Although we’re big fans of DSLRs, compact cameras have their place. After all, lugging around five lens, a camera body, and some battery packs is an aggravating job and sometimes, you just want to have fun. That’s where Sigma comes in; their latest compact, fixed-lens camera looks ready to take great pictures while actually being portable.
Though we never actually see them, the cameras in cell phones have to be quite tiny in order to tuck in next to all the other internal components of your phone. So it follows that the idea of a tiny camera, while novel, isn’t anything new. But this here MAME-CAM is the first bite-sized, standalone camera that I’ve seen, and it looks awesome, even if totally useless.
Fujifilm announced its new FinePix W3 today, a point-and-shoot that can shoot 3D footage in HD. The model builds on the W1, a non-HD 3D point-and-shoot, adding a new processor that allows for 3D video footage in 720p.
The camera uses two 10-megapixel sensors that film in sync to capture the 3D effect. To view that wonderful, lifelike footage, Fujifilm includes a mini HDMI port for connecting to your new 3DTV and enjoying the fruits of your labor. In case you don’t happen to have a 3D HDTV around, simply view your video on the 3.5-inch autosteroscopic LCD display on the camera itself–no glasses necessary.
We’ve seen a few 3D camcorders here at GadgetCrave, but up until now they’ve been focused on the professional market. Panasonic unveiled its first consumer 3D video camera today, so we can get a look at the next-generation of electronics that will be collecting dust in the attics of obsessive first adopters in just a few short years. Here goes–
The HDC-SDT750 features two individual lenses built into one camera housing that record separate images for each eye and then blend them together for playback. Each lens records in near-960 x 1080 HD quality. The camera can also shoot video in standard, ol’ 2D and includes a 12x optical zoom for 2D video.
Toshiba is working on making cameras wireless, but instead of sticking to the trend of the electronics industry–that is to say, introducing a shiny new product that makes you ditch your “old” device and shell out hundreds to keep up with the latest tech–it’s actually doing consumers a solid in attempting to add the technology to a vehicle that can easily upgrade older devices. What I’m trying to say with all that verbiage is that Toshiba and a partner–Trek 2000–have built 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi capability into SDHC cards. Instead of a new, $300 camera, you’ll simply need a new Toshiba SDHC card to bring wireless capabilities to your existing digital.
The horrible images captured on a cell phone camera have become such a regular part of our everyday lives that they’re all but inescapable. But, what if there was a way to escape the fuzzy, barely distinguishable photos captured by your average cell phone and add a little crispness back to still-captured life? Now there is–at least over in Japan.
Want to point and laugh at those knocking on your door while ducking behind the couch and keeping still? Of course, we all do. But who has time to set up a complex home security system? Now, anyone does.
The Swann Digital Guardian ADW-400 is a plug-and-play video camera that plays on your TV. You simply mount the camera in a spot that you’d like to watch, connect the receiver to the television with RCA cables, set the two to the same channel and, voila, your home is wired for tip-top security.
It seems like no matter how many megapixels that are on the camera you own, there’s always some new camera out there that will make your jaw drop wide open in envy. In the latest instance, it’s the new medium format DSLRs unveiled by Mamiya. The DM56 and the DM33 are professional-level cameras likely well out of the average Joe’s price range. As should be clear by the model names, the DM56 includes a 56 MP sensor and the DM 33′s sensor is 33MP.
Fujifilm’s Real 3D W1 camera doesn’t throw the term “3D” around lightly. It actually creates three-dimensional still and video images, and prints them out on special paper. Here’s how it works: The camera has two sensors and two lenses, and Fujifilm’s Real Photo 3D processor combines them into a single image. On the back of the camera, a special monitor controls the direction of light sending different images into each eye, so you can preview the 3D stills without special glasses. Special paper basically mimics this concept, laying the image onto a “lenticular sheet” that creates a different angle of view for each eye.
