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Pentax is kicking its CES festivities into medium gear with a pair of cheapo point-and-shoot digicams that we expect will be a tipping point to a great avalanche of affordable shooters. The $199.95 Optio P70 features a 12-megapixel sensor, can capture 720p video at 15 FPS, ISO from 64 to an astounding 6400 (though only at 5-megapixels), has a 4x zoom lens, a 2.7-inch LCD display, and comes in silver, white, or red. The E70, meanwhile, sports a 10-megapixel sensor, a 2.4-inch display, 3x zoom, but delivers the same staggering ISO range as the P70 for a slightly more affordable $129.95. Both models feature “Pixel Track Shake Reduction” and face-detection, will be available in February, and have put at least one editor to sleep.

Pentax’s Optio P70 and E70 digicams won’t break banks, hearts, or kneecaps originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Vivitar may not have quite the same fervent fan following as some other camera manufacturers, but it looks like parent company Sakar is doing its best to keep things as Vivitar-y as possible at CES, with it rolling out a trio of new cameras and a few other goodies. Those include the 8.1 megapixel Vivitar V8400P underwater camera, which packs a 2.4-inch LCD and will run you $130, the $250 Vivitar DVR840XHD camcorder, which sports a 5x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD, and some basic media-player functionality, and the barebones Vivitar V8025 (pictured above), which boasts the same 8-megapixel resolution as the underwater cam, plus a touchscreen and an even cheaper $100 price tag. Those that have moved beyond point-and-shoots will also soon be able to pick up a number of new Vivitar Series 1 DSLR lenses, which’ll range in price from $150 to $400, and anyone looking for yet another universal charger will be able to grab Vivitar’s $50 Ultimate Smart LCD Charger, which promises to charge a whole host of devices and, apparently, comes equipped with an LCD.

Sakar kicks out new Vivitar cameras, DSLR lenses originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

You should’ve known that Canon wouldn’t be able to introduce a new family of HD camcorders without Samsung hitting back with a crew of its own, so it’s with that in mind that we present Samsung’s H-Series. The HMX-H106, HMX-H105, HMX-H104, and HMX-H100 all arrive with Full HD sensors and a Schneider Kreuznach Varioplan HD lens with Optical Image Stabilization, but it’s the H106 that really steals the show. Said device is the first Full HD camcorder to incorporate a 64GB SSD within, while the H105 and H104 offer up 32GB and 16GB SSDs, respectively; as for the H100, you’ll be providing your own SD / SDHC card before anything gets recorded. The whole crew utilizes H.264 compression, meaning that the big daddy can hold 12 hours of footage at Full HD resolution. Mum’s the word on pricing / availability, but the full release is waiting just after the break.

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Samsung debuts H-Series of HD camcorders, first with 64GB SSD originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BenHeck.com forum member goteking apparently built this camera-in-a-Famicom-cart a little while back, but this is one instance when we’re more than happy to catch up a little late, even if we may quite not be able to bring ourselves to gut a cart of our own. As you can likely imagine, this mod mostly depends simply on choosing the right cart-sized camera, and goteking found that a standard Sony Cybershot point-and-shoot fit the bill quite nicely, though there’s certainly plenty of other possiblities out there (bonus points for anyone able to make an Game Boy cart camera). Hit up the link below for a few more pics of the camera, plus a glimpse of some of goteking’s other projects, including a VAIO DS and a VAIO Eee PC.

[Via technabob]

Famicom cart camera provides its own smile-catching technology originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Looks like Liquid Image — those wacky underwater digicam folks — are going to be hitting the ground running at CES with not one, but two HD underwater digital camera masks. Meant for serious professionals (and well-heeled Jacques Cousteau wannabes), the Pro HD350 shoots 720p video, sports 64 MB flash storage, supports microSD / SDHC cards (up to 32GB) and is rated to a depth of 330 feet. Taking things down a notch, the Scuba Series 320 (MSRP around $215) is the other 720p video cam. Featuring the same 64 MB internal memory and 32 GB microSD / SDHC support, this guy is rated at 115 feet. Bringing up the rear is the VideoMask 310, a 640 × 480 / 30 fps video camera, sporting 16 MB internal memory, 8GB microSDHC card support, and is rated to a depth of 33 feet. It is expected to list at $159, while the Scuba Series 320 will list for about $215. The Pro HD350 hasn’t been priced just yet; all three cameras take 5 megapixel photos and will get debuted at CES this week.

[Via Helmet Camera Central, thanks Chad]

Liquid Image’s new underwater digital camera masks debut at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.