Filed under: Digital Cameras

We got to handle Panny’s new micro Four Thirds camera, the Lumix DMC-G1, this evening. It’s obviously small for a interchangeable lens camera, but it’s not stunningly small. The build quality shows that Panasonic isn’t kidding around here: the camera is a hefty and solid, with a decent shutter click and no-nonsense manual controls. The 3-inch LCD also doesn’t disappoint, though the digital viewfinder is a tad disorienting, and precise focusing could be an issue. Yes, we fully recognize the irony of taking crummy photographs of a camera, but work with us here.

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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Wireless

We’d heard Lexar and Eye-Fi were getting snuggly back in January, and look at that — nine months later the Lexar Shoot-n-Sync WiFi SD card has arrived on our doorstep. The 2GB card is basically just a Lexar-branded Eye-Fi Share, so you pretty much already know how it works — you shoot, it uploads — and it’s even the same $99 price, so yeah, yawn. Hopefully these two will do something a little more interesting now that they’ve gotten used to working together. Lexar also kicked out a number of other cards, including a new 4GB Memory Stick Micro M2 card, a 16GB Platinum II 60x SDHC card, and a 16GB Platinum II 80x CompactFlash card — no pricing or availability on any of those yet, but we’d anticipate them soon.

[Via Gearlog]

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Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV

We won’t front — we weren’t, how do you state, blown away with RCA’s Small Wonder trio announced earlier this year, but we’ll give this one a fighting chance. The EZ300HD can capture clips at 720p on the 2GB of internal storage or on any spare SD card you’ve laying around. You’ll also find a 2.4-inch LCD, a low-res YouTube recording mode and a sure-to-be-awesome 4x digital zoom. Operation is supposedly dead-simple, and there’s a USB port and video output just in case you feel like blowin’ it up on the massive screen. Grab it real soon for $159.99.

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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Handhelds

This is easily one of the more unorthodox hacks we’ve encounter, and while we’ve all ideas only a few will even bother to give it a go, we couldn’t help but share. Steve from PanoCamera decided that lugging around a laptop for precisely controlled shooting was just too much effort, so rather than throwing in the proverbial towel, he simply figured out a superior way. By hacking the DS to play nice with his monstrous Canon, he was able to use the handheld to begin / stop shooting and tweak all manners of settings. For those interested in having one of their own, but absolutely uninterested in using their innate DIY skills to make it happen, drop ole Steve an e-mail.

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I can tell you right now, if Seattle hears of this, it’s the only bag anyone will ever have. What with DSLRs on the uptick and irony being what it is here, I’ve a feeling that the Cha Cha Lounge and Linda’s will soon be packed with apparent bowlers, trying to find an inconspicuous […]

I can tell you right now, if Seattle hears of this, it’s the only bag anyone will ever have. What with DSLRs on the uptick and irony being what it is here, I have a feeling that the Cha Cha Lounge and Linda’s will soon be packed with apparent bowlers, trying to find an inconspicuous way to look conspicuous. Or vice versa, I don’t know. I’m surprised I haven’t seen more Acme Made stuff around, to be honest.

At the very least it’s a good deal: $40 is a nice price for a camera bag even when it’s not a fashion item. It’ll be available in red starting November, and in black and blue starting December. [via Crave]

Via [crunchgear]

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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Peripherals

You’ve got to be kidding us, right? Since February of 2007, Jobo has been dangling this unicorn-like geotagger in our faces and threatening to launch every six months or so, and right on cue, the company is back with yet another claim of “it’s almost here.” This time at Photokina 2008, the outfit is asserting that its $159 GPS-packing add-on, which automatically geotags images of any camera it’s docked on, is just one month away from being released in the US. Or, the Windows version at least — Mac users will have to wait until the end of this year. Or next. Or the next. Or maybe even the next.

[Via CNET]

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You’ve got to be kidding us, right? Since February of 2007, Jobo has been dangling this unicorn-like geotagger in our faces and threatening to launch every six months or so, and right on cue, the company is back with yet another claim of “it’s almost here.” This time at Photokina 2008, the outfit is asserting that its $159 GPS-packing add-on, which automatically geotags images of any camera it’s docked on, is just one month away from being released in the US. Or, the Windows version at least — Mac users will have to wait until the end of this year. Or next. Or the next. Or maybe even the next.

[Via CNET]

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as in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ifQvQCO7Y

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Looks like the 5D mk II isn’t immune to the skew produced by a rolling shutter, although it performs better than the D90 for sure — and I’m sure a careful shooter can produce some very impressive footage with either one. Although you mainly notice it in the video above when abnormal shaking movements are […]

Looks like the 5D mk II isn’t immune to the skew produced by a rolling shutter, even though it performs superior than the D90 for sure — and I’m sure a careful shooter can produce some very impressive footage with either one. Although you mainly notice it in the video above when abnormal shaking movements are made, that kind of issue can really mess with the natural look of a medium-speed pan — state, tracking a car passing the camera.

Another problem occurs in flickery light, for instance some fluorescents, which may be lighter or darker in certain parts of the frame due to interference between the light’s “frequency” and the camera’s electronic shutter speed. Oh well, the camera’s still sweet as hell. [Thanks for the tip, Mike, and tell me if I’m getting it wrong]

Via [crunchgear]

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