RCA intros three new Small Wonder budget camcorders

We've got your summer crapcamcorders right 'ere -- three new RCA Small Wonder cams to make your Flips flop. Check 'em out:

• Small Wonder MyLife, EZ200 (black) - 1.5-inch flip-out display, microSDHC with with 1GB microSD that does up to 30 / 60 minutes in high quality and web quality modes, $89 and due this summer
  
• Small Wonder Pocket, EZ205 (white) - 1.5-inch flip-out display, microSDHC slot with 1GB microSD that does up to 30 / 120 minutes in high quality and web quality modes, $100 and due this summer
  
• Small Wonder Traveler, EZ210 (green) - 2.4-inch QVGA display, SDHC with 2GB SD card that does up to 60 / 240 minutes in high quality and web quality modes, $150 and due this summer

[Via: Engadget ]
[Tag: EZ200,EZ205,EZ210,rca,small wonder,small wonder mylife,small wonder pocket,small wonder traveler,SmallWonder,SmallWonderMylife,SmallWonderPocket,SmallWonderTraveler ]

BenQ intros "world's slimmest" 8-megapixel camera, the T850

BenQ has never been one to shy away from laying claim to world's thinnest / smallest titles, and it's done so yet again with its new T850 camera, despite the fact that it's seemingly identical in size to the company's previous T800 model. New this time around, however, is an increasingly-common smile-catching feature, as well as a "swipe" gesture interface, which BenQ claims is unique among touch screen cameras. Otherwise you'll get the same 8-megapixels, 3x optical zoom, and 3-inch display as before, as well as the usual anti-shake and face-tracking features. No word on a price just yet, but you'll apparently be able to get this one in your choice of black or red when it launches in the (presumably) not too distant future.

[Via: Engadget ]
[Tag: benq,compact camera,compact digital camera,CompactCamera,CompactDigitalCamera,t850 ]

Canon EOS 5D Mark II in November?

As rumors go, the Canon 5D Mark II is one of the more venerable of those back-room whispers to grace these pages. Now we've got the Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital Field Guide on Amazon making a duplicate appearance on the publisher's website. You know something we don't Ms. Charlotte K. Lowrie? Guess we'll find out in November-ish.
Read -- Amazon
Read -- Publisher listing

[Via: Photography Bay] ]
[Tag: 5d mark ii,5dMarkIi,amazon,canon,dslr,rumor ]

K-Touch's 8 megapixel C280 cameraphone flaunts Canon image processing

Remember when Samsung was pumping out cameraphones with increasingly ridiculous megapixel counts? At the moment, phones top-out at about 5 megapixels. Until this, the 8 megapixel C280 with 3x optical zoom and claimed 1600 ISO support (right) from the previously unheard of K-Touch. Ironically, it might very well be using a CMOS sensor from Samsung. Perhaps more interesting though is the fact that it'll be using Canon's own DIGIC III image processing when it hits the Chinese market.

[Via: Engadget ]
[Tag: 8 megapixel,8Megapixel,c280,cameraphone,canon,china,digic iii,DigicIii,k-touch,samsung ]

Canon 5D Mark II Field Guide Listed on Amazon, Points Toward Sept. Photokina Announcement [5d Mark II]

While this isn't the word of God (or Canon), it's another piece in the pile of evidence that the 5D Mark II is on its way, and soon. Amazon has a listing for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital Field Guide by Charlotte Lowrie, who's written field guides for a smorgasbord of other Canon cameras. Unfortunately the pub date is listed as November, which points more toward a late September announce at Photokina than the early June date we'd heard before. Either way, sit tight, 'cause it's coming.
[Via: Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog ]
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Sharp trumpets world's thinnest 5-megapixel CMOS sensor

Every so often, we catch Sharp tooting its own horn in regard to sensor size. Needless to say, small is most certainly superior in this discussion, and the aforesaid outfit is patting itself on the back once more for the RJ63SC100. This 5-megapixel CMOS sensor is said to be the industry's thinnest at 9.5- x 9.5- x 6.6-millimeters, and it should fit snugly inside the already cramped innards of tomorrow's cellphones just fine. Samples are slated to ship out at the end of May for ¥10,000 ($96) a pop, while commercial production should get going a month later.

[Via: Impress ]
[Tag: 5-megapixel, cmos, RJ63SC100, sensor, sharp, world record, WorldRecord, worlds smallest, WorldsSmallest ]

Fuji releases the FinePix A850, world yawns

Alright, so you weren't exactly waiting on pins and needles for Fuji to release yet another entry-level FinePix digital camera, but might we interest you in yet another entry-level digital camera with totally average specifications? We thought so. We think you'll find the FinePix A850 offers a uninspiring 8 megapixels of image-stabilized resolution, a delightfully adequate 3x optical zoom, and a solidly-middling ISO 800 maximum sensitivity. But don't get too excited digging change out of the couch just yet -- Fuji's not going to announce pricing on this pinnacle of yesterday's technology until it gets closer to launch in July.
[Thanks, Mark]

[Via: Engadget ]
[Tag: a850, finepix, finepix a850, FinepixA850, fuji ]