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The big NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention’s exhibits open today in Las Vegas, and the RED Digital Cinema Camera Company is showing off SCARLET, its newest and smallest camcorder. Using tech from RED’s much-vaunted RED ONE camcorder that...
POSTED Monday, April 14, 2008
We knew HDTV cameras were getting small, but had no idea they could be shrunk to a size scarcely larger than a sugar cube. That’s about the dimensions of a tiny camera Toshiba will roll out this month at...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
Now the tinycam derby heats up even more, with Sony jumping in with its $900 HDR-TG1, a palm-size HDTV camcorder it’s calling the world’s smallest. Besides its 1080i HDTV showing up on that 2.7-inch viewscreen and recording on the...
POSTED Thursday, April 3, 2008
Now cheap lensmaker Vivitar joins the likes of Canon and Sanyo in the tiny HD camcorder derby with its DVR565HD, recording 720p on a minuscule SD flash memory card. Adding to the fun is a relatively huge 3-inch viewscreen,...
POSTED Friday, March 28, 2008
Want to exponentially improve your video shooting or still photography way beyond that of mere amateurs? Here's the key word: stabilize. You could hold that camera rock-steady with a $5800 Steadicam system, or you could schlep around a cumbersome...
POSTED Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Panasonic rolled out numerous point-and-shoot digital cameras today, and we think this TZ5 is the best of the lot. Sure, it's a capable camera with all the right numbers including a 10x optical zoom, 28mm wide-angle lens, 3-inch viewscreen...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Get your tin foil hats out because we’re about to get spooky with yet another cool spy device from the mysterious land of Asia. The Mini Video Audio Spy Camera is basically your run-of-the-mill tiny spy camera meant to...
POSTED Thursday, January 24, 2008
Now that it's looking like Blu-ray has finally and definitively won the high-def format war, it's time to finally give in and invest in some new HD gear. If you've been waiting for a HD camcorder, the new Hitachi DZ-BD9H...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Recording high-def video on tape is rapidly becoming a thing of the past now that Canon given the thumbs-up to flash memory for a new generation of HD camcorders. The Vixia HF10 and HF100 (above) capture 1080i video to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Panasonic announced a pair of new 3CCD camcorders that can record full 1080p to SD cards, including Panny's new 32GB offering. The HDC-HS9 ($1,100) also includes a 60GB HDD, while the HDC-SD9 sticks with SD cards, shaving the weight...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
Going hand in hand with its new HD camcorders and displays with SD card slots for HD-movie playback, Panasonic's new 32GB offering had enough space to store 8 hours of standard HD content, or 5.5 hours of full HD...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
Next time someone walks over to check out what books you enjoy, the books might be watching back. And listening. The Book Camera looks like your usual hardback, but features a camera with a pinhole lens, a minuscule microphone...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
If you're going to be the next investigative reporter superstar, you're going to need some kind of undercover spy device to get the job done. Enter the Wireless Spy Camera from Chinavision. It looks like a regular pen, but...
POSTED Monday, December 3, 2007
This cool camera from Olympus not only shoots in HD, but it shoots a full 360 degrees of HD. Looking completely unlike any camcorder you'd find on the shelves of your local Best Buy, it gets a nice 1080i feed...
POSTED Tuesday, November 20, 2007
To the casual observer, this is just an ordinary ballpoint pen, but underneath its mild-mannered skin, it's bristling with the latest technology. Forget that camera in your tie; not only does this pencam surreptitiously record video and audio, but...
POSTED Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Nothing says "I'm a classy guy with nothing to hide" like being really into spy cameras and equipment. But hey, I'm not here to judge, I'm here to inform. So, creeps of the world, let me introduce you to...
POSTED Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Those darn kids — nowadays they will do this, that and the other thing on camera just for a little Youtube fame. Now your tot can earn those 15 minutes of fame even earlier with the assistance of "The Only...
POSTED Saturday, October 20, 2007
The FingerCam has just strolled its miniature self into the spotlight as the world's smallest wireless color video camera. The entire camera is about the size of a dime and will rest on your finger without being seen —...
POSTED Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Here's one for all of you do-it-yourself types. Ever wish you could attach any ordinary 35mm lens to your camcorder? It'd make it much easier to play with depth of field while filming, without having to spend thousands on...
