Olympus E-450 compact DSLR gets reviewed: entry-level through and through

Olympus E-450 compact DSLR gets reviewed: entry-level through and throughMomma always said you couldn't have your cake and eat it to, and we suppose it's just about time we stop resisting and just believed. Olympus' decidedly compact E-450 was recently reviewed over at PhotographyBLOG, and while image quality was satisfactory for a camera of its stature, it was indubitably missing a few key ingredients. Most notably, the inexplicable lack of image stabilization and the inability to handle video...

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Samsung SMX-C14 and SMX-C10 Released in Korea

Samsung SMX-C14 and SMX-C10 Released in Korea: "Korean giant Samsung has rolled out two new ergonomically designed compact digital camcorders in South Korea. Known as the SMX-C14 and SMX-C10, both camcorders feature Samsung’s Crystal Design that makes a hint of color is naturally blended into the deep black body for an attractive crystalline appearance. FYI, this technology was first introduced in the company’s line of flat panel HDTVs. [AVI...

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GigaPan Epic 100 hands-on and review, panorama style

GigaPan Epic 100 hands-on and review, panorama styleYou're already well aware of what GigaPan's wild camera robot is capable of when its in masterly hands, but have you ever wondered if such a device is practical for folks who don't have excellent seats for events such as Presidential inaugurations or the Arirang Mass Games? We've been toying around with an Epic 100 for the past week and change, and now that we've had a moment to upload a few of our own panoramas, we figured we'd toss our two pennies...

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Free Tila Tequila iPhone Wallpaper

Get a Free iPhone! Yes, that is correct! Stay away from the trouble of earning enough to pay for it for you can get it the simple way .... straight to your doorstep! Free! Interested? Then find out how to get a Free iPho...

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Pentax K7 Digital SLR Announced

Pentax K7 Digital SLR Announced' It’s been over a year since Pentax introduced the K20D, their current top-of-the-line digital SLR body. Even though they did make a lot of announcements in 2008, my impression has been that things have been a little on the quiet side for Pentax in the past year. They need something big to bring the buzz back. The new 14.6-megapixel Pentax K7 DSLR should do that. Pentax system owners should be very happy and other digital SLR owners might be a little jealous. It may...

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Panasonic's HDC-SD10 and HDC-TM10: nearly the world's lightest Full HD camcorders

Panasonic's HDC-SD10 and HDC-TM10: nearly the world's lightest Full HD camcorders'World's Lightest*,' says so right in the Panasonic press release. What's that? It's a qualified statement? Oh we see it now, it's the world's lightest Full-HD AVCHD camcorder. Well, that'll make Sanyo's lawyers happy. Anyway, the new Pannys bring SD/SDHC card support, touch-screen control, intelligent auto scene selection and AF tracking along with Panasonic's optical image stabilization to keep the shake under control...

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Panasonic breaking more arbitrary records with two new 1080p24 camcorders

Panasonic breaking more arbitrary records with two new 1080p24 camcordersAnother day, another couple of Panasonic HD camcorders. This pair may not be the make the same 'world's lightest' (with an asterisk) claims as the entrants we saw yesterday, but each sports a dubious record of their own. First is the HDC-TM30 (pictured after the break), another 'world's lightest' cam, this one with the caveat that, at 227 grams, it's the lightest with 32GB of internal storage. It sports a 16x (44 - 706mm equivalent)...

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Nikon S630 unboxing and hands-on: pretty in pink edition

Nikon S630 unboxing and hands-on: pretty in pink editionWhat's that, another compact digital camera unboxing? Yes, dear readers, we've got a mega-megapixel story cooking for you, and another ingredient has arrived. This time it's Nikon's Coolpix S630, a 12 megapixel, 7x optical zoom compact that features optical stabilization and a particularly vibrant hue. So far we're impressed by the camera's shape, lightness, and build quality, but this one has plenty more testing ahead of it before we make...

