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Hawking HNC290G WiFI Camera

T Evans — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:38:56 +0000

Geared toward the paranoid or voyeuristic home and small business owner, the HNC290G WiFi camera lets you view wirelessly exactly what’s going on on your property anytime, anywhere. Well, there’s a wire for the AC adapter, but other than that, totally wireless.

The HNC290G supports 802.11b/g as well as 10/100 Ethernet, in case you want a more stable connection to the camera. Other features like UPnP, which allows auto-discovery from PCs, and URL configuration, which lets you access the configuration page from any computer on the network.

It’s also got built-in motion detection and streams video at 30FPS. A good entry-level WiFi camera at $129.99. Buy one, hide it, and have proof your wife’s cheating on you with your brother.

Logitech’s “high definition” QuickCam Ultra Vision

T Evans — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:28:50 +0000

While the iSight built into your new Macbook (or any laptop-integrated webcam for that matter) might meet your day-to-day needs, Logitech is hoping that their new QuickCam Ultra Vision can significantly raise the production value on your next YouTube masterpiece. For $129, you get a mostly glass lens — there are still a few plastic elements in there, just less than usual — that’ll open all the way up to f/1.6, making acceptable results possible even in darkness that would turn normal cams into digital noise-filled nightmares. The press release also boasts “high definition” capability from its wide format, interpolation-free 1.3-megapixel sensor, read on for The press release skimps on the hard resolution numbers, with the product page only making mention of its capability to do “live video up to 640 x 480″ at 30fps. (That doesn’t sound very HD to us.) Other amenities include a 4-megapixel (there’s the interpolation) still camera, USB 2.0 connectivity, RightSound microphone, a heap of cheesy effects and the RightLight 2 metering system, which promises “twice the image clarity of conventional webcams.” If you still feel your cinematic needs aren’t being met, you can check out the rest of the updated QuickCam line, including the Orbit MP, Fusion, Pro 5000 and the Communicate STX, all which received minor spec bumps. These all should be available by the end of August, so you still have a little time to clean your room before exposing it to the world — or at least your Skype contacts.

Casio’s Exilim EX-S600D with DivX

T Evans — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:03:49 +0000

Casio today announced the ultra-slim Exilim EX-S600D an upgrade to the only recently released EX-600. This is a 6-megapixel shooter that’s just 16.1mm thick. It has a 3x optical zoom, a 2.2-inch viewscreen and digital anti-shake. The main upgrade is the new support for the Divx codec allowing filming of 640×480 DivX movies at 30 frames per second. Expect this to drop accross Europe in the next couple of months.

Mustek introduces the DV536

T Evans — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:02:35 +0000

So you want a portable music player. How about a portable video player to? Hey what the hell how about a camera and video recorder to? And since we asked why not throw in a digital card reader and the ability to encode footage directly from your tv or dvd payer. And if you wanted all this in one device for under $1,000 you would expect MR T to emerge hidden from some nearby trees to brand you a ‘crazy fool’ for your foolish desires. But wait MR T drag your mohawk and medallions back to the overgrowth as Mustek has just dropped the DV536 which can do all this and costs. . . wait for it – $200. No MR T there is no need to pitty us as we are not fools – we speak the truth. Too good to be true, you say? Well, yes and no; you really do get all of those functions in this new super gadget, but the list of caveats is rather long: the 2.4-inch screen isn’t the best for watching flicks, that 10 megapixel resolution is really achieved through interpolation from a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor, and the 10x zoom we mentioned is of the digital variety, as no optical zoom is included. Plus, there’s no way to schedule recordings and you’re only getting 32MB of internal memory, meaning that you’ll need a pretty big SD card if you want to store all those movies, photos, video clips, and songs you’ll be loading this up with. Still, $200 isn’t too bad for all the features you’re getting here, even if none of them hold a candle to dedicated devices performing the same tasks.

