Cameras

Canon Unveils PowerShot A720 IS and 12-megapixel A650 IS

Canon’s two latest additions to its low-frills high-performance A-Series keep up the good reputation. The A720 IS is a 8-megapixel shooter with 6x optical zoom lens and optical image stabilizing that will cost a remarkably low $250. The A650 IS takes the spotlight, however, with 12.1 megapixel resolution, 6x optical zoom lens and a twisty…

Canon Reveals New SX Line of Low-Cost Ultra-Zoom Cameras

Canon rolled out its SX100 ultra-zoom camera today, bringing a decent low-priced camera to the ultra-zoom market segment. How ultra is it? It’s got some pretty good 10x optical zoom glass on the front, and it’s also delivering lots of value in the image processor department, loading up Canon’s best Digic III imaging chip that’s…

Canon EOS 40D Fires 6.5 Frames Per Second at 10.1MP

Just as Amazon did/didn’t announce yesterday, Canon has also released the ultra-fast, 6.5 frames-per-second—on 75 JPEG/17 RAW bursts—10.1 megapixel model, the Canon EOS 40D. With new, faster autofocus and its latest CMOS sensor, the 40D also adds live framing using its full 3-inch LCD screen, something which previously was only available on the EOS-1D Mk…

Amazon Spills Full Details on Canon EOS 40D DSLR

Further information on Canon’s hotly anticipated EOS 40D DSLR has appeared on an Amazon pre-order page. They say it’ll be released on September 20 with a $1299.99 price tag for the body, $300 less than the Best Buy leak suggested, though that now seems to be for the lens kit. They also spilled the alleged…

Scientists Cook Up “Hall of Mirrors” Lens to Give Cellphone Cams Some Zoom

The major reason cellphone cameras blow chunks is because no one wants chunky cellphones, so we’re stuck with slim, wide-angle lenses. Some researchers at UCSD have come up with a way using mirrors to increase a lens’ focal length, resulting in some telephoto magic in a lens that’s “seven times as thin as a traditional,…

LV 2008 Mega Cameraphone Has a Huge Lens, Pathetic 1.3 MP Rating

1.3 MP ain’t bad, but if you’re giving a cameraphone a huge telescoping lens with it with a 3x zoom optical, you might want to aim for a higher pixel count. China only, and thankfully, only $130. UPDATE: Forehead slap. Obviously, this is not a DSLR, mechanically speaking. [Slashphone]

Southern China to Tape Entire Population

China, in an effort to curb criminal activity, is installing 20,000 cameras in Shenzen. Cameras will track the city’s 12.4 million people, and are fitted with software from American firm that promises to automatically detect the faces of those breaking the law. But there’s more: 180,000 other cameras are constantly filming in Shenzen, many closed…

Spellbinder Makes Invisible Artwork Appear When You Take a Picture

Say you’re in Europe, standing in front of some medieval castle. You take a picture of it with your cameraphone and send it via MMS to Spellbinder. Soon you get a message back with your shot, only now there’s a giant green fire-breathing dragon guarding the castle’s gate. There are no elves in a sweatshop,…

Canon 40D DSLR Prosumer Flagship Images?

That’s what is reported to be a 40D, the successor to Canon’s 30D prosumer flagship. The highlights of improvement appear to be a live view LCD, boosting the MP rating from 8.2 to 12 or 13, and Small RAW image format. Sounds fanciful, especially as we’ve heard all sorts of other numbers out there for…

Verbatim announces the first 7.5GB, 3-inch mini Blu-ray disc that’s sized just right to give HD camcorders one hour of 1080i recording. [Verbatim via Digital Trends]

Twenty20 VholdR Camera is XTREME

Twenty20’s VholdR is no helmet cam, my friends. No no. It’s a “wearable camcorder.” How exactly you wear it, we have no clue. But other than this slight stipulation, the VholdR actually looks like a pretty solid (crazy sports) camcorder. Enclosed in aluminum casing, the rugged VholdR is shock and splash proof for all-terrain shooting.…

Hitachi’s Blu-Ray and HDD/Blu-Ray Cams Stateside in October (Right, Phil?)

We already knew this was coming despite the naysayers*: Hitachi has finally launched its Blu-Ray and HDD/Blue-Ray camcorders on the world. Launch dates are 31 August for Japan, and October for the rest of the world, and here’s a gallery and all the gen on what you can expect. https://gizmodo.com/hitachi-first-past-the-post-with-blu-ray-camcorder-280582 There are two models to…

Appian Technology Stinger Reads License Plates, Calls Police

Appian, the company behind much of Britain’s surveillance madness, has released a new camera that will no doubt be top of the shopping lists of Big Brothers throughout the world. The Stinger is able to recognize license plates from any country thanks to its choice of IR wavelengths: 810; 870; and 940 NM. Then, ensuring…

World’s Smallest Single Chip Camera Is REALLY Small

TDC’s new OV6920 CameraChip is the world’s smallest CMOS chip at just 1/18-inch (1.4mm). This means that the attached camera setup is just 3.2mm in total size—or in layman’s terms—never change outside of your own bedroom again. Shooting at a low resolution of 328 x 250, the chip is configurable for NTSC output and can…

Mr Lee Gives Cat’s-Eye View of the World via NeckCam

Let’s have a round of applaws (oh dear) and some stroky-stroky for Mr Lee, the world’s foremost cat photographer. His owner, South Carolina resident Jurgen Perthold, was curious as to what Mr Lee got up to during the day. So he rigged up a shock-, scratch-, water- and theft-resistant camera, slung it round Mr Lee’s…

Samsung Unveil 3 New Smart Touch NV Cameras

Samsung has unveiled three new models in their NV range today; the NV8 8-megapixel, the NV15 10-megapixel and the NV20 12-megapixel. They all feature the company’s Smart Touch system, which wouldn’t be out of place in a fighter plane. Or judging by its sleek looks, in a TIE Interceptor. More details after the jump. Buttons…

Free 2GB memory cards when you pick up any of these cameras. [Amazon]

Kameraflage Images Only Visible Through a Digital Camera

With Kameraflage, now you’ll be able to plant subliminal messages on T-shirts, movies and billboards that can only be seen with digital cameras. This context-sensitive display technology, developed by Sarah Logie and Connor Dickie, works by using colors that are invisible to us but easily picked up by the cameras’ silicon chips. As you can…

Amateur Helium Balloon Reaches 28km Altitude

That’s a picture taken from a helium balloon at 28km in altitude. To put that in perspective, the average airliner flies at only 9km. The balloon, created by Jean-Sébastien Busque, carried a video camera, still camera, GPS and a ham radio, but sadly Jean didn’t get to take a joy-ride himself. Probably because he didn’t…

Fujifilm’s F50fd Mighty 12MP Slimcam Busting with High Tech

Here’s an interesting combo — 12MP in a slim camera body. That’s a bump from 8MP in the F40fd, which is weird because Fuji doesn’t often engage in these MP cock fights. Anyhow, the 7th generation CCD sensor is pared with a 3x zoom, face detection that can, like other Fuji’s equipped with, focus and…