The display device is capable of seamlessly outputting a full 1080p High Definition image, using the 5-megapixel camera that provides best in class clarity and image quality.

The scanner works by making a high resolution photo of the object and then saving the output to a device. It can take quality video of objects and still store them as MPG files if you do not want the stills. For this reason, it becomes a handy camera for office documentation where motion may have to be recorded. It has extra sensitive camera to record the smallest audio detail. Aside that you have the option to save the resulting video or canned image onto a USB Drive or any other USB enabled device connected the system.

Added to this functionality is the zoom button that allows the user to take minute details of any object. For example, if you want to scan out a picture within a book, you can single it out with the zoon and obtain a bigger picture for your project.

There is one striking feature that was absent from this brilliant idea. It should have been fitted with a wireless adapter or device to be able to transmit the images copied onto a hard drive remotely so you can get real time update or transmission. Nevertheless, the scanner answers many of the nagging questions that technology has for along time ignored.

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The new handycam features an import from digital cameras too – the face detection technology that makes sure that scenes recorded have humans in them. Perhaps the skin tone adjustment feature tops all the exciting capabilities this camera comes with. This feature will be great for magazine producers or editors who need to do a little modification here and there to get the right skin coloration frothier clients. With a 15X zoom, users can obtain shots from a place far off the subject; making it conducive for use in areas where close up shots may not be advised. The handycam is also fitted with the smile shutter that takes a picture the subject just when a smile occurs.

To single out the GPS, it is the first ever in a handycam. This feature may be of immense benefits to movie makers or the production unit. It shows you where the video as recorded. It can even determine the exact point at which a still picture as taken. Industry experts believe this will help with scene management and assist producers make accurate editing.

This handycam from Sony  is one piece of innovation that will yield better benefits if the GPS tags can be supported on editing software. For now the GPS feature will only recognize tags if working from the device itself.

Just that with its size, you can not use it as spy video recording gadget.

Hands on Video review

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Samsung has now officially released WB5000 with really impressive specs, and is actually quite portable compared to those big lenses SLR cameras. The specification of the camera goes as follows :

• 26mm wide-angled lens
• 24x optical zoom,
• Shoot 720p HD video in H.264 format.
• Can handle uncompressed RAW images, in addition to standard JPEG files.
• Aside from manual controls, aided modes include optical and digital image stabilization, smart face recognition, blink detection, and automatic adjustments to accommodate the color, brightness and movement of what you’re shooting.

Even though this camera lack HD output, the overall specs do make this camera droolworthy. This Samsung digital camera is not that bulky and do give competition to pocket sized cameras. This camera will be available in September 2009 end for an estimated price of £349 ($565).

via:  DP review

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Have a look at the following specs :

• Camera with a built in projector
• The camera features a 12.1 megapixel sensor with ISO 6400 sensitivity
• Five functions to reduce image blur.
• Face tracking and anti-shake functionality.
• Feature that enables users to ‘airbrush’ someone’s face using the Skin Softening function to reduce the appearance of blemishes.
• 5x wide-angle zoom lens with five-way VR stabilization
• The LED-powered projector with the ability to project upto 40 inch image size.
• The projection supports slideshows , music, effects and transitions.
• Price tag of $430.
• Availability in different colors Red, Champagne , Beige, Black , and Light Brown.

Nikon has really come up with a great creative idea after fujifilm’s 3D cameras. Having a built in projector in this digital camera will actually reduce the hassle of connecting the phone to a TV set for public display of images or videos. However, we await some hands on videos to actually figure out the overall picture quality and the projection capabilities.

Get more detailed specs at nikon

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It’s world’s and Fujifilm’s first digital camera to capture realistic 3D stills and movies. Imagine the ability to capture 3D images and 3D movies from your digital camera and the ability to view them without the need of any 3D lens or so. If you are imagining , then imagine no more, as the capability is now being brought in this world by Fujifilm.

