Cameras and Photo

Where have you been all my life Sony HDR-SR1? Oh yeah, waiting for technology to catch up with my vision of a hard drive based camcorder that records in high-definition. You can also record in standard-definition, but why would you do that?

The HDR-SR1 uses a 2.1MP ClearVid CMOS Sensor requiring much less power than the traditional CCD imagers. Also, using a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens resulting in vivid image brilliance, true-to-left color saturation and perfect renditions of subtle tones. The T coating also reduces unwanted glare and flare.

Including a 16:9, 3.5 inch touch-panel LCD display, the camcorder features smooth slow recording and records audio in Dolby Digital 5.1. This gizmo is hot!

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Although I’m not a big photographer, I see this gadget as a great addition to a picture-taker’s arsenal. The Wolverine FlashPac comes in a bunch of storage sizes (4 sizes from 40GB to 100GB) and is also a 7-in-1 Card Reader. So once you fill up your precious memory cards in your camera, just slip it into the Wolverine, hit a button and they get sucked over to the built-in hard drive.

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Accepting 11 types of media including CompactFlash I/II, Microdrive, Secure Digital, Mini SD, MultiMediaCard, RS MMC, Memory Stick/MS PRO & MS Duo/PRO Duo, this device can be used to backup your files from your digital camera allowing yourself to be free from taking your laptop on trips, to weddings, family reunions, etc… Take all the pictures you want and simply back the up to free up space!

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The Gorillapod Flexible Digital Camera Tripod allows you to hold your camera anywhere. This alien looking tripod allows you to hold your camera anywhere for that perfect shot provided that the GorillaPod can hang from, grip to, wrap on or bend to an object. Weighing only 13 ounces, you can easily bring the GorillaPod on travel with you.

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Sony introduced the HDR-FX1 last year and probably should have been the Gizmo of the Day then, but… better late than never.

The HDR-FX1 is the first 1080i (HDTV) camcorder that was available in the consumer class. Since this mamouth digital camcorder was released, several other 1080i digital camcorders have hit the market but the Sony HDR-FX1 is still the best (and biggest) in the market.

The Sony HDR-FX1 HDV Handycam camcorder: the revolution begins.

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Now I remember why I’ve held off purchasing a digital video camera since my was stolen a few years ago… progress! This year we’ve seen the emergence of hard drive based digital video cameras (no extra media needed) and now the smaller high-definition digital video cameras are starting to emerge. Now if these two technologies can be married together I’ll have a reason to buy!

Finally, high-definition digital camcorders have come in under $1000 and can easily fit in your hand! This Sony Xacti HD Digital Video Camera can record over 21 minutes of 720-pixel HD video on a single 1GB SD Card in MPEG-4 format… come on, you knew you wouldn’t be able to record for too long with the amount of data needed for HD, but you could just buy a couple extra SD cards for that.

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