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Fuji X100 scarcity drives crazy eBay pricing

Chris Davies, Mar 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

Fujifilm's deliciously retro-styled X100 digital camera is one of the specific products called out as delayed by the current Japanese crisis, and that's having a significant impact on what was already a high-demand model. eBay auctions for the X100 are reaching in excess of $2,200 with time still to run, more than twice the Fuji's list price. Read The Full Story

Canon opts into Intel Thunderbolt

Chris Davies, Mar 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

Canon has thrown in its support for Intel's Thunderbolt technology, joining a list of external drive and A/V interface companies already onboard. According to Hiroo Edakubo, Group Executive of Canon's Video Products Group, the company is "excited about Thunderbolt technology and feel it will bring new levels of performance and simplicity to the video creation market." Read The Full Story

Sony 3G CyberShot digicam tipped incoming

Chris Davies, Mar 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony is reportedly working on a new CyberShot digital camera with integrated 3G, which would allow for instant mobile uploads of photos and videos. According to gdgt's sources, the new camera would come with a limited data allowance as part of the purchase price, with bigger data packages available for heavier users. Read The Full Story

Panasonic prices 3D-capable LUMUX 2011 range

Chris Davies, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

Panasonic has come through with pricing and full details for its incoming LUMIX range, all headed to shelves in late March 2011. The Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS10, LUMIX DMC-ZS8, LUMIX DMC-TS3 and LUMIX DMC-FX78 are priced at $399.99, $299.99, $399.99 and $349.99 respectively, with the ZS10, TS3 and FX78 all offering the company's new 3D Photo mode, taking 20 consecutive photos and overlaying the two best to make a 3D image. Read The Full Story

Necono cat camera shoots “whimsical” time-lapse [Video]

Chris Davies, Mar 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

The world needs more gadgets shaped like cats. Not since the ill-fated CueCat has the interest of the internet been so feline-forged as today, with the Necono digital camera. A 3-megapixel camera dressed up as a stripy cat, the odd Japanese toy has magnetic paws to grip on in unusual places. Read The Full Story

Panasonic LUMIX FX77 packs touchscreen makeup studio [Video]

Chris Davies, Mar 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

It's tough being a point and shoot digital camera these days; cellphones are eating into your segment, and it takes more than just megapixels to stand out from the crowded shelves. Panasonic has gone a little odd with the new LUMIX FX77, however, turning the touchscreen 12.1-megapixel camera into a portable virtual makeup studio. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Olympus single-shot HDR camera in development tips insider

Chris Davies, Mar 4th 2011 Discuss [1]

Olympus is reportedly working on a new camera with single shot HDR capabilities, able to create a high dynamic range image from a single frame. Most conventional HDR systems - such as that on the iPhone 4 for example - combine at least three frames of varying exposures to form a single picture with extra detail in both brighter and darker areas. However, according to 43 Rumors' source, Olympus is developing an in-camera HDR system that can do it with just one original frame to work from. Read The Full Story

Fraunhofer bi-directional OLED prototype incoming: Display & Camera in one [Video]

Chris Davies, Mar 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

We first covered the Fraunhofer Institute's bi-directional OLED display technology - which basically combines a display with a camera - all the way back in 2009; now the R&D company is bringing its latest prototype out to play. Set to show at the Smart Systems Integration 2011 expo later this month, the current model consists of a 0.6-inch 320 x 240 AMOLED panel with an integrated 160 x 120 CMOS camera. Update: Video after the cut Read The Full Story

Pentax Announces 14-Megapixel Optio S1 Digital Camera

Rue Liu, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Pentax has just announced a new compact digital camera called the Optio S1. The new digital camera features specs to rival that of the Canon lxus and sports a stylish aluminum body that comes in three different colors. It is touted as the first Pentax camera to have a high dynamic range mode. Read The Full Story

Olympus TOUGH TG-810 “crushproof” camera packs GPS

Chris Davies, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Olympus' second camera of the day can't do anything as fancy as shoot high quality video and images simultaneously, but you can at least throw it under the nearest 100kg weight and still expect it to function. The Olympus TOUGH TG-810 arguably tempts fate by describing itself as "crushproof," and packs a 14-megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, dual-image stabilization and integrated GPS and electronic compass. Read The Full Story

Olympus SZ-30MR shoots simultaneous 1080p HD video & 16MP stills

Chris Davies, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [5]

It's not the Micro Four Thirds camera we were hoping for, but Olympus has outed a pair of new Super Zooms which it claims are the first to shoot Full HD video and 16-megapixel stills simultaneously. The Olympus SZ-30MR and SZ-20 each have dual image stabilization and a backlit 16-megapixel sensor, which the SZ-30MR pairs with a 24x optical zoom and the SZ-20 with a 12.5x optical zoom. Read The Full Story

Lensbaby Sweet 35 Optic offers straightforward aperture twiddling

Chris Davies, Mar 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Lensbaby has announced its latest lens, the Sweet 35 Optic, the company's first 35mm Optic model to feature an internal 12-blade adjustable aperture system. Offering the widest focal length of any selective focus Lensbaby optic, the magnetically-attached Sweet 35 Optic offers f/2.5 through f/22 adjusted through a simple barrel ring. Read The Full Story