FinePix Real 3D W1 camera

Fujifilm has launched FinePix Real 3D W1 camera, and a Real 3D V1 8-inch picture viewer. The features of the Finepix Real 3D W1 camera are as follows :

• 3x optical zoom,
• Two different lens for 2D and 3D capture
• Capture amazing 3D stills and 3D movies
• Take 3D telephoto and macro shots with 3D Advanced 3D Mode
• Standard 2D photographs can also be taken, just like on conventional digital cameras
• Dual Capture Shooting Mode lets you simultaneously take two shots at different settings
• Featuring the 3D LCD system, allowing 3D images to be viewed live whilst shooting
• Cutting edge design and the very latest, pioneering technology

FinePix Real 3D V1 viewer

The 8.0-inch 3D Picture Viewer "FinePix Real 3D V1" features Fujifilm’s newly developed 3D/2D display 8.0-inch LCD panel, which allows users to enjoy and playback 3D images without needing to wear special 3D glasses.

• Supports playback of natural 3D stills and movies
• 8.0 inch 3D/2D LCD panel with 480,000 dots (800 x 600 dots)
• Easy-to-use touch operation
• Transfer images to other devices; SD/SDHC cards, Real 3D camera, and also your computer via USB or via high speed infrared communication.

Anyway if you want physical copies of your prints to show off in front of your bunch of friends, then Fujifilm says it’ll be providing that service, doing the prints in-house and send them your way.

It would be really a heck of a gadget, if the pricing is upto the mark. I Am not sure how much the picture quality will add to 3D experience. But whatever may be, having a 3D pocket sized digital camera is really going to be a great asset for techno geeks . The FinePix Real 3D W1 and FinePix Real 3D V1 will be available from September 2009. Pricing will be announced nearer to the date of the launch.

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Below are the features boasted by this gadget :

• Spy Pocket Video Recorder Pen
• Work as a USB drive (no driver needed)
• Colour video recording
• Length Size: 15 cm, Diameter: 1.5 cm
• Format: AVI video format, 640 x 480 pixels
• Internal Memory: 1GB
• Video file size: >500KB per min
• Recording mode :continuous recording until memory is full or manually off
• Adaptor type: USB adaptor charging cable
• Built-in rechargable Battery type : Lithium-ion
• Record time : up to 5 hours
• Battery use time : about 3 hours

Google’s street maps created public threat and they had to enable the link to report inappropriate images.

Considering about an individual privacy, I feel these spy products should not be made freely available to public, or some kind of restriction must be imposed for purchasing. After all technology advancement is not always positive.

For geeks , this product can be purchased from brando for $118.

via : geeksalert

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• Bigger and better images from mobile phones
• Improving low light photography,
• Reducing blur
• Capability of 720p video at 30 FPS
• Extreme low light settings, like ISO 3200

Technology Behind !!

The company’s new KAC-05020 snaps its proprietary Color Filter Pattern technology together with a redesigned CMOS pixel for the “world’s first” 1.4 micron, 5-megapixel device. The new sensor shrinks the pixels down, but manages to maintain picture quality by harnessing the aforementioned CFP. That technique adds a fourth layer of “clear” pixels to the red, green, and blue ones which already exist, thus collecting a higher proportion of light striking the sensor, resulting in a brighter and clear image.

Kodak will be showing the new technology off at the Mobile World Congress this month, and hopefully, it will be available for mobile phones pretty soon.

I wonder how much its gonna revolutionize the picture capture, however I hope the video recording get enhanced in low light. Video recording is really pathetic when we talk about the VGA resolution recording, in absence of proper lightening. Also, it might add to the cost too, but if the picture quality is very much compared to a digital camera, and the mobile is fully loaded, I dont think people will mind spending for one device rather than two. Anyways, lets wait for the real outcome and the quality of the picture.

via : engadget

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As per the description given :

A system to capture and view “Gigapixel images”: very high resolution, high dynamic range, and wide angle imagery consisting of several billion pixels each. A specialized camera mount, in combination with an automated pipeline for alignment, exposure compensation, and stitching, provide the means to acquire Gigapixel images with a standard camera and lens. More importantly, our novel viewer enables exploration of such images at interactive rates over a network, while dynamically and smoothly interpolating the projection between perspective and curved projections, and simultaneously modifying the tone-mapping to ensure an optimal view of the portion of the scene being viewed.

