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Lego – The Force Unleashed Stop Motion Animation

March 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

By using Lego, a camera, photoshop and some imagination xxxfancypantsxxx, a user at YouTube, has created this cool looking Lego stop motion animation called Lego – The Force Unleashed.

The animation was part of a challenge to see who could make the best lightsaber duel. The special effects such as the lightsabers and blaster effects were done in Photoshop while the rest of it was done 1 frame at a time moving Lego men around and capturing every single change. The video is shown below… [Read more…]

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Nokia Nuron 5320 Announced on T-Mobile

March 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Nokia and T-Mobile have officially announced the Nokia Nuron 5320 mobile phone. The handset will cost $69.99 and for that price you get a 3.2 inch touchscreen that has a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels in a 16:9 wide aspect ratio.

The Nokia Nuron is in a candybar form factor and connects to GSM/EDGE networks at 850, 900, 1800 or 1900 MHz as well as WCDMA at 1700/2100MHz.

A two megapixel camera is included and the software allows for 3X digital zoom as well as video recording. The phone has GPS built in and allows Ovi Maps navigation to function (Nokia’s new free navigation application). [Read more…]

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Canon Rebel T2i vs Canon EOS 7D

March 2, 2010 by 5 Comments

CameraTown have put together an in-depth review of the Canon Rebel T2i versus the Canon EOS 7D.

When the Canon T2i was first announced it surprised many in that it had quite an extensive feature set that included an 18 megapixel CMOS sensor and full HD 1080p movie recording. A lot of the features on the Canon T2i have been handed down from the Canon EOS 7D. The T2i is around $850 cheaper which makes you wonder which of the two cameras you should choose… the more expensive Canon EOS 7D priced at $1,649.95, or the Canon Rebel T2i priced at $799.99 which would give you an extra $850 to spend on lenses. [Read more…]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Update

March 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Canon have announced a new firmware update for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras. The new firmware update will launch in the next couple of weeks bringing more features to the digital SLR camera.

The new firmware will being the camera up to version 2.0.3 which will enable 1080p full HD video recording at 24, 25 and 29.97 frames per second. The recording will meet both PAL and NTSC standards.

As well as the HD updates the new firmware also brings a new histogram display to movie capture mode. Also sound recording levels can be adjusted with the camera. [Read more…]

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Nokia C5 Smartphone Unveiled

March 2, 2010 by 3 Comments

Nokia have unveiled a new smartphone called the Nokia C5. The C5 is the beginning of a new series of phones called the Nokia Cseries that ads to the already available Xseries as well as unannounced phones in the Eseries and Nseries.

The C5 sits right in the middle of the Cseries class and runs the Series 60 3rd Edition symbian operating system. It has a 2.2 inch screen along with a 3.2 megapixel camera. Software wise, it comes pre-installed with Ovi Maps allowing for free navigation in a number of countries around the globe.

New features are included in the Nokia C5 such as the phone book that allows you to see friends Facebook status’ as well as send them messages from the phone book. [Read more…]

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Google Street View Images Could be Updated every 6 Months – EU Demands

March 1, 2010 by 1 Comment

Google Street View has caused a bit of a stir from time to time as some users feel it’s a little intrusive having a camera capture pictures of your home. Generally though it seems like most people actually think it’s a cool service to use.

Google [GOOG] had plans to update the images every 12 months when the service launched although this could be reduced in the EU has it’s way. The 12 monthly updates would allow Google to capture changes in scenery and buildings that have occurred over the year. However, due to various privacy reasons the EU want it changing to the 6 months we mentioned which could lead to great expense for Google to effectively double it’s efforts to achieve the same work. [Read more…]

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LG Windows Phone 7 Series Handset Revealed

March 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Last week we mentioned that LG were readying the first Windows Phone 7 Series handset ready for launch sometime between September and November this year.

Engadget managed to take a look at the handset whilst filming the Engadget Show. A quick look at the picture above shows that it appears to have the right things in place to qualify as a Windows Phone 7 Series handset such as it having 3 hardware buttons below the screen and a large high-res screen that’s capacitive touch. [Read more…]

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HTC HD2 as well as Other WM6.X Devices Won’t Get Windows Phone 7 Series

March 1, 2010 by 5 Comments

We’ve seen a number of rumours that the HTC HD2 will be getting an update to Windows Phone 7 Series. However, due to one simple technical requirement it closes off the rumour.

The hardware guidelines are quite specific in that phone manufactures need to have a specific processor (ie, the 1GHz Snapdragon from Qualcomm), a high-res screen, a 5 megapixel camera and a 3.5mm headphone jack… which the HTC HD2 already has. However, one of the “strict” requirements of the chassis 1 phones is that they also need to have three hard buttons below the screen. The HTC HD2 happens to have five which breaks the deal.

That’s the official line from Microsoft, at any rate. Natasha Kwan, General Manager for Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business in the Asia-Pacific region, told APC that the HD2 ‘doesn’t qualify because it doesn’t have the three buttonsĀ.

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New iPad SDK Mentions Video Calling

February 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Apple [AAPL] iPad was first announced about a month ago and at that time it was revealed that it doesn’t have a camera at all on the device. A few weeks later it was spotted that the iPad’s bezel actually had a cut out for a camera but it still seems like the final iPad won’t actually arrive with a camera. This could mean a second generation iPad is already being built.

A new iPad SDK was recently released that was also found to support a front facing camera, camera flash, zoom and video conferencing.

This information was found in the SDK thanks to a couple of buttons that show large Decline and Accept video call buttons which appear to be too big for the iPhone screen. [Read more…]

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Samsung Launch Five new Lenses

February 22, 2010 by 1 Comment

Samsung are launching five new camera lenses for their Samsung NX10 that we first mentioned early in January. The new lenses being made available vary in what they can achieve starting with a fairly standard 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens that gives a fairly wide angle and can be used for zooming in a little to shots.

The next is a 20mm f/2.8 pancake lens allowing for wide angle shots with a fairly wide aperture that can let in some decent amount of light. The next lens is a macro lens that is a 60mm f/2.7. Next is the 20-50mm f.3.5-5.6 and funally an 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 for zooming in more closely to subjects. [Read more…]

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Samsung TL500 Looks Promising

February 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Samsung have launched the Samsung TL500 point and shoot digital camera. The camera it’s self belongs to the “high-end” of point and shoot cameras in that the features it have bring it close to how a DSLR camera functions except for not having an interchangeable lens which keeps the size down.

The lens included with the camera although fixed to the body is actually quite capable and has a wide aperture of f/1.8 allowing plenty of light to hit the sensor for darkened shots. Full manual controls can be found with multiple control dials to get the camera to take the shot you want it to take. [Read more…]

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Canon EOS 1Ds MK IV Rumoured

February 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Rumours about a new updated Canon EOS 1Ds MK IV have started today saying that the new DSLR camera will feature a larger sensor taking it from 21 megapixels up to 32 megapixels.

The rumour also says that the new DSLR could be announced as early as next week. No other spec details are available at the moment although Canon Rumours do mention that new information is due in over this weekend.

The next rumour from the same post indicated that the Canon EOS 60D will not be announced next week, possibly due to Canon focussing on a high-end camera launch. [Read more…]

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