Flip Video have announced a new Flip Mino HD camera that doubles the storage capacity making it possible to store two hours of video, and ads a larger screen that bumps it up from 1.5″ to 2 inches in size.

The whole camera has had a revamp including newer and more responsive touch-sensitive buttons, a more sleeker look and a HDMI output.

The software on the Flip Mino HD has also received an upgrade and now gives the option for users to send footage direct to Facebook. The interface has also received an upgrade and now presents more organised clips for you to search through. Finally the camera has the ability to auto edit and transition footage in to clips ready for upload. [Read more…]

Hasselblad are launching their latest camera named the H4D. The H4D is a 60 megapixel camera that uses a true off-centre autofocus system…

…known as True Focus. Where even DSLRs often have to first focus and then reposition the camera to get focus significantly away from the center, the H4D has a yaw rate sensor that can detect the horizontal and vertical movement away from the focus point and refocus the lens to compensate.

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A few weeks ago we mentioned the Canon EOS 7D was launching soon. A video has arrived on the net showing exactly what sort of 1080p quality you can expect from this camera. The video’s were captured by Dan Chung and filmed in low light using a 1600 to 6400 ISO setting.

Also, another test rig can also be viewed showing Matt Jaspers Canon EOS 7D setup. Check out the images after the jump as well as the 1080p HD video test, both look superb. [Read more…]

The Pentax Optio M85 has been announced. It is a point and shoot camera that has a 12 megapixel CCD sensor, 3x optical zoom and a 3 inch LCD screen.

The camera measures 19mm in thickness and weighs 128g. The body of the Optio M85 is metal making it quite a sturdy pocket sized camera. [Read more…]

Amazon have a great deal today (only) on the Aiptek A-HD 720p 8 megapixel HD camcorder. The HD camcorder is capable of capturing images that are 1280 x 720 pixels in size at 30 frames per second. The camera is on offer for $79.99 which is $20 cheaper than the list price.

The HD camcorder is palm sized and as well as being able to capture HD video it can also capture still images. The screen on the camera measures 2.4 inches and is a TFT LCD display. The screen also can swivel 27 degrees if needed to get the right viewing angle. [Read more…]

The new SanDisk Extreme Pro CompactFlash cards have been designed to handle the latest DSLR cameras that need to write more data quickly. Up to 90MB/s write speed can be achieved with this card allowing burst mode to be a lot quicker.

The CompactFlash cards come with capacities of up to 64GB with the other sizes offered being 16GB and 32GB. Having up to 64GB of fast storage in your camera helps to take a huge amount of pictures as well as being able to store HD video too. [Read more…]

The Fingertip Micro cam is a small camera that is capable of capturing images at 640 x 480 pixels. The camera can capture video on to microSD cards with a capacity of up to 8GB in size. The unit is powered by a rechargeable battery that can be charged via USB cable.

As well as being a camera, the device can also work as a flash drive to store other file types on it’s memory. [Read more…]

We heard this morning that Nikon are now discontinuing the Nikon D300 digital SLR camera that has been a great camera since it’s launch. The Nikon D300 was recently replaced by the D300s. The D300 was a little behind in these last days in that it couldn’t do video but there are mixed feelings on DSLR’s needing to do video anyway.

The D300 was first launched in August 2007 and now that it’s not being built any more we could see prices dropping on the camera while stocks are finally depleted. If you still want one of these great cameras then it might be worth checking out Amazon to see if they have any good deals on it. [Read more…]

Wired managed to get some time with the new iPod Nano announced yesterday. The new version of the nano now includes a small camera allowing you to capture video. Video on the new nano is captured in standard definition and although we’d all like to see HD captured these days it’s still a decent upgrade and welcomed.

The nano measures 3.6″ tall x 1.5 inches by 0.24 inches, so is very handy to carry around as an MP3 player and have the option of capturing video if needed. Please note that the iPod Nano doesn’t capture still images, or at least, it can’t be done yet. [Read more…]

The Canon PowerShot SX20 was recently reviewed over at Photography Blog where they went in to a lot of details (8 pages worth).

The SX20 is a step up form the SX10 that was launched a year ago. The SX20 now includes HD 720p video recording at 30 frames per second along with a new 12 megapixel sensor. [Read more…]

The Frankencamera is a gadget that allows you to build your own open source applications for the camera. It was created by Marc Levoy who is a professor at Stanford and Andrew Adams.

Levoy says the megapixel was is over and now we are just left waiting to see what the next feature will be every time a new camera is launched. The open source camera lets you mess around with the camera settings and create your own features. With it being open source you can let the experts create the features and then you simply just download them. This means that there will be no more waiting around for companies to innovate. [Read more…]

The Samsung SC-MX20 is a flash based camcorder that has an impressive 34x optical zoom built in and the option of using a 1200x digital zoom. Amazon currently have the camcorder on offer today with 54% off the standard pricing bringing it down to $129.99 and a saving of $150 which makes it a bargain.

The Samsung camcorder allows you to capture up to 16 hours of video if you choose a 32GB memory card. Also, a 3 hour battery life makes it the longest battery life in it’s class. [Read more…]