Cameras Archive

  • Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 hands-on reports hit the web

    Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 hands-on reports hit the web

    Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
    The Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 leaked-out late last night and surprised the Internet with their down-right sweet styling. Well, Sony has gone and made the pair official, announcing the NEX-5 will retail for $650 with the NEX-3 fetching $550. The cameras have been in the works for some time and just as the press release was crossing the wires, the big camera sites published their hands-on reports. These aren't full reviews, but they definitely have some insight that cannot be gathered from a press release.

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  • Hands-on with the new Leica line: Sexytime

    Hands-on with the new Leica line: Sexytime

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Say what you want about Leica but they make some beautiful glass and some great cameras. Today I saw the 18-megapixel M9 (New Yorkers take note: Leica will have loaner units at the New York Photo Festival), the 12-megapixel X1, and the brand new V-LUX 20. I didn’t get a chance to shoot much but [...]

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  • Droid Incredible versus Nexus One: cameraphone showdown

    Droid Incredible versus Nexus One: cameraphone showdown

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    With all this talk of the Droid Incredible ousting the Nexus One from Verizon Wireless, having a better multitouch implementation, and just being newer and shinier, you might think this comparison of cameras is just mercilessly piling on the pain for the original Googlephone. After all, the Nexus One and its 5 megapixel sensor came out a good few months ahead of the 8 megapixel Droid Incredible, so surely this battle would be over before it's even begun? Not so fast, says Android and Me, whose diligent testers have put the two HTC handsets through a side-by-side shootout. As it turns out, the Nexus One rather swept the contest in both naturally and flash-lit shots, while the Incredible habitually exhibited a blue hue in less than perfectly lit photos. Both cameras were adept at taking excellent daylight photos, as is to be expected, but the devil is as usual in the details -- and you can find all of them at the source link below.

    [Thanks, Matt]

    Droid Incredible versus Nexus One: cameraphone showdown originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 08:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Videos: Super-mobile rescue robot Quince

    Videos: Super-mobile rescue robot Quince

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    This is one of the coolest rescue robots I've ever seen. Meet Quince, jointly developed by Japan's International Rescue System Institute, Tohoku University and the Chiba Institute Of Technology. The eight-wheeled robot may not look like much, but it's actually very impressive when you see it in action. Quince is supposed to help humans during "CBRN"-type emergencies (it can be used in the case of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear disasters). The robot is sized at 655mmx481mmx225mm, weighs 26.4kg and can move as fast as 1.6m/s.

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  • The Polaroid 300 brings back instant photo printing

    The Polaroid 300 brings back instant photo printing

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Polaroid is back, baby. But don't run out to Walmart just yet. First I don't even know if Walmart is selling this kit, but if it was, you might want to pass. Living in the past isn't cheap. The Polaroid 300 carries a $90 MSRP with 10-shot film packs going for $10. That's a lot of cake.

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  • Lexar unveils new 32GB CF cards and CF reader

    Lexar unveils new 32GB CF cards and CF reader

    Posted on April 28, 2010 | No Comments
    Lexar Media, a provider of memory products for digital media, recently announced the release of their Lexar Professional 600x and 300x 32GB CompactFlash cards as well as the Lexar Professional ExpressCard CompactFlash Reader. The products offer improved performance with a guaranteed minimum write speed of 90MB/s and 45MB/s for the 600x and 300x cards, respectively, when paired with an UDMA 6-enable device. The ExpressCard Reader is a portable CF card reader that fits into a PC or Mac ExpressCard slot and supports read/write speeds of up to 133MB/s.

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  • Like a candle in the wind, iPod Touch with camera appears and disappears on eBay

    Like a candle in the wind, iPod Touch with camera appears and disappears on eBay

    Posted on April 24, 2010 | No Comments
    And you thought Giz was the only game in town when it came to Apple dev units. Some folks on eBay posted two development iPod Touches with cameras placed at the center of the rear panel and running some odd variant of OS X. It’s not huge news – we knew the Touch was getting [...]

