What I Want: My Dream Camcorder....With All The Bells And Whistles!!!!!!!!!!

I Can't wait to buy this camcorder! Here's the review:

"Samsung SC-D6550 Mini DV Compact DuoCam merges a high-quality digital still camera, with a high-quality Mini DV camcorder to form one palm-sized, go-anywhere device. At the heart of the SC-D6550 are two seperate optics systems: A 680,000-pixel CCD for digital video, and a 5-mega pixel CCD for capturing digital still shots in 2592 x 1944 resolution. And worry not; the SC-D6550 is much more than the sum of its parts. Additional features include a built-in flash, 900x Digital Zoom lens, USB 2.0 and IEEE-1394 connectivity, and a multi-memory card slot, which supports Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, and SD/MMC storage mediums. The SC-D6550 has enough capabilities to make digital still photographers, or those simply looking for a Mini DV camcorder, very happy. Camcorder and Digital Still Camera, the SC-D6550 Compact DuoCam merges a Mini DV camcorder with a 5-mega pixel Digital Still Camera. This combo technology allows for maximum flexibility during shoots, be they movie, still or both. Best of all you can switch between the two shooting modes with the flip of a switch. Technology The camcorder portion of the SC-D6550 contains a 680,000-pixel CCD for crystal-clear digital video recording. 900x Digital Zoom Lens The SC-D6550 has two zoom lenses. The Mini DV Camcorder portion of the camera has a 10x Optical/900x Digital zoom lens. The Digital Still Camera has a 3x Optical/12x Digital arrangement. MPEG Recording "Mini DV is not your only recourse for recording full-motion video. On the SC-D6550, you can capture MPEG-4-quality video to a Memory Stick. Which allows for easy-transferable video clips that are perfect for emailing. The "Digital Image Stabilizer" D.I.S. automatically compensates for camera shake and vibrations. It allows for smoother video picture; a valuable feature during rough shooting conditions or handheld use. The camcorder's multi-memory card slot is compatible with SD, MMC, Memory Stick, and Memory Stick Pro storage media. When shooting a subject in front of an intense light source, Backlight Compensation will reduce the intensity of the brightness to make the subject more visible.IEEE-1394 and USB 2.0 ConnectivityWith IEEE-1394 connectivity, you can transfer digital video at a high-speed to a PC for easy editing. USB 2.0 connectivity allows you to transfer digital images from a memory card or Memory Stick to a PC. A built-in flash maximizes your digital still shooting capabilities in low-light conditions."

Tech News: The Furture Is Now...The 4.0GHz PC!!

Very soon Intel will be shipping off New PC's with CPU of 4.0GHz. Alienware already has PC's with the 4.0GHz Processors.

more coming soon!

Tech News: The New LG VX9800 AIO Cellphone!

"Quick Take: The snazzy-looking new LG VX9800 brings a wealth of features to Verizon Wireless customers, the most prominent being support for 3G EV-DO data speeds and access to Verizon's multimedia V Cast network. The phone is pricey at $349, but you can find it cheaper with service.

The dual-band (CDMA 800/1900) phone mimics the innovative design of T-Mobile's Motorola A630 by offering a folding candy bar-style form factor that hides a full QWERTY keyboard. The loaded VX9800 also promises dual color displays, Bluetooth, support for POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail, a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash and video-recording capability, an MP3 player, text and multimedia messaging, a wireless Web browser, syncing for e-mail and contacts, text to speech, a full-duplex speakerphone, voice commands and dialing, basic PIM functions, and a USB port. Check back soon for a full review."

Tech News: Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 With A 3 inch Touch Screen!!!!!!!!

This camera is even cooler then the SP-700,

"The Cyber-shot DSC-N1 is about the same size as a deck of playing cards and incorporates a high-performance, 8-megapixel digital camera, with a large, 3-inch, touch-screen LCD. The N1's album function automatically stores up to 500 of your favorite images in VGA resolution, and uses them to create dynamic slide shows with music and transition effects – in the camera.

