Samsung has launched the i85 digital camera marking the 3rd model they’ve put out that not only lets you view the photos you’ve taken but can play back music and video media. The Samsung i85 is an 8 megapixel shooter with a large 3″ LCD screen to view a variety of media files including WAV, MP3, MPEG, AVI, MOV, WMV and ASF, however you can’t transfer these files directly and play them.

You’ll need to do a little conversion using some included software before they’ll actually play on the camera. The screen to watch the media stays fixed unlike the i85’s predecessor, and you can listen to your media through built-in stereo speakers or a standard headphone jack.

The physical size of this camera is something to take note of as well. At only .8″ thick it packs in a 5x …

Some leaked photos and information was picked up today about the upcoming Samsung SGH-G800 camera phone. The G800 looks to be 5 megapixel point and shoot camera with a tri-band GSM/EDGE phone tacked on its back (depending on how you look at it) which supports 3G HSDPA.

If the rumors are accurate it will support Bluetooth, a USB 2.0 connection and has a microSD expansion slot. The camera has a 3x optical zoom and adds on one of those fancy Xenon flashes. The SGH-G800 will also have a 2.4″ QVGA display with dimensions of no more than 4 inches long which very compact for a 5 megapixel shooter or a phone, much less both of them combined.

PhoneArea via Gizmodo

Another digital camera which was part of Fujifilm’s announcement blitz today is being described as a compact powerhouse because of its 12-megapixel CCD sensor in a small body. The new Fujifilm FinePix F50fd is priced at around $300 and should be available in September.

The Fujifilm FinePix F50fd, besides the large CCD sensor, offers up a 2.7-inch wide angle viewing LCD and 3x optical zoom. Like other new Fujifilm cameras this particular model offers several interesting features which make it worth the price tag. One is a scene mode for copying and reducing the size of an image so it can be posted to a blog or put in an email attachment. The other one is detection of up to 10 human faces for the purpose of automatically adjusting focus, exposure and white balance.

Fujifilm introduced a slew of new digital cameras today. Out of the pack one which stands out is a new SLR-styled model known as the FinePix S8000fd (around $400).

The Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd is an eight-megapixel digital camera with an 18x wide angle optical zoom lens. It is the equivalent of a 27mm-486mm and offers a fixed lens design sealed to keep out dust. It offers two types of image stabilization technology to increase clarity and sharpness and allows you up to ISO6400 (at 50% resolution).

The 7.2 megapixel FinePix Z10fd from Fujifilm combines technology, a thin frame and some new colors to make what they are calling a stylish and sophisticated point and shoot digital camera.

This upgrade to the Fujifilm Z5fd comes in five loud colors of Wave Blue, Wasabi Green, Hot Pink, Sunset Orange, and Midnight Black and is slim enough to take with you just about anywhere. It has 3x optical zoom, a 2.5″ LCD on the back and a 54MB internal “reserve tank” to give you a few extra pictures when you memory card is full. Speaking of memory cards, this Z10fd will take SD/SDHC media cards in the same slot as the xD cards, so now you can take photos onto a media card that will actually work in something else you own.

Today Kodak announced its first Easyshare camera that utilizes the companies new KAC-05011 CMOS image sensor. The Easyshare C513 is a point-and-shoot model targeting the entry-level camera buyer. What really makes this camera stand out aside from the new, higher quality CMOS sensor is the price tag. At a mere $99 the novice photographer can get a 5 megapixel camera that helps them take high quality photos with minimal shooting experience.

Digital cameras with CMOS sensors have traditionally been a little cheaper than those with CCD as they cost a little less to make but also didn’t have the image quality you would find with a CCD. This new CMOS image sensor from Kodak promises to provide an affordable digital camera without skimping on the picture quality or the functionality of the actual camera.

The C513 also has 3x optical zoom, digital stabilization, can capture …

HP has announced nine new digital cameras but the one we’re going to tell you about is the Photosmart R937. It’s 8 megapixel resolution, a 3x optical zoom and 8x digital zoom along with 32 MB of memory already make it decent but what sets it apart from other competitors is the jumbo-sized touch screen on the flip side of the unit.

The 3.6-inch screen is big enough to let anyone be able to crop and edit photos with ease, create slide-shows or organize them for later show and tell. The camera is compatible with all the last decade of Windows software and Mac OS X 10.3.9 and up. The HP Design Gallery software lets you do some neat tricks to your photos like remove red-eye in humans and furry friends, correct movement shaking and even …

Sony Ericsson has announced the Cyber-shot K850 mobile phone which will be available sometime in the 4th quarter of this year. As you may have guessed from the name, the focus of the K850 revolves around the digital camera capabilities housed in this mobile device.