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Casio EX-FS10 reviewed, slides 1000 fps capture into the back pocket of your mom jeans

Casio EX-FS10 reviewed, slides 1000 fps capture into the back pocket of your mom jeansCasio's really blown out the feature list on the EX-FS10, and now PhotographyBLOG has taken the compact fashioncam through its paces. Sadly, like many modern compacts, straight up image quality is a bit scarce here, with obvious noise at ISO 200 and up, no optical image stabilization, and not even the silly 12 megapixel extravagance of its counterparts to blame it on -- the EX-FS10 shoots 9 megapixel stills. The...

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Canon's PowerShot D10 adventure cam shot with a bazooka in this in-depth reviewThe gang at Photography Blog have got their hands all over the PowerShot D10, and it looks like Canon didn't fare too badly with its first 'adventure camera.' Even if the reviewer didn't really drop it from a helicopter or shoot it with a bazooka (as we had originally hoped) the unit was found to be as intuitive, sensible, and dependable as the company's other point-and-shooters. Of course, a device with this robust of...

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Blue and Red Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 in Japan

Blue and Red Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 in JapanThe blue and red Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 is now available in the Japanese market. In case you didn’t know, this camera is the world’s first digital camera that records motion image in AVCHD Lite. The AVCHD Lite realizes long time recording of high-definition motion image. The 12.7MP camera also features a high-quality Leica DC Vario Elmar 25mm ultra-wide-angle lens with a 12x optical zoom, ISO 6400, and the Venus Engine IV image processor. [ViaAkihab...

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Sony's Alpha 230, 330 and 380 DSLRs get flood of official pics

Sony's Alpha 230, 330 and 380 DSLRs get flood of official picsSony's latest mainstream DSLRs cameras got the seal of officialness this past Saturday, and now the company's added some icing to the cake by releasing of plethora of pictures for its α230, α330, and α380. Direct your eyes lovingly at the articulating screens and SD/SDHC card slots in the gallery below. Pre-orders for the trio are supposed to start today at Sony's official retail site, but as of this writing, they're not yet there.Gallery:...

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Sony Korea Releases Its Ultra-Light Premium Full HD Handycam

Sony Korea Releases Its Ultra-Light Premium Full HD HandycamSony Korea is out with their new ultra-light premium full HD handycam in the form of the HDR-TG5V for the Korean market. Weighing only 220g, this ultra-light camcorder is capable of capturing 1920 x 1080 high-definition video as well as 4-megapixel digital still images and features a 2.7-inch wide LCD touch panel, a professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vaio-Tessar lens, a 10X optical zoom, a BIONZ Image Processor, a 16GB of flash memory, a Memory...

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Sony Cybershot W180 and W190 Digital Cameras

Sony Cybershot W180 and W190 Digital CamerasSony has introduced two new Cyber-shot cameras for the European market. Dubbed as the Cyber-shot W180 and W190, both compact digital cameras boast Sony’s smile shutter technology, 3x zoom stabilized with SteadyShot, 2.7-inch LCD, ISO 3200 sensitivity, and 7 automatic scene selection modes. The W180 comes with a 10.1MP sensor, meanwhile the W190 has a 12.1MP sensor. No word on pricing so far.(Via The Digital Camera Blo...

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Sharp AQUOS SHOT 933SH offers 10 megapixels on a silver cellular platter

Sharp AQUOS SHOT 933SH offers 10 megapixels on a silver cellular platterIs it a phone? Is it a camera? Does it really matter anymore? If neither the mirumo 934SH nor the Solar Hybrid 936SH are quite to your liking, feast your eyes on this other wonder from Sharp that's hitting SoftBank Mobile in Japan this summer, the AQUOS SHOT 933SH. The headlining feature on this sucker would be the massive optics combined with a 10 megapixel low-noise CCD sensor, which is made infinitely easier to use as an...

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Pentax Optio E75 compact is perfect for capturing giraffes in the air or water

Pentax Optio E75 compact is perfect for capturing giraffes in the air or waterIn the cutthroat world of compact cameras it takes a certain something special to stand out -- and we're not entirely sure that Pentax's new Optio E75 has it. The 10.2 megapixel shooter offers a CCD sensor with an ISO range of 80 - 1600 tucked behind a perfectly average 3X, 32 - 96mm equivalent, non-stabilized zoom. It has room for a 2.7-inch screen, shoots video in good 'ol VGA, has all the de rigueur face and smile detection...

