bulky and much heavier. This is something that has hindered progress on flexible screens on digital SLR cameras since they first became available.

Until now.

In recent years technological advancements have been focused around the high tech industry, but rather like a caveman in the 90′s it has taken the genius of the team at flipbac to provide us with a genius cheap and flexible device.

The Flipbac angle viewfinder is an amazing product which allows the photographer to change his viewing angle of the digital camera screen with nothing more than a small mirror with a small attachment device that fit most Digital SLR Cameras!

This handy little viewing divice has raised a storm from the digital SLR enthusiasts, many of whom still promote the optical viewfinder as the only true way to take photo’s. The truth of the matter is though that this growing minority are keeping themselves locked away from a huge convenience and speed factor in picture taking!

The Motorola ZN5 is a combination of the Motorola brand with , get this Kodak, the brand you once saw everywhere! Kodak have just began a serious foray into the digital world by teaming up with Motorola to release a camera phone with unbeatable specifications!

But things get better, ontop of the 5 megapixel camera that comes with this phone it also has WiFi built in, so no more cable, simply walk into your house and you can instantly upload all of your photos straight to your computer!

As an addition to the Motorola ZN5′s camera functionality not only does it have a brilliant camera inside but it also has a TV link, so if you have a handy TV nearby you can see all your photos on the big screen!

In a move from most phone cameras the Motorola has a defining  0.2 second click to capture time for taking pictures, that means that when you press that button the picture gets taken, unlike many other phone cameras where you may find yourself waiting for upto 2 seconds for the photo to be taken.

Personally I love this phone, and it’s smooth curved finish.  I think it is a breath of fresh air from a phone company that has found itself well behind the times compared to other  phone companies, much like kodak which was left behind with the digital revolution.

I look forward to seeing more from these previously redundant companies as they appear to be making an offencive cmoback with stylish well designed and feature heavy mobile camera cellphones!

By making the printer inkless they have ensured that it is Robust, small enough to fit in your pocket and has fantastic quality even while on the move.

The other great thing about the Pogo Pocket Printer is its Cellphone compatability, it can print directly from your cell phone via Bluetooth or USB, making it the ultimate mobile portable printer.

The pocket printer works by heating special crystals found on the paper that comes with it, this gives pictures created by the pogo a fantastic non pixelized look that is prevailent in todays printed world.

The Pogo portable pocket printer will cost around $149 on release and uses a special stickybacked paper which will cost around $0.35 each, this is fairly cheap for on the move portable printing, but the pictures do only come out wallet sized!

The fact that the Pogo Pocket Printer can print fast pictures directly from your cell phone is a great idea, i cant see it taking long before colleagues begin to take advantage of this to pat you on the back leaving a picture or two stuck there!

S52c Highlights

* 9 Megapixel
* 3x optical zoom
* Image Stabilizer
* Can shoot video

According to dpreview.com, the S52 is equipped with the same exciting features as the S52c, but is intended for those who do not require internet connectivity. This allows for a slightly smaller body (93 mm wide) and is available in two colours: silver and plum black (depending on country of sale).

Both cameras offer convenient, user-friendly controls and an easy-to-follow set of on-screen menus for access to advanced functions.

Review at dpreview

Review at letsgodigital.org

The sunglasses also allow you to enjoy your music via MP3 playback. Built-in earbuds provide super convenient listen capability and can be hooked out of the way when not in use.

$99.99 at ThinkGeek

This is one gadget that is going to put a smile on those who wish to convert all those old negatives or slides into .tiff or .jpg format, the truth is Digital Cameras are aplenty these days but what about all that old negatives lying around in your house?.

Now with the Digital Film Scanner you can convert all your favourite old negatives and slides into digital images. This brilliant little piece of kit comes with holders for both negatives and slides, and at the press of the ‘Copy’ button will scan your historical (or possibly hysterical) images with its 5 MegaPixel SMOS sensor, and save them as either Tiff or Jpeg files on your PC. It comes complete with software for editing, cropping and re-sizing your images, and was designed for use by people who don’t really know what they’re doing, which is how we managed to figure it out. It’s an absolute joy to get all those old pictures from way back when and see them all afresh – at last you can turn the past into the present.

