Archive for the ‘Cam Gadgets’ Category
Thursday, January 15th, 2009 |
Here you have another two fantastic devices that will make you feel like hopping, coming from those guys who also created the Snowball and the Snowflake. Three cheers for the news, please!
Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating when pretending that you all know what in earth I’m talking about, when there must be lots of people who have never heard a word about Blue Microphones, a company that is well known for their line of USB microphones. But for those who are familiar and ecstatic with Snowball and Snowflake, wait until I tell about Mikey and Eyeball. For those for whom my words are past your Latin, I’m not babbling about some cartoon characters! Not at all!
The Mikey, for example, is an audio recording microphone that was created to work with all sorts of Apple devices, such as iPod 4G, 5G, 6G, iPod Nano 2G, 3G and the classic version of the iPod. The microphone is equipped with three different settings that you can choose from and with an integrated speaker that can be used for playback. You can use the Mikey when you want to record something from a maximum distance of 40 feet, like college lectures, live music or interviews.
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The Eyeball, on the other hand, is a USB webcam that comes with an outstanding audio and the most impressive video capabilities ever. As you can easily see in the picture, the webcam is equipped with a speaker that has the shape of a ball and a pop-out webcam. The pop-out feature is a great idea, meant to give you the privacy that you all need. The company says that the Eyeball is perfect for IM and for video conferences.
Both products were presented at the events that took place in the beginning of this year, like the Consumer Electronics Show and the Macworld Expo. If you’re interested in these new products that are coming straight from the creators of the Blue Microphones Snowball, you can find them in places like the Apple Retail Store or Amazon, for $79.99, the Mikey, and $99.99, the Eyeball.
(Source: coolest-gadgets.com)
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 |
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I do not have children of my own, but I’ve had the chance to see lots of little kids in action, and I’m telling you: there’s nothing more difficult in the whole world than looking after them. They’re unforeseeable and so full of grit that you’re not allowed to lose them out of your sight, not even for a moment, because that’s when all of those unpleasant and undesirable things happen.
People who have children and who decided to invest in a baby monitor are conscious about how useful such a device proves to be once purchased, but they also know that baby monitors provided with video cameras were very expensive in the past.
As far as the price is concerned, the Ycam-Night Online Baby Monitor is a whole lot cheaper. The reason why this device won’t make you pay several hundred dollars is that is based on an inexpensive video technology which is common on webcams that are now available on the market. This baby monitor camera is designed to be connected to your wireless router, allowing you to keep an eye on your child wherever you might be in the house, as long as you set up the camera. The installation of the device is quick and simple, providing quality video with sound and shooting in 30 frames per second, with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.
The Ycam is also equipped with infrared night vision, so you can look after your kids even in the dark. But there’s more into this device than what I’ve said up until now. With the motion detection system, you have the possibility to receive alerts via email. So you should not worry about your child when surfing the web for hours or doing your research in front of the PC. In addition, there’s a MPEG-4 compression feature that is designed for reduced bandwidth and storage.
The baby monitor camera also allows you to see your child from all sorts of devices, such as desktops, laptops or even the iPhone. Provided with Wi-Fi connectivity, you can charge trustworthy persons to see your kid from anywhere. The only thing you should do is to give them the password protection.
If you’re interested in purchasing the Ycam-Night Online Baby Monitor, you can visit the product’s official website and grab it for £146.99.
(Source: coolest-gadgets.com)
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Monday, November 10th, 2008 |
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Wanna-be cutting-edge art photographers have now at their disposal a cool new toy to play with, more precisely brand new digital camera which was unveiled a couple of days ago by Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy. The device, called XIAO, features a built-in printer and is aimed at women in their twenties and thirties as well as families. More than that, the company says that it will soon release more products that are based on the same technology.
The XIAO is a digital camera that takes the place of the old school Polaroid Instamatic, as it allows users to immediately print their digital photos on the spot via its integrated printer. The 5 megapixel camera comes with a 2.48-inch LCD screen and packs 16 megabytes of memory.
Therefore, the so-called XIAO TIP-521 comes with the following specs: the 5 megapixel camera, 4x digital zoom, 2.48-inch LCD screen, infrared port and support of SD/SDHC memory cards, thermal line printer with a resolution of 313dpi (size of the prints 2 x 3 inches). The device measures 149.5 x 74.5 x 25 millimeters and weighs approximately 294 grams.
The company plans to initially target the XIAO (which means “small†in Chinese) at Japanese consumers; the digital camera is scheduled to go on sale starting November 28 in Japan, for an amount of $320 while 20 sheets of printing paper will cost around $8. Takara Tomy expects a sales volume of 100,000 units per year in this country. As far as the American consumers are concerned, well, they will have to wait a little bit, as the XIAO is said to go on sale in the US sometime in May 2009 for 34,800 yen ($357).
