Leaks, and more leaks. Ah, we love our leaks. As long as they’re not in our house. But when it comes to early, not entirely official, news regarding some hot piece of technology, we’re all for them. Especially when it has something to do with the Canon’s upcoming EOS 7D DSLR. The leaks today show some pretty impressive video capture, making us want to get our hands on this thing almost ridiculous at this point.
Well, the Nokia N900 is official, and everyone is eagerly waiting to see if anything else gets outed about the device at this week’s upcoming Nokia World. It looks like there are some extra things to be revealed though, and images from the camera are definitely high up on that list. With the device packing a 5 mega-pixel camera, there are many of us out there who are wanting to see what kind of quality gets produced. Now here’s your chance.
Sony has outed three new DSLRs in its flagship Alpha range, the α850, α550 and α500, packing 24.6-, 14.2- and 12.3-megapixel sensors respectively. The α850 picks up much of the goodness from the Sony α900’s table, including accessory compatibility, only at a much lower (comparatively-speaking) price, while the α550 and α500 differentiate themselves by packing new Memory Stick and SDHC card slots rather than Compact Flash.
Apple’s yearly iPod event is tipped to take place on September 9th, after people “familiar with the matter” informed Apple Insider of the freshly confirmed date. While no press invitations have yet been issued, the Cupertino company is believed to have informed its industry partners of the settled date, having also been discussing September 8th. Other information about the event suggests that the new, camera-bearing iPod nano and iPod touch models expected to launch – and which will apparently have 3.2-megapixel CMOS sensors – will only be “one piece” of the overall news.
Looking strikingly like the mysterious Android MID we’ve been seeing so much of lately, this is actually eviGroup’s upcoming Wallet MID. First tipped back in May and promised for a launch by the end of 2009, the touchscreen handheld has been described by the French company’s CEO as a “unit halfway between a cellphone and a TabletPC with a 5-inch screen”, though right now it’s unknown whether it uses an Intel x86 CPU with Windows OS or a frugal ARM chipset with 7+ hours runtime and custom OS.
Ricoh Japan have announced their latest digital camera, the CX2, an update of the CX1 launched back in February. While the sensor may stay the same – a 9.29-megapixel CMOS – it’s now paired with a bigger, 10.7x optical zoom (up from 7.1x) along with a boost in burst shooting, now at 5fps rather than 4fps.
Microsoft announced a brand new webcam today with their LifeCam Cinema, which offers a true HD experience in 720p resolution. It can capture 30 frames per second and offers high quality at an affordable price.
Images purporting to be of the upcoming third-generation iPod touch have been spotted in the world, believed to be retrieved by a recycler of Apple tech after the company threw a prototype away. Tipped as a “durability test” handset – hence the damage – the iPod touch 3G shows a camera lens mounted in the top middle of the rear panel, which certainly corroborates with leaked case designs we’ve seen before.
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The dual-LCD ST500 and ST550 digital cameras spotted earlier today on Amazon UK have been confirmed for the US market, as the Samsung DualView TL220 and TL225. While the names may be different, the specifications are not: that means – like the Samsung CL65 – 12.2-megapixel resolution, paired with a 4.6x Schneider-Kreuznach optical zoom. What makes the TL225 and TL220 particularly special, however, are the two LCD displays: a large touchscreen on the back, for primary control, and a 1.5-inch front display for previewing self-portraits.
Samsung have unveiled a new digital camera, the CL65, ostensibly a point-and-shoot but one which manages to squeeze WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and GPS into an 18.9mm thick frame. The 12.2-megapixel CL65 has a 5x internal optical zoom together with Schneider-Kreuznach optics and a 720p HD video recording mode.
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