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Nikon’s commitment to the new red color way shows in these super hi-res product shots. Photo credit Nikon

Want to buy an SLR for serious shooting purposes, but don’t want to leave behind the “quirky” personality that saw you covering your book-bag in Hello Kitty stickers (girls) or Scooby Doo patches (boys) back in high school? Well, good news! Now you can continue to assert your “individuality” by buying this red Nikon D3100 along with millions of other like-minded individuals.

Other than the color, which is the same color as the metallic red cropped bolero jacket I wore in the late 80s, the camera is a stock D3100. It has a 14.2MP crop-sensor chip, runs up to ISO 3,200 or ISO 12,800 if you don’t mind a noisy image, shoots 1080p video and does everything else you’d expect a modern entry level DSLR to do. And it also comes in red.

In fact, I wonder if Nikon might ever come out with a Hello Kitty or Scooby Doo-themed camera? Probably not. But Pentax might.

Nikon red D3100 product page [Nikon via Nikon Rumors]

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• Nikon D3100 with 1080p Video
• Pentax Swallows Paint and Robots, Vomits Camera
• Pentax K-x: World's Reddest DSLR?
• Pentax' Special Edition K2000 Dials the FFFFFF Up to Eleven …
• Rainbow-Colored Pentax K-x Requires Sunglasses to Use

The rugged AW100 welcomes your abuse, master

Today is shaping up to be a big day for new camera announcements. First we had the new P7100 from Nikon, and next up will be some news from Sony. Now, though, we look at Nikon’s first ruggedized point-and-shoot, the Coolpix AW100.

As you’d expect of a rugged camera, it can be used underwater (to 33 feet), survive drops from five feet and keep working down to a chilly 14˚F (-10˚C). It also comes in a hard-to-lose orange (as well as black and boring blue), and weighs in at just 6.3 ounces (179 grams).

But that’s just the entry fee to this game, and Nikon ups the ante with some very smart outdoorsy extras. First is GPS, which not only geotags your images but tracks you as you trek. There’s also a digital compass which can be displayed on the rear screen, and built-in maps.

Also very clever is the shaky-cam feature (a name I just made up). You can assign one of several functions to be switched when you shake the camera, letting you keep your gloves on.

As to the camera functions, the sensor is 16MP, the LCD three inches, the top ISO is 3200, the 5x zoom goes from 28-140mm (35mm equivalent) and the movies are 1080p (with a slo-mo option up to 240fps).

In short, it has pretty much everything you need, and is tough enough to come with you. The AW100 will cost $380 when it goes on sale in September.

Nikon Coolpix AW100 product page [Nikon. thanks, Geoff!]

See Also:

• Pentax Launches Everything-Proof Rugged Cam
• Ruggedized Ricoh Camera Shrugs Off Water, Concrete
• New Shock-proof Video Camera Likes Rough Adventures, POV-Style …

Camera manufacturers seem to have forgone the straw method for deciding which order to push out their press releases this time around, opting for old-fashioned alphabetical order instead. Yesterday Canon announced a trio of new PowerShots, and now Nikon is doubling down with six new cams, to be followed very soon by … another company later this morning. First off the assembly line is the $500 Coolpix P7100, with its 10.1 megapixel CCD sensor, 7.1x zoom lens, 921k-dot tilting LCD, and manual controls. Photogs looking to jump in the pool, point-and-shoot in tow will probably be more interested in the $380 AW100, which includes a 16 megapixel CMOS sensor, 5x lens, 1080p video capture, built-in GPS, and water resistance to 33 feet. Next up is the $430 S1200pj (pj, for projector). We’ve never actually seen anyone using the built-in projector in Nikon’s digicams, but it’s a fun gimmick nonetheless. This model adds iOS compatibility, letting you project 60-inch iPad videos at a whopping 20 lumens. It also has a 14.1 megapixel sensor, 5x zoom, 720p video, and a 3-inch LCD.

If style is your game, the $300 S100’s sleek design won’t go unnoticed, regardless of whether you opt for red, black, purple and gold (oh, definitely go with the gold). There’s also a 16 megapixel sensor, 5x zoom, 1080p video, and 3D capture. If a superzoom is in the cards, the $330 S8200 is worth a look, with its 14x Nikkor lens, 16.1 megapixel CMOS sensor, 1080p video, and 3-inch 921k-dot LCD. Its thinner sibling, the S6200 is also less expensive, retailing for $230. You’ll need to settle for a 10x optical zoom, 16 megapixel sensor, 720p video, and a 2.7-inch LCD, however. All six digicams are slated to ship in September. Jump past the break for a trio of Nikon press releases, detailing each model.

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See that bloke? That’s Darren Murph. Well, a digital representation of the human version, anyway. That image was captured in two painless seconds at the hands of 3D3 Solutions, which was on-hand here at SIGGRAPH to demonstrate its newest FlexScan setups. The rig that snapped our face rings up at around $10,000, and relies on a Canon DSLR (strictly for capturing textures), a projector and a secondary camera. As you’ve likely picked up on, this is hardly designed for average DIYers, but these solutions are also far more detailed and flexible than using Microsoft’s Kinect. We’re told that the company recently started to support Nikon cameras as well, and for those who’d prefer to use their existing cameras / PJs, a hobbyist-centric software package will allow you to do just that. The only problem? Figuring out where the $2,700 (for software) is going to come from. Head on past the break for a demonstration vid, or peruse the gallery below if you’re feeling extra creepy.

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Visualized: 3D3 Solutions scans our face in two seconds flat originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Purported shot of Nikon’s mirrorless mount surfaces, camera remains shy originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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