POSTED Monday, October 15, 2007
For seriously extreme people, this two-piece video camera from V.I.O. has a separate wired lens the can be strapped to your handlebars or even your helmet. Record the action while you're snowboarding or capture firefights with insurgents. Shock resistant, water...
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
Most of the time, shrinking technology is a good thing. We get tiny phones, thin TVs, and lightweight laptops. But when it comes to sleazebags, small tech means more than just portability; you know what I'm talking about. You...
POSTED Monday, September 24, 2007
Panasonic's latest pair of HD camcorders, the HDC-SX5 an the HDC-SD5, are pretty damn small. So small, in fact, that they are calling the HDC-SD5 the world's smallest "palm-style 3CCD full-HD camcorder." While that's just a bit of press...
POSTED Thursday, September 20, 2007
The most memorable thing my father's ever said to me came up when I was a kid and we were wandering the aisles of a toy store together. I think we passed by some robot figurines that could blow...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Departing a little from the traditional camcorder design with a fold-out LCD, JVC's GR-DA20 sports a screen on the backside that slides up and down. The idea is you can slide the LCD up and down for the best angle,...
POSTED Tuesday, September 4, 2007
High-def camcorders continue to get smaller and smaller. While we were blown away pretty recently by Canon's new hard-disk HD camcorder offering, this new HD cam from Sanyo is even smaller. The Xacti DMX-HD1000 is now the world's smallest...
POSTED Thursday, August 30, 2007
Smart camcorder shoppers know the new big thing is HDD camcorders, specifically of the HD variety, that ditch physical media and allow you to record right to a built-in hard drive in the camera. Physical media is dead, dudes....
POSTED Thursday, August 2, 2007
High Def video is finally getting to the hands of the masses, it seems. While this Canon HG10 isn't the first hard-drive-based HD camcorder we've seen, it's the smallest. Gone are the days of giant, bulky cameras that you...
POSTED Wednesday, August 1, 2007
As camcorders have evolved into the high-def arena, it's become pretty clear that most of the media they record to was never designed to hold so much data. After all, HD tapes and flash memory fill up too quick,...
POSTED Monday, July 23, 2007
One of the reasons a lot of pro and high-end consumer camcorders still use tape it that the capacity is so high. Those furlongs of magnetic tape add up to substantial storage, and it's tough for hard disks and...
POSTED Thursday, July 19, 2007
If there was ever a time to jump in and buy an HD camcorder, it's now. Samsung's just announced their SC-HMX10 camcorder, a svelte HD device with a whopping 8GB of built-in flash memory. No tapes are necessary with...
POSTED Tuesday, July 17, 2007
There's a hell of a lot to be said for ease of use. The iPod, e-mail, and Facebook all owe a good chunk of their immense popularity to simple and intuitive interfaces. But Albert Einstein himself imposed a limit...
POSTED Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Getting a video record of your scuba dives is easier than ever now that Sanyo's come out with its VPC-E1 waterproof camcorder. Before the E1, you would need some kind of watertight casing for your cam if you were...
POSTED Tuesday, May 22, 2007
When shooting your own video, nothing looks better than HD, but nothing matches the convenience of recording to disc (just pop out and play). Giving you the best of both home-video worlds (pretty much) is Canon's HR10 cam, which...
POSTED Monday, May 7, 2007
With the price of video sensors and LCD screens currently in freefall, it's no surprise that design concepts are turning toward disposable video camcorders. This beauty is by designer Jennifer Murphy, who proposes to sell each throwaway camera for...
POSTED Thursday, March 15, 2007
Hot on the heels of the company's HV20 high-def camcorder comes Canon's PowerShot TX1, a mini cam that captures HD footage to SD cards, doing away with that tape nonsense (and about time, too). Your video gets the HD...
POSTED Thursday, February 22, 2007
This tiny handheld camcorder actually shoots in HD, surprisingly enough. How well it shoots HD… well, that's another story entirely. It shoots at 720p HD, storing the video on a SDHC memory card. It also takes 7-megapixel still pictures,...
POSTED Thursday, February 8, 2007
Now that you know how much better high-definition video is than your DVDs, you must be thinking your home movies are starting to look pretty low-res, too. This spring might be a good time to upgrade to an HD...
POSTED Wednesday, January 31, 2007
JVC has announced the CU-VD20, a new DVD writer for use with the company's Everio line of hard-disk camcorders. Easy to use, the burner simply needs to be hooked up to the camcorder via USB cable. Now you're ready...