£89.99 at Iwoot

Panasonic introduced a new addition to its award-winning TZ-family of LUMIX digital cameras, the DMC-TZ5 – packing a 28mm wide-angle, 10X optical zoom Leica DC lens in a compact design, ideal for the active user needing a versatile camera. By combining a 28mm wide-angle lens, which lets the user capture a wider-framed shot when compared to a traditional 35mm camera, with the TZ-Series 10x optical zoom – consumers are empowered to take expanded shots, both wide and far. Adding to these feature-rich digital cameras, Panasonic also expands its Intelligent Auto technologies with new Intelligent Exposure and Digital Red-eye Correction.

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Casio today announced its EXILIM EX-F1 – a six megapixel camera with 12x zoom and some very impressive burst shooting capabilities. Capturing up to 60 frames per second at full resolution and a staggering 1200 fps if you drop the image size to 336 x 96, this innovative camera will also shoot 1920 x 1080 Full HD movies at 60fps. Helping to ensure the moment isn’t missed is a buffer system which continually updates then saves the contents to card when the shutter is released. Illumination is taken care of by a conventional strobe which works at up to 7 fps and a cellphone-style LED for 10-60 fps. The EX-F1 will be available from March 2008 priced at $999.99.

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The LG Viewty is one of the best looking phones around right now, with it’s 5-megapixel camera; HSDPA (3.5G); ability to upload videos straight to YouTube and photo editing ability it’s bound to attract a fanbase, however it’s dissapointing to note that it does not have wi-fi capabilities.

Here’s some reviews on the net:

Review by mobilementalism.com

Review by dialaphone.co.uk

Review by CNET

DPreview.com recently reviewed the much anticipated Olympus E-3 DSLR and here are some of the main features:

* 10 megapixel sensor
* 2.5-inch 230k pixel live view display
* “World’s fastest autofocus” with 11-point biaxial AF system
* Image stabilization, sonic dust cleaning on sensor, shoots up to ISO 3200

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* 3/4 lens mount, takes CF and xD media

LG has released VX10000 or simplt known as Voyager in hopes that it would be the “iPhone killer”.

The Voyage trumps the iPhone by offering faster wireless Web access. But in a nod to the Apple device it has a large touch screen and full Web browser, as well as a two megapixel camera. Not only that, you also get a QWERTY keyboard which is revealed the moment you flip it open as well as a secondary display for email, text messaging, and games. Other features include a microSDHC memory card slot, 3G connectivity, and support for V CAST TV for live digital TV.

Full review at Engadget

The Canon PowerShot A460 is a 5-megapixel digital camera with a marginally larger LCD screen and CCD size. Its 2.0-inch LCD screen has a paltry 86,000 pixels, an in-camera flash, and a 4x optical zoom lens. It comes equipped with a full auto mode, a manual mode, eight preset scene modes and a movie mode with audio capture.The other bad news is that it has very noisy images, awkward zoom rocker and no 30fps VGA movie mode.

As a budget shooter though, the A460 fails to really stand out of the crowd. Its most notable aspect is its 38mm-to-152mm-equivalent 4x lens, slightly more powerful than the 3x lenses found on most snapshot cameras.

click here for a full review.

gadgets4fun.com recently did a review on the BenQ X725 digital camera, according to the review the main feat of this camera is its thickness, or probably better to say the lack of it with it’s size of 0.5 inches (12.5 mm) .

excerpt:

The BenQ X725 camera is based on a 1/2.5 matrix with a 7 megapixel of picture quality. The Pentax lens takes care of everything related to qualitative amateur photos in this device.

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The 2.0 megapixels NX-6000 has a hard casing, scratch resistant, and given a brushed metal appearance that matches the color scheme of many laptops available on the market today. The webcam is also great for video conferencing.

Get the full review here.

Ever wondered where you could buy those shiny hologram computer asset tags that you see on most (if not all) digital products these days? Well wonder no more as you can purcahse this tags here.

I find that this tags come in handy when one is travelling, especially by plane.The price is rather high at £95 for 50 of this cool things but if you own a lot of devices such as Laptops,PC’s, Hard Drives than this tags will come in handy.

