Micro Four Thirds Camera Brings Cinema Quality
Shift is a hybrid digital camera system for the ambitious filmmaker. Based on the Micro Four Thirds standard, it combines superior image quality with an intuitive operating concept. Individualized control functions and film effects can be integrated into the host and are triggered live. A sophisticated housing provides a swiveling touch screen and an ergonomic handle extension. For unusual perspectives, the control unit can be removed, and the camera operated wirelessly.
Designer: Daniel Spönemann
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Posted: July 1st, 2011
at 3:39pm by Long Tran
Topics: Daniel Spönemann, Digital, Hybrid, Product Design, Shift, camera
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 ups the interchangeable lens ante with fancy new touchscreen
Right on schedule, Panasonic’s gone and made its thinly-veiled Lumix DMC-G3 Micro Four Thirds shooter official. The Micro Four Thirds shooter succeeds the G2 with a a 16 megapixel sensor, support for 1080p AVCHD video recording with stereo audio, 4fps burst shooting at full resolution, and an articulating, 3-inch touchscreen that supplants some of the dials adorning the last-gen model. In addition to poking around menus, you can touch that display to focus on your subject, and slide your finger to tweak exposure, white balance, and depth of field — all in all, not unlike how you might interact with a smartphone camera. And, at 11.8 ounces, the aluminum-clad body weighs about ten percent less than its predecessor. Look for it in June for $700 in brown, red, and white — in addition to your garden-variety black. In the market for something more compact? Panny also trotted out the Lumix-FH7, a 16 megapixel point-and-shoot with 4x optical zoom and 720p movie recording. Oodles of photos below with a press release after the break.
Gallery: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3
Gallery: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH7
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 ups the interchangeable lens ante with fancy new touchscreen originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 May 2011 04:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: May 12th, 2011
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Topics: 1080p, 16 megapixels, 16Megapixels, G2, G3, InterchangeableLens, Lumix G Micro System, Lumix G2, Lumix G3, LumixG2, LumixG3, LumixGMicroSystem, MicroFourThirds, Panasonic G2, Panasonic G3, Panasonic Lumix, PanasonicG2, PanasonicG3, PanasonicLumix, avchd, camera, digicam, digicams, interchangeable lens, micro four thirds, panasonic, refresh, refreshes
Sony Bloggie 3D camera available now
The Sony Bloggie 3D camera that was unveiled at CES, and then put up for pre-order a few weeks later is now available for purchase online. The consumer-level camera introduces 3D video recording and image capture to users who are looking to dip their toes into the 3D image market without wanting to fork out tons of cash for a high-end 3D camera.
The handy little camera can shoot 3D videos at 1080p and take 3D still shots at 5 megapixels. Its Exmor- CMOS sensor ensures beautiful pictures even in low light conditions and has the ability to capture photos while you’re shooting a video at the same time. It even packs a 2.4″ glasses-free 3D screen so you can preview your masterpieces on the spot. The Sony Bloggie 3D has 8GB of internal storage for you to record up to 4 hours of footage and HDMI output lets you share your videos and images on the big screen.
The Sony Bloggie 3D is available now on Amazon for $249.99.
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Posted: April 30th, 2011
at 5:46am by George Wong
Topics: 3d, Photo-Video, available, bloggie 3d, camera, sony, video
Gadget Reviews: Akai Miniak, Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ and more
You are lost in a maze of twisty house patches, all alike.
Akai’s Miniak virtual analog synth is a blast, especially its combo of old-school vocoder, 37-key semi-weighted velocity-sensitive keyboard, and a goose-necked microphone. Capable and hefty, it could fit into a sports bag despite a full complement of features: 8 voices with three oscillators, hundreds of preset patches, and a (laborious) built-in sequencer and arpeggiator. I’ll admit right now I fiddled with the editor for 10 minutes, broke down in frustration at the one-line display, then went to sit in a corner, sobbing and hugging Reason 4. Thee 1/4″ inputs slurp up external audio sources, to which the Miniak’s filters and effects can also be applied.
It’s made in partnership with Alesis, whose mic-less and cheaper Micron is similar stuff. Note that there’s no USB, meaning you’ll need to get busy with MIDI hardware if you want to hook it up to a computer. At $500, it’s also a bit pricey for those just wanting an occasional bang on the ivory. If you are a one-man digital band, however, the only conceivable improvement would be … a keytar edition.
More info [Akai] — Product Page
Seagate’s FreeAgent Theater+ is perfect for the media library you already own. Eschewing elaborate home theater features, baked-in storage or the need for a LAN, you just plug a hard drive or thumbdrive full of stuff into it and hit play. 1080p output over HDMI fixes the flaws of the last model, and an ethernet port’s now included if you already have your media networked. Codecs supported include MPEG4 (Divx/xVid), WMV9 and raw DVD rips. It’s $150, or $300 with a 500GB drive that slides into its dock.
Product Page [Seagate]
Casio’s Exilim EX-FC100 puts fancy features from the high-end EX-F1 into a pocket-friendly format.
Able to record 1000 fps at 224×64, 420 fps at 224×168 and 210 fps at 480×360, it slows time at low resoltuion and with much noise in dim light. The 720p video is fantastic, however, and short 30fps bursts at even higher resolutions make it easy to capture the moment.
The best thing is pricing, now it’s been out a few months: at $250, it’s hard to find a better deal that covers so many bases. Cherry on top: 5x optical zoom.
Casio High-Speed Exilim EX-FC100
Ableplanet’s Clear Harmony LINX audio headphones claim top-shelf noise reduction at an affordable price: $100. They worked great with the dull ambient hum of home, but not so much so out in the streets. Audio quality is decent, but if you’re going to spend this much, why not get something even better?
Product Page [Ableplanet]
Canon’s EOS 7D experiencing ‘residual image’ phenomenon, fix is on the way
Canon’s $1,900 EOS 7D DSLR just started shipping a month ago to pros and those who’d like to be, and already the thing is causing all sorts of fits when shooting continuously. In a service notice posted today on the outfit’s website, we’re told that images “captured by continuous shooting and under certain conditions [can exhibit] barely noticeable traces of the immediately preceding frame.” The phenomenon isn’t apt to be noticeable with optimal exposure, but apparently a number of Photoshoppers have been irked by the additional (and unwelcome) elements added to their shots. Canon assures us that a firmware fix is on the way, and you can bet we’ll point you to a download link as soon as it hits.
[Via DPReview]
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Canon’s EOS 7D experiencing ‘residual image’ phenomenon, fix is on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
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Topics: 7d, CanonEos, CanonEos7d, DigitalCamera, EOS 7D, Eos7d, Residual Image, ResidualImage, camera, canon, canon eos, canon eos 7d, digicam, digital camera, dslr, eos, firmware, issue, problem, recall
