Archive for Digital Imaging

Sony Net-sharing Cam Web video friendly

Posted in Camcorders, Digital Imaging, Sony by Nino Marchetti on July 17th, 2007

Sony Net-sharing CamSony’s hoping to hit up the wallets of social networkers and video bloggers everywhere with its unveiling today of a Web-focused, portable camcorder. The new Sony Net-sharing Cam is priced at around $200 and should be available in September.

The Sony Net-sharing Cam, which shoots video in the MPEG-4 recording format, can record about five hours of video onto a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo when default settings on the camcorder are enabled. It also can snap five-megapixel digital camera images and measures 1-3/16″ by 4-1/8″ by 2-1/4″.

Make Digital Photos from Slides and Negatives

Posted in Digital Imaging by Reuben Drake on June 11th, 2007

This gadget converts photo slides and negatives to digital picturesRemember when you had to take your film roll to the local Fotomat to get it developed? They would come back in an envelope with the negatives in the bottom just in case you needed to get the pictures developed again someday.

This device, apply named The Slide And Negative To Digital Picture Converter will scan those old 35mm negatives as well as slides and convert them into digital photos through your computer. Plug this converter into your USB port and use the included software to convert all …

Smartparts SP15MW Digital Picture Frame

Posted in Digital Imaging, Home by Nino Marchetti on June 1st, 2007

Smartparts SP15MW Digital Picture FrameSmartparts is not a name which immediately rolls off the tongue when I think of consumer electronics. That name is sounding a little sweeter though with its unveiling of the SP15MW digital picture frame. What’s so cool about that you ask? How about the 15-inch display screen for starters.

That’s right - 15-inches of digital picture display goodness. That beats out many of the other digital photo frames on the market. Smartparts said in a press release the SP15MW also has a 24-bit display capable of showing over 16 million colors and supporting …

Digital Photo Wallet

Posted in Digital Imaging by Reuben Drake on May 31st, 2007

Digital Photo WalletAt the risk of having a wallet that rivals the likes of George Costanza’s, Brookstone has a version that holds a small digital picture frame inside so you can carry around multiple pictures of your loved ones, 21st century style.

The Digital Photo Wallet is pretty much like any other leather bi-fold wallet except that it has a spot for a digital picture frame which can hold up to 50 digital photos inside your wallet. The picture frame shows photos on a 1.4″ LCD screen and the whole thing can be taken out of its …

LG Unveils Color E-Paper

Posted in Digital Imaging, LG, News by Chetz on May 14th, 2007

LG develops electronic ink e-paperThe day when you will be able to flip pages on your newspaper while watching full motion video articles and ads may be sooner than you think. Yesterday LG Philips announced that it has successfully manufactured the first A4-size color electronic-paper capable of displaying up to 4,096 colors. The e-paper, which is a flexible thin sheet, measured 35.9 cm (14.1 inches) diagonally and is just 0.3 mm thick. LG also said that it had made its e-paper to be power smart and uses energy only when the image needs to change on the …

The Polaroid Media Backup

Posted in Digital Imaging, Polaroid, Storage by Chetz on April 12th, 2007

Polaroid Media Backup CGA-02540The digital photography age hasn’t been kind to old school titans like Polaroid. The creators of the instant photo have taken a beating as digital cameras and photo quality printers hit the market and eliminated the need for dropping off your canister of film at the local photo department. However, this latest announcement from the company shows that there’s still innovation happening in their R&D department.

The Polaroid Media Backup CGA-02540 is perfect for anyone you know that is technophobic when it comes to downloading or transferring photos from one computer to another. When you …

First Digital Cameras from GE

Posted in Digital Cameras, Digital Imaging, GE by Reuben Drake on March 10th, 2007

GE G-1 Digital Camera released by General ImagingToday, General Imaging launched its anticipated line of GE digital cameras.

This new line totaling 8 cameras is the first time the GE brand has been used on a consumer camera. Every camera offers the advanced features that we see in a lot of cameras these days. This includes image stabilization, red-eye removal, high ISO sensitivity, and panoramic stitching.

First off is the A Series of cameras. The most affordable of the bunch, these cameras are made for first-time buyers and offers the minimum. The E Series is for those who …

Nikon D40x Arrives in April

Posted in Digital Cameras, Digital Imaging, Nikon by Chetz on March 7th, 2007

Nikon announced the D40x digital cameraNikon has announced that it will release its new D40x digital camera in April. Replacing the entry-level D40 unit, the D40x will feature 10.2-megapixels of resolution (40% more than its earlier model), a greater sensitivity range (100-1600 ISO), continuous shooting (3 frames per second) and a 3-area AF system.

