Tag Archive for 'cameras'
While Apple is quietly upgrading its MacBook Pro range with a 1.3-megapixel webcam, Logitech is out and proud with their new HD-quality 2-megapixel range. So far consisting of two models - the desktop-friendly QuickCam 9000 and the laptop-loving QuickCam Pro for Notebooks - each has lens and optics made by Carl Zeiss, a silent autofocus [...]
Given that there are far-flung tribes out there - or at least there used to be - who believe that if you take their photo you steal their soul, I wonder how they’d feel about Mamiya’s stonking 645AFd II. With a 22-megapixel-capturing CCD on offer, it likely not only takes your soul but rips out most [...]
I remember when you were lucky to get a single-pixel digital camera for eight thousand dollars; now “market forces” (which I’ve never really believed in anyway) have driven prices down to hitherto unimaginable levels. DXG, a US firm, is releasing a 7-megapixel camera that measures under an inch thick and doesn’t rely on interpolation to [...]
Call me a dumb little plumpty but when I’m taking photos I’ve never had too much trouble identifying people’s faces. By that I don’t mean that I necessarily know who they are, but that I at least can differentiate between their face and, say, a pair of slippers. So at first glance I wasn’t entirely impressed with [...]
If you’re planning a home-endoscopy and you want to film your bowels in high-definition, then right now you’re best bet is probably Iconix’s HD-RH1 - the smallest pro-quality HD video camera on the market. Just 1.32″ x 1.50″ x 1.92″ and weighing 2.5 oz, Iconix are hailing it as a success (albeit a niche one) having [...]






