Cameras and Photo

The Geek’s simply had to add a new category for the “12 Gizmos of Christmas” called Gadget Accessories in at the second most wished for gadget category. With the proliferation of gadget-toting Geeks, entire industries have been born to provide accessories for your main gadgets. An excellent example of a new product line created is digital photo frames. There was no need for digital photo frames before a large number of consumers had switched over to digital photography, now digital photo frames are guaranteed to be one of the hottest and most sought after gift this holiday season.

Check out some of the Geek’s posts on digital photo frames. We’ve featured quite a few and even dedicated a week to these gizmos.

The favorite we’ve featured is the MemoryFrame Wireless Digital 10.4-Inch Photo Viewer that supports some cool technology behind the frame. The frame offers web connectivity to RSS feeds, email or photo-sharing sites via Windows XP or Vista. The frame offers 128MB of storage supplemented with external memory from CF, SD or MMC memory cards. The frame also supports playing MP3, WMA, streaming audio, MPEG and WMV video.

The Digital Photo Frame was made with the geek photographer in mind. Imagine sharing your favorite pics with the world through your blog and having them display on your photo frame. Another neat idea, imagine promoting sales at your different store’s registers with the frame and pushing the sales through an RSS feed. My favorite idea? Set the grandparents up with one of these photo frames with a photo RSS feed of the little one.

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Suggested Price: $349.95

For a digital camera less than $200, this Canon PowerShot packs a serious bang for your buck. Canon drew inspiration for the PowerShot SD1000 from the firsl Elph. The inspiration left Canon with a slim, clean-lined and fully flat digital camera that can be carried everywhere you go. In fact, it’s so small and light you will probably miss shots because you forget you have a camera in tow.

The innards of the SD1000 include 7.1MP, 3x optical zoom and advanced DIGIC III to ensure high quality images while the focus is fast and sharp and red-eye is automatically corrected. The large and more colorful LCD screen now has a tough, anti-reflective coating that makes it as durable as it is beautiful.

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Suggested Price: $199.99

It’s pink! The Sony Cybershot not only comes in pink but also comes in Black, Silver and Blue. Besides being stylish, the Sony digital camera has some game as well with technology like Super HAD(TM) CCD design allows more light to pass to each pixel increasing sensitivity and reducing noise and top-quality Carl Zeiss lens which help you bring you subject closer and frame shots quickly for better compositions which is ideal for family sporting events, outdoor fun and travel photos.

With a bright 2.5″ LCD screen, you can check your composition shots, share your photos on location or video the setup menu even in full sunlight. You can even shoot in low light with the high sensitivity ISO 1000. With 56MB of internal memory, you can start shooting right away or add a Memory Stick(R) Duo media for additional storage space. As with just about all other digital cameras now you can capture 640×480 video clips with audio at frame rates up to 30 frames per second. Weighing in at 4.2 ounces you can carry this camera just about anywhere.

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Suggested Price: $179.99

This year Digital Cameras are voted as the fourth most wished for gadget in the Geek’s “12 Gizmos of Christmas“. If people haven’t gone digital yet, this is the Christmas season they will… and if people have already gone digital, it’s time for an upgrade especially with digital camera’s like the Canon PowerShot A570IS. What the heck does the “IS” stand for in the product name? It stands for iSAPS Technology which is an entirely original scene-recognition technology developed for digital cameras by Canon. Using an internal database of thousands of different photos, iSAPS works with the fast DIGIC III Image Processor to improve focus speed and accuracy, as well as exposure and white balance.

In addition to iSAPS Technology, this camera features Optical Image Stabilizer Technology to keep images crisp even when you are zoomed in, the ISO 1600 and high ISO auto settings help reduce blur when the lights are down and the A570IS is packed with simple creative and convenient features any amateur photographist (yes, I made up a word) would love.

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Suggested Price: $199.99

The top seller on Amazon in the categories of Digital MiniDV Camcorders and High Definition Camcorders is Canon’s HV20. Featuring an unparalleled combination of 10x optical zoom, a 2.96MP CMOS sensor, a small design and HD and SD recording modes this consumer digital camcorder is great for people wanting to test the high definition grounds with their personal videos.

One rather cool mode the Canon has is 24p Cinema Mode. This feature allows amateur videographers to create a professional “film look” that use to be available only in pro-level camcorders. in the 24p Cinema Mode, the frame rate is changed to 24p which is the same frame rate as movie film as well as changes to both the color and tonal characteristics which further the illusion that you are watching a movie in the theater.

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Suggested Price: $748.11

If you don’t care about recording your home videos in high definition but instead want something small enough you could keep in your pocket, the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder is perfect for you. It’s the power of video in your pocket. Capture the everyday moments that happen anywhere, and share them with family and friends everywhere. That’s idea behind the new Flip Video Ultra Series. It’s portable, simple to use and amazingly affordable. Shoot anything. Share everything.

The new Flip Video Ultra Series line produces video that rivals that of more expensive camcorders. With 2GB of memory, a high-quality microphone and no-glare display, now anyone can make impressive videos. The Flip can hold up to 60 minutes of TV-Quality video using the 2GB of built-in memory with no tapes or additional memory cards needed. Using Flip’s built-in software, you can easily email videos, share them on YouTube and AOL, edit your footage, and capture still photos from video.

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Suggested Price: $149.99