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2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Sony DCR-SR100
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Family, Men, Techies,
Here at Gear Live HQ, we are pretty keen on hard drive-based camcorders. If you aren’t shooting any major productions, these cameras are great in situations where a handheld camera is appropriate. The Sony DCR-SR1000 is a great tapeless camcorder, holding about 7.3 hours of high quality footage on it’s internal drive. You can change the quality of your recording in order to squeeze out over 20 hours of recording capacity from the camcorder. Low light performance is better than other cameras of similar size, as it sports a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens. It also have an onboard mic that records in four directions, allowing you to record in Dolby 5.1 surround sound. The only downside we could find to this one is that it’s a tad on the heavy side at 22.4 ounces.
Price: $1,630
Gallery: 2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Sony DCR-SR100
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Fujifilm Pivi Creates Pictures in Less Than a Minute
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, Cameras, Smartphones,
If you used to own one of those old Polaroids because you couldn’t wait 24 hours for your pictures from Photomat, Fujifilm has released its palm-sized Pivi MP-300 portable printer just for you. The Pivi creates 2.5 x 1.8-inch high quality prints in less than a minute. At about 6-inches and half a pound, the printer features both PictBridge for connection to your digital camera and a USB port.
The printer supports JPEG image format and is also compatible with most Mitsubishi, NEC, Sharp, Nokia, Sagem, Panasonic, Sieman, and Sony Ericsson phones. As of now, the Pivi is only available in Japan and other Far Eastern locations for ~$129.00, so check back to Fujifilm often until they make them available to the rest of us.
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Gallery: Fujifilm Pivi Creates Pictures in Less Than a Minute
2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Canon EOS 30D
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, Features, Women, Men, Techies,
The 30D is an evolutionary upgrade from the EOS 20D and shares many of the same components/features such as the 8.19-megapixel CMOS sensor, shutter speed (1/8000), and autofocus system. New to the 30D is the 2.5” LCD with a greatly increased viewing angle as compared to the 1.8” LCD on the 20D. A deeper burst depth allows you to take more pictures in rapid succession before the camera writes to memory and is a welcome improvement when shooting in RAW mode. ISO speed is now adjustable while looking through the viewfinder and should make shooting with changing light conditions a much easier task.
Price: $1,399 (Compare Prices)
Gallery: 2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Canon EOS 30D
2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Casio Exilim EX-Z700
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, Features, Family, Techies,
If you are looking for a good pocket camera, the Casio Exilim EX-Z700 should be your hook-up. This 7.2 megapixel bad boy is packed with features that are usable and welcome by just about anyone. We are talking about features like fantastic battery life that allows for up for 460 shots on one charge, along with a whopping 37 scene mode presets. The design is sturdy, and the LCD display is a fantastic wide-screen 2.8-inches. The camera is available in three colors - blue, red, and silver.
Price: $280 (Compare Prices)
Read More | Exilim EX-Z700 Product Page
Gallery: 2006 Holiday Gift Guide: Casio Exilim EX-Z700
For all you photo-bugs who also have Macs, Apple is offering a 30-day free trial on their Aperture 1.5. With it, you can import, manage, catalogue, edit, organize, and adjust your JPEG, TIFF, PSD, and RAW images. Check their Aperture Tech Spec page to see if you have the necessary equipment to handle the free ride, which you can get in English, French, German, or Japanese. If you download the trial, the software can’t be updated to 1.5.1, as it will only be available to Aperture 1.5 licensed copies. Aperture is available from the Apple Store for $299.99. The rest of us will just have to be content with our Windows Image Zone and spend that coinage elsewhere.
Read More | Aperture Free Trial
Gallery: Apple Offers Free Trial on Aperture 1.5
We figure that since today is Halloween, we would try to rustle up some spooky stuff for you. This makes it to the top of our list. How clever of Sony to simultaneously unbox their James Bond 007 TX Spy Gear bundle when Sony Pictures releases “Casino Royale” (by Sony Pictures) in a couple of weeks. This Limited Edition includes a VAIO TX notebook, a privacy screen, and a Cyber-shot digital camera packaged inside an aluminum attaché case.
You can pre-order the VGN-TXN007 bundle online now, but in light of recent events, we were thinking that it might be more appropriate to have released the $3,899.99 Spy Gear just as Ethan Hunt of “Mission Impossible III” (which came out on DVD yesterday) played that self-destructing message.
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Gallery: Sony Goes “Boo” With James Bond Bundle
Fujifilm has introduced its Finepix F31fd with Super CCD, which features their very own “Face Detection System” to assist you in focusing, configuring brightness, and even suggests a flash setting. The camera has a 3X optical zoom, supports up to 3200 ISO, can shoot video, holds up to 26 MB memory, and supports xD cards. At a size of 92.7 x 27.8 x 56.7 mm and weight of 195g, it just gets easier all the time to get a decent pic of Uncle George. The Finepix will be available in December at the MSRP of $399.
Read More | Fujifilm
Gallery: Fujifilm Simplifies Photography With FinePix F31fd
According to Robert Scoble, who had every intention of picking up a new iSight at a California Apple Store, apparently the peripheral is quite the popular gadget.
So, we went down to the Apple store and tried to buy an iSight. Turns out they are sold out. The salesperson said they can’t keep them in stock. A customer behind me was looking for one too and said that they are sold out everywhere.
This one is absolutely amazing to us, seeing as how just about every new Mac out there (save for the Mac Pro and Mac mini) comes with an embedded iSight. Of course, this could just mean that Apple is getting ready to refresh the iSight line - after all, it’s long overdue and could use an overhaul. At the very least, Apple needs to get the things to comply with EU standards.
Read More | Scobleizer
Gallery: Apple iSights Sold Out?
So you aren’t the greatest photographer in the world, but you still want to make home movies. Pure’s Digital Point and Shoot is about the simplest video/still camera on the market. It does everything the name implies and can produce up to 30 minutes of footage on two AA batteries (included.) The camera utilizes a 2x digital zoom, and you can watch and hear instant results with its 1.4-inch screen and built-in speaker.
Point and Shoot also features a fold-out USB arm that you can connect to PC, Mac, or laptop. From there, you can send your video to iTube via built-in software or just make it a permanent DVD at your local authorized retailer. You also have the option of watching it on your own TV with the included connector. The 30-minute Point and Shoot is available now at Target and select Costcos for $129.99 with a $20 rebate if you buy before the end of October. A 60-minute version should be out next month for $169.
Read More | Pure Digital Point and Shoot Product Page
Gallery: Pure Digital Point and Shoot Camera Captures Easily
Samsung SCH-B6000 10 Megapixel Camera Phone
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, Smartphones,
Let’s give it up to Samsung right now for releasing a camera phone that can actually live up to that moniker. The Samsung SCH-B6000 is a mobile phone that houses a 10-megapixel camera, along with a retractable lens that allows for up to 3x optical zoom. It includes a 2.2-inch 240x320 LCD screen, and can run video at 320x240 at 30 fps. The phone even has a TV Out port, allowing the user to display both photos and video on a television. The phone is rounded out by EV-DO, MP3 player, business card reader, and Digital Multimedia Broadcasting functionality. Unfortunately, this phone will first be released in Korea at a price of about $950 USD. Still, nice to see Samsung leading the way here.
Read More | Digital World Tokyo
Gallery: Samsung SCH-B6000 10 Megapixel Camera Phone
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