Digital Shot

So it looks like the first lucky individuals have started receiving their Nikon D3s in the mail — lucky not just because they’re the proud new owner of a 12.1 megapixel full frame DSLR with 6400 ISO, 51-point autofocus, two CF slots, HDMI, and a 3-inch live view LCD, but lucky because, you know, they can afford to spend $5,000 on a camera. For those of us who can only aspire to possess such luxuries, there are always a bunch of nice unboxing shots to really help flesh out our weird gadget fantasies. You can check out another such pic after the break, before hitting the

Samsung just loosed a pair of low-end digital cameras for your newbie’n consumption. The $169, 7.2 megapixel S760 and $179, 8.1 megapixel S860 both feature a 3x optical zoom Samsung SHD lens, digital image stabilization, face detection, a 30fps VGA video recording mode in AVI (MJPEG) format, and the ability to motor off a pair of AA batteries in an photographic emergency. A special effects “E” button gives PC-less control over red-eye and basic image manipulation — it does not, however, give you a sense of lime-green lollipop euphoria. Look for them on shelves in January.

[Via Photography Blog]