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There are many digital cameras available in the market nowdays. It’s nice to have a good little one that you can get at affordable price. Although digicam market is dominated by a few brands, but alternative brands do exist. Vivitar digital camera for example, this brand is relatively cheap when compared to similar products out there.

Vivitar offers variety size and models, from low to medium priced models of digital cameras. I think this one is certainly worth looking into, but it is not for serious users though. For those who are on tight budget but want to have a good and reliable compact digital camera Read the rest

The A100F is the latest compact High-Definition (HD) Camera from Toshiba which comes equipped with a shock mounted 1.8″ HDD with 100GB storage capacity. Claimed to be the world’s smallest “Full HD” camcorder, it boasts a 2 mega-pixel 1/3-inch CMOS Sensor and can record video in 1920×1080 (support for Mpeg-4 AVC/H.264 video format). Unfortunately, there is no actual word on availability so far, but “the price will be around 1,600 Euro for the most expensive model”. Well, with that price I am not interested at all to buy this A100F camcorder . More pictures after the jump. Read the rest

Electronics giant Sanyo has just unveiled the Xacti DMX-HD700 HD digital movie camera. It comes with similar body design as the Waterproof CA65 Xacti version (or E1 for U.S market), but it only has 720p HD movie recording functionality, rather than 1080p. Sanyo bundles the HD700 with SD/SDHC memory card to store the photos taken with 7MP camera as well as videos. It is compatible with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video format. Read the rest

FlipStartLabs yesterday announced its new FlipStart Snap Camera which provides a range of new functionality for the company’s FlipStart super compact PC. As the first snap-in accessory for FlipStart PC, this camera easily snaps onto that compact PC’s lid and has the capability to capture up to 5MP (2560 x 1920) resolution photos as well as VGA-quality video recording (30 frames per second) with digital zoom. Read the rest

Check out this micro camcorder which is claimed to be the world’s smallest camcorder ever produced. As you can see from the picture above, the size of a mere chewing gum pack, but it can record 33 hours of video on a 1GB SD memory card. This camcorder provides 3GP resolution video footage at 15 frames per second and boasts a battery life of 2 hours for recording video on a single charge. Read the rest

Twenty20 showcased its “VholdR” camcorder during the TechCrunch 2007 Conference on September 17th to 18th in San Francisco. Coming with brushed aluminum finished, this lightweight video camera can withstand rain, mud and snow. Some notable features, include one button to turn-on and -off the camera for convenience, CMOS image sensor ( 0.04 Lux @f/1.2 minimum illumination), 1/4-inch 4G lens (90º viewing angle) and USB support. Read the rest

Check out this SP-560UZ brand new digital camera from Olympus. It comes with a 2.5-inch wide monitor and a built-in memory (47MB), so no need to worry of losing your memory card anymore. The camera also features 18x optical zoom, a wide screen angle and the ISO goes up to 3200/6400. Read the rest

Sony rolls out a couple new CyberShots, named the DSC-T200 and DSC-T70. Both digital cameras come with the SuperHAD CCD, 8.1MPx sensor, 31MB memory, ISO 3200 and face detection system. The difference between the two, that is the DSC-T200 supports 5x optical zoom, while the T70 offers 3x optical zoom. The most interesting feature that comes in both cameras is the “Smile Shutter” function which automatically detects and captures a person smiling. Read the rest

Sanyo has finally unveiled the new, slim Full HD camcorder, dubbed as the “Xacti DMX-HD1000 in the Japanese market. With dimensions 90.0 x 112.6 ×54.5mm and weighs at 268g, this new compact camcorder features ergonomic design with up-to 135 degree adjustable grip, 2.7-inches wide LCD, 8 Mega-pixels still shot and 10x optical zoom. Read the rest