(Source: Dvice)
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008 |
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Samsung NV100HD, also known as Samsung TL34HD camera, is a new digital photo camera launched this summer with High Definition video recording capability of up to 720p at 30 frames per second speeds, a feature that was recently introduced on the market in just a few models from different leading manufacturers.
Introduced as an enhancement of the previous model, the NV24HD, it has a high resolution of 14.7 effective megapixels for still pictures enabled via the 28-mm wide-angle Schneider-Kreuznach lens that support an optical zoom of up to 3.6x.
Unlike Dual Image Stabilization, that usually is resulting from the combination of an Optical Image Stabilization and an increase in the ISO sensitivity, our camera here has the true Dual Image Stabilization technology produced by the Optical Image Stabilization and Digital Image Stabilization algorithms. This enhances the image clarity, removing blur during accidental shakes in low light environments.
Thanks to the multi-coated lens, Samsung NV100HD/TL34HD eliminates unwanted effects such as ghosting and flare, allowing you to capture sharp close-ups for portrait pictures, when used together with Face Recognition AF&AE functionality.
Face Detection was first encountered at web cameras and since it was enabled in digital camera models, it became very popular and widely used among amateur photographers and not only, for capturing portraits. The technology is designed to focus on the subjects’ faces and optimize the image automatically before shooting.
With so many innovative characteristics, the camera could be easily confused by beginner photographers with professional DSLR models, especially because it’s the world’s first digital compact camera with such a high resolution.
You can delete important pictures by mistake very rarely, as it usually asks you twice if you are sure you want to erase that position from the memory, but Samsung just wants to be sure it won’t happen again and introduced the Recycle Bin tool, which works just like the icon on your Windows desktop.
Among specifications, the camera has shutter speed settings like Auto, Manual Mode, Night and Fireworks, as well as Multi, Spot, Center Weighted and Face Detection AE metering modes, Red Eye Fix, White Balance, multiple shooting modes including some new ones like Children, Beauty Shot, Text and Self shot, plus several editing tools. With the Multi Slide Show you can arrange the pictures into nice slide shows with music and different effects.
In addition, it is powered by a rechargeable SLB-1137D battery and provides 40MB internal storage, expandable up to 8GB via an external memory card.
It gathers all these functionalities inside a 3.68 x 2.34 x 0.80-inch unit available in several metallic colors, while allowing you to access each of them easily via the 3-inch large touch-sensitive TFT LCD display with enhanced contrast and color reproduction, plus the user-friendly Smart Touch 2.0 interface.
If it got your attention enough to wonder yourself about its price, then you have to know it’s available on the market at around $300.
(Via Testfreaks)
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Friday, October 24th, 2008 |
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It is obviously that lately, the prices at which High Definition camcorders with hard drive storage type has dropped considerably, and one of the newest models released on the market at a very attractive price is Canon VIXIA HG20. I, personally, have been waiting for a good solution for recording video on the go in HD format with a camera model providing its own storage capacity. Sony’s camcorders were the first to wake my interest, but after having a bad experience with one of its digital photo cameras, I decided to see what other solutions the market has to offer, so now I have the chance to know more about Canon.
VIXIA HG20 was announced in August and released at a retail price of $949, together with other 2 models, one with Dual Flash Memory and the second one with HDD.
It is a high-end camcorder capable to record videos in High Definition at 24Mbps bit rate, which is the highest speed provided for the AVCHD format, essential for having greater details especially for when filming moving subjects.
Canon HD video camera with hard drive records on the 60GB HDD up to 22 hours of High Definition content in LP Mode, which can be transferred on an SDHC memory card for watching the videos on a High Definition TV, after the card is inserted into a card reader .
To achieve high quality imaging, Canon’s digital video camera features Genuine Canon 12x HD Video Lens, Canon’s 3.3MP HD CMOS Image Sensor for Full HD, Canon’s DIGIC DV II Image Processor to enhance colors and clarity, the fast and accurate Instant AutoFocus, and SuperRange Optical Image Stabilization.
In addition, key features of the new Canon HD video camera with hard drive include 24p Cinema Mode for film-like videos, 30p Progressive Mode for videos optimized for the Internet, Superb Shooting Control, Mini Advanced Accessory Shoe, intelligent Li-Ion battery, 3.1MP picture capture, HDMI connectivity, manual audio level control for the microphone, and the Pixela ImageMixer 3SE Video Editing Software with support for Blu-ray DVD burning.
Practically, on the 60GB HDD space you can record up to 45 hours and 15 minutes of video in 1440 x 1080 resolution, or 11 hours and 5 minutes of video at 1920 x 1080 resolution.
It is maybe the best HD video camera with hard drive recording available at this price.
(Via Testfreaks)
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