Measuring 5.0 x 2.5 x 3.7 inches and weighing 1 lb., 1 oz., the D40x has a dedicated help function button, 3D Color Matrix Metering II system and easy to understand graphic user interface. In-camera editing is as easy as pressing the …

Free space TV coming with the HelioDisplay

Posted in Digital Imaging, Television by Reuben Drake on March 6th, 2007

Free Space television with the HeliodisplayThe very same company that produced the M2 Heliodisplay mid-air projector has just come out with their latest project – the new M3/M3i Heliodisplay.

This nifty thing is basically a monitor that displays images in free space, just like those holograms of Princess Lea asking Obi Wan for help. With a viewing space of 30inches and a resolution of 1024×768, the display is quite blurry and not very stable. However, with advances this particular technology should become a big thing in the near future. Currently, this will set you back a very hefty …

Five megapixel binocular camera - BinoCam

Posted in Digital Cameras, Digital Imaging by Darrin Olson on January 28th, 2007

five megapixel binocular camera with LCD screenWe first saw this type of binocular/camera technology from Bushnell, but until now we haven’t seen a set of binoculars that have a 5 megapixel photo quality.

The Pro Viewer BinoCam has 8x mechanical zoom and can take photos and AVI video and show them on a 1.5 inch LCD screen as well as download them to your PC via a USB 1.1 interface. The camera has auto exposure and saves the pictures and video to an external SD card (no internal memory). Photos can be taken at two resolution …

Mustek Digital Touch Screen Picture Frame

Posted in Digital Imaging, Home by Darrin Olson on January 27th, 2007

Mustek Ality PF-T150 digital picture frame touchscreenThe new Mustek Ality picture frame has a few features that go a little beyond most of the digital picture frames we’ve seen.

This digital picture frame is made from a 15 inch touch screen which allows navigating the menu and settings directly on the picture. If you want to avoid fingerprints, there is also a wireless remote. The frame views images with a resolution of 1280 x 1024 and can be mounted on a wall.

Aside from being a pretty decent size and having a touch screen interface, this digital …

FujiFilm Unveils Additions to FinePix Digital Camera Line

Posted in Digital Cameras, Digital Imaging, Fujifilm, News by Darrin Olson on January 5th, 2007

Fujifilm Announces FinePix Digital Cameras, FinePix F40d, FinePix A800 and FinePix A610Yesterday at the CES in Las Vegas, Fujifilm accounced three more digital cameras in their FinePix lineup; the FinePix A800 (pictured top), the FinePix F40fd (pictured center), and the FinePix A610 (pictured bottom). These new digital cameras will be offered in addition to the A400, A500 and A700 models and will be available in the US in March of this year.

The FinePix F40fd, an 8.3 megapixel, 3x zoom camera which is expected to retail for around $299 USD is …

YouTube For The Deceased

Posted in Digital Imaging, LCD by Chetz on January 4th, 2007

Serenity Vidstone PanelMultimedia is working it’s way into almost every part of our lives, and even after-lives in this case. The Vidstone Serenity Panel provides a 7″ LCD panel that runs on solar power and will show a 5-8 minute slide show of photos along with sound.

The 8″ x 6.5″ panel can mount flush to a gravestone and provides two headphone jacks to allow visitors to listen to music along with the slide show. It is weather proof and fade resistant, and uses simple one-touch buttons to operate the playback. The Vidstone requires at least 4 …

SCIRC t1 Remote Solar Powered Webcam

Posted in Digital Imaging, Digital Video, Outdoors, Webcams by Darrin Olson on December 28th, 2006

Solar Powered Webcam SCIRC t1There are probably a number of places that would be available to view via webcam if only it didn’t need a computer and power in close proximity. DigitalXTractions has a solution to this problem by offering a webcam that runs on solar power and sends it’s images directly to an internet site through wireless phone lines.

The webcam has a 1.3 megapixel sensor that can capture either video or still pictures and send them to a site to be viewed through a wireless GPRS/EDGE cellular modem.

The actual camera is 7×4x3 inches and …

Kodak Easyshare G600 Printer Dock

Posted in Digital Imaging, Kodak, Printers by Paul Patterson on December 22nd, 2006

Kodak Easyshare G600The Kodak Easyshare G600 Printer Dock is a portable printing solution that works with your Kodak camera to help you print high quality pictures anytime and anywhere. The new design measures 7.7″ x 4.0″ x 13.0″ and weighs 4.2 lbs making it small enough to take with you just in case you have an impromptu photo shoot.

You can print pictures in 60 seconds at the touch of a button or transfer your pictures to your computer with the included USB cable so you can keep on shooting. In addition, the printer will automatically …


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