The latest digital camera news

The latest digital camera news

Author JoeDigital | 06.04.2011 | Category Consumer Electronics, cameras

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Following the recent magnitude 9 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that have struck Japan both Nikon and Canon have stopped production at their plants. This is both in response to the interruption to power supplies, the impact of the human tragedy and damage done to their plants and the plants of their suppliers, preventing the delivery of components. There have also been reports of injuries to staff and those of their suppliers. Canon and Nikon have both donated money to help with the earthquake relief efforts with over 400 million Yen donated between them. It remains to be seen how soon production will resume and what impact this will have on the camera market as stocks begin to run out.

Pentax has just released its new Pentax Optio RS1500 which is available in a wide range of customised exteriors. As a camera it is very much in line with the field with a 14 megapixel sensor and three inch display but the camera’s exterior is interchangeable and comes in a wide range of colours and styles with customised styles for individuals and businesses also available. The body covers are matched by lens rings to give the whole camera a unique look. The camera offers nothing unusual with four times optical zoom and being capable of shooting up to 720p video. It is rather surprising how much digital cameras are beginning to lag behind smart phones as the top smartphones and tablets now offer 1080p recording as a standard feature, the processing power requirement and cost of including that feature may mean the days of dedicated low end digital cameras are numbered as the more highly subsidised and higher volume smartphones move in to the market place, especially when some of them sport dedicated lenses and sensors that match the hardware in the current generation of digital cameras. Other RS1500 features include face and blink detection along with improved automatic shooting modes to make taking photographs easier. Oddly it lacks an HDMI port and has a very limited 21 MB of internal storage, far too little to shoot any length of video and rather disappointing given the low price of flash memory. This can be improved on with SD and SDHC cards up to 32 GB.

Lumix have recently released their FP5 and FP7 models, two elegantly shaped cameras that have single colour, shiny finishes. Both cameras can record 720p film with their stabilised four times optical lenses. The LCD screens on both cameras have grown since the previous models with 3 and 3.5 inch displays now for the FP5 and FP7 respectively, making navigating easier and viewing pictures and film on the camera far higher quality. The newest feature that both share is built in image processing options to allow pictures to be touched up as soon as they have been taken. Lumix’s FP7 has an impressive 16.1 megapixel sensor while the smaller FP5 features a more standard 14.1 megapixels with both sharing the same 35mm four times optical zoom lens. Both cameras will be available in a range of colours with prices yet to be announced. If they continue where their predecessors left off both should be fun low and mid range digital cameras available at competitive prices, price announcements are expected soon from Lumix for both models.

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LG, X Canvas Time Machine PDP TV, 50 & 60PS70

Author Ciel501 | 22.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

LG unveiled the latest X Canvas 50 and 60PS70 (50” and 60”) from LG featuring not only a stunning 600Hz PDP panel, but also “Time Machine” features, an embedded DVR system allowing you to record HD Video on either its 160GB internal HDD or on any external USB 2.0 HDDs.

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Sharp, AQUOS DX TV with Bluer Ray Recorder

Author Ciel501 | 22.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

Sharp released AQUOS DX TV, the world’s first 20” LCD TV (available in either black and white) with an average HD Ready resolution of 1366×768, digital TV tuner and a Blu-ray & DVD embedded recorder. It has a 1500:1 contrast ratio, a 450cd/m2 brightness, and will be sold in Japan at the end of June for 150,000 Yen or €1,141.

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LG, Blu-ray player with Docking Station for iPods ‘HB954TBW’

Author Ciel501 | 14.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

LG announced their latest Blu-ray 5.1 Home Theater combo in Korea, the HB954TBW. LG Korea added on a Pod dock on their Blu-ray player, allows you to listen songs stored at your music player with high-quality surround music, working with all iPods and also you can charge your iPods with the docking station. The LG HB954TBW Blu-ray player will be available in Korea at around ₩1,299,000 (about CAD$1,200).

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Energy Sistem, new Energy 3000 series Available in 16GB

Author Ciel501 | 13.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

Energy Sistem has released new Energy 30xx series Multi device. They are available in 16GB and come with 5EQ, FM tuner, 1.8-inch LCD display, external speaker, microphone, double jack and support Microsoft PlayFX effects and most of common files including MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPG and TXT. It measures 70 x 40 x 12mm and weighs 40g. It is available for €109.

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TEAC SR-2B, Cool Docking Station for iPod and iPhone

Author Ciel501 | 12.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

TEAC Japan released a cool iPod and iPhone docking station, the SR-2B that will be available next week in Japan for 14,800 Yen. It not only supports iPod and iPhone but also has an AM/FM tuner and alarm clock function. You can connect your iPod dock to a screen for viewing pictures. The SR-2B offers an output power of 4W x 2.

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Samsung, World’s First SSD Full HD Camcorder HMX-H106

Author Ciel501 | 08.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

Samsung releases world’s first SSD Full HD Camcorder, HMX-H106 which was awarded a prize for innovative product at CES 2009. You can save full HD video maximum 12 hours with 64GB SDD and add SD/DHC cards when you need more capacity of memory. It is faster and more stable than other camcorders that use a HDD. It features Schneider Kreuznach Varioplan HD lens that stabilizes optical images, 10x zoom, 37mm wide-angle focal length and 2.2 mega-pixels CMOS sensor. It is available for $899.99 at Amazon.com

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LG Korea Announces Their First Wireless Full HD LCD TV

Author Ciel501 | 06.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

LG announced world’s first wireless full HD LCD TV’LH 80 series three models which is available for purchase in Korea. It generates original HD resolution without compression technology and if there is an obstacle it finds new transmission paths automatically. It includes ‘Color Decanting’, ‘Invisible Speaker’ and ‘Clear Voice 2’, ‘EYEQ Green’ and ‘Smart Energy Saving Plus’ technologies.
42, 47 and 55 inches are available now for 2,700,000, 3,500,000 and 5,100,000 won each.

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Samsung, Yepp U5 MP3P for Sports

Author Ciel501 | 06.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

Samsung announced they will release U5 MP3P specialized in sports tomorrow in Korea. It was already introduced at CES2009 as a Doremi U5. It features united body, super slim and small so it is suited to sports. Especially, you can check a amount of consumption of calorie with sport mode, it supports user button and pop corn character functions. It runs maximum 20 hours with DNSe. If the price is reasonable, it can catch popularity.

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Samsung, 850 PAVV PDP 50”, 58”

Author Ciel501 | 05.05.2009 | Category Consumer Electronics

Samsung announced they released the full HD 850 PAVV, a 50” PDP (Plasma) “Finger Slim” with a thickness of just 29mm same as LED TV which they have already released, as well as being 40% more power efficient that Samsung PDP previous Generation TVs and 20% lighter (26kg).
850 PAVV 50” PDP TV feature DLNA Support, Samsung’s Full HD Crystal Engine, “USB 2.0 Videos” which gives you the possibility to watch DivX photos, videos or play your MP3 directly from an external HDD or USB Thumb key to your TV.
If 50” is not enough for you, Samsung also happen to have 58” model ready to run. 850 PAVV 58” PDP TV is 50% slimmer than before and just weight 36kg.

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