Jan 08

Polaroid PoGo Instant Digital Camera debuts at CES

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We heard that Polaroid would be punching out a PoGo-infused camera in 2009, and it only took ’em eight days into the new year to do just that. Today at CES, the $199 PoGo Instant Digital Camera is making its grand entrance, utilizing the tried-and-true ZINK printing technology. Sadly (and we do mean sadly), there’s not even a mention of how many megapixels this thing boasts, which is a pretty telling sign that you won’t be getting SD850IS-type quality out of it. Nevertheless, it’ll print out ink-free 2- x 3-inch images right from itself, so maybe the quality isn’t that big of a deal after all. Or maybe we’re just sympathetic.

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Polaroid PoGo Instant Digital Camera debuts at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 08

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3 launches: world’s first WiFi camera with web browser

Posted in: breaking news, BreakingNews, camera, digicam, point and shoot, PointAndShoot, sony, Today's Chili, web browser, WebBrowser, wifi

No clue why Sony didn’t unleash this pretty boy with its litany of items yesterday, but maybe it just saw fit to give it some special attention. Thanks to the all-admitting FCC, we already had a good idea that this was coming, but now that it’s finally here, we’re still pretty jazzed. Set to rival Panny’s Lumix DMC-TZ50, the DLNA-certified Cyber-shot DSC-G3 is the planet’s first WiFi camera with a built-in web browser, enabling users to upload images and video directly to popular sharing sites wherever a WiFi connection is available. Of note, the camera comes with complimentary access to Sony’s Easy Upload Home Page via AT&T WiFi, which provides easy entrance into Shutterfly, Picasa, YouTube, Photobucket and Dailymotion. Other specs include a 10 megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom and Face Detection. It’s yours to grab right now for around $500.

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3 launches: world’s first WiFi camera with web browser originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 06

Pentax’s Optio P70 and E70 digicams won’t break banks, hearts, or kneecaps

Posted in: digicam, point and shoot, PointAndShoot, Today's Chili

Pentax is kicking its CES festivities into medium gear with a pair of cheapo point-and-shoot digicams that we expect will be a tipping point to a great avalanche of affordable shooters. The $199.95 Optio P70 features a 12-megapixel sensor, can capture 720p video at 15 FPS, ISO from 64 to an astounding 6400 (though only at 5-megapixels), has a 4x zoom lens, a 2.7-inch LCD display, and comes in silver, white, or red. The E70, meanwhile, sports a 10-megapixel sensor, a 2.4-inch display, 3x zoom, but delivers the same staggering ISO range as the P70 for a slightly more affordable $129.95. Both models feature “Pixel Track Shake Reduction” and face-detection, will be available in February, and have put at least one editor to sleep.

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Pentax’s Optio P70 and E70 digicams won’t break banks, hearts, or kneecaps originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 04

Researchers tapping into nanotechnology for sharper images

Posted in: digicam, digital camera, DigitalCamera, nanotechnology, research, Today's Chili

A team of scientists at the University of Glasgow just came into all sorts of cash, and they’ll be using it to advance imaging. If you’re looking for specifics (and we’re assuming you are), a £489,234 grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council will be used to study a certain phenomenon called surface plasmon resonance, “which is an effect exhibited by certain metals when light waves fall onto their surfaces.” In short, the gurus behind the research are hoping to discover a method of “creating patterns or small nanostructures in the metal film on the CMOS, which should increase the sensitivity of the sensor and result in higher quality images.” The bad news? The project is expected to last until 2012, which is like, forever from now.

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Researchers tapping into nanotechnology for sharper images originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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