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We assure you, the camera above is not Sony’s HDR-AX200. While it shares a similar body, this is the new FDR-AX1 that leaked this morning — a fixed lens 4K videocamera for prosumers, priced at a cool $4,500. Although JVC beat Sony to the market with its $5,000 kit, Sony’s vying to have the upper hand with the tech inside its take, namely by using its XAVC S format. It works by capturing video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Long GOP and audio in linear PCM, which all gets saved in an “MP4 wrapper.” To handle the massive amount of data throughput from its 4k/60p stream, the camcorder records to QXD cards (two slots are onboard) which, until now, haven’t had much use outside of Nikon’s D4. A 64GB card will net you two hours of 4K video, while downscaling to 1080/60p adds an extra hour on top of that.

Video gets captured by a 1/2.3-type Exmor R CMOS sensor and a 20x optical zoom (31.5-630mm) G lens, which comes equipped with a trio of ND filters and Optical SteadyShot. As you’d expect, there are a plethora of manual controls, powered stereo XLR inputs, a 3.2-inch display and a viewfinder on back. It’s worth noting that while the AX1 won’t be HDMI 2.0 compliant at first, Sony’s planning a firmware update down the line to enable it. Until that occurs, it’ll only be able to transfer HDMI video over to Sony’s existing 4K TVs. We’re also told that the camcorder will work with SD cards for shooting in HD.

If you don’t care for the flexibility of interchangeable lenses or need something more affordable than the likes of a RED Scarlet, the FDR-AX1 can be yours this October. Sweetening the deal just a little more, Sony will also throw in a 32GB XQD card and a full copy of Vegas Pro 12 to ensure you can get started out of the box. Check out our eyes-on gallery with the prototype seen above in the meantime. %Gallery-slideshow79389% %Gallery-slideshow79406%

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To go along with the Xperia Z1′s 1/2.3-inch, 20.7-megapixel G lens sensor, Sony’s just announced the Social Camera Suite at IFA 2013. The glamor feature is Info-Eye, which gives you a visual search function on any captured landmarks or items like wine or books. There’s also the AR effects function, which can overlay animations (dinosaurs, for instance) on top of your pictures. Rounding out the suite is Social live, giving you instant social network broadcast, and Timeshift burst, which takes 61 images in 2 seconds before and after you press the shutter to avoid missed shots. To get it you’ll need the Xperia Z1, aka Honami, of course — check out our hands-on here. %Gallery-slideshow79421%

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The Sony Vaio Tap 21 is an all-in-one (AOI) PC that refines the design of the original Vaio Tap 20 launched last year. The Tap 21 addresses this new trend of having home computers be somewhat “mobile” within the home. The battery life is of course relatively limited (a few hours in general), but this is a new usage model, so it’s fair to say that things will evolve quickly when PC makers figure out what people really want to do with computers like these.

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Sony Vaio Tap 21 All-In-One PC original content from Ubergizmo.

Sony won’t have many rabbits to pull out of its hat once its big IFA press conference rolls around in a couple of hours. All of its latest camcorders have leaked out thanks to B&H Electronics, and now its rumored QX10 and QX100 ‘lens cameras’ have appeared on Amazon. The Carl Zeiss zoom glass is married to a built in 2/3-inch, 18-megapixel sensor on QX10, while the QX100 has the same 1-inch sensor as the RX100 Mark II. The latter has an f/1.8-f/4.9 lens, while the Q10 has a more pedestrian f/3.3-f/5.9 aperture range. Each attaches to your smartphone via a clip, and will come in silver or black with an SD card slot. Your smartphone will link up via NFC and WiFi, and essentially act as a screen, shutter trigger, backup storage and social-media sharing tool. We also have the all-important price: the QX10 will run $248, while the QX100 is $498. That’s quite a sum to spend on an unproven device that doesn’t do anything without a smartphone. Then again, the stunning RX100 Mark II is $650, and Samsung’s mirrorless Galaxy NX Android camera… well let’s not even go there.

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Just yesterday we reported that thanks to a leaked APK list found in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3, it had been suggested that Samsung was dabbling in fingerprint scanning technology that could either make its way into the Galaxy Note 3, or at least future Samsung devices, like 2014’s Galaxy S5, or whatever it will be called then. Now thanks to a leak by an alleged Samsung employee working at Samsung’s R&D center, they are claiming that the fingerprint scanning technology has been “confirmed” to be arriving in the upcoming Galaxy Note 3.

According to the insider, the fingerprint scanner will be placed on the back of the device and one of the features of it is its dual-user mode. What this means is that when the owner of the phone unlocks the device using the scanner, it will display their apps, wallpapers, and etc. However when someone else tries to unlock it, it will take them to a gest mode instead. The fingerprint scanner is also expected to help Samsung make headway with KNOX where it can be used to help secure mobile payments. In any case it’s only a matter of hours until Samsung unveils the device, so take it with a grain of salt for now until we get the official details!

Samsung Employee “Confirms” Fingerprint Scanner In Galaxy Note 3 original content from Ubergizmo.