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Samsung unleashes slew of new HZ, TL, and SL-series cameras


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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 8:49 p.m.
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Because camera companies can only unveil point-and-shoot in groups of four or more, Samsung's just announced a quintet of scene stealers. Let's go down the list, shall we? The 12.2 megapixel TL105 and 14.2 megapixel TL110 ultra-slims sport a 0.65-inch frame, 2.7-inch LCD, 720p 30fps H.264 video recording, some image effects, and a 4x / 5x optical zoom, respectively. Those will be available next month, with no price tag mentioned in the presser. The 12.2 megapixel SL630 claims all the other

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Samsung HZ-Series Point-and-Shoots Have Enough Optical Zoom for Serious Creepstering [Cameras]


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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 7:54 p.m.
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Samsung announced a few new point-and-shoot cameras today, none of which are really fascinating but all of which seem pretty solid. The HZ-series is the standout, packing GPS geotagging and a huge 15x optical zoom ... There are five new cameras in total, in three lines. The most interesting ("interesting" being comparative here) is the HZ-series, which features a 12MP sensor, 15x optical zoom, a 24mm wide-angle lens, 3-inch AMOLED (or LCD) screen and in the higher-end model, GPS geotagging.

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and on the seventh day, this photographer....


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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 1:38 p.m.
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For years, I have spent my Sunday mornings playing music in church ... Yesterday my daughter took my G11 and shot some video of the band ... Yes, it looks rather "home video-ish" (complete with her friend Brooke peeking into the frame), but I thought I'd share it here to show a glimpse of my non-photography life ... Oh, and if you watch closely you can see none other than Nicolesy playing bass in the background :) ... LeggNet's Digital Capture© Rich Legg, Inc. All rights reserved ...

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ASUS DR-950 9-inch touchscreen e-reader brings text-to-speech and internet browser


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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 7:30 a.m.
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ASUS is suddenly all chatty with its plans to enter the e-reader market in 2010. Just yesterday we got word of a 6-inch color (claimed to be OLED by InGear ) e-reader from ASUS by the name of DR-570 headed to retail before the year is through. Now we've got details of a second ASUS e-reader, dubbed the DR-950 that should arrive sooner. This time we're looking at a 9-inch Sipix panel with 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution pushing 16-levels of gray just like the Jinke reader unveiled at CES. The

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Teaching Photography to Children


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Published Jan. 16, 2010 at 11:55 a.m.
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I spent Thursday morning teaching my Ten Tips for Capturing Great Photos class to a group of 35 homeschool students ... I spend a fair amount of time standing in front of people talking about photography ... No offense to everyone else, but the most rewarding group to speak to is children ... Their curiosity and excitement about what I do is so cool ... The homeschool group was a lot of fun ... I look forward to continuing to share my 10 Tips ... talk to local groups this year ... (Photo and

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Sony Ericsson 'Faith' shows a lot of faith in demand for WinMo 6.5.3


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Published Jan. 12, 2010 at 12:57 p.m.
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We'd have guessed that the X2's lukewarm reception would've doomed Sony Ericsson's barely-there WinMo strategy -- especially since they've also got Android and Symbian to worry about -- but here we've got the first images of what's said to be the "Faith" running 6.5.3. Apparently part of the eco-friendly GreenHeart range, the portrait QWERTY set would represent distinctly new territory for the company if it actually makes it to market (a good deal of leaked Sony Ericssons don't) and would seem

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Casio EX-10HG 'hybrid GPS' prototype taps into accelerometers for pinpoint accuracy


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Published Jan. 12, 2010 at 10:37 a.m.
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It's not a completely new idea, accelerometers have been enhancing GPS devices for a while now with additional velocity and directional information when the GPS signal is weak, but now Casio is giving it a shot in its new Exilim EX-H10 prototype camera. The "hybrid GPS" shooter does the regular geotagging thing with its onboard GPS, but when signal is weak (like when indoors, for instance), the camera augments the location data with guesstimates gleaned from its onboard accelerometers. The

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Induro Introduces Gimbal Tripod Heads


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Published Jan. 12, 2010 at 10:05 a.m.

New head designed for sports, wildlife, and nature photography ...

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BlackBerry Curve 8910 in the wild?


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Published Jan. 11, 2010 at 10:01 p.m.
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If you thought RIM had completely run out of ways to mildly remix its existing portrait QWERTY formula, think again -- the transition from trackball to optical pad has opened up a whole new world of exciting opportunities, and it looks like the venerable Curve 8900 might be the next model to get the refresh ... BerryReview appears to have scored a shot of the alleged 8910 in its most natural environment -- a desk calendar -- preserving the Curve series' typical broken-up keyboard style (as

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Nokia N900 gets first software update, but don't expect much


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Published Jan. 11, 2010 at 3:26 p.m.
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Nokia has announced that it has started pushing the N900's very first post-launch update, but apparently it's not anything crazy like Maemo 6 (yeah, we know it's not even close to ready, but you know you want it) or system-wide portrait orientation support -- instead, it's just a minor bump designed to prepare the set for the upcoming launch of the Maemo-flavored Ovi Store. That's great news for anyone looking for a more unified way to get paid apps on the phone, a significant step towards

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