camcorders

Any parent who's walked in on a kid playing Jackson Pollock on a wall in the house will appreciate this. Rather than bottle up that creative energy--not to mention the fingerpaint--it might be worth investing in one of these digital camcorders made especially for children, complete with 18 special effects and audio tracks that they can incorporate into their first noir classics.

Don't expect any full-length features with only 32MB of built-in memory, though it can be expanded by up to 2GB with an SD card. Once done, you can view the clips on the TV or computer … Read more

This week's camera news includes Olympus' new SLR, a flat tripod, two firmware updates, and the White Stripes.

This week includes a calculator camera, a 12-megapixel camera, and new information about Adobe and DxO software.

Try not to leave this camera in the sun. You wouldn't want your lens disappearing in a puff of steam. The camera in question? A USB camera with a liquid lens called the IVIN-2M USB 2.0.

The technology has been around for a few years, but this model claims to be the "first 2-megapixel CMOS digital camera with a variable-focus liquid lens." Talk about a niche.

It's recently been announced by Varioptic and IVA. Practical? Well, it's meant to be used as a surveillance videocam. Impressive specs? It shoots up to only 1,600 … Read more

This week we look at maple leaf camcorders, robotic cameras, and a handful of new digital imaging products.

Now that we have cameras tiny enough to wend their way through the human body, it's not entirely surprising that there's a camcorder the size of a pack of gum. (In fact, we're more surprised that people are still chewing Wrigley's Doublemint.)

Nevertheless, SpyGadgets says its "Micro-Camcorder" is the "smallest high-resolution, real-time digital camcorder ever produced." (Couldn't they cram any more qualifiers into that claim?) Marketing-speak aside, this $295 surveillance gadget is supposed to record both audio and up to 33 hours of video on a 1GB micro-SD card--but, as Gizmodo … Read more

This week's news includes a funky new camera from Hassleblad, a funky new stock photography site from PhotoShelter, and a funky new media library application from Corel.

The Flip Video Ultra Series is the newest member in Pure Digital's popular Flip Video family of digital camcorders, the world's first camcorders with on-board software to enable editing, organizing, and seamless video uploading to AOL, YouTube and other video sharing sites. This is ideal for coaches that want to create a quick analysis of an Athlete's performance and email it to them.

Flip Video Ultra's built-in software greatly expands the range of possibilities for users to enjoy and share their video. New features make it simple to edit clips, create custom movies, and even capture … Read more

Besides a terrifyingly pink camera, we have a new pocket camcorder, a firmware update for Olympus' Evolt E-410 SLR, and more.