World’s smallest camera

T Evans — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:54:05 +0000

This is the OmniVision OV6920 CMOS the world’s first 1/18-inch camera sensor, making it the world’s smallest camera. The camera is designed to work as part of a pill which can be swallowed and flow through your digestive system, or for firing from a rather large syringe. All very clever stuff indeed but would I want a camera injected into me – no sir thank you!

Casio introduces 7.2 megapixel Exilim EX-Z70

T Evans — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:05:02 +0000

This is Casio’s update to their popular EX-Z60 – which itself was a superb little camera. The only real difference is the increase to 7.2 megapixels from the Z60’s six. They have also managed to cut a few millimeters off it’s depth to make it sit in your pocket just that little bit better. Sporting the same 2.5-inch LCD, 3x optical zoom, and digital image stabilization features as it’s predacessor and coming in around the $425 mark this looks like a great buy for the ‘casual’ user. There will be both a silver and black versions – although we’re rather taken by the black. Read on for a photo of the back

Casio EX-Z1000 10 Megapixel Digital Camera

T Evans — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:52:13 +0000

Casio just gave a bump to the top-end of their Exilim Zoom line-up by introducing the 10.1 megapixel EX-Z1000. The Z1000 features the same anti-shake DSP and meager 3x zoom we saw in Casio’s 8.1 megapixel Z850, but doubles the pixels count on the LCD to 230k. They also double the ISO sensitivity to a massive ISO 3200. All of this and the device still remains only 22.4mm thick. Casio kindly haven’t released any information on when or how much it will cost to get one of these in your hands though.

Kodak EasyShare V610 Announced

T Evans — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:09:39 +0000

Announced today the V610 is the World’s smallest 10x optical zoom camera. Boasting sleek looks almost identical to it’s predecessor the Kodac Easyshare V570 the V610 is one of the best looking digi cams on the market, and it isn’t all style no substance. The V610 like the V570 uses a dual lense system, both are Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon all-glass lenses, each with 6 megapixel sensors. The wider angle lens has a 38-114 mm range and the other a 130-380mm range; combined they make the V610 capable of 10x optical zoom in a body that is only 0.9 inches thick.

Another innovative feature is that the V610 will be Bluetooth enabled. A Bluetooth 2.0 radio will allow image transfer to other Bluetooth devices within range. You can send images to mobile phones, PDAs, Kodak printing kiosks or Kodak Easyshare printers.

The zoom range can also be used during movie capture. Capture movies at up to a resolution of 640×480 at 30 frames per second. Digital image stabilization during movie capture keeps the MPEG-4 encoded movies as shake free as possible.

Kodak will also be introducing their new patent-pending algorithm for noise reduction. In order to minimize blur and the telephoto end of their 10x zoom, the camera will shoot at up to ISO 800. To combat the extra noise, a noise reducing algorithm becomes a must.

Other features of the Kodak Easyshare V610 are:

Kodak Perfect Touch technology – corrects lighting after the image is capture
Panorama stitch mode – stitch together up to 3 pictures in-camera
22 scene modes, 3 color modes, and one custom mode
Selectable exposure metering, exposure compensation, focus zones, ISO, and single/continuous auto-focus for precise control
28MB of internal storage and an SD memory card slot for more storage
Favorites mode, that will store 100 pictures in an on-camera album for sharing and synchronizing with the Kodak Easyshare Gallery online service

The V610 will be available May 8th at an MSRP of $449.

WIDGX does the Xacti HD1

K Saleh — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:51:27 +0000

Alright, it’s about time that WIDGX took its own stance regarding the Sanyo Xacti HD1, so click below to read our own mini review with our hands on with the smallest High Def camera on the market.

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iQRIO Cam-P3

Admin — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:36:06 +0000

This is iQRIO’s CamP3.If you look at it closely,it has exactly the same casing, buttons (photo, video), LED and power plug layout as the Sony DSC-M1 (probably the same OEM).It also offers the same functions as the M1,but adds MP3 and PMP functions to Sony’s device.It can shoot VGA videos at 30fps and it can manage SD cards up to 2GB. A very interesting product without Sony’s limitations.