Panasonic’s Powerful Fixed-Lens Camera

 

 

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Creative Joins The 1080p Web Cam Party

 

 

If you brain wave Microsoft and Logitech were the merely gunslingers in Town firing 1080p bullets away from home of their Web cams, think again. Creative Has entered the dispute with its fresh Live! Cam Socialize HD 1080 ($89.99), Which in addition to responsibility rightful 1080p tape captures on up to 30fps, sports Integrated dual adaptive array mics with noise-cancellation and Live! Scan scanning
Software with touchscreen and multitouch support. Elsewhere, Creative recently as well Announced the Creative ZiiO 7” (starts on $278) and ZiiO 10” (starts on $332) Pure Wireless Tablets in 8GB and 16GB sizes both running Android 2.1 and counting Creative’s X-Fi expertise and ZMS-08 laptop, which so they say has ties to the 1GHz ARM CPU. Creative states to facilitate apps on behalf of the drug are free in its ZiiStore.

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Panasonic AG-AF101

 

Exotic tech exorbitantly priced—that’s our manna here in dreamland. Ever and anon, however, there’s a populist innovation we can’t help but celebrate. This new HD flash camcorder could make a lot of indie filmmakers very, very smiley. The AGAF101 (www.panasonic-broadcast.com) blends pro cam features such as HD-SDI output and timecode stamping with DSLR perks such as a low price (about $6,400)
and micro Four Thirds interchangeable lenses. Auteurs on a budget will be able to capture cinematic-
looking footage, Panasonic says, such as wide-angle, 1080p/24fps shots with a shallow depth of field. Its 16:9, Four Thirds MOS imaging sensor is said to be the key to that elusive (at this price point) 35mm look. The purpose-built cam should be on the market for the holidays.

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Crazy About Video? Then Take A Looxcie

If you think Bluetooth headsets are obnoxious, stop reading. The Looxcie ($199) isn’t for you. If, however, you don’t mind small devices dangling from your ear and video is your bag, by all means give the Looxcie a long, er, look. In addition to functioning as a hands-free Bluetooth headset, this bullet-shaped video wonder stores up to five hours (or as much as 4GB) of HVGA video. But that’s not all. Download an accompanying app to your Android smartphone (support for other smartphone OSes is said to be coming this fall), press a button on the device, and the Looxcie will send the last 30 seconds of footage
to the app, from which you can post to Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter or email it to others. You can also configure the app to automatically transfer clips or move them to a PC via USB cable.

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Toshiba Brings Mini HD Camcorder Stateside

 

 

 

As of mid-April, U.S. ED camcorder buyers can now purchase what most of the world already could with Toshiba's Camileo line of mini camcorders. Initially, Toshiba is releasing the 5MP S20 ($179.99), 10MP H30 ($249.99), and I OMP XI 00 ($399.99). All models include HDMI and USB 2.0 connections, but the S20 with its full 1080p resolution, 3-inch swiveling display, 4X digital zoom, maxi­mum 32GB storage (via SDfSDHC card), and YouTube upload button most resemble me size and scope of Cisco's mega-popular Flip Video cameras. Speaking of which, Cisco recently added the Flip SlideHD ($279.99) to its stable complete with upright-sliding 3-inch touchscreen and headphone jack, borh firsts for the Flip series. The SlideHD stores four hours ofHD video but is a $50 increase over the Flip MinoHD and a $100 bump over the Ultra HD, both of which store two hours of ED video .

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Panasonic HDC-SDT750

 

 

If 3D is going to have any kind of success in the living room, we would hope that home users will have a reasonable way to make their own 3D content. Panasonic (panasonic.net) could supply the missing link with the HDC-SDT750 camcorder, currently preselling at $1,399.95 online for October delivery, plus a couple of models already shipping in Japan (HDC-TM650 ~ and HDC-TM750). Each of these SD memory card cams shoots 2D A VCHD video at 1080/60p and in 5-channel Dolby surround sound. Hook up the included VW-CLT1Iens attachment, however, and you'll record 3D video with two %0 x 1,080 frames side-by-side. You can enjoy the footage on your 3D TV through connections such as HDMI, archive it to AVCHD DVD or BD, and even edit it with the included HD Writer AE 2.6T 3D-compatible editing software

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Sam sung NX10

 

The Samsung NX10 is a solid DSLR to hold and shoot with, featuring both a crisp 3-inch LCD screen and an elec­tronic viewfinder for composing images. Unfortunately, the image quality is just average and the video quality lackluster. The menu system is easy to navigate, and you can control most popular set­tings by using buttons on the top and back of the camera. Processing raw files shot on the NX10 is cumbersome, especially for Mac users, The NXlO is best suited for casual photographers looking for lens interchangeability in a smaller package than a typical DSLR

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V

 

With its in-camera GPS, digital compass, wireless image and video sharing via Transfer Jet, accelerometer-driven panorama mode, and 1080i high-definition video capture in AVCHD format, it's easy to overlook the fact that the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5V is, in fact, a camera. And it's an excellent camera at that, delivering great image quality. The 10-megapixel DSC­HX5V, with lOX optical zoom, also boasts some innovative and fun-to-use features. It excels when shooting in low light without a flash, creating panoramic images, and correcting backlit images. The DSC-HX5V is a go-to pick for anyone who craves cool-factor extras backed by impressive performance

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Canon EOs Rebel T2i

Canon's Rebel T2i, an upgrade to the T1i, gives you incremental refinements that add up to improved image quality and movie recording, The T2i has been bumped up to 1B megapixels (compared to 15.1 megapixels for the T1i). Video capture is substantially improved and now features your choice of video size, up to lOBOp, The camera has a gorgeous 3-inch LCD screen and both phase-detection and contrast-detection autofocus. The T2i provides excellent image quality in all formats, even in the auto modes .

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