Tag Archives: Digital Cameras and Video Recorders

Abe’s of Maine + New Gear Daily + Cyber Monday = Big Savings

What’s better than getting great Cyber Monday Deals? We’ve for some awesome deals from Abe’s of Maine that you can take advantage of without having to leave your house. Take a look… Get this $29.95 tripod for just $9.95. Buy it here. Save 36% on the Canon EOS Rebel T2i Digital SLR Camera with EF-S [...]

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GoPro Is the HERO of Awesome Action Video

Ever wonder how producers are able to capture those awesome video shots that seem to put you right in the action? Simple, they have the right equipment (and, of course they eye and technical skill.) One such tool, the HD HERO, is a cool little camera that came on the market a few years ago and [...]

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Gear Deal: Dell Inspiron 15r 15.6″ with Canon ELPH Camera and Adobe Elements 9 Bundle

Here’s a great Gear Deal on a 15.6″ Dell Inspiron 15R Core i5-2330M that includes two awesome bonuses. The Inspiron 15r has a 2.2GHz Dual-core processor and includes 6GB RAM, a 500GB Hard Drive, Wireless-N, a DVD burner, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS and more. To sweeten this deal you’ll also get a Canon [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide: Luxurious Items for Leather-Loving Gadget Hounds

From the Editorial Staff of Gear Diary: Is there a lover of leather in your life? If so, here are five gifts with which you can’t go wrong. The Orbino Padova 2 Crocodile iPad 2 Case: Yeah, at $689.00 this iPad 2 case is a splurge but it is handcrafted from Crocodile and is a stunner. Judie [...]

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HSN Scores the Two Newest Vivitar Models

Have you ever watched the show Hoarders? I can’t really say that it is a guilty pleasure, because I usually watch it with a mixture of horror and fascination. Some of the houses aren’t really that bad when compared to the others (e.g. – no dead animals or animal waste inside the home, house isn’t rotting [...]

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Gear Deal: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V/B 16.2 MP Exmor R CMOS Digital Camera

I’m a big fan of Sony’s Cyber-shot cameras. I’m also a fan of saving money. Today’s Gear Deal brings us both. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V/B features a 16.2 Megapixel resolution, a 16x Optical Zoom and accepts SD/SDHC/SDXC/Memory Stick Duo/Pro Duo/PRO HG-Duo Card Slot. Normally $399.99 with this deal you can get $120.99 in instant savings.  That [...]

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Gear Deal: Panasonic: Get up to 50% off select Panasonic HD 1080p Digital Camcorders

If you have been thinking about getting an HD camcorder this Gear Deal is for you. Our Gear Sponsor gave us the headsup that you can save up to 50% on a number of different Panasonic Digital Camcorders. Panasonic HDC-TM40K Camcorder: Was $399.99 but is now $189.99 Panasonic HDC-TM41H Camcorder: Was $379.99 but is now [...]

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Gear Deal: Nikon Coolpix P300 12.2MP Digital Camera w/4.2x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom

Today’s Gear Deal brings us the Nikon COOLPIX P300 12.2 CMOS Digital Camera. The COOLPIX P300 has a 4.2x f/1.8 NIKKOR Wide-Angle Optical Zoom Lens and Shoots full HD 1080p Video. In addition, it features 4-way VR Image Stabilization System, has a 3″ Color Display and much more. Normally selling for $329.95, our Gear Sponsor gave [...]

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Seeing Greater Things for New FishEyes Smarter Rod and Reel with Underwater Video Camera

I have to admit that many items I review do not receive much thought after I post their story, but after spending a short time with this new FishEyes Rod and Reel With Underwater Video Camera I realized here was an item with much broader usage. Sure, this is a unique product that every father [...]

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Shoot HD Video Underwater with Vivitar’s 690 HD Pocket CamCorder

Vivitar has announced a new digital HD pocket video camera with a neat trick up its sleeve. The 690 HD digital pocket video camera is designed to shoot video underwater. The Vivitar 690 HD offers “waterproof features with a built-in microphone and speaker for your underwater adventures”. It also has an SD memory card slot [...]

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Gear Deal: Sony Alpha NEX5K/B Interchangeable Lens 14MP Digital Camera with 2 Lens

I saw the Sony Alpha NEX5 up close for the first time a few weeks ago and boy is it a nice little camera. It is small, it is light, it takes great pictures and HD movies and, thanks to our Gear Sponsor, it is today’s Gear Deal! The Sony Alpha NEX5 offers interchangeable lens, [...]

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The Next Innovation in Photography Could be Just Around the Corner Thanks to Lytro.

Image from Lytro Digital photography seems to be stagnating a little.   Yeah there is High Dynamic Range photography, but that requires either an iPhone or some photo editing skills that are above the skills of most people.  Other than that, little has changed other than megapixel ratings.  Lytro aims to change that soon with [...]

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Olympus’ New LS-20M Linear PCM Recorder Aims to Unite High-Definition Video and PCM Audio

  Don’t be intimidated if you don’t know what PCM Audio means, because I wasn’t sure either (and I had to look it up). PCM stands for Pulse Code Modulation, and it is a “means by which standard audio signals (which are represented by waveforms) are converted to digital audio signals (which are represented by [...]

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Review: Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera

Cisco may have shuttered the doors on the Flip camera, but there are many other cameras out there that are still available that are as good or better than the venerable Flip.  Today I am going to take a look at the Kodak Zi8, which I recently purchased with a gift card I received from [...]

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Review: Lowepro Compuday Photo 250 Backpack

I love gear bags, especially backpacks. The great thing about a gear bag is that I can carry more of my stuff. I have a backpack for my DSLR as well as a backpack for my MacBook and all of the items that go with it. Just the other day we took a short family [...]

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PlayStation Vita Game System Review – Part I

Gamers gain a more robust mobile console experience with the PlayStation Vita versions using Wi-Fi/3G or Wi-Fi only online capabilities plus a rear touchpad, two analog sticks and a sharp OLED display.

BANG! Your Lights Are Out

Back in the days when I was on the look out for the “perfect tablet” (in other words, before I [...]

RIP Eugene Polley, Inventor of the TV Remote at 96

Image courtesy of Wikipedia I remember reading an article about 25 years or so ago! on how everything wired was [...]

Get a Droid RAZR 16GB 4G LTE Plus $25 Apps Plus $40 Credit Plus Double Data

AmazonWireless had the 16 GB Droid RAZR for just $0.01 with new two year contract. Thatnis pretty amazing considering the [...]

Windows XP’s “Bliss” Background: A Blissful Happenstance

Most people who have been using PCs in the past decade or so have doubtless seen this image, the default [...]

Google Music Pre-Summer One-Day $2.99 Album Sale!

Google Music is having a cool one-day ‘pre-summer’ sale with a bunch of albums for $2.99, including Daft Punk, Smashing [...]