Join More MP isn’t necessarily better for digital cameras
With the latest point and shoot digital cameras pushing twelve mega pixels, one would assume that digital picture quality couldn’t be better. But that isn’t necessarily the case. According to Image Engineering – a company that does testing of digital cameras for photo magazines in Germany – the quality of digital pictures has steadily decreased since the state of the art was six megapixels back in 2004. And because they don’t have a “dog in this hunt,” they put forth a compelling argument for buying new digital cameras with less mega pixels and not more.
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ATP GPS Photo Finder
The ATP GPS Photo Finder is for those who really want to geotag your pictures. Some of you may do this thing where you sync your camera’s clock to your GPS, then you have to manually sync them up later on.
Or maybe you don’t, because I don’t really geotag my pictures. However, if I were on a camping trip, and I wanted to know where I was so I could revisit it again, I think this ATP GPS Photo Finder would be a very useful gadget.
This Photo Finder works on AA batteries, and then connect it to your GPS device and camera. It can store up to 550 hours of location data, and 128MB of internal memory. You will, of course, have to make certain your camera is synced to the GPS time that the Photo Finder will display.
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Lens Accessory makes taking 3D pictures a snap
Photographers looking to take their digital SLR hobby into a new dimension may want to check out the Loreo 3D Lens in a Cap. Easy to use as mounting onto your SLR body, The Loreo 3D incorporates a matched pair of lenses into one mounted unit, the 3D len transposes two images by means of the same beam splitting technology developed in the 60s for sci-fi drive-in movie cameramen.
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Stainless Steel Camcorder from Micro
Hello, Vloggers, I’ve got something for you. Something that will be a little more durable than these cheap plastic webcam or handheld jobs that are really pervasive in the market today.
This camcorder is from Micro, and is cast of Stainless Steel. This Stainless Steel Camcorder shoots DVD quality footage. It can record two hours of footage and 100 5.4 Megapixel still images on a 2GB SD card.
Not only that, there is a very nice looking handle to it, especially how it folds up like that. I’m wondering if it is a little less fragile. I mean, could you drop it and still be able to film later on?
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Loreo 3D Lens in a Cap
This product from Loreo isn’t just a lens cap, but a Lens in a Cap. If that doesn’t impress you, then you need to know that it actually creates 3D stereoscopic images.
Think of it as making a ViewMaster. You remember that toy that was able to make 3D images at the click of a shutter. Gosh, I hated it when you would stick those things in wrong, and you got a half image thing going on.
The Loreo 3D Lens in a Cap is a pair of focusing lenses that gives you the ability to focus and ajust exposure that takes two images that are slightly skewed from one another. If you view it with Loreo’s 3D viewer or software version, the images come up with the illusion of 3D.
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Ality Upgrades PIXXA Digital Photo Frame
The folks over at Ality have upgraded their popular PIXXA Digital Photo Frame with what looks like an enticing number of features. Users can connect to Flickr, Picasa or your computer by WiFi. You can also use a memory card too. It also syncs with Google calendar to remind you of an appointment or display your wedding photos on your wedding anniversary or photos of a family member on their birthday. Pretty cool.
You can pick up one for yourself when it debuts in the first half of 2008 for $299. However, digital photo frames still have a long way to go in terms of size, smartness and affordability before they become standard fixtures in people’s homes.
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Liquid Image Scuba Mask Digital Camera
If you’re hoping to go to CES 2008, which I’m planning to, you should be able to see the Digital Underwater Camera Mask. This scuba mask/camera, manufactured by Liquid Image, allows the user to take images underwater. Perhaps Liquid Image will have a fish tank at CES to prove that it works.
The camera is available in 3.1 and 5.0 megapixels. To take a picture, all you need to do is line up the crosshair marks on the mask and then press a capture button. I can only assume the capture button is on the side somewhere. There are LED lights on the outside so you can see that a picture was taken.
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Sony debuts wind-up camera
When selecting their gadgets, some people will go all-out to make sure that the product they purchase is “green.” Unfortunately, what this means a good deal of the time that they pay a hefty premium, and the wonderful gadget is actually more of a pain to use than the other power-hungry options. This new Spin N Snap camera from Sony definitely falls into the “pain to use” category.
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