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With the Canon VIXIA HF R11 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder, you’ll find that high definition video has hit new levels of convenience, ease, performance- and value.

The VIXIA HF R11 has a 32GB internal flash drive, together with an SD memory card slot, Canon’s Relay Recording and Smart Auto.

A Genuine Canon 20x HD Video Lens and Dynamic IS works in combination with Canon’s sophisticated HD image processing to deliver the sharp, vivid, lifelike video you want to see on your HDTV.

Advanced Video Snapshot lets you create 2-, 4- or 8-second movie clips, with music, that are perfect for sharing.

Canon’s VIXIA HF M300 Flash Memory Camcorder records directly to an SD memory card.

A Genuine Canon 15x HD Video Lens and 3.89-megapixel Full HD CMOS Image Sensor help to deliver high definition video and 3.3 MP photos with incredible detail and lifelike color.

Smart Auto “reads” the visual components of the scene you’re shooting and chooses the best settings.

Touch & Track allows you to achieve sharp focus and precise exposure for any subject, simply by touching the 2.7″ Touch Panel LCD.

The D7000 Offers Creative Freedom with Advanced Features Such as a New 16.2-Megapixel DX-Format CMOS Sensor, Six FPS Shooting, and more.

The new EXPEED 2 TM image processing engine fuels the enhanced performance of the D7000 along with a new 39-point AF system and groundbreaking new 2,016 pixel RGB 3D Matrix Metering System to deliver amazing image quality in a variety of shooting conditions.

Additionally, the D7000 D-SLR provides full 1080p HD movie capability with full-time auto focus (AF)images.

For the past couple of years, Olympus has focused mostly on its Micro Four Thirds line. But, as the new E-5 shows, the company hasn’t forgotten about regular Four Thirds at all.

The latest update of its flagship DSLR steps up to a 12.3MP Live MOS sensor (from 10.1MP in the E-3), adds a stop of sensitivity for a top of ISO 6400, and adds 1280×720- pixel 30-fps HD video capture.

Meanwhile, it keeps the super-rugged magnesium-alloy body with weathersealing that is the top of its class.

The MOTOROKR S9 is Motorola’s current generation of Bluetooth stereo buds.

Their small, lightweight form factor makes them easy to wear for longer periods of time and are especially well suited for running, bicycling, and similar activities.

However, the control buttons on the headset were a little too small to make this a practical choice for me.

Altec Lansing has kept it simple with the Octiv M202. Save for the additional dock, which lets you charge two iPods or iPhones at the same time, there are no additional bells and whistles here.

Instead, when you first connect one of Apple’s portable devices, the M202 prompts you to let it install two apps: one to allow you to use the speaker dock as an alarm clock and the other to let you play music from both docked iPods by shuffling tracks from both libraries.

The speakers are also magnetically shielded, so you don’t have to switch your iPhone to Airplane mode to avoid interference.

The successor to the much popular Google Nexus One seems to have finally arrived, although not officially. The phone, which will be called as the Google Nexus S has been recently revealed by the CEO of Google at a recent meet. Even though he has failed to reveal any details about this phone, it has already been speculated that it could be the most powerful phone yet.

The Google Nexus S apart from being tagged as one of the most powerful phones, it also has another huge ace up its sleeve as it is the first phone to be sporting the latest version of the popular Android operating system. This phone will be running on the Android 2.3 or Gingerbread operating system. Unlike most of the other Android phones, this phone will not be using the traditional user interface method that is used to show the Android operating system. However, this phone will be sporting the raw operating system in its full glory. Read the rest of this entry »

Some embrace their passion more than others. For you, there’s the new PENTAX K-5. With a 7 fps frame rate and enhanced focus performance, it’s even faster than its predecessor the PENTAX K-7.

With its new 16.28 megapixel sensor, the K-5 offers a wide sensitivity range from ISO 80 to 12800.  And the PENTAX K-5 is the smallest and only weather-sealed digital SLR in its class. So you can truly follow your passion from studio to field.

At a time when many new interchangeable-lens cameras have been forgoing refl ex mirrors altogether,  Sony’s new Alpha 55 (and Alpha 33) take a radically different approach.

Instead of ditching the mirror mirror— and with it, speedy, reliable autofocus—Sony gave these two DSLRs a semi-transparent mirror that doesn’t fl ip up and down. The result: Cameras that can autofocus continuously while recording high-defi nition video, and fi re off stills at high burst rates—and that keep the existing Alpha lensmount for compatibility with the entire Sony lens catalog. They’re also smaller and lighter than Sony DSLRs in the same class. Read the rest of this entry »

Following in the footsteps of its K-x Pentax’s 12.4MP K-r has an APS-C CMOS sensor. But this new DSLR offers a 3-inch 921,000-dot LCD screen, 720p video at 25 fps, and lots of shooting options, including two in-camera HDR modes.

Action shooters take note: The K-r has a 6-fps burst rate. It also uses Pentax’s new SAFOX IX autofocusing system, with 11 focus points, as well as an AF assist lamp to help in low light. And low–light shooting should be better with the K-r—its ISO tops out at 25,600, a full stop higher than the Pentax K-x.

There is also such features as the ability to transfer data between cameras via an infrared sensor, and the option to use either the supplied Li-ion or AA batteries.

Zippy Pentax K-r is available in three colors: black, white, and red.