Take pictures with the confidence that you’ll get excellent picture quality. With the N1’s 8-megapixel imager, its resolution is extraordinary for a compact camera. The all-glass Carl Zeiss 3x zoom lens lets you capture images with the utmost sharpness and clarity. Sony’s Real Imaging Processor LSI provides excellent color accuracy and incredibly fast response times. Its advanced power management system delivers long battery life; up to 270 shots per charge. With shutter lag minimized to just 9 milliseconds, you won’t miss those important moments. Moreover, the N1 offers excellent ISO sensitivity, which is of particular importance when shooting in low-light conditions. You can capture faster action at night with less blur or, in certain conditions, avoid using a flash altogether.

With an optional Memory Stick PRO Duo™ media card, shooting high-quality video is a breeze. MPEG-VX fine mode allows you to record MPEG video with VGA (640x480 pixel) resolution at 30 frames per second, up to the capacity of the media card.

Showing pictures to your friends and family is more enjoyable as the 3.0-inch LCD screen is almost the size of an actual photograph. The menu functions are accessible with your finger or thumb thanks to its innovative touch-screen interface that eliminates the need for most control buttons. With Sony’s Clear Photo LCD technology, your images will be bright, with high-contrast, and easy to view in virtually any environment.

The N1’s album function automatically stores up to 500 of your favorite images for a “pocket full of memories.” By recording each image separately, once in full-resolution and again in 640x480-resolution, your favorite images accumulate for easy recall and sharing wherever you go.

Because you will take hundreds or perhaps thousands of pictures with your N1, the album function lets you protect the images you want to keep, so that over time you will have a collection of your favorite photos with you wherever you go. And with the camera’s file management system, you can quickly locate your images; simply search for pictures by the month and date that you originally created them. To expand your playback options, you can view your photos on your television, through the optional Cyber-shot Station™ cradle, or on your PC. You decide how to share your photos, Sony lets you do it.

The N1 creates slide shows directly on the camera without using a PC. Images can be played back with such advanced features as transitions, pans, wipes, fades and zooms, choreographed to pre-loaded soundtracks. You can also use your own music, using the camera’s supplied software. With the camera’s built-in speaker, your slide shows are sure to have that cinematic effect with sound to complete the experience.

The Cyber-shot N1 digital camera will be available in mid-November for about $500 online at SonyStyle.com, at Sony Style retail stores (www.sonystyle.com/retail), and at authorized dealers nationwide. Pre-orders taken online at www.sony.com/n1.

The camera comes supplied with a Lithium Ion battery, battery charger, multi-connector cable, wrist strap, stylus, and software CD-ROM. Optional accessories include the Cyber-shot Station cradle, a marine pack, and leather carrying case."

Tech News: The New Olympus SP-700 With A 3-Inch LCD Screen.

Today I was looking for digital cameras with a 3''” LCD the search results I kept on getting..And I came across the Olympus SP-700 digital camera. It's got 6MP, compact size, 11MB internal memory, memory card is xD picture, (some people may not like xD, but I do) a very large LCD screen 3inches with 230,000 pixels, as a matter of fact:) 3x optical zoom(38-114mm, 35mm camera equiv.), movie features: 30 frames per second for movie recording, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, with sound(WAV), file format is QuickTime Motion JPEG. 24 picture modes, Still feature file format is JPEG, image sizes are, 2816 x 2112, 2288 x 1712, 1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480. Auto mode and 24 scene modes (incl. Portrait, Beach, Snow, Night Scene and Underwater just to name a few) for trouble-free shooting. Creative functions, like Slide Show, Compare & Shoot, Multi-shot. Histogram in shooting and playback mode. Guide Function for easy operation. Explains the different menu options and scene modes. Image editing functions on board incl. Red-eye fix, brightness, saturation, trimming, B&W and sepia, without need for a PC. Super Macro mode for shooting from 1cm. TruePic TURBO image processor. PictBridge compatible. Feature looks very good, but I'’ll wait to see how much it costs before putting in my last 2 cents. Will be in stores around Christmas time.




