February 19th, 2010
Amateur photographers often use the digital cameras for photography and avoid carrying a tripod for its bulky nature. Another limitation of using traditional tripods is that they can be mounted only on flat surfaces. Gorillapod Magnetic allows the user to mount it on any magnetic surface while still keeping the camera bag lightweight.
The Gorillapod from Joby weighs only 45 grams and can hold cameras that weight upto 325 grams. It uses the universal 1/4″ tripod screw for connecting to the camera. The flexible legs can be wrapped around any surface and the magnetic feet allow it to be attached to any magnetic surface. This allows its user to take pictures in any angles and also avoids the need for a flat base.
The Gorillapod Magnetic is available for a price of (more…)
Categories: Accessories, Cameras, Wow Gadgets |
Tags: digital camera mount, digital camera tripod, gizmo, gorillapod, magnetic tripod, photography, tripod, wow gadget | No Comments
January 27th, 2010
Amazon UK has started taking pre-orders for four new Samsung digital cameras. Although three of these (HZ35W, CL80 and NX10) were officially announced by Samsung earlier, their release date and pricing were not known until now. The fourth (WB2000) is a 10MP digital camera which has been leaked by Amazon UK. WB2000 has not been announced officially till date. The release date, pricing and specifications of the four are given below. (more…)
Categories: Cameras, samsung |
Tags: amazon, CL80., hz35w, nx10, samsung, samsung digital camera, wb2000 | 2 Comments
January 15th, 2010
Yesterday we read about Google’s superphone Nexusone being sued. Today we woke upto the news of the bunchof best selling smartphones being sued. Kodak whose revenues have been consistently dropping has decided to make some quick bucks by suing Apple and RIM.
Kodak shares have risen by over two pc. since (more…)
Categories: Android, Apple, Cameras, Tech Industry News, iphone |
Tags: Apple, apple sued, Google smartphone, kodak, litigation, rim | No Comments
January 5th, 2010
OmniVision – the company that supplies the cameras for your iPhone 3G and 3GS and Blackberry Storm / Curve has unveiled its new OV14825 14.6 megapixel image sensor specially built for mobiles. This thing will empower the future smartphones to shoot 1080p videos at 60 fps, now thats some quality. For comparison sake the 3GS does 30fps VGA recording and is already the most popular video camera for YouTube uploads.
Using a 1.4-micron OmniBSI pixel architecture the 1/2.33-inch sensor is capable of performing well in low light conditions and at the same time consumes lesser battery battery power keeping in mind the mobile usage.
So is this what Steve Jobs is planning for the iPhone 5th generation?
Via Gizmodo
Categories: Cameras, Future WIP, Tech Industry News |
Tags: 14.6 mp, camera, lens, mobile camera, omnivision, OV14825 | No Comments
December 28th, 2009
It may be getting into headlines more often for its cellphones (especially the never-ending Corby range) but Samsung is busy in other fields too. It recently gave us a glimpse of its latest digital camera – the CL80 and we were not just intrigued – heck, we were downright impressed.
The reason for our jaws doing the dropping act was not just gravity. Or even the specs on the new Sammy clicker. All right, 14 megapixels, 7x optical zoom, 31 mm wide angle lens, 720 dp HD recording and HDMI connectivity are not to be sneezed at, but at the most, they would elicit a raise of the ‘umble eyebrow. What sent ours scurrying into our scalps was the fact that the device comes with a bigger than usual 3.7 inch display. And it ain’t an ordinary display – it is AMOLED. It is a touchscreen. And a capacitive (read “iPhone type”) one at that. With haptic feedback!
And we are not through (more…)
Categories: Cameras, Tech Industry News, samsung |
Tags: CL80., digital camera future, review, samsung, samsung cl80, samsung cl80 review | 2 Comments
November 6th, 2009
GeekStuff4U is selling a couple of cool Otas glasses with a spy camera integrated along with one of them also featuring a MP3 player. The 1.3MP pinhole CMOS camera won’t give you the best recording but good enough for a concealed camera matching up the 640 x 480 resolution that we saw with that Spy Pen earlier.