This camera phone houses a 5 megapixel digital camera with 40MB of internal memory along with Memory Stick (Micro) and microSD card slots to expand your media storage since 40MB will fill up quickly with this camera. What will also fill it up quick is the QVGA video you can take at 30 fps. The K850 also comes with Sony Ericsson’s BestPic multi-shot feature to select the best photo and the Photo Fix system to touch things up on the go. The still photos are also aided …

Kodak is bringing out four new ultra compact cameras this month priced affordably for the casual shutterbug. The Kodak EasyShare M753 ($149), M853 ($179), M873 ($199), and M883 ($229) have 21 automatic shooting modes including a panorama stitching mode, a two-shot self-timer mode, MPEG-4 video capture capability, a neutral-density filter, a center-weighed metering option and shutter speeds ranging from 1/1400 and four seconds. All of the EasyShare cams have a 2.5-inch LCD screen on their backside except for the M883’s which is 3-inches while conversely they all feature 8-megapixel photo sizes except for the M753 which only takes 7-megapixels shots. The four models all offer a 3x zoom lens and a 640×480 photo capture at 15fps or 320×240 at 30fps.

First to hit market is the M753 in June and in a selection of black, silver, …

Kodak pushes on the megapixel race a little further with a new 12, yes, 12 megapixel digital camera called the EasyShare Z1275.

In addition to the mega-megapixel’s, this camera has 5x Schneider-Kreuznach Variogo optical zoom, a 2.5 inch LCD viewer and saves images to either a Memory Stick Duo or SD card. You may also notice the little “HD” label on the front, which is indicative of the MPEG4 video recording this camera can do at a resolution of 1280 x 720.

You can get your hands on this 12 megapixel shooter for a mere $249, but in order to keep that low price with all those megapixels Kodak had to forfeit some other somewhat common features like any kind of viewfinder other than the LCD screen. You’ll have to keep a steady hand since there is no type of image stabilization. …

Fujifilm has recently released the FinePix Z5fd, their latest point and shoot digital camera featuring a “blog mode” which is supposed to make the process of taking photos and getting them onto your website faster and easier.

When we first heard rumors of this camera here at the Brick we had grand expectations of some camera with Wi-Fi and some type of email or automatic http posting capabilities. Our imagination of a blogging camera may have been a little out of hand, but we honestly did expect a little more than what Fujifilm released.

The Blog Mode on the FinePix Z5fd consists of a couple of features. The first allows the user to take the full 6 megapixel resolution photos and with the single touch of a button save a lower resolution (640×480) version of the same image. This resolution is still a little big …

Casio is set to release the highest resolution compact digital camera when it rolls out the Exilim Zoom EX-Z1200 in mid-July. The Exilim will offer a whopping 12.1 megapixels of rez for your family photos making everything turn out crystal clear.

As well the Exilim will come with CCD-shift image stabilization technology, face detection software and motion analysis image processing for those snaps of the fast-moving family members. The camera comes with 11.4 MB of internal memory which won’t be enough for those huge files and if you want to take a bunch of photos or video but of course a memory card can be inserted to boost the memory to 1 GB or more.

The 2.8-inch LCD display on the backside of the unit is nice, wide and bright (1400cd/m2). You can take up to 3 shots per second (including in flash mode) …

We can always count on the manufacturers of digital cameras to continually come out with products that have a higher pixel count. Today Panasonic kicked it up a notch by announcing the Lumix DMC-FX100 12.2 megapixel point and shoot camera featuring a wider angle shot than most point and shoots available today.

The new Lumix digital camera has a 3.6x zoom that spans the equivalent of 28mm to 100mm with the wider angle pictures. The camera also features something Panasonic called “Extra Optical Zoom” which extends the range to around 196mm, but the catch is that pictures taken at this zoom level are only 3 megapixels, and not the full 12.2 that the camera is capable of with the standard shots.

Panasonic made a point to remind consumers that the zoom available with this new camera is not a digital-zoom feature. Optical zoom is …

Well that didn’t take long. Just last week Sony announced their PlayStation Eye for the PS3 and now they’ve told European PSP owners to expect their own ocular add-on in just over two weeks.

The Go!Cam will street on May 16 and cost about 35 pounds (US $70). It can take up to two-and-a-half hours worth of video/audio (it’s got a built-in mic) or about 40,000 photos with a 4 Gig Memory Stick PRO Duo. Best of all, thanks to the PSP’s wireless abilities you can transmit those files without the need for cords and clutter. The tiny chrome camera has a 180 degree vertical range but no horizontal movement. The Go!Cam will come bundled with Go!Edit software which allows you to edit and store your video and audio files.

So far Sony has only issued price info and a release date for its European customer …

If you’re thinking of taking a vacation to someplace with warm water, your traditional digital camera won’t work when it gets wet. Instead of leaving your camera on the beach and missing out on some fun photos, Vivitar offers you the option of buying their new ViviCam 6200W and diving under the waves with it.

The camera is waterproof to a depth of 30 feet/10 meters, and honestly, if you plan on diving any deeper than that you should be thinking of an oxygen tank instead of snapping photos. The 6200W has 4X zoom, SD card support, 16 MB of built-in memory, a nice 2-inch LCD display that you can show to your friends underwater and a tough rubber-armored exterior perfect for holding in an aquatic environment.

Vivitar just debuted the 6200W at the PMA 2007 happening in Las Vegas, so no pricing has …