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Canon Thermal Travel Mug – Drink Your Brew From an EF 70-200 f/4.0 L IS USM Lens

by Jay Garrett on March 10, 2010

Photographers spend a lot of time outdoors capturing nature, human interaction with its environment and such like. It’s a thirsty and sometimes very cold job and/or hobby and Cannon knows this.

This is why Canon handed out a thermal travel mug shaped like a lens to the press at the Vancouver Olympics.

Many of you keen snappers must’ve lusted after such a cool limited edition novelty – Well, now you can pre-order one for yourself for a mere $30 CAD.

Mmmmmmmmm………… caffeine from a thermal lens cup…………..

Go here and get your freezing fingers wrapped one :)

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Bigtrak is Back! Now With Rockets and Digi Cam

by Jay Garrett on January 26, 2010

This might be lost on those not around in the early 80’s but this gives me thrills aplenty!

Bigtrak was a marvel – It was a six-wheeled vehicle with a front-mounted blue photon beam headlamp, and a keypad on top.

Yup – this excitement is partly due to the fact that me and my bro never had one.

Back then the toy could remember up to 16 commands which it then performed in order – the new version, Bigtrak Jr, will be half the size of the original but will be able to store up to 32 preset programmes!

Those hoping for an iPhone app or WiFi control may feel a little let down but instead of just dragging a trailer carrying an apple Bigtrak Jr will have an optional digital camera and rocket launcher.

The camera will allow you to take still shots that can then be uploaded into a computer. You’ll have to wait til next year for the rocket launcher.

Both the camera and launcher will cost less than £15.

Bigtrak Jr will cost a lot less than its original big brother at a pocket-friendly £29.99 – even I can afford that!

Bigtrak Jr and the digital camera add-on should be out in the Summer.

Buy from Bigtrak is back

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Polaroid Instant Cameras Return With the PIC-1000

January 10, 2010 Click to read more →
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Polaroid has confirmed its come-back with the promise of releasing a new Polaroid instant camera later this year.
There’s been a campaign and the Impossible Project rallied to keep the format alive by actually buying a Polaroid Film factory and promised us a new camera this year.
And here it is. The new camera will come [...]

Sony Ericsson Satio User Review – 12.1 MP Touchscreen Camera Phone

January 3, 2010 Click to read more →
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I’ve lived with the Sony Ericsson Satio for a few weeks now and it’s time for a review methinks.
Out of the box it is noticeably lighter than my iPhone but also feels a little more brittle to me. I am not saying that it’s poorly put together or feels cheap but I think I’ve [...]

LG IQ Phone Complete with Projector – Monaco Released

November 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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The LG IQ.
Not as swish as the HTC HD2 with its capacitive touchiness some might say but the IQ does hide something that may be of interest for those that like sharing pics and clips with friends.
The future of gadgets seems to be slapping in a projector: Cameras like the CoolPix S1000PJ and phones such [...]

Pentax K-x DSLR Gives You 100 Colours and 100 Styles to Choose From – Looks Like a Benetton Ad

November 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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You go to buy a camera and chances are you resign yourself to it being a black box more often than not.
Short of taking your DSLR to a gadgety colouring specialist like Colorware you’d usual be stuck.
Sure – you can get red, silver, and some limited edition finishes but Pentax feels your pain.
You want, nay, [...]

Ricoh GXR – The First Interchangable Snap-Fit Camera

November 10, 2009 Click to read more →
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Looking round the buzz on the interweb it seems that the cool-looking Ricoh GXR will be coming in December.
It’s set to take on the micro four thirds systems that are out at the moment and the GXR adds in a first.
The Ricoh GXR is the first to allow both interchangeable lenses and sensors.
The Ricoh [...]

Polaroid Camera’s Back Next Year – Instant Happiness!

October 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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Awesome news abounds!
Polaroid has confirmed that it’s getting together with instant film fans, The Impossible Project, to resurrect the classic and well loved instant film cameras.
Yup -the format that was killed off last year is coming back people!
The Impossible Project has spent the past 12 months working on a new film for existing Polaroid cameras, [...]

T-shirts for the Grammatically Correct

October 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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Are you a spelling pedant?
Do you dig really cool t-shirts that are also educational?
Well, hop over to Paul Davey Creative’s T-shirt store and check out the ‘There, Their and They’re’ and ‘Your and You’re’ items
He has other amusing designs of shirt if you’re not that militant in your love for correct spelling.
He’s also [...]

