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Like most everyone else at CES, Canon failed to disclose pricing and availability for its 11 new VIXIA camcorders. Now, however, CamcorderInfo has the details you’ve been craving, and the good news is that most of the models should be on store shelves before April draws to a close. The flagship HF S10 will ring up at $1,299 in early March, while the low-end ZR960 will sport a $249.99 sticker and an early April ship date. For everything in between, give the read link a look.

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Filed under: Digital Cameras

Canon’s CES 2009 VIXIA camcorder lineup gets priced and dated originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ever notice that a printer–a multifunction printer in particular–shows up in Windows as five or six different parts? And they seem completely unrelated, too: Launch a scan and it’s as though Windows has no idea you’re already printing. Microsoft aims to unify those features in Windows 7, through Device Stage, a new visual interface that makes it easy to find and launch the tasks you want from your devices on your Windows 7 PC.

Most hardware at present isn’t set up for Device Stage, which requires the manufacturer to create a series of XML files that define functionality and include all those pretty pictures. And no, the camera, phone, printer, monitor, or whatever you currently own probably won’t suddenly grow this extra functionality when you install Windows 7. But the Canon MP980 works with it, out of the box. Simply plug the multifunction printer into your Windows 7 PC; the Device Stage files are located as part of the device driver installation, and load seamlessly in the background. The MP980 doesn’t install a taskbar icon by default, as the Nokia N95 I tested did, but it was easy enough to add: Just open the printer’s window from the Devices and Printers control panel, right-click the window in the taskbar, and select “Pin this program to taskbar.”

More details about this new functionality, after the jump.

If you’re just now starting to come to grips with the fact that Canon’s utterly succulent EOS 5D Mark II is just way, way out of reach, here’s a little something to lessen the impact of your inferiority complex. An enterprising young buck with a passion to bring video capture abilities to other EOS cameras figured out a way to enable that very capability on all Liveview EOS DSLRs. Of course, there’s still the whole “manual focus” requirement — which means that the bulk of your captures will be way out of focus — but it’s a new feature for your existing camera nonetheless. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, why don’t you just push out an official update to add this into more cams, Canon? We mean, can you imagine the look on Nikon’s face if you really came through?

Read – The hack
Read – Video capture from a Canon EOS 40D

Filed under: Digital Cameras

Hack provides Liveview Canon EOS DSLRs with video recording originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Need something to take your mind off work? Check out Gearlog’s deals for Thursday.

1. Oprah just loves giving things away. For today only, until 10 p.m. EST, Oprah.com is letting you download “American’s Song,” written and composed by Will.i.am, David W. Foster, Jean Baptiste and George Pajon, Jr., and featuring the vocal talents of Faith Hill, Seal, Mary J. Blige, Bono, and Will.i.am. Keep up those high spirits with this song celebrating the recent inauguration of our new President. [Via Bargainist.com]

2. Fans of “The Wire” will be happy to know that the complete series is on sale from Amazon for 67 percent off of the original price. Get 23 discs for just $81.99, down from $249.99. The sale ends today, so get to it.

3. Get the Canon PowerShot A590 8MP digital camera (pictured above) from J&R.com for just $109.88. The camera normally costs $179.99, so this deal saves you $70. Also, add an Epson Stylus Photo Printer (models 1400, R1900, or R2880) and get a $100 back with a mail-in-rebate. The rebate ends on December 31.

Canon‘s REALiS SX800 LCoS projector may not have the highest resolution in the world — it’s stuck at SXGA+ (1,400 x 1,050), for those wondering — but it sure is bright. Designed to light up board and / or living rooms with ambient light seeping in, the projector features a 3,000 lumens display and a contrast ratio of 900:1. It’s also housing next-generation 0.55-inch LCoS reflective LCD panels, a Canon 1.5x zoom, Auto Input Signal, 2:3 pull down and an 11-pound chassis. If that’s right down your alley, it’ll be available this month for $2,499.

[Via AboutProjectors]

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Canon unveils REALiS SX800 LCoS projector with 3,000 lumens originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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