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ViewSonic intros 7-, 8- and 10.4-inch VFD20 series digiframes

ViewSonic intros 7-, 8- and 10.4-inch VFD20 series digiframesNine new ones not enough for you? Not if you're ViewSonic, who just came clean with three more in its rapidly expanding digital photo frame lineup. The 10.4-inch VFD1020, 8-inch VFD820 and 7-inch VFD720 make up the new TrueView line, which offers up a 4:3 aspect ratio and 2GB of internal memory. As for resolutions, the smaller two do their thing at 800 x 600, while the June-bound VFD1020 will kick things up to 1,024 x 768. Naturally, there's...

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Apple Back to School Deals rumored to offer free iPhone 3G

Last year Apple offered a free iPod touch or iPod nano with a Mac purchase in their Back to school deals.The Apple Back To School Deals are for student, teacher, or staff member only and usually are available from June to September. MacRumors reports that Apple might announce the Back to School deals already tomorrow. Apple is rumored to be offering the 8GB iPhone 3G along with the 8GB iPod touch and 8GB iPod nano for free with a qualifying Apple Mac purchase.Update: Apple Back To School Deals official.Of...

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The best free iPhone games

It's funny how a new games system can actually alter our speech patterns. As I hunt through the App Store now looking for free games, I come to realise how many new words I've been taught since it launched.'App' seems to have been accepted as a preferable alternative to 'software', while fiddling with capitalisation is now perfectly acceptable as long as the capital letter is preceded with a lower case 'i'.And even though my spell checker still doesn't like it, 'Lite' is undeniably the buzz word...

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Free should only be Free once it is Paid for

Yesterday, my colleague Brandon Matthews penned an article titled “Free Is Never A Good Business Model”. In the article, he writes: “The application itself should be free, yet require a subscription to be useful.” As the title of this piece states, free should only be free once it is paid for. Confused? Sorry, I thought it was catchy. The key to the free app lies in a tidbit of information that is mentioned at the Apple (AAPL) iPhone 3.0 announcement where they mention “A free app stays free”. ...

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5 Free iPhone apps that can improve your life

Free iPhone Apps like Evernote, Shazam, and Mint get all the glory, but there are plenty of other productivity-boosting, life-improving apps out there. Here's a roundup of five I'm loving right now--and because I'm a cheapskate (as well as The Cheapskate), they're all freebies. 6500+ Cool Facts Whether you're a trivia buff or just looking to learn more about the world, this nifty little app delivers. Read a fact, then tap the screen to move on to the next one. That's the entire interface--you can't...

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Free iPhone App Review: KJV Bible Audiobook (Bible App)

Looking for a good bible app for your iPhone or iPod Touch well look no further. The KJV Bible Audiobook by iTourSoftware.com is an awesome bible app. This app comes with both the King James Version Old and New Testament’s as well as a link to several other bible versions. The coolest thing about this app is that you can have the bible books, chapters, verses read out loud if you choose (very cool). You can listen to the audio on earphones, a dock with speakers, or whatever you want. There are a...

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Top Ten Must-Have Free iPhone Apps

I love my iPhone 3G. It’s fun, it’s useful, and it continually amazes me that Apple was able to enter a market it previously had zero role in and instantly cause the rest of the industry to start playing catch-up. Anyone who who has one will tell you that the absolute best part about it is the variety of applications, or “apps”, that are available for it, both free and paid. Having used it for several months now, I’ve compiled a top ten list of free iPhone Apps that every single user should have....

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Free iPhone App - White Noise

Okay, if you have trouble sleeping or if you have to sleep while travelling or if you have a little baby, then this free iPhone app is for you. The lite version is free and it comes with 8 different sounds: beach, crickets, rain, chimes, thunder, fan, clock, and white noise. The full version is only 99 cents and has 40 different sounds including cat purring, vacuum, crowd, Tibetan singing bowl, water drip, and much more. The interface is easy to use and included with the volume are adjustments for...

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