Pros:
Sensor:1/2.5" Type CCD, 6.2 million pixels total, 6.0 million effective pixels.
Image sizes: 2816 x 2112, 2288 x 1712, 1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, Movie clips: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, With soundFile formats. Still: JPEG. Movie: QuickTime Motion JPEG, Sound: WAV, Lens: 38 -114 mm (35 mm equiv), 3x optical zoom. F 3.3 - 4.0. Image stabilization: Digital image stabilizer for movies. Digital zoom: Up to 4x, TTL system iESP auto focus with contrast, detection. focus: iESP auto focus, Spot auto focus. Focus distance: Normal: o.3m (wide)/o.6m (tele), Macro: 0.1m (wide)/0.6m (tele), Super macro: From 1cm, Metering: iESP, Spot, Program. ISO sensitivity: Auto, ISO: 64, 100, 200, 400. Exposure compensation +/-2EV, 1/3 EV steps. Shutter speed: 4 - 1/2000 sec. Scene modes: Portrait, Landscap, Landscap and Portrait, Night Scene, Night & Portrait, Sport, Indoor, Candle, Self Portrait, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Museum, Cuisine, Behind Glass, Documents, Auction, Shot & Select 1 and 2, Beach, Snow, Underwater Wide 1 and 2, Underwater Macro. White balance: Full-auto TTL ESP, overcast, sunlight, tungste, fluorescentent 1. Has a Self timer. Continuous shooting: 0.7fps for up to 3 frames in Super high, Image parameters: Sepia, Black and white, brightnessess and saturation correction, Color temperature, Balance. Flash is Built-in, Auto, red-eye reduction, fill-in , off, red-eye reduction & fill-in Range: 0.3m 2.6m (wide) / 1.2m– 2.1m (tele) Guide number: 6.5 Viewfinderinder, LCD monitor is 3" TFT LCD with 230,000 pixels. Connectivity: is USB, AV out, and DC in. Print compliance is PictBridge, Exif 2.21, DPOF, PIM II. Storage is a xD-Picture Card with 11MB internal memory, Power souce is a Rechargeable lithium ion battery. Charger not included, Weight with no batteries is 140 g (4.9 oz), Dimensions: is 98 x 57 x 25mm (3.8 x 2.2 x 1 in).



Cons:
Not out yet, not much is known about this camera.

The Tech News: The World's 22 Megapixel!!

From now I will be adding to the lineup "The Tech News" or T.T.N. for tech products I don't have, but will like to have. I was search for digital cameras with very high megapixels and came across the "Kodak 39 megapixel CCD". I read about this camera, and it said that a 22 megapixel that is aready out. The P25. It is known as the highest megapixel camera out today, it's not really news beacause it came out last year, but I'm going to talk about it anyways!!

"Michael Reichmann over at The Luminous Landscape has today posted is first look at the 22 megapixel, $29,990 almost full-frame medium format 645 digital back. This back delivers images which have 5440 horizontal pixels and 4080 vertical pixels from a 48.9 x 36.7 mm (1.9 x 1.4 in) 22 megapixel CCD sensor. "The Phase One H25 has become something of a benchmark for studio-based professional photographers during the nine months or so since introduction. There is something about Phase One's ability to extract shadow detail and produce extremely clean raw files that seems to me to be just a step ahead of what is seen from other backs."

LG GSA-4165B SuperMulti Drive.

I bought this LG GSA-4165B DVD-/+R/RW/+R DL/RAM Drive to replaces my Lite-On black 16x/48x DVD-ROM Drive, that I'll be getting for Christmas. I havn't use it yet, bacause I still got my old PC (Compaq 6350us) with the NuTech DDW-082 Black DVD-/+RW Drive. It's the color black, which is good. It's high-performance DVD writer from LG Electronics it offers dual layer compatibility and works with just about all DVD formats, like DVD+R DL 4X, DVD+R 16x, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-R DL 4X(I think it's compatible), DVD-R 16x, DVD-RW 6x, DVD-RAM 5x, CD 40x, CD 32x. The DVD writer has a 2MB buffer size, for fast transfer rates, and SuperLink Buffer Under Run Prevention Technology. For a great performance at a very low price, only 42.00 from Newegg.com plus 4.00 Shipping and handing.



Pros:
Cheap, works with lots DVD formats.

Cons:
None yet...

A Real Treat: To All Who Visits My Blog!!

I'm now starting, "Video Of The Month". V.O.T.M., is a thing I do for my blog, every month I put a video here just for fun. This month in October features is a video from way back when in 94. When New Jack Swing was in, and like Cross Colours clothes was too! Jomanda's "I Like It (Nubia Soul Remix!)". From there last album "Nubia Soul", I just love this song, it took me a long time to find it on CD, but it was worth it! Please, Note: that you would need Windows Media Player to View the video, and sorry for the quality.

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