For the photographers and documentarians here’s some great news. The latest and unique hands free camera is finally here. Previously, there have been other hands free models manufactured, but this one is different. The recent model can be wrapped loosely around your neck or head as shown in the picture. The Camera is designed by Johan Frossen. The best part about this camera is that everything it ‘documents’ get transferred via a WiFi network onto the computer real time. The camera uses a weird looking fish eye lens that has a headphone attached to one end. An unique fact about this camera is that it does not have any sort of memory. So there’s no storage. Everything is real time. I think the concept is just keep it simple concept. This camera will telecast whatever you see in a first person basis. So, what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG). The WYSIWYG format is a good deal. No gimmicks, no special effects and no zoom. It’s just pure and simple images. I think this is a super deal for surveillance groups and people who shoot documentaries. They can eliminate their heavy SLR and video cameras. Instead they can fall back on the tiny hands free system. This concept camera is as close as it gets to the recording device shown in Star Trek. Well, it seems like this has taken photography to a new level. Pricing information and release dates are nowhere to be found. Image Credits:
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Lumix DMC- FX100, Panasonic’s new shooter
When one talks about photography, a small, handy black color device comes in mind. Now Mother’s day is over and Father’s day is next month. So Panasonic’s Lumix DMC- FX100, a 12.2-megapixel resolution camera can be a perfect gift for your father. Features of Lumix family’s new member (Lumix DMC- FX100) of popular brand of electronic goods Panasonic are given below: � It has 28mm wide-angle Leica DC lens with 3.6x optical zoom. Panasonic has called this feature as ‘Extra Optical Zoom.’ � The Lumix DMC-FX100 is equipped with a 2.5-inch LCD screen. � It has f/2.8 brightness. � It has more powerful flash with reach up to 16 meters. � The memory limit is 27MB. � It is able to record 1920�1080 high-definition still pictures. � It has Intelligent Image Stabilization with Mega O.I.S. to capture shaky moments. � Its high speed burst shooting mode allows the user to take 8 pictures per second. This camera available in silver and black colors can be purchased in July 2007.
Pocket camera detector to keep you safe from spy cameras
Imagine you are behind closed doors where you think you are not being watched by anyone else. Confiding on the privacy of the place, you are out of your hide. But what if there is someone else not only looking through its eyes but also storing it’s memory. This imaginary situation has turned real for many sending waves of sensation and causing havoc in lives of the victims. Discreet cameras can be a real nuisance [Only for the victims]. Be it sting operations ruining political careers of many politicians or illegal incidents like discreet recording of sex between consenting adults who can even be legally married. If you are scared of such situations and try to check for the possible hidden cameras each time you check in a hotel room, you surely need this. And who knows someone could be recording your activities in your bedroom or even in your bathroom. With the proliferation of spy devices, the risks have multiplied many folds. If you suffer from the paranoia of someone keeping an eye through spy gadgets, pocket camera detector can help you chill. Just turn around the small USB drive-size detector and it lets you know if you are in some danger zone. All you need to do now is to head for some other place or if it’s your place, look for the spy device. Great! Isn’t it. But not for all. Think of those involved in preparing cheap voyeur films using spy cams. They are going to loose lot of money due to this camera detector that comes for $29.95. Now many of you would always keep this camera detector as you carry your cellphone. After all no one wants to be caught in a camera with pants down. Image Source: Scientificsonline Source: Ubergizmo
Kodak’s new chip assures bright images in dim ambience
Kodak touts to announce that they have developed a new sensor that will make flash outdated. The sensitivity of their new ‘high sensitivity pattern sensor’ with light enables camera to pick much more details in low light circumstances to get more clear images without using red-eye inducing flash. According to Michael DeLuca, marketing manager for image sensors at Kodak, this innovation will facilitate photographers with almost two extra stops of light sensitivity. Now, the question arises how this sensor works: Firstly, sensor functions like this by using a variation on the Bayer filter that decides how most image sensors capture color data. Secondly, via Bayer filter grid pixels are divided among red- green- and blue-sensitive dots, whereas a filter that allows only a certain frequency of light to pass through each pixel (red, green or blue) and determines the color sensitivity of each dot. Thirdly, Software algorithms equipped in the camera interpolate the data from adjacent pixels, to offer each pixel in the resulting image an intensity values for each of the three component colors. After treating luminance (brightness) and chrominance (color) as separate and equally vital properties, DeLuca asserts that company’s this pattern adjoins number of clear, unfiltered pixels that capture information about the overall intensity of light but not its color, to copy it in the same manner as human eye sees. DeLuca asserted: What this is really doing is addressing light sensitivity. We’re not impacting what is going on in the fundamental structure of the pixel. Kodak’s forthcoming plans looks ahead to offer the same associated software algorithms to other chipmakers and to have sample chips by using the same pattern that will get ready early next year. Image Via: Wired
Meet HDC-SD7, the smallest & lightest video camera
The biggest paradox in the world of technology is – better the technology, smaller is the product. Since time immemorial, we have been witness to the evolution of machines from the ungainly and bulky to the small and cute. And the latest entrant to the ‘small’ family is the Panasonic HDC-SD7 SX5 HD video camera. Contrary to natural perception, the HDC packs a power-load of features although it is the smallest and lightest HD Camera ever made at 52 x 110 x 87 mm and 290 g. It is a ‘biggie’ in all other aspects. You can record 90 minutes of your zaniest moments in its 4GB SDHC memory card and with the 10x optical zoom Leica Dicomar lens, you can record crystal clear HD footage. And for viewing, you have a 2.7 inch LCD display. The camera features an Advanced O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer). With this new technology, the camera can detect and eliminate blur about 4,000 times a second. So, you can bid farewell to blurred images. Additionally, the images viewed through the camera on an HDTV would also be blur-free. And for any sudden moments, you have a smart Pre-Rec function. You can rewind and capture any moment that you might have missed. The Panasonic HDC-SD7 SX5 will hit the Japanese markets in the first week of September. The rest of the world might have to wait a wee bit longer. However, there is not a shred of doubt that the wait would be worth it. Via: fareastgizmos
Pentax Optio 190- nature proof
A first glance at this little camera from Pentax will leave you wondering if it is even water proof, forget about nature proof. It is a shiny little thing, but guess what; a day in your kitchen sink will leave it high and dry still. A drop on the ground – don’t try this too many times, though, you never know – will leave the camera unshaken, and twists and bends and shakes will have absolutely no effect on the sturdy little gadget from Pentax. Do all this and you will come to believe that the thing may, after all, be nature proof. You can take this camera to extreme weather conditions. Extreme cold – think Alpine ski holidays; and extreme heat – think a Sahara desert blitzkrieg; you will still have your Pentax Optio 190 working away smooth as a breeze. Even cute underwater expeditions in the Bahamas or some serious diving off the coast of Tahiti will not mess up your camera. It will still go on working, taking high quality pictures with its advanced image shooting system. The camera delivers steadily in extreme lighting conditions like underwater or deserts, or even the glare of snow. There is an amount of image noise, which is a result of high ISO speed, and can go away to a large extent if the film speed is set low. Overall, this is a smart digital camera that delivers a good quality performance while remaining totally nature proof. A recommended, if not a must, buy.