Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1

DigitalCameraReview has posted their review of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 [Specs], which has the “best video of any currently available dSLR” and features HD Movie 1920×1080 @ 24fps (or 1280×720 @ 60fps), stereo sound, 12.1MP resolution (on a 17.3 x 13.0 mm Live MOS Sensor), 3.0-in. high resolution (460,000 dots) Free-angle LCD, fast Contrast-Detect AF, Live View, high resolution (480,000 dots for a 1,440,000 dots equivalent) EVF at 60fps refresh, eye sensor, Dust Reduction, Scene Modes and full exposure flexibility. The GH1 comes with the new 10x optical zoom LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm / F4.0-5.8 ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) lens.

Sony DSC-HX1 Cyber-shot

DigitalCameraInfo has published their review of the Sony Cybershot DSC-HX1 [QuickPrice Check], “a powerful camera that boasts a number of interesting features” with 9.1M resolution (1/2.4-in. CMOS) ultra zoom digital camera, 20x wide-angle optical zoom (28-560mm equiv.), optical Image Stabilization, 3.0-in. LCD (230K dots), PASM, iAuto, iSCN, Sweep Panorama, Dynamic Range Optimizer, Continuous Shooting 10fps (9.1M full resolution), Handheld Twilight Mode, Selected Face Memory, Smile Shutter Technology, and HD Movie 1280 x 720 @ 30fps.

Sigma DP2

“Landscape shooters [...] will get the most out of this camera.”

DPReview has published their review of the Sigma DP2 [QuickPrice Check], “a camera capable of producing some great images” with 14.06MP (on a large 20.7 x 13.8mm FOVEON X3 CMOS Image Sensor), F2.8 24.2mm (41mm equiv.), RAW file format, Contrast Detection AF, PASM modes.

Related Link:

- Sigma Site
- Sigma DP2 Specs

Parents love to take pictures of their kids. One couple did just that and took pictures of their daughters after bath-time, with some of the photos showing the children partially wrapped in a towel.

When they sent the pictures to an Arizona Wal-Mart to be printed, an employee turned over the bath-time photos of the kids to authorities, deeming the partially nude photos to be inappropriate and shocking. Police was called and they in turn determined the photos to be child erotica and child pornography.

Continue Reading »

Pentax Optio W80

“An easy-to-use, tough as old boots camera for all the family.”

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Pentax Optio W80 [QuickPrice Check], an ultra compact digital camera with "average image quality" and featuring 12.1MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 5x wide-angle optical zoom (28-140mm equiv.), Pixel Track Shake Reduction, 2.5-in. LCD (230K dots), HD movie (1280×720) @ 30fps, Face Detection, Smile Capture, Blink Detection and Auto Picture mode.

[ Read the Pentax W80 Review at: PhotographyBLOG ]

Nokia has shown a prototype of a cell phone that uses ambient radio waves in the air to recharge its batteries. This “wireless power” harvets electromagnetic energy from TV, radio, or even other mobile phone systems and creates a small amount of electrical current (5 milliwatts), enough to slowly recharge the cell phone battery while it’s in standby mode.

OK, this is not recent news [June 2009], but I just read it and thought it’s just brilliant! I guess there should be no reason why this technology, once perfected, could not be used to [slowly] recharge a digital camera’s battery.

[ via Yahoo! Tech ]

Microsoft has quietly begun online trials of its online version of Microsoft Office with a select group of SkyDrive customers. The online Web Apps suite will include free versions of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

It seems that the thin client vision (or a version of it) Oracle tried to implement many years ago (way too early!) is slowly becoming a reality thanks to Google and now Microsoft.

[ via TrustedReviews ]