POSTED Friday, January 26, 2007
Allow me to introduce the JVC HD Everio GZ-HD7 camcorder. With not one, but three CCD image sensors (one for each red, green, and blue), the GZ-HD7 is primed to take in all it can swallow. These 16:9 progressive-scan...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Sony announced four new HD camcorders at CES, although two have a counterintuitive twist: they record HD footage on DVD. The catch is that the discs are playable only on Blu-ray players and PCs. Both cams — the HDR-UX7...
POSTED Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Feel torn between the emerging formats for camcorders? Let's see… you've got DVD, flash, and hard-disk models to choose from, so there's really no need to deal with silly tapes. Still, it's hard to decide. With Hitachi's DZH500A cam,...
POSTED Monday, January 8, 2007
This new camcorder from JVC has a pretty insane 34X optical zoom, which should let you see pretty clearly what's happening in your neighbor's window across the street. However, have you ever tried keeping a camera steady when it's...
POSTED Thursday, December 14, 2006
At your next backyard barbecue, not only can you zoom in from afar on Grandma's extra long chin hair, you'll be able to hear her moan and groan about your no-good cousins thanks to the Zoom Mic function on...
POSTED Friday, December 8, 2006
Some fancy camcorders have hard drives built in, and some fancy camcorders can burn DVDs, but how many fancy camcorders can do both? Just one, apparently. The Hitachi DZ-HS303E features an 8-GB hard drive as well as DVD-burning capabilities,...
POSTED Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Earlier this year, French researcher Robin Lobel amazed a crowd of students at the University of Paris with footage from a camera that creates 3D images from 2D ones. The special camera is programmed to recognize visual cues in the...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Looking to shoot some decent video, but don't want to spend a bundle? Well, there's that camera in your cell phone, but a 30-second clip at 15 frames per second probably won't cut it. No, what you need is...
POSTED Thursday, August 24, 2006
Not content to offer high-def camcorders only to professionals and "prosumers," Canon today announced its HV10 cam, a lightweight, consumer-friendly HD model that captures video in the 1080i format to HDV tapes. Giving Sony's HDR-HC3 high-def Handycam a run...
POSTED Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Digital technology has made cameras and camcorders ubiquitous. Most of the time this is great news, except when someone snaps a pic of something they shouldn't (just ask Cameron Diaz) or — in a big pet peeve of the...
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Okay, you've played around with an entry-level HD camcorder, graduating to the level of auteur. If you're looking for a new cam worthy of your talents, this fall Canon's debuting a couple of high-def camcorders aimed at prosumers just...
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Samsung released its rugged sports camcorder — an extremely compact model that shoots basic, e-mailable video — over a year ago. Its coolest feature was the remote lens unit, which you could mount separately to anything you wanted, letting...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Ah, Yanko Design, where would we be without your constant stream of eye candy in the form of concept tech toys? Take the iBall — a nice stab at what a camcorder from Apple would look like. Discarding the...
POSTED Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Screw tape! Seriously — it's flimsy, it degrades, and this winding/rewinding business? Please. Camcorders are thankfully starting to come to their senses and turning away from this archaic medium, leading to lightweight hard-disk cameras like JVC's Everio GZ-MG505. Instead...
POSTED Thursday, May 11, 2006
With the increasing popularity of Internet video on Web sites like YouTube, MySpace, and Google Video, more and more people want an easy way to put their homemade videos online. Unfortunately, camcorders are generally expensive, bulky, and full of...
POSTED Wednesday, May 3, 2006
There are a lot of cheap Web cams out there, and they all do pretty much the same thing: show low-resolution pictures of you sitting at your computer to anyone with enough free time to look. This one, however,...
POSTED Friday, April 28, 2006
You're looking at the next generation of video camera: the Red One. The newest project of Oakley founder Jim Jannard, the Red One is an expandable and modular camera, which means nearly every aspect of the thing can be...
POSTED Monday, April 24, 2006
So you're tearing down the slopes, shooting through the trees, blasting through fresh powder, and doing whatever else the kids do these days — but how can you show how extreme you are to the bunnies down in the...
POSTED Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Until recently, you didn't have that many options if you wanted a high-definition camcorder — a cam capable of shooting footage that takes advantage of the higher resolution of an HDTV. There were only two consumer models, from JVC...
POSTED Tuesday, February 21, 2006
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