Camera Accessories

Kodak recently introduced the world’s first consumer-available wireless picture frame with Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology. OLED technology generates better color depth and saturation than other displays, on panels that are much thinner than your standard wireless photo frame.

The super-thin KODAK OLED Wireless Frame features built-in Wi-Fi so you can display pictures as well as videos and music stored on a PC elsewhere in the home. You can also connect to online photo and video sharing sites and other Internet sites for news, weather and sports. And with its 7.6-inch OLED diagonal digital panel, the content can be viewed at almost any angle. Kodak Perfect Touch Technology is included, which automatically improves exposure, brightness and color, and KODAK Image Science, which optimizes the image quality for display on OLED panels. No backlighting is needed and an ambient light sensor adjusts display brightness based on the surrounding light. Read more

In the old days, when cameras used film instead of flash memory cards, professional photographers were easily recognizable by the rapid “click-click-click” of motor drives. Many of today’s digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras provide you with the same ability to capture a rapid sequence of images, but simply require that you hold down the shutter button until you’re done capturing a series of action sequences. This camera mode setting is commonly referred to as continuous shooting mode or burst mode, depending on the camera manufacturer. It’s quite easy to capture some rather amazing images using this feature.

Almost all DSLR cameras offer continuous shooting; lower-end models might shoot two to three frames per second (fps), while some high-end models shoot 20 fps or more. The number of fps and total number of frames that can be shot in burst mode is constantly improving. Some cameras might take only a predetermined number of photos in continuous shooting mode. For others, the actual number of images that are continuously captured is limited only by the capacity of the memory card or the size of the camera buffer. Read more

Looking for a quick and easy way to share your digital photos? It doesn’t get any easier than automatically. With Lexar’s new Shoot-n-Sync Wi-Fi Memory Card, that’s exactly what you’ll be able to do.

The Lexar Shoot-n-Sync card lets you wirelessly transfer photos from your digital camera straight to your computer and to the Web with its Eye-Fi Manager software. As soon as you bring your camera within range of your home Wi-Fi network, your new photos are transferred onto your computer, so you can share them with friends on photo-sharing or social networking websites, including Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, and more. Read more

Amateur home videos are a thing of the past with the increasing popularity of home editing software and high-tech cameras. Now, even little Jimmy’s first birthday video comes with background music and transitions. To satisfy the needs of the closet Spielberg in your family is the Vive from Cascade Audio.

Vive is a surround sound microphone that is compatible with any stereo video camera with a mic input jack. This device offers multi-channel listening and Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Digital 5.1 compatible surround sound. The full sound also transfers directly onto any standard media like DV, DVD, CD, wav or mp3 with high performance audio recording with 20Hz to 20 KHz frequency response greater than 60dB signal noise ratio. And this amazing at-home technology is available for only $99, plus shipping. This price doesn’t even compare to its competitors that have been priced at over $1500. Read more

Who would have thought that those Polaroid pictures would ever be outdated? These days everything is digital and if the inconsistencies between the shoe boxes of photos and the files on your hard drive have been bothering you, this is a product for you. A perfect gift for Mother’s Day, the Photograph to Digital Picture Converter from Hammacher Schlemmer is an easy solution to the age-old shoe box problem. It’s faster and easier than any scanner on the market. All you have to do is place the photos on a tray that slides into a converter and with the press of a button you have files instead of shoe boxes. And with a 5MP CMOS sensor with up to 1,800 dpi resolution, 10 bits per color channel, automatic exposure and color balance, you can be sure that your pictures will translate with the same digital quality you’re used to. Read more

If you are looking for a creative gift this Mother’s Day you might think about a digital picture frame. It is the perfect mix of functionality meets sentiment and a great way to have memories circulate through the room. The new digital picture frames from ViewSonic takes the painful guesswork out of choosing photos for picture frame display. Now all of your favorite photos can share the same spotlight.

The frames come in color options of wood, black and silver or black and white and provide people with a traditional way to display their digital photos. And with the capacity to rotate between 4,000 digital photos with numerous options for transitions it is a perfect living room display. It is also a great beside companion with the bonus feature of calendar and alarm clock. The high resolution capabilities allow you to proudly display all of your high definition photos. Read more

Pandigital just announced their new PanTouch line of digital photo frames with new touch control technology. Now, you can use simple touch and swipe motions on the surrounding matte to access your digital images, MP3 music and video clips. If you choose, photos can be viewed as if they were pages in a photo album with a page turn effect by simply using a forward or backward swipe motion on the touch matte. The frames also come with a remote control and are WiFi and Bluetooth compatible.

The PanTouch frames will come in three models (starting at only $120!) but all have multimedia features, a 6-in-1 memory card reader, and a minimum of 128MB of internal memory. In addition, they include standard and mini USB 2.0 ports for a direct connection to a PC or digital camera. Read more

Four Stylish Interchangeable Frame Inserts to Match Home Décor

One of the hottest new consumer products is the digital picture frame. Digital picture frames have proved a great way to show off all those great photos you shot with your digital camera without having to get them printed. One of the largest and most respected manufacturers of optical storage solutions for PCs, LiteOn IT, is introducing its first digital photo frames under its new consumer brand name cenOmax.

LiteOn also announced it would introduce additional consumer electronics products under the cenOmax brand in the coming months. The company has decided to use its LiteOn brand name exclusively with its extensive line of optical disc drives. Chances are good that your computer, whether it is a Dell, HP, or Gateway, has one or more LiteOn CD or DVD drives inside. This company is one of the biggest companies that you might not have heard of, as it is best known as an OEM supplier to some of the largest computer companies in the world. LiteOn has finally decided to enter the consumer market with its new brand cenOmax to pave the way for additional product offerings in the consumer electronics marketplace. Read more