Got strong hands, a hatred of low-resolution images and $31,995 burning a hole in your pocket? Leaf would love to help, with PhotographyBlog reporting that the company's 80-megapixel Aptus-II 12 digital camera back is now shipping. Announced back in September [PDF link], the Aptus-II 12 has a 53.7 x 40.3 mm sensor capable of 80-800 ISO range and 1.5 fps.
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Leaf Aptus-II 12 80-megapixel camera back now shipping for $32k
Prima plan release-day digital movies for $500 a pop on $20k system
How much would you pay to see movies on launch day without having to share a theater with anybody else? Prima Cinema Inc. hope the number you have in mind is $500 per film, since that's the sort of cash they're expecting for their new digital delivery system, a $20,000 niche content platform hoping to create its own segment in around twelve months time.
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MB&F JwlryMachine is watch company’s oddest yet
We're used to MB&F putting together bizarre watches, but they may have just tipped over the edge with this latest design. The MB&F JwlryMachine takes the already unusual HM3 Frog as its starting point and then dresses it up as a particularly camp looking owl.
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BRABUS iBusiness gives Apple makeover to Mercedes S600
Someone at BRABUS has obviously been spending a whole lot of time at the Apple store, as the German Mercedes tuners' new iBusiness package for the S600 is chock-full of the Cupertino company's kit. As the name suggests, the BRABUS upgrade turns the S600 into a mobile office: while the chauffeur concentrates on the autobahn, the rear-seat passengers get two iPads, an iPod touch, three displays - including a 15.2-inch flip-down LCD - and a Mac mini to entertain them.
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HTC 1 concept takes Android minimal
We're suckers for a good concept design here at SlashGear, and so we're hoping HTC are paying attention to Andrew Kim. His concept for the so-called HTC 1 is a premium Android phone that would be clearly differentiated from the company's mainstream models and better harmonize physical and software design. To that end, he's come up with a slick slab of minimalist machined brass with a rather striking interpretation of HTC Sense.
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MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt watch makes ostentatious debut
Remember the bizarre HM4 Thunderbolt teaser that high-end watch manufacturer MB&F showed us last month? The company has come clean with the final, official product, and as wrist-watches go this is certainly unusual. Three years in the making, the MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt is based around the indecently complex HM4 engine and has dual dials - one for the time, one a power indicator - which the company reckon adds up to relative simplicity. Of course, when your casing resembles a crash between a jet engine and an Italian espresso machine (with a little H.R. Geiger in there for good measure) "simplicity" probably isn't the first description most people would reach for.
Video demo after the cut
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Dyson Air Multiplier AM02 and AM03 bladeless fans debut
Dyson has launched two new fans, using the same unusual blade-hidden design of the original Dyson Air Multiplier debuted back in October 2009. The AM01 desktop model is joined by the Dyson AM02 Tower Fan, a floor-standing unit with full-length air pushing abilities, and the Dyson AM03 Pedestal Fan, which basically takes the head unit from the AM01 and puts it on a free-standing mount.
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MB&F tease with HM4 Thunderbolt timepiece
Unusual timepiece specialists MB&F haven't been resting on their laurels since unveiling the, ahem, busty HM3 Frog watch; instead they've been cooking up something even more bizarre. The company's new Horological Machine No4 THUNDERBOLT is based on the distinctive HM4 engine MB&F outed at the Basel Fair back in March (which you can see after the cut), and now they're teasing the first profile shot of the new timepiece.
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$190k Stuart Hughes iPad Supreme swaps taste for gold & diamonds
If the knowledge that your regular iPad won't set you aside from the 1m+ others who picked up Apple's tablet, then how about stunning passers-by into dropped-jaw incontinence with the Stuart Hughes iPad Supreme Edition. The UK company take a regular 64GB iPad WiFi + 3G and replace the back panel and surround with a single piece of solid 22ct gold, weighing in at 2,100 grams. Then, because lashings of gold simply aren't enough, they throw diamonds at it too.
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Element Case Joule iPad Stand Review
It’s been said that Apple accessories are a licence to print money, and with Element CASE’s Joule iPad Stand coming in at $129 it looks like a pretty good example of that. Can a way to prop up your iPad – even if it’s indecently sleek and nicely machined – really be worth a quarter of the cost of an iPad itself? Check out the SlashGear review after the cut.
DaVinci Audio Labs UniSon MK II turntable: heavy build, heavy price
Still listening to vinyl? Got some spare cash lying around, or a credit card you don't mind maxing out? Have some suitably reinforced shelves? Then head on over to DaVinci Audio Labs, whose new UniSon MK II turntable promises to scythe out noise or vibration from your audio pleasure, separating the motor and its control unit from the platter, and coming in at a massive 160lbs.
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Samsung Zipel WiFi refrigerator packs DLNA streaming & Google Calendar
Think back to January and you might recall Samsung clearing WiFi certification with a refrigerator bearing a built-in digital photo frame. Snap forward to today, and witness the awesome white-goods power of the Samsung Zipel SRT746AWTN, a double-door fridge with an integrated 10-inch touchscreen.
With that touchscreen - and the Zipel's WiFi b/g support - you can browse the internet, stream media via DLNA, take notes and even pull up nutritional information for more than 500 different types of food. It'll also show Google Calendar entries and weather reports, again with internet updates, as well as news alerts and other articles. Slap in a memory card (no telling what type) or hook up some sort of wireless storage and the Samsung Zipel can show a slideshow of your favorite photos, which is frankly much better than sticking on rubbish painted pasta pictures that your offspring comes home with and expects you to fawn over.
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