Digital Shot

Vicious and Divine’s Laplace webcam had it all… 2 megapixel photo and 1.3 megapixel video resolution, an integrated flash so that it could handle innumerable lighting situations, a folding mechanism that particularly suited it to mounting on laptops or flat panel monitors, plus that compact and sleek design. It was the jet-set of webcams, some might say, but it seemed to lack something — some essential quality of life. Possibly a higher purpose? As it turns out, all it needed was to be absolutely, 100 percent covered — bedazzled, if you dare — in Swarovski crystals. The results are pretty… stunning. And not at all obscene. It comes in both black and clear crystal variations, and €49.99 (about $63) seems a small price to pay for something that’s going to make you the envy of all of your friends — but it seems to be available only in Europe. Your loss, rest-of-the-Earth!

Swarovski-coated webcam: because everything should be shiny originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oh sure, the unremitting release cycle of new digital photo frames is growing a bit tired, but that’s not to say these things don’t make for the perfect holiday gift. Oh, and after you’ve contributed to the cause here, drop your own question in at ask at engadget dawt com.

“I’m looking for the best digital photo frame out there to snag for the holidays. My requirements are pretty simple: good picture quality, WiFi, RSS / Flickr support without any fees. Any help?”

Short and sweet there, eh Adam? At any rate, we’ll toss in some general screen size requirements (let’s say 5-inches and up), and now, we’ll let you to it. Light up the comments below!

Ask Engadget: What’s the best digital photo frame out there? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nights on the Riviera…
Costume balls in Cancun…
Dancing until dawn in the glittering palaces of Monaco…
Life at Photojojo is one mad whirl of unbridled hedonism.
What? It totally is. Mad, we tell you. Whirly.
Okay, fine, we didn’t really think you’d buy that. But if we did lead […]

~ Have a cool photo product or site? Reach 225,000 photo fans

Nights on the Riviera…
Costume balls in Cancun…
Dancing until dawn in the glittering palaces of Monaco…

Life at Photojojo is one mad whirl of unbridled hedonism.

What? It totally is. Mad, we tell you. Whirly.

Okay, fine, we didn’t really think you’d buy that. But if we did lead lives like that, you better believe we’d have some great photos to show for it.

If there’s one thing we know, it’s how to take an awesome portrait at night. Use a tripod, moderate your flash… oh heck, just keep reading. Everything you need to know is in here.

Photojojo’s Guide to Night Portraits

p.s. We had a great turnout for the Macro-zoom-ography Contest! The winners are: subbyguy, mazzer, and Jana. Thanks to everyone who entered- you made it really hard to choose!

p.p.s. Want to take some spooky ghost pictures this Halloween? Try capturing the mystery of entopic phenomena!

Photo credit: sgoralnick.

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The kids over at Photography Blog have finally got their hands on the Nikon Coolpix P6000 that became official back in August and have pronounced it “a mixed bag.” It looks good on paper at least, with a 13.5-megapixel sensor, 28mm wide angle lens and built-in Ethernet (a first for a consumer grade camera). Unfortunately, the big ticket items like on-board GPS (for geo-tagging all those coolpix you’ll be taking) and NRW file format support (the new “RAW” image format developed by Microsoft and Nikon) are said to be poorly implemented and all but unusable. Even the much-ballyhooed LAN connectivity is limited to something called MyPictureTown. Hit the read link to catch the reviewer holding forth on a number of other salient points, including the camera’s DSLR-like hand-grip, optical viewfinder and external flash hotshoe.

Nikon Coolpix P6000 reviewed, not all that cool originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Up until now, we’d have to say that Sony’s WiFi-enabled VAIO CP1 is the most attractive digital photo frame we’ve ever had the pleasure of laying eyes on. And quite honestly, it’s still probably the sexiest in terms of, well, sheer sexy. But Sanyo’s latest rival is cute in its own way, as the HNV-M70 ALBO packs a retro motif that anyone fond of The Jetsons will adore. Specs wise, we’re looking at an overly glossy 7-inch LCD (800 x 480 resolution), 256MB of internal memory, 802.11b/g WiFi, WinCE 5.0 behind the scenes, an IR sensor, RSS / e-mail reader, automatic screen rotation, a multicard reader and a multimedia player for good measure. Users can also load up pictures stored on Picasa or add in captions and e-mail to grandparents for maximum enjoyment. Sanyo’s set to start selling these in Japan (in black or green) next month for ¥40,000 ($423), but you can take an early look thanks to a bevy of hands-on shots linked below.

[Via Impress]