Find out more – click here.

Corel® plans to change all of that by introducing the Corel® Snapfireâ„¢, Snapfire puts the fun in photo sharing, with it you can organize, edit & share your digital photos and videos and it’s quite simple to use, did i also mentioned that it’s absolutely FREE?

Organize photos and videos effortlessly

# Watch a full-screen slide show of photos & videos as soon as they are downloaded to your computer.

# Rate your photos and add captions.

Enhance photos with a few clicks

* Focus on what’s important in your photos. Crop to 4×6 so viewers notice the subject of your photo and not any distracting background.

* The Photo Doctor will let you know when a photo can be improved just by clicking Quick Fix.

Share all the photo fun

* Send stunning Snapfire Shows to friends and family.

* Let people see your photos instantly by embedding photos right into the body of your e-mail or e-mail larger photos as attachments.

This are just some of the features of this fantastic free software by Corel.

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Don’t think you need a camera? Think again! It’s almost
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The PowerShot A630 – Digital Photography With High-end Features

The PowerShot A630 not only has a great 8.0 megapixel resolution, but is packed with a full range of features including a 4x optical zoom and a big 2.5-inch Vari-Angle LCD monitor. Manual settings along with 21 shooting modes make photography easy. Expanded ISO settings let you shoot in low light without blur!

Among he camera’s that made the list are:

Canon Powershot SD600 – One of three new Digital ELPHs introduced last February, the SD600 features 6 megapixels, a 3x optical zoom, and a very nice 2.5 inch LCD. An MSRP of $349 makes this compact camera a pretty good buy.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 – This first digital SLR from Sony is sure to keep owners of Minolta glass happy as it accepts most Minolta lenses already made. The A100 features a 10.2 megapixel CCD and 2.5 inch LCD with 230K pixels.

You can view the full list – click here.

The Digital Photo Frame is an amazing breakthrough tchnology that allows you to showcase your digital pics (duh!).

It’s wonderfully simple to use, all you need to do is plug your camera (or computer) into the frame via a USB connection (lead supplied) and then you can download single images, or the whole lot. You can even load images onto the frame from key-drives and card readers. You can then, via a simple menu, edit the transition time and effect between every image. It’s easy to add or delete images, and the frame automatically sizes your pictures to fit. It will stand either as a landscape or portrait frame.

Check it out at I want one of those

The (width: 495mm, height: 175mm ) camera is bound to get heads rolling their attention to you, or just rolling for that matter, and check this out the Seitz 6×17 panorama camera snaps a picture with a resolution of 7,500 pixels vertically and 21,250 pixels horizontally!!.

Key features Seitz 6×17 panorama camera:

* Create a high resolution 6×17 digital image (160 million pixels) in
one second!
* Ideal for use with world-class Schneider or Rodenstock large format lenses (on Seitz lens board) or Linhof Technorama, Fuji and other large format lenses (on adaptor plate)
* User-friendly camera system and software with 640×480 pixel colour touch screen for perfect preview, editing, zooming and image control
* State-of-the art computer technology with gigabit Ethernet file transfer, powerful portable mini-computer (storage device) and handheld control device (PDA) with IP network WLAN connection
* Fully mobile and open system:
– full mobility for outdoors assignments (with camera, portable
mini-computer, handheld control device)
– possibility to use in studio and run software on
computer with free choice of operating system (Mac OS,
Windows, Linux)
* Uncompromising precision of camera body and accessories

Oh, and just so you know, the camera weights 2 kilos and should set you back for a cool $34,500

For more info on this baby click here.

The Ixus 900 Ti is a 10 Megapixel beauty with a Titanium body and a Perpetual Curve design and includes a Touch Control Dial.

It also comes with Canon’s new DIGIC III image processor with advanced Noise Reduction technology.

DIGIC III also features Face Detection AF/AE, a new Canon technology that automatically detects faces in people shots and optimises focus and exposure accordingly. Other key advancements include a Touch Control Dial, super-high resolution 2.5″ wide angle LCD screen and ISO 1600 shooting.

