The H range by Sony is infamous for its high pixel quality and its long range zoom. After the H1 and H2, we now have the H5. The H5 incorporates alot of the features found within H2, however there are a few differences. Hardware wise, the H5 has a 3" screen (whereas H2 has 2"), a 7.0 MP sensor (h2 having 6.0 MP) and a higher resolution screen at 230K pixels (H2 having 85K pixels). Color wise, the H5 is available in both silver and black, but as it stands silver is only available to those purchasing off the Sony Style site. The zoom is supplied by a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens in a whopping 12x scale, adding the digital zoom (2x) thats a total of 24x. Wide ISO has a range from 80 to 1000, Super Steady Shot image stabilization and a Real Imaging Processor. Not only is there the given 3" display, but also there is a 0.2" 200K pixel electronic viewfinder. Memory wise there is a 32MB internal memory chip, and a Memory Stick Pro Duo slot.

The internal software has a wide range of options for picture taking, including various modes and effects. The contents of the box has the unit, 2x NH-AA-DB batteries (which may suggest poor performance), a battery charger, A/V and USB cables, shoulder strap, lens cap with strap, lens adaptor, and lens hood. Overall, the specification of this camera make it a worthwhile upgrade from your older models. Sony Style currently have this camera listed at $499.95 which doesn't seem that bad at all.

 

This will be one of Samsung's newest and greatest movements into the point-and-shoot market. Introducing the NV3, a 7.2 MP camera with PMP support for audio, video and text. It is placed all inside a slimline 17.5mm case, and has a dedicated MP3 chip for which delivers 3D, jazz, rock and other sound effect equalisers. The chip then allows you to listen to music while you are taking pictures and video. Video capturing features recording levels of 20fps at 720x480 and 30fps at 640x480. There is a bit of included firmware which minimises the sound made by the lens when zooming in video capture mode, called AGC (Audio Gain Control). The camera can also display eBook's and other text on its large display. The camera should be out priced £229 at most UK stores and online. For those in the US, there is no confirmed price, however it is being rated against similar camera's priced $300-499.

 

The market of GPS navigation units is becoming intensively competitive, its likely that companies will continue to add newer and more diverse functions to their line of products. Navman has done this, and began with an inclusive camera. With their new top of the line system, the ICN 750, they have included a 1.3 MP camera, which offers more functions than just picture taking. The NavPix software not only allows you to take pictures and place a GPS tag with them so you where you took them, but also plans are being made in the future to incorporate downloadable tour routes, with pictures. The way these functions are unique, are that they allow a user to click on a picture and get instant directions to where they can see that landmark.

Hardware wise, the ICN 750 packs a crisp 4" 480 x 272 widescreen display, which is of course touchscreen, and is bigger than most rival screens allowing more data to be presented. The battery allows over 120 minutes of use, the processor is an Intel PXZ270 312MHZ, and is packed with 64MB RAM and a 4GB hard drive. The GPS chipset is a fast SiRF Star III, which from a cold start takes around about a minute to acquire location. It is almost half the weight of rival systems, and costs a fraction too. At $700, this is great for a top of the range system.

     
    

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Buffalo Technologies has just released information on a new series of SD cards with built in USB connectivity. The RSDU cards will be available from mid-July in a variety of sizes. Details that have been provided show these will be available in 256MB, 512MB, 1Gb and 2 GB. Functionality will be like those of normal SD cards and this will be compatible with Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS X 10.1.2.

These will be useful for those people who use laptops or desktops and want less fuss by having fewer or no wires at all. There are no more details on data transfer speeds, or prices on release, or even if they will be initially globally available. We'll keep you posted.

          

Casio Europe have announced that they will be soon be releasing the Exilim Card EX-S600D. Based entirely on the Ex-S600, which came out last October, this model adds the functionality of video recorded in DivX format! Yes you heard, DivX. One of the most popular formats of video around, this compresses footage into a smaller size with lower loss of quality than rival formats.

Other main features it took from its predecessor include, DSP Anti shake technology, long battery life (average 300 still images), revive shot for bringing old pictures back to life again and also the Past movie, which records movies 5 seconds before the button is pressed. All these features are very ingenious.

Hardware wise it includes a 6.0 megapixel CCD 1/2.5 sensor capable of resolutions up to 2816 x 2112 pixels, 3x optical zoom, and a 84'950 pixel 2.2" display. Memory is in the form of SD/MMC cards, or the internal 8.3MB memory. Because of its weight and small form factor, its a very popular unit in sales, and prepare for its new features to increase those sales.

However, the only people taking advantage of this new release, will be those in Europe only.

  

This would appeal to alot of you who are in the market for a clamp that will fix itself to any graspable object, without having to spend huge bucks in order to do so. This simple yet effective tutorial only incorporates the use of a cheap metal tripod (guessing it doesn't have to be metal) and a single hand grip clamp.

Firstly buy your parts, you will need a small portable tripod, and secondly, a strong grip DIY clamp. The clamp will have to be made out of plastic due to the drilling, but also make sure that it is super strong, otherwise you risk dropping your camera.

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Well personally this is one of the cheapest prices I've seen for a 1GB Pro Duo Memory Stick. The internet superstore, Buy.com have a current discounted price of $35.95 for the stick, however adding to this, SanDisk have their own rebate worth $11 for this stick. This takes the overall price to $24.95. The particular model is the coloured gaming version, SDMSG-1024-A10 (pictured). The rebate form is available here, and also extends to offer you $12 off a Cruzer 512MB micro, and $13 off a 1GB CompactFlash all made by SanDisk. The rebate for Buy.com is only available till the 4th of June, so get buying!

Zenit, the Russian manufacturer of fine optics and accessories for cameras, has certainly released one deadly accessory bundle. Essentually what it is, is a tripod-less, super-telephoto lens and camera on what appears to be a rifle-shaped handle bracket. According to Zenit, the position used by snipers offers supreme steady handling when combined with a camera. It does make sense if you think about it, no more time setting your tripod up plus it saves much more space. I won't be surprised if the KGB has something to do with this.

The kit contains a Zenit 122S SLR camera (1/500 max shutter speed, through-the-lens metering), a TAIR 300/4.5 super-telephoto lens, rifle mount with shutter trigger and thumb aligned focusing, 5 optical filters, and a large vinyl gadget carry case. Here are some example shots taken by the sniper grip-equipped camera: