Gadgetoid

gadg-et-oid [gaj-it-oid]

-adjective

1. having the characteristics or form of a gadget;
resembling a mechanical contrivance or device.

Archive for the ‘Digital Photography’ Category

Sony Handycam With “Smile Shutter”

When reading through the press release for the Sony HD Handycam HDR-CX11E I encountered a concept so insane that I couldn’t help but check if I’d fallen through time and landed on the 1st of April. The HDR-CX11E is no…

Trek-Tech TrekPod, The Hiking Staff Tripod

Trek Technologies LLC was formed in 2004 after identifying a market need based on personal outdoor experience. Their idea? To create a sturdy, lightweight, convenient, multi-purpose device with the functionality of both a tripod and trekking pole or hiking staff.…

CamGrip Get Your Grip On

Normally I wouldn’t rush out to purchase 3.5 inches of rubber, but that’s all the CamGrip is. The CamGrip tackles a problem I didn’t even know existed by screwing into the bottom of your pocket shooter providing a big, rubberised…

Sandberg Multi Card Reader

If for some reason you lack a billion-in-one card reader built-in to your computer to handle reading and writing the dizzying (and still growing) number of available media card formats that every gadget-lover has to deal with on a near…

Peli Soft Bag – your camera wants one

by Johnus Maximus Peli, or as they are known outside of Europe, Pelican Products, are the manufacturers of a wide range of sturdy protective cases and torches. Famed for being manufactured to the highest quality, their products are designed with…

Ricoh R8 First Impressions

I was reasonably impressed by the Caplio R6 in late 2007 however the successor to its successor the Ricoh Caplio R8 is truly in a whole different class of compact camera to its grandfather. I’ve had a few days now…

Peli Soft Bags Ahoy

Peli, the manufacturer of the Peli Protector Case has now produced a complimentary range of soft bags for storing all manner of gadgets and their accessories. These gadget bags are focussed on digital photography and a tripod bag is included…

Beautiful, Titanium Coated Sony Cyber-shot W300

As much as I object to the use of the word “cyber” outside of early 80s-90s science fiction movies Sony are really on to someting with the Titanium coated Cyber-shot W300. Not only is it, theoretically, scratch resistant in the…

MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 14

The latest version of MAGIX Movie Edit Pro will be available from the 10th of March in two versions: Classic and Plus. The former will retail at £39.99 and the latter at £59.99 Movie Edit Pro is targeted at both…

The 10 Megapixel Ricoh R8

Already two versions removed from the Ricoh R6 I reviewed what seems like only weeks ago the Ricoh R8 is the successor to the R7. Both the R7 and the R8 tout a 7.1x optical wide-angle zoom lens with a…