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Carl Zeiss unveils 18mm F3.5 lens for Canon DSLRs

Carl Zeiss has announced a new ultra-wide-angle lens for Canon EOS users: the Distagon T* 3,5/18. While the focal length is only 18mm, the lens packs a lot in. With a 99°-angle view, the extremely wide-angle lens is meant for full-frame sensor cameras, especially for shooting landscape and architecture. The...

Tags: DSLR, Lens, Canon Inc., Carl Zeiss, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-09-14

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Carl Zeiss upgrades F-mount lenses for Nikon

Carl Zeiss recently unveiled a new line of upgraded F-mount lenses: eight ZF.2 lenses with electronic interfaces CPU inside. The lenses are built to save the photographer a lot of trouble by doing a lot of tasks automatically. The semi-pro lenses provide support for...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Photograph, Lense, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Acer Aspire One netbook, Sony CyberShot digital camera, KEF PicoForte 1 iPod speaker

A KEF PicoForte 1 iPod speaker system, an Acer Aspire One netbook, and a Sony CyberShot 12.1-megapixel digital camera. Here are your daily deals for Friday, October 16, straight form the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the KEF PicoForte 1 Speaker System for iPod for $99.88 at OneCall. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Speaker, Digital Camera, Acer Inc., Sony Cyber-Shot, Camera, Netbook, KEF PicoForte 1, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Nokia N86 packs a powerful digital camera

There is a new addition to the list of the best camera phones on the market: the Nokia N86. Released this week, the 5.2-ounce smartphone is packed with an 8-megapixel camera, a 2.6-inch display but not a touchscreen, a dual LED flash and a 28 millimeter wide-angle Carl Zeiss lens...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Digital Camera, Camera, Nokia N86, Camera Phones, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Nokia N86

The Nokia N86 8MP first made its appearance at GSMA 2009 and stepped up as the most advanced camera phone in the company's N series of multimedia smartphones. Nokia even went as far as to say that it could replace your standalone point-and-shoot camera. We can't say we agree with...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Nokia N86, Nokia Corp., camera, Nokia N86 8MP

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Top digital camera phones on the market

While the quality isn't nearly as good as a pocket camera or DSLR, there's no denying that camera phones are chasing them. After a LA Times study found that more pictures on the online photo-sharing hub, Flickr, came from the iPhone, it leads one to wonder what kind of pressure...

Tags: Phone, Digital Camera, Camera, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-09-25

News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, Intel

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...

Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Poll: Has your camera phone replaced your regular pocket camera?

As stated in the blog camera phones are OK in a pinch.I don't regularly carry my P&S camera with me. If I know I'm going somewhere where I might want to take pictures than I grab the P&S. And if I have something I'm specifically going out to shoot then...

Tags: Camera phones, P&S, camera, camera phone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Apple iPod touch education discount, Samsung HDTV, Sony Cyber-shot digital camera

The final week for the free iPod touch education discount, a Samsung 46-inch HDTV, and a Sony Cyber-shot. Here are your daily deals for Tuesday, September 1, straight from the gadget gal: 1. This is the last week for you to get a free iPod touch when...

Tags: Education, Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Apple Inc., Digital Camera, Apple iPod Touch, Sony Cyber-Shot, Camera, DSC-W290, Digital Music, TVs, Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-01

AT&T and Sony Ericsson launch phone with 8.1 megapixel camera

AT&T and Sony Ericsson launch phone with 8.1 megapixel cameraMP count is meaningless...What's the lens like?Nokia N97 with Carl Zeiss lens looks goodBut I think I'd probably go for an iPhone if given the chance. That's so well put together..

Tags: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, AT&T Corp., camera, phone

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Nokia launching 12-megapixel camera phone

Recently I wrote about a study that still finds camera phones sorely lacking behind regular digital camera technology. Well, Nokia is stepping up its game with the launch of a 12-megapixel camera phone later this year, according to PhoneReport. This follows up 12 MP model announcements from Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson....

Tags: Phone, Nokia Corp., Camera Phone, Digital Camera, Camera, Camera Phones, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Camera phones haven't outpaced regular digital cameras - yet

Camera phones haven't outpaced regular digital cameras - yetWell"Does this surprise anyone? Any chance these numbers could change dramatically in the next year or two?"I don't think so.Camera phones are too underpowered compared to regular digital camera. Morever none phone company really focus on making of their camera phone flagship...

Tags: Camera phones, Digital cameras, Digital photography, Telecom & Utilities, camera, phone, camera phone, digital camera, regular digital camera

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Recession, what recession? Apple sells 1 million iPhones over the weekend

Recession, what recession? Apple sells 1 million iPhones over the weekendOne step to ending the recession.There is allot of phycology with the current recession. A HUGE positive note is the savings rate is the highest it has been in almost 20 years. Figuring that in just 2006, it...

Tags: Cellular phones, Sales strategy, Wireless and Mobility, Wht, Apple iPhone, 3G, Nokia Corp., recession, Apple Inc., sales

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Gadget Gal's daily deals: Nintendo Wii, Logitech QuickCam, Seagate FreeAgent Go

A Logitech QuickCam Pro Web cam for notebooks, a Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB external hard drive, and a discount on Nintendo Wiis. Here are Gadget Gal's daily deals for Friday, June 5: 1. Get the Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks Dented Box for $58.49. Dented Box items...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Logitech, Seagate Technology LLC, Logitech QuickCam, Nintendo Wii, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Sony debuts new HD camcorder for 1920x1080 video

Sony today unveiled a new high-definition camcorder, the HDR-TG5V Handycam, that captures 1920x1080 HD video and four-megapixel photos. The model includes 16GB of flash memory a portion of which is used for data management, embedded GPS and a new user interface for the...

Tags: Sony Corp., Camcorder, Video, TG5V, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-02

(Photos: Prototypes show Sony SLR lens plans)

(Photos: Prototypes show Sony SLR lens plans)Sony's lens maker Before I read this, I'd been wondering which lens manufacturer after Carl Zeiss had won Sony's professional SLR line contract. Well, the Minolta Rokkor line was competitive some two decades ago, but it seems Minolta-Konica never were able to keep...

Tags: photograph, Sony Corp., SLR, Minolta

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

MWC 09: Nokia announces N86 with 8 megapixel camera

It always seems to happen just after I buy a device that another successor is announced that has me rethinking my purchase. I recently purchased a North American Nokia N85, which I think is the best Nseries device I have ever used. Nokia announced the N86 with an 8 megapixel...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Camera, N86, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Nokia N79 (unlocked)

Photo gallery:Nokia N79Editors' note: Portions of the Features section were taken from our review of the Nokia N96, since both smartphones share a number of similar features. The Nokia N79 might get overshadowed by some of its flashier N series siblings like the Nokia N96 but it should not be...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Nokia N79, Nokia Corp.

Product reviews 2009-01-22

CES 2009: The world's first web-browsing camera [day 3]

Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer mentioned it in his keynote, but I thought this deserved its own post. The Sony Cybershot DSC-G3 is the world's first Wi-Fi-enabled digital camera that can upload photos and videos via a built-in Web browser. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Web, Video, Photograph, Camera, Sony Cybershot DSC-G3, Cybershot G3 Camera, Corporate Communications, Wireless, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-08

CES 2009: Sony's VAIO 'pocketbook', 'Webbie' HD camcorder, OLED prototypes [day 2]

Sony made their grand debut just prior to Steve Ballmer's keynote, and boy, they know how to put on a show. Here's what's notable (I'll leave the many Bravia announcements to Home Theater blogger Sean Portnoy, who was in attendance with me and will post tonight)....

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Camcorder, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-07