Panasonic CES 2010 Booth displays new Digital Cameras
January 12, 2010
Panasonic booth at the CES 2010 represents a technical symposium. While the highlight of Panasonic has been the 3D TV, there are also new digital cameras in the offing. Panasonic offers a lot at the 2010 CES – technology showcases, new products, innovation awards, Eco ideas and more. Panasonic firmly believes in environmentally conscious development in order to live in harmony with nature and also striving towards achieving a much more sustainable future. In fact, their energy efficient products result in producing lesser CO2 emissions.
This time around, Panasonic has announced 6 point and shooters, in the Lumix range. 3 models in the well rounded and slim FH series – FH20, FH3 and FH1, 2 models in the FP series – FP3 and FP1 and also an entry level digicam, the F3. The FH series cameras sport slim frames with a thickness of 1 inch, zoom lenses with wide angle coverage and 720p HD video capture at a speed of 30 fps. The FP series cameras feature 4x optical zooms with a lens range of 35mm to 140mm and 720p HD video capture at a speed of 30 fps. And the F3 comes with a 12 MP resolution, 4x optical zoom, 2.7 inches LCD screen, 720p HD video capture at a speed of 30 fps and the digital image stabilisation feature.
That said, Panasonic's press event room at the CES 2010 ran to a packed house. After the initial introductions, there was a stunning live broadcast straight from Japan - No prizes for guessing the most popular topic – 3D TV, of course. Announcements of other technological developments such as digital cameras, camcorders and all were also doing the rounds. Overall, the Panasonic CES 2010 booth seemed like a technical symposium with a lot of fanfare and colourful extravaganzas.
LG Booth - CES 2010 displays new Product Ranges
January 11, 2010
LG's booth at the CES, 2010 is quite enormous. Eventhough LG is not into much of the digicam stuff, they still they have a wide range of consumer electronic products such as Infinia TVs, 3D projectors and 3D TVs, which are some of the new arrivals. NetCast is a prime functionality in all the Infinia TVs. LG's media connectivity features also need a special mention, such as NetFlix, YouTube, Napster, Vudu, Yahoo! Widgets and more. NetCast has a new addition, though, Skype, which is highly useful in terms of calling and video chatting with family and friends. LG also showed off some prototypes of 60 inches high resolution displays, 3D plasma display and a portable television range too. Most of the 3D technology products on display used active shutter glasses.
From kitchen equipment to home entertainment, LG has it all. But their focus this time around at the CES, 2010 has been on TVs, one can say, looking at their huge range of 41 new model TVs, which are bound to go into retail sales anytime soon. New functions and features adorn their line up of LED backlighting technology TVs. LG's impressive booth is mainly devoted towards showcasing various kinds of TV technologies and also about educating potential customers. The stalls, with the various LED TVs, also have the power consumption figures on display. The Full LED slim TV, the most expensive of the lot, has the lowest power consumption. Though LG is not much into digital cameras, their diversified product range and hep ambience of its stalls, are much talked about at the CES, 2010.
Samsung Booth displays new Digital Cameras at the CES, 2010
January 10, 2010
Colourful lights? Check. High tech gizmos? Check. Must be a CES booth. And the door name says Samsung. That's Samsung's booth for you at the CES, 2010. Mirrored ceilings and all. Classy work, Samsung! Samsung is showcasing a wide array of technological products, ranging from Digital Cameras to TVs to Mobiles.... and more! A lot of touch sensitive gadgets this time around from Samsung is bound to stun all viewers at the CES, 2010. A new range of Digital Cameras as well as Camcorders are in the offing. The line-up of Samsung digital cameras have received the much needed boost with impressive new additions in the form of its TL, SL and CL series at the CES, 2010.
TL205 and TL210 are two models belonging to the point and shoot variety. Both these digital cameras come with a 1.5 inch front facing LCD screen and are capable of capturing videos and more advanced features. The TL205 has a 12.2 MP sensor, a 35mm lens and 3x optical zoom. The TL210 has a 12.4 MP sensor, a 27mm lens and 5x optical zoom. The SL102 model with a 3x optical zoom and the SL420 model with a 5x optical zoom share common features such as a 10.2 MP resolution, face detection, image stabilisation and video recording too. And for a bit of diversity, you have the CL80 model that packs a punch with features such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 14.2 MP resolution, HD video recording, 7x optical zoom, a HDMI port and a huge AMOLED touch-screen. You will definitely be excited about these new digital cameras since Samsung has quite neatly doled out portfolio additions to its point and shooter range. Kudos to Samsung on their innovative digital cameras at the CES.
Sony Booth displays new Digital Cameras at the CES, 2010
January 9, 2010
The Sony stand at the CES, 2010 is quite a huge display of sorts. You will be enthralled by the sheer size and settings of the Sony booth. And there are a lot of new and innovative gadgets on display at the stall, from digital cameras to televisions to the dash web device and more. The lush pile carpets and chirpy crowds add shine to the overall ambience. Sony has announced new compact digital cameras too this year at the CES 2010. Digicams like the Cybershot DSC-TX7 and the HX5V. Both these cameras are the first ones to be announced from Sony's much wider range, some, yet to come.
Both the DSC-TX7 and the HX5V models are compact digital cameras that boast of a uniqueness, that they are among the world's first compact digicams to have advanced multiple features such as the transferjet, which enables close quarters, high speed data transfer technology, the 1080i AVCHD Full HD video recording and of course, Sony's new 10 megapixels “Exmor R” CMOS sensor that features a backlight correction for much improved low lighting performance levels.
The TX7, an ultra compact digicam, is enabled with a 3.5 inches LCD touchscreen, a 25mm lens with a wide angle view and a 4x optical zoom as well. But, it is the HX5V, that really excites you, however, with its super zoom capability, 10 x optical zoom and a wide angle view of 25 mm. Both these digital cameras support SD cards and are enabled with the “Sweep Panorama Mode”. But the highlighting features that both these models share are the GPS and the Compass capabilities that record location data which can then be easily viewed on Google Earth. Kudos to Sony for launching these digicams at the CES, 2010, along side its many other innovative gadgets.
How a 26-Gigapixel photo can haunt you for days
December 29, 2009
Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital camera – This block of magnesium alloy in known to be one of the best DSLRs ever, what with its whopping 21.1 megapixel resolution and advanced features that deserve to be described in two full rolls of parchment. To talk about the highlights, this DSLR has 12 minutes of 1080p video recording or up to 30 minutes of standard definition, sports an advanced DIGIC 4 image processor, supports continuous shooting for 3.9 frames per second and has a powerful 1800mAh battery. This big daddy of all DSLRs was used to take the first ever presidential portrait of Barack Obama to be taken using a digital camera.
But there is one particular photo the EOS 5D Mark II shot that can haunt you for days to come. We're talking about a 26-Gigapixel photo of Dresden shot by a talented dude of the name Holger Schulze. The photograph took up almost 100 hours of Holger's life – that's right, 100. He used a 400mm lens for the shot that was processed using a computer that had an unbelievable 16 processors and about 48GB of memory capacity.
The camera not only captures the charm of the city of Dresden that sits in a beautiful valley on river Elbe, but brings before our eyes the various landmarks of the beautiful city with unbelievable clarity. Starting with a scintillating overview shot of the city, the photo takes you deep into the city, letting you visit places like the Zwinger palace, the Frauenkirche and more by zooming in and out with no effort.
This masterpiece is presently the world's largest and can make your head go round with how easily the camera can pick out objects from across great distances and shoot them like they were present just a few feet away! So God knows who's focussing you from the roof of some faraway building as you read with an even powerful camera! Creepy, eh?
