Medion has stepped into the pocket camcorder race with a ruggedised version, taking an action stance against the likes of Flip Ultra HD and the Creative Vado HD.With a 2-inch LCD display, the funky looking action camcorder will give you 720p quality MOV files on the 90MB of internal memory, or more likely on an SDHC card via the expansion slot.
Weighing in at 85g and measuring 65 x 105 x 23mm, it also doubles up as a 1MP stills camera and MP3 player.With USB and HDMI connections, you can play back content on your PC or HDTV directly and an internal li-ion battery provides the juice.Yours for £99, available now.
For just $189.99 (original price $229.99) you could grab one of this Canon PowerShot A1100 IS digital camera. This compact camera sports a 12.1-megapixel CCD sensor, 4x optical zoom lens, a high-quality 2.5-inch LCD screen, Face detection, ISO up to 3200 and the capability to record video in VGA quality (640 x 480) at 30fps. Get yours now! [Product Page]
What to say? Well I kind of like the G10, despite its weakness over 200 ISO, hey this is a Point & Shoot After All, The G10 is a great capable little camera which can be either use for leisure and if you are willing to learn more about how to play with exposure and ISO, of if you an Amateur or Semi-Pro looking forward to always carry a good camera along with him. Personally if I had to start a News Blog from scratch and needed a descent affordable compact camera, the G10 will be my first choice! Oh and I forget, the G10 also offer a Video Mode, just forget about it… This features is purely marketing rather than useful.[TechBlog]
A bit lighter, a bit smaller, and with an improved sensor, the Fujifilm S200EXR replaces the S100FS at the top of the company’s megazoom line. Though it uses the same lens as its predecessor–the effective focal lengths differ because of the differences in sensor size–the new model incoporates Fujifilms latest generation of sensor, dubbed Super CCD EXR, which debuted in the F200EXR. (The S200EXR has the same sensor-related features, such as High Resolution Priority, D-Range Priority, High ISO & Low Noise Priority, and Auto EXR modes).
The body remains very similar to the S100FS. Fujifilm takes a leaf out of Sony’s book with its Pro Low-light mode, which snaps a burst of frames and combines them into a single lower-noise image, plus adds a Pro Focus mode which merges several photos and defocuses the background to simulate a shallow depth of field. The newer model also supports raw+JPEG shooting.
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