Pro-Camera iPhone app Features Anti-Shake, Auto Timer, Tiltmeter, Digital Zoom and Loads More

October 5, 2009 Click to read more →
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We know how popular the iPhone is amongst the snap-happy.
Even though people have had a few unkind things to say about the camera – you can’t argue that a lot of people are taking photos and some aint bad either.
To help the more fussy amongst you there have been image stabilisation apps before; but it’s [...]

The Samsung SCH-W880 Phone Camera – The 12mp Compact Camera Takes HD Vids and Calls Home

September 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Samsung seems confused.
It appears that it wants to pitch its upcoming SCH-W880 as a replacement for your digital camera.
On first looking at the pics it looks just like any other compact snapper
Until you find out that it’s actually supposed to be a mobile phone!
The W880 has more selling points than its high-res camera sensor and [...]

PrintBrush – Tiny Hand Held Printer Coming Soon

September 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ooooo…..lookee!
British company PrintDreams reckons it’s ready to break out the world’s smallest printer called the PrintBrush!
The PrintBrush will print out in A4, black and white, at up to 600dpi resolution.
It works by you sweeping the device across the printing surface (generally paper) by hand.
The manual labour of printing does have a plus side [...]

Leica À la carte – Choose All Your Ideal Custom Camera Needs

August 16, 2009 Click to read more →
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Leica camera’s are great – but not cheap.
It would be awful to pay out a hefty wad of cash only to be thinking later on: I wish that this camera had………
Now, thanks to Leica’s a la carte ordering system you can chose practically everything you need on your next Leica.
Opt for any Leica MP or [...]

Samsung Release Camera’s For Facebook Self-Portraiture

August 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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Samsung added the very useful GPS to its ST1000 – I’m cool with that and it makes sense.
So, why have Samsung in their infinite wisdom slapped a haptic feedback enhanced touchscreen to the front of the new Samsung ST500 and ST550?
Yup, as well as the usual live screen on the back, these new cameras feature [...]

DXG Camcorders For Chic Girl Geeks Who Love Designer Bags

July 29, 2009 Click to read more →
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You’re looking for a camcoder that will capture around 8 hours of 720p video on a 16GB card, that will also snap 8mp stills?
Thing is that it must resemble a top-end clutch, hand or shoulder bag.
I know – this is so a typical story in that hecticly fashionable life of yours.
Well, the DXG Luxe Collection [...]

Retro Blackbird Twin Lens Reflex Camera by Superheadz

July 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Blackbird Camera from superheadz is a twin-lens reflex camera: one lens is used to expose the film, while the other is used like a viewfinder.
This style of camera which goes back to the 1920s, typically uses larger 120 format film. The blackbird uses regular 35mm film which means it can be processed anywhere [...]

Microsoft Seadragon Comes to iPhone Before Windows

December 15, 2008 Click to read more →

Microsoft Live Labs have just released their first application for Apple’s iPhone  before making it available on Microsoft’s own mobile platform.
Curious…………..
Seadragon Mobile was added to the App Store over the weeked. 
It’s a free image-browsing app that allows users to quickly ‘deep zoom’ online images and is intended to “demonstrate what is possible with a mobile platform”.
Seadragon is [...]

MP4 Video Recording, Picture Snapping, MP3 Playing Watch

December 15, 2008 Click to read more →

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a James Bond type and love the chunkiness featured in 70s digital watches you are going to love Thanko’s MP4 watch.
At first it looks like a typically retro digital time-piece with a decent sized face but when you discover that it’s packing a camera that’s able to shoot video [...]

Panasonic G1 – So Simple To Use I Almost Won A Competition!

November 13, 2008 Click to read more →

You may have read my review about the Panasonic G1 a week or so ago.
I was impressed and found it pretty easy to use – this comes from someone who basically points and shoots.
The people that Panasonic allowed to run rampant with the pre-production models in order to review and feedback to the company were [...]

Panasonic DMC-TZ5 – No More Rubbish Snaps?

April 9, 2008 Click to read more →

Fresh from the Panasonic Imaging Event I have news about some new Lumix cameras that you might be interested in.
First off I had a grope around with the new FX500. It’s a good looking machine and the main draw for me was its touch screen LCD viewer. It actually made me want to explore what [...]

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