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  • Zeiss bringing cinema quality lenses to Nikon, Canon

    Zeiss bringing cinema quality lenses to Nikon, Canon

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    No surprsise here, giving how popular DSLR video has become. Someone had to make some lenses to take full advantage of these new cameras, and Zeiss appears to be the first to step up to the plate. The lenses were announced this week in Vegas, with Zeiss stating that these are the first set of cine (lenses) to be compatible with HDSLR cameras.

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  • iChat coming to iPhone OS 4.0?

    iChat coming to iPhone OS 4.0?

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    Hey now now, what's this? On top of the previously discovered references to front-facing cameras and iChat within the iPad SDK, evidence is now appearing that suggests iChat -- likely with video conferencing -- will make its way to iPhone OS 4.0.

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  • Is this the first home controlled solely by iPads and iPhones?

    Is this the first home controlled solely by iPads and iPhones?

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | No Comments
    I said it a few days ago and I'll say it again, the iPad is the future of home automation. I'm clearly not alone in this thinking, either. At least one installer has already embraced the iPad and rolled out what could be the first whole-house system controlled by two iPads and one iPhone. This includes everything from the security systems, HVAC, cameras, three media servers, a Russound audio system, to even the pool can be controlled via these devices. The installer has seen the future and it includes lots of iPads and money. via CEPro,
    "My plan is to sell many more automation systems," he says. "The stumbling block for clients in the past hasn't been the control system, it's always been the cost of the user interface. With the iPad, this problem has been completely removed. This is a tremendous victory for the future of my business. I don't have to sell expensive products that don't multitask. And I get to charge each time I program an iPad or add one to the system."
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  • Upcoming Live Blogs: Apple’s iPhone OS 4 tomorrow, Microsoft’s Project Pink on 4/12

    Upcoming Live Blogs: Apple’s iPhone OS 4 tomorrow, Microsoft’s Project Pink on 4/12

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Start the countdown, folks. Tomorrow at 10 A.M. sharp, Apple will finally be dropping the curtain on iPhone OS 4.0 – and we’ll be there, reporting live. We’ll get to the ol’ Infinite Loop bright and early, armed to the teeth with laptops, cameras, an array of 3G USB dongles, and all the other gear [...]

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  • Prism Color Video monitor, for all your infant surveillance needs

    Prism Color Video monitor, for all your infant surveillance needs

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Is your little one stealing the silver? Running a meth lab in the basement? Sleeping fitfully? Now you can find out just what the matter is with the high tech Prism Color Video monitor. While this may not be cool to some people, to a parent used to a wonky little monitor squawking on the [...]

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  • GM’s Enhanced Vision System brings augmented reality to vehicle HUDs

    GM’s Enhanced Vision System brings augmented reality to vehicle HUDs

    Posted on March 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Heads-up displays are far from new. They’ve been around in GM vehicles since the late-80s and they’ve gone from a just displaying a speedometer, to night vision, and soon to augmented reality thanks to lasers, cameras and navigation. The Enhanced Vision System is designed with safety in mind just like previous implementations, but takes it to a whole new [...]

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  • Next-gen GigaPan system sports new features, better frame

    Next-gen GigaPan system sports new features, better frame

    Posted on March 15, 2010 | No Comments
    It's no secret, we think that GigaPan's products are pretty darn cool. The first generation only supported P&S cameras, the second generation worked with SLRs, but not the big boys. The Epic Pro however, not only supports a full size SLR with a heavy lens, it's significantly more powerful then the ones that have come before.

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  • Sony shows off the Alpha concept camera menus and screenshots

    Sony shows off the Alpha concept camera menus and screenshots

    Posted on March 11, 2010 | No Comments
    We told you about Sony's new concept cameras that were announced during PMA, and now that things have calmed down a bit, we're starting to see some details. Specifically, what's going on with the menu system, and what exactly is going to make these cameras so interesting.

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