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Digital Camera Review has reviewed Canon’s new 5.0 Megapixel CCD sensor, the Canon Powershot A530 Digital Camera.

According to ‘AKAJohnDoe’ of Digital Camera Review The Canon Powershot A530 can barely be called a compact camera with it’s measurement and weight at at 3.56 x 2.52 x 1.70 in (90.4 x 64.0 x 43.2 mm) and 6.00 oz (170 g).

AKAJohnDoe continues to say that the A530 is very similar to its slightly more expensive sibling, the Canon Powershot A540. In fact, it shares the same User Guide with the A540. The A540 bumps up the specs a bit with a 6 megapixel sensor, 2.5 inch LCD, aperture and shutter priority modes.

Full Review

It comes with a brand-spanking black color with a superb 4.1 megapixel camera “attached”.

It doesn’t get any better than this.

**ok..lame i know.

Back to your daily routine…

Spying just got a little easier with the introduction of the Sunglasses Spy Camera And Mp4.

Don’t belittle this gadget,for besides giving you some cool shades this little piece of spying equipment actually records video and crystal clear audio in MPEG-4 format via the MP4 player that is included in the package.

The hidden hardwired color camera built into these sunglasses has a 92 degree field-of-view so you will not miss any action. You simply run the small wire down trough your shirt or jacket and directly with MP4, no external power needed for the camera. super crisp real time audio video recording with date and time stamping.

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Coolest gadgets al talked about it.

Explay, an Israeli based company has produced a nifty gadget,a great addition to any mobile device -iPod & Cell Phones.

The Explay Nano-Projector is a mini projector that plugs directly into your mobile devices and displays an image on a screen as large as 30 inches.

Of course you could just upload the movies you have on your Cell Phones and iPod to your PC or Notebook but the beauty of this gadget is that it’s portable and relatively small in size and could be carried around along with your mobile devices.

It is set for an early 2007 release and pricing isn’t set just yet.

Explay’s nano-projector engines are built with a unique laser-based diffractive optical technology, a proprietary technology for enhancing micro-display efficiency, and a proprietary ASIC which tightly ties the components together. The combination provides a complete optic and electronic projector engine solution for simple and glueless integration into third party products.

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Well some photographers still prefer film but there’s a whole bunch (including me) that love digital photographs and digital camera’s.

One thing that’s great about digital photography is that you would be able to see instantly if you’ve taken a good shot, but what if there was a way to print the photo’s instantly with a portable player?

Now you can with Fujifilm’s Pivi MP-300, portable printer.

Printing resolution of 254dpi and the ability to run it off IrDA or USB will make it even more usable.The price is said to be at $150

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The perfect solution to all your spying needs!

This Zippo lighter style,pocket size spy camera is one really cool gadget to have.Who would believe that this Zippo-style case does not contain a lighter, but instead actually contains a digital camera capable of holding over 300 images?

But that’s not all this little piece of beauty does,it even doubles up as a vocie recorder (12 minutes),Movie recording with sound – at 30fps up to 30 secs and USB Plug-n-Play for Data storage and transfer.

When you require an especially deft touch, use the surveillance mode to automatically capture images at preset intervals up to 90 minutes apart, spanning up to nineteen days! Of course, you can also capture video clips with sound, so you can record that elusive piece of evidence wherever you may find it.

Sample spy shot:

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Korean cell phone maker,Samsung has introduced to the world the ‘slimmest phones’ with it’s released of The Samsung Ultra Edition 6.9,9.9,12.9, each indicating the thicknest of the phone (ie : Ultra Edition 9.9 = 9.9 mm)

The Ultra Edition 9.9 Specs:

# Also known as the SGH-D830
# Triband GSM + EDGE
# 2-megapixel camera with flash and autofocus
# 2.3-inch 320 x 240-pixel TFT display with 262K-color
# 80MB built-in memory + microSD expansion slot
# Music and video player
# Bluetooth, USB and BT printing
# uMenu, uSearch and uGo
# Document viewer and TV-output
# 103 x 54 x 9.9mm; 85g

‘The thickest of ‘em all” Samsung 12.9

Samsung’s ‘slimmest’ Ultra Edition 6.9

Full Review Of Each Model on CNet