Cameras & Camcorders Category - Page 11

Kodak Wins Patent Dispute Cases Against Apple & RIM [Eastman Kodak Wins $1 Billion From Apple & RIM for Low-Res Image Preview Patent]

By on Sunday, 27. March 2011

Have you tried taking a photo with your iPhone or Blackberry and wondered at how quickly the phone can show an image preview? It turns out Kodak owns the patent, and it wants to be paid.

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NAVI Turns A Kinect Into A Seeing Eye System [A Kinect Coupled With Some Extra Hardware Becomes A Way To Let The Blind See]

By on Thursday, 17. March 2011

Making blind people see was, pretty much, only the province of miracles until not so long ago, where technology got started trying to make ways to work around the lack of sight and give back functions to the blind that were formerly governed by sight. From braille to tactile feedback, [...]

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Philips Shows Off New Camcorder, The ESee HD [Philips' ESee HD Boasts Wi-Fi Connectivity And 23x Zoom, But No Price Or Release Date]

By on Tuesday, 15. March 2011

Speaking here as the owner of a Philips television that has served with distinction for six years of constant use, I’d be willing to say that Philips gear is good quality stuff. And so I’m definitely happy to hear about the upcoming release of the Philips ESee HD camcorder.

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Canon Looks To Add Thunderbolt To Camera Line [Canon's Top End Cameras May End Up With Thunderbolt Card Readers In The Near Future]

By on Friday, 11. March 2011

Interesting development for the photographers in the crowd–some word has emerged suggesting that camera great Canon might be adding Thunderbolt capability to their lineup of cameras.

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Microsoft OneVision Video Recognizer Detects, Tracks, and Recognizes Faces On Video [Microsoft Shows Off A New Algorithm That Will Give Security Cameras A Lot of Extra Capability]

By on Friday, 11. March 2011

For those of you who wish that their security cameras could spot a person and follow them around, you’re about to get your wish thanks to Microsoft’s newest algorithm, the OneVision Video Recognizer. It was recently demonstrated, and once it picked a face out of the crowd, it followed them [...]

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Sony Cyber-shot Camera With Free 3G Planned [Sony is Rumored to Be Developing a Digital Camera With Free 3G Capabilities For Instant Photo Sharing]

By on Friday, 11. March 2011

Photos are not only for printing and storing on digital albums. Social networking has made it a necessity to share photos the moment you take them. As such, Sony is rumored to have a 3G-enabled camera in the works.

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LifeLapse Turns iPhone Into A Life-Logger, Offers Accompanying Pouch [Lifeloggers Get Huge Boost From Upcoming iPhone App, Complete With Accessories]

By on Thursday, 10. March 2011

This may well represent the first time I can ever remember seeing an app for the iPhone that actually allowed fashion accessories to be included with it. Anyway, if you can’t get enough of showing your life to strangers, then prepare to be dazzled by the upcoming LifeLapse app for [...]

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Zioneyez Eyez Glasses Allow You To Record As You Walk [Eyez Contain A Small Camera That Records 1080p Video, Can Also Stream The Video]

By on Tuesday, 8. March 2011

Plenty of people out there like to record their lives for public consumption. YouTube is pretty much a monument to people who do exactly that on a daily basis. But as we’ve all found, you can only carry a camcorder for so long before your hand starts to cramp up, [...]

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JVC Announces Pricing On Its GS-TD1 Camcorder [JVC's 3D Camera For The Consumer Market Gets A Hefty Price Tag]

By on Monday, 7. March 2011

If you’ve ever taken a look at your old home movies with a depressed sigh and thought “All that video of little Timmy clocking Uncle Bob in the package with a wiffle ball bat needs is to be in 3D to really make it pop”, then congratulations, true believer, you’re [...]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX77 Includes Makeup Effects [Panasonic's Camera Adds Simulated Makeup To Be Added To Shot Pictures]

By on Friday, 4. March 2011

I’ve seen a lot of things done with pictures. From airbrushing, to minor edits, to outright digital alteration that allows you to put your face on a water buffalo–either side!–but this may well mark the first time I’ve seen people able to add makeup to a shot after it’s been [...]

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