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Panasonic’s Lumix FX73 Camera Invites Groping

January 28, 2011
Panasonic’s Lumix FX73 Camera Invites Groping

Full HD recording is quickly becoming a standard feature in new point-n-shoot digital cameras, and this, along with several other features, are packed into Panasonic’s new Lumix FX78 ultra-compact.
Despite its diminutive size, Panasonic equipped the FX…

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Kuwait to Non-Journalists: No DSLR for You!

November 25, 2010
Kuwait to Non-Journalists: No DSLR for You!

While you’re giving thanks today as you carve the turkey and watch the Patriots beat up on the Lions, you should also give thanks that you live in a country where you’re allowed to tote a DSLR camera.
The same can’t be said for Kuwait. According to The…

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Camera Implant Gives Photographer Eyes in the Back of His Head

November 18, 2010
Camera Implant Gives Photographer Eyes in the Back of His Head

Like something we’d expect to find out of an unaired episode of Nip/Tuck, a New York University photography professor is having a camera jammed into the back of his skull, The Wall Street Journal reports.
His name is Wafaa Bilal, an Iraqi assistant pro…

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Windows Phone 7 Developers Denied Full Access to Camera

October 22, 2010
Windows Phone 7 Developers Denied Full Access to Camera

Windows Phone 7 is a completely new system. Microsoft is taking a risk ditching the mass of (admittedly poor quality) Windows Mobile apps out there. They need developers to step up to the plate to make the system viable. While there are about 1000 apps…

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Future Tense: Camera Obscura

October 13, 2010
Future Tense: Camera Obscura

The first computer monitors were cathode ray tubes.  You got bright green or gray lettering on black, 80 characters by 25 lines.  And in the earliest days of the personal computer revolution, you had to buy a monitor card to drive it.  …

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Sony Ups Smartphone Camera Ante in a Big Way

October 11, 2010
Sony Ups Smartphone Camera Ante in a Big Way

Sony recently announced the commercialization of the world’s first 16.41 megapixel “Exmor R” back-illuminated CMOS image sensors for use in mobile phones, and this got us wondering. At what point do we start to consider these devices as digital cameras…

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Zoom’s Multi-Talented Q3HD Point-n-Shoot Records HD Video and HD Audio

October 5, 2010
Zoom’s Multi-Talented Q3HD Point-n-Shoot Records HD Video and HD Audio

Zoom, which specializes in stereo recorders, has just launched its new Q3HD Handy Video Recorder, the only handheld in the world to record both HD video and HD audio, the company claims.
“To shoot a great movie you’ve got to have both great video and g…

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Altek Leo Android Phone Sports a 14MP Camera

October 4, 2010
Altek Leo Android Phone Sports a 14MP Camera

In the first quarter of 2011, Altek plans to release its Android-based Leo smartphone in the European market, and there’s good reason why we should be jealous here in the States. It will come equipped with a 14MP camera.
With a sensor that large, we’re…

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