Cameras and Photo

HP Photosmart 7850 Photo Printer

HP Photosmart 7850 Photo Printer

Ok, we already featured a Photo Printer in the Computers and Accessories category but felt we needed to include a photo printer in the Digital Camera as well.

The HP Photosmart 7850 Photo Printer is wicked fast when printing out 4″x6″ photos as fast as 27 seconds! This blows away by nearly 10 seconds any other Photo Printer in it’s class.

Sony Cyber-shot Digital Camera

Sony Cyber-shot Digital Camera

If you are into Sony Digital Cameras, this Cyber-shot (DSC-H1) is one of Sony’s better digital cameras sporting a 5.1MP with Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization technology and Real Imaging Processor Technology which improves picture quality, clarity, camera response time, decreases shutter lag and improves battery stamina.

This camera has one of the better non-SLR optical zoom abilities at 12X which is true optical zoom NOT digital zoom. You can use Photoshop to do a better at digital zoom!

Canon PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH Camera

Canon PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH Camera

Canon Digital ELPH Cameras are so small yet built to last allowing you to practically carry this digital camera in your pocket wherever you go. With 7.1MP resolution, this everywhere-you-go digital camera, you can then blow up your snapshots to poster size. Not bad for a camera you could easily have on you at all times to catch those little unscripted moments.

The camera contains multiple scene modes depending on the condition including portrait, foliage, beach, underwater, fireworks, night snapshot, kids and pets, indoor and snow. Also, the camera sports a 2.5″ LCD screen which takes up almost the entire back end of the camera.

Sony HDR-HC1 2.8 MP HD MiniDV Camcorder

Sony HDR-HC1 2.8 MP HD MiniDV Camcorder

Sony released the HDR-HC1 which is the world’s smallest and lightest HDTV (1080i) capable digital camcorder weighing in at less than two pounds and easily fits in your hand (unlike the Sony HDR-FX1 – which was the world’s first non-commercial HDTV digital camcorder).

Imagine shooting your kid’s birthday party in 1080i with 16×9 aspect ratio. Another ground-breaker in the products we’re presenting in today’s digital camcorder category.

Mmmmm…. Hi-def digital camcorder…. mmmmmm.

“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: #9 – Digital Camcorders

Digital Camcorders have maintained their position as 9th most wished for gizmo for this year’s Gizmos for Geek’s “12 Gizmos of Christmas” list.

We’ve included the top models for the various media for digital camcorders including MiniDV, DVD Recordable and new hard drive-based Digital Camcorders. In addition we’ve includes Sony’s ultra-cool hi-def Digital Camcorder. This is the first hi-def Digital Camcorder that can fit in your hard and weighs less than two pounds!

Panasonic PV-GS250 Digital Camcorder

Panasonic PV-GS250 Digital Camcorder

We’ve already featured a DVD Recordable Digital Camcorder and a Hard Drive-based Digital Camcorder so now we’ll feature a top selling MiniDV based Digital Camcorder.

This camcorder has all the great features which have become standard including 3CCD technology, image stabilization, a color viewfinder and digital still mode for grabbing pictures.

JVC Everio-G Camcorder

JVC Everio-G Camcorder

The JVC Everio Digital Camcorder is the first hard drive storaged-based digital camcorder. This model comes with a 30GB hard drive with will record 7 hours of DVD-quality video.

We’ve featured a different model as a Gizmo of the Day recently because JVC is breaking new ground in the digital camcorder field with these products. The coolest feature is the bump protection similar to laptops that shuts down the hard drive when the digital camcorder is dropped to save data on the hard drive and imagine… no media (DVD recordables or MiniDV) to carry on your trip! I’m getting one before I leave for China next year for sure!

Sony DCR-DVD403 3MP DVD Handycam Camcorder

Sony DCR-DVD403 3MP DVD Handycam Camcorder

You can record directly to DVD using this Sony Digital Camcorder and using the Picture Package software you can easily organize still images and video content and create music videos with them. One item I really like about DVD recordable camcorders is the visual index usually offered (this digital camcorder does!) which allows you to quickly flip from chapter to chapter so you don’t have to watch an entire MiniDVs tape from start to finish to find some footage you want.

You can literally stick this camcorder in the palm of your hand and if you go on a trip, the DVD recordables are more flat that MiniDVs. This would be a great camcorder for everyday use (if you have kids) or travel.

JVC Everio GZ-MG70

JVC Everio GZ-MG70

JVC welcomes the next format in digital camcorders with a hard drive (actually 30GB microdrive) for storage rather than saving data to MiniDV or writing directly to DVD.

Of course hard drives are not immune from shocks and vibrations so JVC has developed a unique floating syspension system dampening vibrations through advanced polymer shock absorbers. Another technology, borrowed from notebook PC users, is the gravity-like force sensor system that senses sudden acceleration such as the camcorder falling and turns off the power to avoid a head crash.

Harddrive-based camcorders are the next big format in digital based camcorders… grab yours today or better yet, send one to the Geeks!

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