Sony Cyber-shot TX5: water, dust, shock and frost proof!

Sony have just announced their latest and greatest, the Cyber-shot TX5 and are heavily touting it as being “everything proof”. The TX5 can take on water, dust, shock, cold and just about everything else bar T1000s. According to Sony the TX5 can withstand drops of 1.5 m, although I have no desire to test this. [...]

Air2Air’s ‘DraganFlyer X4′ takes HD skyward

Unmanned airbourne vehicles (UAVs) have really taken off in recent years. Innovation is seeing these clever critters call the shots by taking pictures at angles hand-operated cameras can only dream of. Traditionally the territory of the military, surveyors and the police, Canadian UAV big-shot Air2Air has launched DraganFlyer X4 for the more mainstream aerial photographer [...]

Olympus camera is tough cookie (with a colourful shell)

Anyone who’s seen the adverts for those tough kids’ cameras, where the little boy tosses the camera across the garden, runs it under the tap and still manages to take a very passable snap of his pet dog and thought; “hmm, wish they did one of those for grown-ups”, need wish no more.
Olympus has put [...]

Pick-your-own (BlackBerry) PowerPoint

If your PowerPoints are often stifled by the inevitably-stressful hit-and-miss set-up, BlackBerry Presenter promises to soothe your woes by beaming slides straight from your smartphone. This unique presentation partner is pitched at those who find travelling with a laptop too cumbersome or the urge to present too strong to hang around for a computer to [...]

Samsung announces NX10 camera

Barely had New Year hangovers cleared than Samsung announced what it describes as “the next generation of cameras”. The NX10 will, they say, deliver all the quality of DSLR packed within a small but perfectly formed frame.
This is Samsung’s response to the Micro Four Thirds System developed by Panasonic and Olympus. Since its release in [...]

Sony Bloggie – the new rival to the Flip?

We all know that the new blogging is now vlogging and for those of you that perhaps are out of the ‘vlogosphere’, the process involves blogging your life via the means of video. Keeping up with the action, Sony has launched three new high definition pocket camcorders, each one aptly named the Sony Bloggie.

Perhaps a [...]

Pandigital & Zink launch 6×4 zero-ink photo printer

We’ve had the Polaroid PoGo Mobile Printer with its no-ink technology and tiny print-outs for a while. But now Pandigital has teamed up with Zero Ink company, ZINK Imaging, to offer a world first as part of a range of printing products: a 6×4” portable photo printer; the first device to offer instant prints of [...]

Next generation of Flip MinoHD to have WiFi

Everyone likes a good gadget; make it pocket-sized, give it a retro design and a few simple but exemplary assets and you’re on to a real winner.  This is just what Pure Digital (recently acquired by Cisco) have discovered as they launch model after model of their successful Flip camcorders, adding a single significant feature [...]

Ch-ch-changes… Ricoh’s GXR interchangeable camera

The Japanese Ricoh GXR digital camera, though yet to be released, has created ripples of anticipation in the industry. If it is all it claims to be, it could be the beginning of a new phase in digital camera technology and transform the way the average amateur photographer takes photos. The most distinguishing feature of [...]

Casio toughens up with rugged EX-G1 camera

The likelihood you’ll spend your free time clambering over tyrannous icebergs or abseiling down Mt Everest are slim, but it’s nonetheless good to be prepared. Casio have just released details of the Casio EX-G1, designed to be the camera equivalent of a first class marine. It’s an unusual move for Casio, as they generally tend to target the casual consumer, [...]