With memory size of 4GB /8GB and priced between ¥12,450.00 (USD 137) and ¥19,890.00 (USD 219) , this works fine for localized pranksters, gizmo freaks aswell as some professionals 
Via Akihabaranews
Categories: Accessories, Cameras, Wow Gadgets |
Tags: camera, coms hidden camera, otas spy camera, spy, spy camera | 3 Comments
September 2nd, 2009
The annual iPod event, or the Apple music event, has now been confirmed for September 9, 2009. The official announcement came from Apple through press invitations. The event is to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California.
The invitation includes the classy Rolling Stone lyrics “It’s only rock and roll, but we like it”. It also features the the company’s now-familiar iPod shadow graphic.
Now what can you really expect from this year’s music event? Some of the host of rumours kicked around over the past few months could well be realized.
The first rumour includes the new iPods. Apple is expected to release the next generation of the iPod nano and the rumored iPod touch with camera. The iPod classic is also expected to be upgraded to have point-and-shoot capabilities.
The second rumour applies to the upgrade of iTunes to (more…)
Categories: Apple, Cameras, PMP - Portable Media |
Tags: apple ipod, apple nano, Beatles, Ipod nano, ipod touch, ipod touch camera, itunes 9.0, itunes upgrade, itunes version 9, Rock Band, The Beatles | 3 Comments
August 28th, 2009
AR (or Augmented Reality) is a technology for the Android platform that is set to revolutionize GPS use with real-time traffic images beamed directly to mobiles of Android users. Augmented Traffic, as the application is called, will use the AR technology to show a list of all available traffic cameras in the direction of travel. The Android user just needs to tap on the desired camera to check the traffic status and live videos at a particular spot. The software can also show live pictures of the traffic and estimated travel time using the predictive traffic mode. Video of the app is available after the jump. (more…)
Categories: Android, Cameras, Videos, mobile app, smartphones |
Tags: Android, app, AR, augmented, augmented reality, Canada, free, gps, gps navigation, live video, navigation, reality, traffic, video | No Comments
August 19th, 2009
After being in production for more than 10 years, ‘Avatar’ would officially hit the cinemas this December. Apparently the making of the movie has brought about a whole new 3D ‘Fusion Camera System’ into existence. In what is being termed as a ‘ground breaking’ technology for the future of film making, the Fusion Camera System or the Reality Camera System was developed jointly by the Titanic Director James Cameron and Vince Pace. The lack of special effect technology in the early 90’s forced Cameron to delay the project and this certainly leaves us excited about what we shall see when Avatar hits the theaters on December 18th!
The film follows the central character “Jake” to the distant planet of Pandora where he hopes to join the ‘Avatar’ programme and replace his disabled body. Avatar is a mega project with an investment of £123m. Such ventures puts cinemas across the globe under pressure to update their projection systems to stay relevant in the future of 3D cinema.
A few lucky OnlyGizmos readers can join me for an exclusive India preview of Avatar in Mumbai / Chennai. Just drop a comment if interested and I shall revert back with the details.
Categories: Cameras, Entertainment, Future WIP |
Tags: avatar, avatar india, movie preview | 15 Comments
July 31st, 2009
If you love photography or making movies but can’t use your digital camera because you can’t mount it on a tripod, then this product would definitely shed off some extra bulk from your camera bag.
This orange camera mount is specifically made for small cameras and would stick to pretty much everything. Made of a Viscoelastic Polymer, the mount can hold on to glass, wood, cement, upside down, plastic and another 1000 types of materials. Just screw your camera on the tiny tripod and stick it on any surface and start shooting. The mount can be peeled off the surfaces after use and is washable to clean all the dust.
The mount can hold a camera upto 20-ounce for more than 10 minutes. It would cost you $30 and an extra $10 for a zip-up bag.
via [PhotoJoJo]
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Categories: Accessories, Cameras, Weird or not? |
Tags: camera stand, Monsterpod, phptpgraphy accessory, tripod, Viscoelastic Polymer | 2 Comments
July 30th, 2009
Logitech has gone wild with webcam technology, presenting the Webcam Pro 9000 with 720p videp recording capabilities. Pro 9000 has a 2MP Carl Zeiss lens and is one of the 7 new models announced, that replaces the entire Webcam lineup. This geeky internet camera will leave you poorer by $100.
Other models announced are C600, C500, C300, C250 and C200 – randing from $70 to $30.
Via Geeky Gadgets
Categories: Cameras, First look, Launch Pad |
Tags: logitech 9000, logitech webcam pro, pro 9000, Webcam | No Comments
July 19th, 2009
Researchers at US have developed a “dark” flash. The new technology would help take clear pictures even in the dark without the need of a flash light. Which means your pictures would no longer come with your eyes closed due to the bright flash of the camera.
The invisible flash developed by these researchers uses infrared and ultraviolet waves to take pictures in the dark. The camera named “Dark Flash Camera” has been developed by Dilip Krishnan and Rob Fergus of New York University. The science involved is the modification in the flash bulb. The flash bulb of “Dark Flash Camera” emits light of a wide range of frequencies. The visible rays are then filtered out which gives the “Dark” flash.
The two step process involves taking two consecutive pics and superimposing them. The first picture uses the dark flash and takes an infrared picture as on the left in the top picture. Immediately after that a second picture is taken without the dark flash. The color information from the second picture is superimposed on the first one to get a clearer picture as shown on the right side.
The innovation looks fantastic. What we really hope here is to implement it in the existing digicams and camera phones. A dedicated new camera for the technology does not sound a big hit (for now).
via [TopNews]
Categories: Cameras, Concept / Educative, Tech Industry News |
Tags: dark flash, Dark Flash Camera, Dilip Krishnan, infrared, infrared camera, invisible flash, photography, Rob Fergus | 1 Comment
July 15th, 2009
I really hate it when i miss out a good moment to capture because of the time to take out my camera or mobile. This new gizmo would surely help out to capture the memorable moment right in time. Dubbed Muvi Micro Camcoder is the world’s smallest video recorder. The camcorder is small enough to be hung across your neck all the time as it weighs just 50 grams. Its dimensions are 5.5 x 2 x 2 cm.
With such small size, the camcorder features only one key to do multiple functions. The good thing is that the user can also command the camcoder through voice control. The VOX mode allows the users to start/stop video recording which is stored in a 2GB microSD card included. The camcorder supports memory expansion upto 8GB.
The video is recorded in VGA quality at a resolution of 640×480. The camcorder can be charged through a USB cable which can also be used to transfer the AVI video files to the computer using the software included.
It can also be used as a webcam. An optional Extreme Sports Pack comes with collection of Brackets, clips and straps which allows the users to mount the camcoder on pretty much everything like a helmet or on the wall.
The camcoder is availabe at a price of $128 while the Extreme Sports Pack would cost an extra $32.
[Muvi Micro Camcorder] via [MarksTechnologyNews]
Categories: Cameras, First look, Wow Gadgets |
Tags: Camcoder, Muvi, Muvi Micro, Muvi Micro Camcoder, worlds smallest camcorder | No Comments
July 7th, 2009
Sony has added two new products to its awesome lineup of digital cameras. The new DSC-W180 and DSC-W190 are just 18.7mm thick and are functionally easy enough for your grandma to click some stills quite comfortably. Sony’s W-series is known for functionality like automatic Face Detection, SmileShutter, digital SteadyShot and automatic optimization of image settings. Both the cameras come with a clear photo 2.7″ LCD display and come with a brushed metal chassis.
The cameras offer 10.1 and 12.1 Mp resolution respectively, which assures high quality printable images. Both cameras allow the user a 3x optical zoom and upto 17x smart zoom in case of W180 while 18x smart zoom in case of W-190. Face detection recognizes upto 8 (more…)
Categories: Cameras, Launch Pad |
Tags: cyber shot, cybershot, digital camera, DSC-W180, DSC-W190, point to shoot, sony | No Comments
May 28th, 2009
Looking at this latest camera from Fujifilm would make you think that its some kids toy or a dummy camera for kids to play with. But this camera is for real and takes some great pics. The 10 Mp camera from Fujifilm performs much better than what it looks like.
The placement of the lens on the top left corner may have a few guest appearances of your finger in the pictures. The rubber buttons may turn off a few. Still, the cool shades may look great in the hands of a young kids (teenagers certainly have a better taste these days). Here are the quick specs.
- 10Mp camera
- 2.7 inch TFT LCD
- 3x optical zoom lense
- Scene Recognition (Auto recognition of scenes, faces, subjects)
- Face detection and red eye removal
- video shoot and editing
- SD/SDHC card
The camera has been launched in India with an introductory offer of Rs. 9,499.
via [TechGadgets]
Categories: Cameras, Launch Pad |
Tags: fuji, fujifilm, fujifilm z30, india, z30 india | No Comments
