Camera gear

Touchscreen WiFi Digital Frame – eStarling

Today PF Digital Inc., the inventor of the e-mail and social media empowered eStarling Wi-Fi digital photo frame, announced their newest product – the world’s first 802.11n Touchscreen Connected Picture Frame. This 10.2 inch (16:9 800X480) digital frame uses 802.11n technology giving it faster speeds and longer Wi-Fi ranges. It also has the ability to […]

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$35 alternative to a speedlight camera flash?

lightscoop

Professor Kobre’s Lightscoop is a clever and inexpensive ($35) device that clips on to the hot shoe of your DSLR or SLR camera. It then transforms the light from the pop-up flash into pro-quality light by reflecting the flash’s light to the ceiling, to bounce it back down on your subject. It is compatible with

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Nikon introduces AF-S DX Micro 85mm f/3.5G ED VR lens

Nikon AF S DX Micro NIKKOR 85mm f35G ED VR

Nikon has just announced the next lens to add to their already impressive line of DSLR accessories, the AF-S DX Micro 85mm f/3.5G ED VR (whew!) lens. For those who don’t speak photo geek, this is a macro (close-up) lens that is capable of focusing from infinity to life-size, provides auto-focus within the lens, utilizes

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Microsoft LifeCam Cinema – a Webcam with True 720p HD

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I’ve had the pleasure of getting to play with the new Microsoft LifeCam Cinema and I am impressed.  I haven’t tried any other HD webcams but compared to my previous webcam, the Microsoft LifeCam Cinema is far superior.  To make this review simple, I compared the QuickCam Pro 9000 that I purchased in March 2009

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NIX TS08C Digital Cordless Picture Frame Review

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Displaying your vacation pictures, and videos, has never been easier!  The NIX TS08C Cordless Picture Frame with its auto-rotating screen and touch controls makes it fun to share your pictures and videos with your friends and the whole family.  And did I mention that you can drop the power cord because it has a rechargeable

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OnOne Software’s DSLR Remote iPhone Wireless Shutter Release App Review

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onOne Software’s DSLR Remote is a wireless shutter release for Canon EOS© or Nikon DSLR camera… and it is amazing. With it, your iPhone or iPod Touch becomes your camera’s control center. More than a mere remote shutter release, the DSLR Camera Remote Pro ($19.99) can control camera settings like aperture and shutter speed and

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Is it a monster or is it a tripod?

digidude

Here’s a quirky product – literally. It’s the DigiDude from Quirky. It’s a portable tripod that you can attach easily to your photo gearbag, so that you’ll have it with you whenever you need it. Just unscrew the head and pop out the retractable legs and you’re good to go. Definitely cute and the price

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Get extreme with a Fat Gecko Mini Camera Mount

If you’re an extreme sports kinda person, here’s a cool product that you can use to record  your adventures. It’s the Delkin Fat Gecko Mini Camera Mount. The Fat Gecko Mini uses the unbelievable strength of locking suction and a universal mounting screw to securely attach any standard camera or camcorder to the vehicle or

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Wearable camcorder – uCorder

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The uCorder claims to be the world’s first wearable camcorder. It’s available in two versions. One with 1GB of internal memory and one with 2GB. Both include a microSD slot. The resolution isn’t very impressive at only 64o x 480, and there isn’t a a built-in LCD viewfinder. But I suppose the portability is supposed

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Retro twin-lens reflex camera that uses 35mm film

blackbird cam

The Blackbird Camera from superheadz is a twin-lens reflex camera: one lens is used to expose the film, while the other is used like a viewfinder. This style of camera which goes back to the 1920s, typically uses larger 120 format film. The blackbird, fly uses 35mm film – which can be processed at any

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Bluetooth GPS for sports and geotagging

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Here’s a tiny Bluetooth GPS module from Brando that you can wear on your keychain or your arm (with the included holder), to geotag your photos as you travel, or use with included software to record and analyze all your daily/weekly/monthly activities such as cycling, running, climbing, skiing, etc.

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Capture all those special moments with your flowers

gardenwatch cam

Here’s a gadget for all of the wacky garden people out there. You know who you are. You have flowers planted in containers all over your front porch in the summer and house plants all over your living room in the winter. Now you can obsess even more (if that is possible…) with the 1.3MP

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Shake Shake Shake your Digital Photo Frame

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Pete The Gadget Geek Stanley sent me a tip about this nifty digital photo frame called the Shake a Pix. It’s about the size of a credit card, has a built in USB connect to charge and transfer pix. But the cool feature is the fact that it has a built in motion sensor. To

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Tag, you’re it with the ATP PhotoFinder Pro

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I enjoy reviewing GPS photo tagging gadgets here on The Gadgeteer, so I will be interested to see how ATP’s latest PhotoFinder device compares to their previous models. They are hailing it as the answer to Sony’s GPS-CS3KA. The PhotoFinder Pro does sound like it has the upper hand due to the fact that it

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Scan your old 35mm photo negatives to an SD card

imagelab scanner

I don’t have very many 35mm negatives, but I know that my Dad has a lot of them. I’d love to get copies of all the old family snapshots from my childhood. The ImageLab FS-5T12 12 MegaPixel slide and negative scanner looks like a great solution. It can scan up to 2575 x 1932 pixels

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