Have a look at the video below :-

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Update : Tried it over bluetooth on my laptop … Worked in an excellent way

Good news for all nokia symbian phone owners. If you own a bluetooth enabled laptop or a desktop computer , then you can now get rid of your bulky web camera and use your own camera mobile phone as a high quality webcam. Mobile Application
WWIGO (pronounced ‘vigo’) on

.com

is acronym for

Webcam wherever I go

It allows a user to transform a Bluetooth enabled camera phone into a wireless webcam to be used along with a PC/Laptop. After short alpha testing, application is available for wider public use and application is available for symbian 2nd and 3rd edition phones (those are only nokia’s).

Features

• Use Camera Phone as Wirless Webcam
• Record videos with wwigo PC application.
• Use along with , Skype, Yahoo messenger or Windows Live messenger to do video chat.
• Live Upload with YouTube and Grouper to share video.
• Video Quality better or comparable to off shelf webcam*
• Works with popular Bluetooth Stacks on PC
• Supported devices Nokia Series 60 v2.0 and Series 60 v3.0 phones

System Requirements

• Desktop/Laptop with Windows 2000 or Windows XP SP2
• Bluetooth enabled with any one of these bluetooth Stack, Microsoft Bluetooth Stack, Widcomm Bluetooth Stack, Toshiba Bluetooth Stack
• Mobile Phone: Nokia Series 60 v2.0 or v3.0 phone.

Video Demostration

Download Wwigo from here.

More about Motvik

Motvik is a startup in the mobile desktop & media convergence space based out of Bangalore, the Silicon Valley Of India. Their team consists of professionals with experience in providing mobile, web & desktop multimedia solutions.

Just in case you are wondering what the word

‘Motvik’ means, it is a Sanskrit neologism (‘coined word’) which stands for mobility.

Just like the sanskrit word Satvik means ‘Satva’ guna , Tamsik means ‘tamsa’ guna, Motvik sends for mobility guna (property)

What they do ??

Their flagship product wwigo allows you to convert a camera phone into webcam for use with applications such as Skype, Yahoo IM, MSN, Youtube, Grouper, Movie Maker etc.

Good going guys !!! I wish I could try that .. but I dont have a bluetooth dongle attached with my desktop nor a bluetooth enabled laptop .. but once i get , your product will be the first thing to try

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How to check whether you will able to take pictures without shake??
There is something called as shutter speed in camera which decides the of time for shutter to allow light to enter. In low light condition the shutter speed go very low to allow maximum amount of light to enter. This makes camera highly sensitive and small shake will give highly blurred images.

Shutter speed is displayed in the camera as 1/60 or 1/120 or 1/30 or 1/15 …etc etc … (1/60 means 1/60th of a second ). You can see it on your camera LCD. If the shutter speed go below 1/60 i.e ( 1/45 or 1/30 etc) you really need to try hard to prevent camera shake.

Some cameras show shutter speed directly on your camera LCD but some need the picture button to be pressed half ( So that the camera checks the focus to decide the speed ). Once you find out that shutter speed is going less than 1/60, try these :-

1. Use the 2sec Timer

Most of us might have always wondered what the use of a 2 sec timer. Most of the people might not have used it till now . Well !! the main use of this 2 sec timer comes when you take the snaps in low light where camera shake is possible while taking the pressing the picture button. Hence set the camera for 2 sec timer, press the picture button and hold the camera still for 2 secs till the picture is taken . Try to rest your hands on some stable surface to prevent further shake.

2. Try to keep the camera at still surface

If you can find any still surface for example park bench, wide railings etc try to keep it there , and use the timer to take the photograph.

3. Switch to ISO400 or ISO200 and try Using the Continuous picture mode

Don’t switch to more than ISO 400 as photos will be very very grainy and will be of no use .Continuous mode allow camera to take pictures till the picture button is pressed. You can take 15-20 pictures like this and can finally rely that one picture might have come proper. Use this when top two fails as this method will fill your memory card very fast.
Read more about using continuous mode for taking photograph at night.

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