Cameras

Fujifilm FinePix Z10fd Slim and Colorful 7MP Fashion Cam

This is the most colorful and cheesy of Fuji’s camera blitz today. It’s a slim fashion phone that the press release claims, to “flirt with youth.” Never mind the generation Z target demographic, the Z10fd has 3x optical zoom, 2.5-inch lcd, slideshow mode, face detection tech with auto red eye removal, IR beaming, a blogging…

Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd has 8MP, 18x Zoom and 6400 ISO (Kinda)

I’ve never wanted a Fujifilm camera quite so badly as this S8000fd, the successor to the S6500fd, one of the original face recognition cams. First off, its been bumped from 6 to 8MP, still lower than the competition, but for the sake of better light sensitivity. Running in 4MP mode, more than enough for most…

Fujifilm FinePix F480 Cheapie and the Even Cheaper A920

Fuji has two new entry-level digicams coming down the line. First is the Finepix A920, sporting a 9-mp CCD, 4x zoom and a 2.7-inch screen all for $199.95. But if you need your camera to be a little more on the trim side than you’ll want to take a look at the F480. This guy…

Digital Picture Frame Doubles as a Camera

Designer Jin Woo Han figured if you want both a digital camera and a digital picture frame, why not put them together and display the pictures with the same device you used to capture them? In this design concept Han calls the Samsung SS 700, he determined a happy medium size where the point-and-shoot camera…

Panasonic Intros 18X Optical Zoom Powerhouse Lumix DMC-FZ18

As if you need to ask what the Z stands for. Panasonic has been pushing the optical-zoom envelope for years, and now, with the Lumix DMC-FZ18, pretty much turns you into some kind of stalker. The 8-megapixel camera with 18X optical zoom lens will be out in September in silver or black for $399. Like…

Panasonic Intros Lumix DMC-FX33 and DMC-FX55, Two Smart Little Cameras

Today, Panasonic is launching the Lumix FX33 and FX55, two 8 megapixel cameras with 28mm wide-angle 3.6X optical zoom Leica lenses. The DMC-FX55, with a 3″ LCD, will sell for $349 in silver, black and pink; the DMC-FX33, with 2.5″ LCD, will go for $299 and come in silver, black, blue and brown. I know,…

Pogue Reviews Waterproof Cams, Sanyo Xacti E1 Floats Above the Competition

Pogue takes a a few waterproof cams down to the local waterpark for testing and finds Sanyo’s 6MP Xacti E1 to be of better image and video quality than the rest. I’ve always found the Xacti cam’s nice, but the low light performance to be lacking. That doesn’t matter when you’re talking about beach and…

Casio Exilim Coming out in Pink – Again. This Time for Breast Cancer

Pink is a four-letter word—as is cancer. This October, Casio is bringing out a rose-tinted version of its Exilim EX-Z75 in order to raise awareness for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. How nice, I thought, a big corp doing something for lady-bumps. And then I remembered that the EX-Z75 was already out in a blush-colored…

Black Eagle GPS Video Logs Car Crashes

When the Korea-only Black Eagle GPS detects a deceleration of 1.1G or more, it assumes you’ve plowed into a tree or car, and saves an 18-second video clip of the collision. (12 seconds before, pulled from a cache, and 6 seconds after.) It also has sensors for lane changes. I’m not sure I’d want this…

Sony’s Net-sharing CAM is for YouTube-lovin’ Auteurs

There are two types of camcorder buyers out there: people who want to make some sort of amazing movie to bring to Sundance and become a superstar, and people who just want to videotape their dog getting owned by a sprinkler and put it on the internet. If you fall in the latter category, you…

More Olympus E-P1 Details Leaked

Olympus’s mega rig is becoming the worst kept DSLR secret in the industry. First the easily answered riddle we saw a few weeks ago, now this leaked power point document pored over by CNet, highlighting technical features like a 10MP rating, multi-swivel live view lcd, and an October release date. Steve at CNet notes that…

Fujifilm IS Pro Digital SLR Camera Has Predator Vision

Forget the visible light spectrum, any camera can hack that. The Fujifilm IS Pro is the most recent camera in Fujifilm’s pro lineup that can shoot in the ultraviolet and infrared spectrums as well. Tooled for professional snoops, it also has such gumshoey features as one-touch black-and-white Live Image Preview, post capture face-detection that identifies…

Firmware update for Canon Digital Rebel XTi adds support for the MTP USB protocol. [Canon via Crave]

Bobby.TV versus Justin.TV, as UK Police Get Helmet Cams

Following successful trials, British policemen are to be issued with head cameras while they are on the beat. The 3 million ($6.1 million) scheme, which led to an increase in the number of convictions of offenders when it was tried out in the southwestern town of Plymouth, is to be rolled out throughout the country.…

Samsung’s L83T is Slim, Has 8 Megapixels

Samsung’s just announced their new ultra-compact L83T digital camera, a diminutive 8-megapixel point-and-shoot with a 3x optical zoom. It’s also got a nice, big 2.5-inch LCD screen on the back. It’s a pretty basic yet decent looking camera that should appeal to those who just want an easy point-and-shoot without a ton of bells and…

“Innovative” New Polaroid t703 Camera Not Innovative But Definitely Cheap

Polaroid, once the fun company that marched to its own weird drum beat, is now officially in lockstep behind every other electronics maker. The “innovative” new Polaroid t730 digicam boasts the following: • Bright 2.5″ color LCD screen lets you “see it before you shoot” • It can tag audio to any picture • It…

New Casio Exilim Cameras Have YouTube Capture Mode and Easy YouTube Uploading

Casio today announced it was getting cozy with YouTube, introducing two Exilim cameras that will have a YouTube Capture mode—640×480 H.264 video at 30 frames per second—plus bundled YouTube Uploader for Casio software that boasts “three easy steps.” The sleek 8.1-megapixel Exilim Card EX-S880 will come in red or black for $299.99; the slightly larger…

Rumors Abound of New Sony DSLR and Matching Full-Frame Lenses

Although Sony has yet to confirm anything, the camera world is full of little whispers that a new camera is about to join its Alpha range of digital SLRs, along with a range of full-frame lenses. There is all sorts of speculation about the model number (so we won’t bother going into that) but there…

Hype Sheet: The Nikon D40 Meets Joe America

The Pitch A horde o’ red-blooded Americans from Georgetown, S.C., are handed 200 Nikon D40s and instructed to document their daily lives. Cue a cloyingly sweet montage of townsfolk snapping each other at barbershops, cheerleading practice and garden parties, while the narrator waxes rhapsodic on the D40’s ease-of-use. The spot culminates with the Georgetowners congregating…

Nintendo DS Adult Face-Training Will Come With a Camera, Botox Coupon*

It seems that Nintendo have developed a camera for its DS system – although it will not be built-in to the portable console. Gaming company Intelligent Systems is developing a game called Adult Face Training, which teaches people the discipline of facial exercises. And do you know what? I think this one is for the…