Photography

Leica is adding another camera to their line of titanium special edition cameras. Leica is limiting the D-LUX 4 Titanium to 10,000 worldwide.

This collector's item is functionally identical to the regular D-LUX 4. The compact system camera's high aperture lens allows for use without a flash under more conditions than most compacts.

The Leica D-LUX has a 10.1 megapixel sensor, 24-60 mm lens and can store photos in fine, standard, raw or combinations.

It comes with a matching titanium colored leather case. Available accessories include a handgrip, auxiliary finder and flash.

Available at authorized dealers in January 2009.

You are about to start … Check out the gallery to understand what you are capable of creating. PhotoFiddle.com can even deliver your final product (fiddled photo) on a stretched canvas frame. The ease, and quick turn around on a PhotoFiddle project will amaze you. Why buy something useless for your family this Holiday Season? Give them a digital photograph that you shot, and upload the photo to PhotoFiddle and create a piece of art. You will be remembered as the family artist for the rest of time.

What impressed me the most about PhotoFiddle was how EASY it was to create an account, upload a photo, have the photo additionally altered (by the pros at PhotoFiddle), and then shipped home for my enjoyment. The packaging is well done with the care of a prized art dealer with little white gloves to hold the Fiddled Photo. Prices range from $34 - $3,400. It all depends on how large and creative you want to be with your photo. Give them a shot, tell them we sent you and go fiddle.

If I had to assume something, I would assume that Sony has their sensor inside the Nikon D3X 24.5 megapixel D-SLR camera for the professional. The D3X can shoot up to five frames-per-second (fps), and 14-bit files that are 138MB when processed. The exclusive Scene Recognition System from Nikon is a feature in the D3X. This feature further refines the auto exposure, auto white balance and autofocus calculations. The D3X also features the exclusive Multi-CAM 3500FX focus module. This module has 51 auto focus (AF) points. Nikon ensures their "over-delivery" on what this camera is capable of producing, and I would encourage Canon to pay attention, Nikon is on your heels.

Here is a great review of Nikon’s D2X . Keep an eye out for Imaging Resource’s D3X review soon.

Read the press release for more information.

For as long as the camera has been a household item, matriarchs and custodians of family memories have sought to preserve their precious family pictures for posterity, often through the scrapbook. Many homes throughout America likely have entire shelves dedicated to these photo albums, and, as fun as they may be to examine on a rainy day, are probably not an efficient use of space. Furthermore, a picture can only survive so much air exposure and so many handlings before it begins to deteriorate.

This is where Pandigital’s PhotoLink Photo Scanner becomes invaluable. Handheld and portable, this small scanner can take regular size (4”x6”) pictures and scan them directly onto a convenient flash media card. This card is compatible with digital photo frames, which allows a simple two step process for getting old family pictures out of scrapbooks and onto digital frames. If you want to be able to view and arrange your pictures in a more familiar way, the scanner also allows you to get those pictures onto a PC at a very high 1800x1200 resolution. This, of course, allows for online uploading and sharing of pictures without regards to geographic limitations through the wonders of the Internet.

At $100, the Pandigital Portable Scanner won’t break the bank, and is sure to make a good gift for the scrapbooker in your family.

The pocket video camera is all the rage with those regularly posting to YouTube. Now HD (high definition) video is more important than just "plain-old-video". Where 720p at 60 frames per second produces quality content for your 16:9 LCD or Plasma televisions in smaller cameras. The Kodak Zi6 has a USB arm that “pops” out of the side of the camera when prompted. The camera powers itself from two AA batteries, and Kodak makes sure you have rechargeable batteries with the charger with this purchase. The expandable memory card slot is a great option, as there are 32 GB SD memory cards in the market. There are also cables that come with this camera for easy viewing on any HDTV.

For $179 MSRP this camera is worth the money for the easiest solution to capturing video today. As Yoda would say, "A Great Holiday Gift this would make." Who knows … the person you buy this for might be the next George Lucas.

By now you have a high definition (HD) panel in your home, either LCD or Plasma. You most likely enjoy watching HD content more than grainy non-high definition. Those home movies are still in non-HD, and you may be waiting for prices to drop for an HD camcorder to shoot home movies with, right? Well, wait no more …

Pure Digital Introduces Flip MinoHD as The World’s Smallest HD Camcorder. This camcorder is 3.3-ounces and fits right in your pocket. It is the size of most PDA cell phones, if not smaller. The resolution is 720p, which will display perfectly in 16:9 ratio television panels. The 4GB of internal memory will record up to 60-minutes (1 hour) of HD video. The little camera also has a 2x digital zoom, and a lithium ion battery that recharges when the USB arm is connected to a computer. The touch-sensitive buttons are intuitive, and you hold the camera just like a cell phone taking photos. Visit Pure Digital’s Web site for this product to learn more.