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If you have been reading this blog for a while (and if you haven’t you better catch up!) you’ll know that I have a love/hate relationship with concept gadgets. The Bubblehead Webcam by Eric Zhang is one concept that has put an end to my moaning by finally becoming a reality.

This quirky little fella was touted around as a concept in May of 2007 and although the Bubblehead Webcam garnered a lot of interest, nothing more was heard..until now that is. The Bubblehead Webcam will be available to buy sometime in the coming months for around $50 (£24.99) from gadgets.co.uk.

The camera by Eric Zhang is billed as a “Poseable personable webcam” and can be posed in a number of position and even has grippable ‘hands’ so that you can have it standing around holding things like pencils and, er, other stuff. The web camera looks like a mini-me and although it will only be available in green and pink initially, GadgetHeat is sure that some artful types out there will soon have their Bubblehead Webcam’s looking more like the Superman design and others shown in the concept drawings.

Not to mention the built in microphone and 1.3 megapixel camera making it reasonable alternative to other webcams such as the ANEO ANWC0804, R2 D2 webcam (one of my favourites) or the logitech quickcam pro for notebooks.

You can purchase the Bubblehead Webcam at gadgets.co.uk.

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The Kodak Zi6 HD pocket video camera looks like it will be a YouTube addict and video pod-casters dream. This hand-held digital camcorder is cheap (as hand-held camcorders go) and cheerful but comes packed with a range of features. We have a quick look at it in this min-review od what is looking like one of the hottest gadgets of the year.

Powered by AA batteries and capable of having its memory capacity expanded by run-of-the-mill memory cards, the $179 asking price gets more attractive the more you find out about all the Kodak Zi6 HD pocket video camera’s features. It’s HD video capable, has built in USB connectors and is YouTube compatible, mini-hand-held digital camcorders don’t get much better.

The killer feature of the Kodak Zi6 HD pocket video camera is its ability to record in 720p HD at 60 frames per second. Okay, 1080i or 1080p HD would have been more future-proof but any mini-hand-held digital camcorder which can record directly into HD is pretty sweet, especially at this price.

You can get your hands on one of these right now and judging by the success of the Flip Video camera, GadgetHeat thinks that the Kodak Zi6 HD pocket video camera looks like a sure-fire hit.

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Nikon have released their D700 DSLR camera, their answer to the Canon D5, and, as answer go, it looks like the right one. The Nikon D700 is a full frame 24×36 DSLR Camera packing a 12mp CMOS sensor and even GPS tracking (what you need GPS on a camera for, GadgetHeat doesn’t know!).
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The Nikon D700 has a whole heap of functionality including autofocus, scene recognition and D-Lighting so you can take those picture perfect shots. The D700 is even HD compatible with HDMI out and full res 5 to 8 fps (and believe me, we’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the full list of feature that the D700 packs).
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Will Canon be worried? At the moment the G9 is one of the top selling cameras on the market and they have plenty more where that came from so in the meantime they’ll just be watching Nikon’s space to see if the Nikon D700 really is a force to be reckoned with…

There was a time when digital camera’s were a rarity, now, you’d be foolish to consider buying anything else for your photo needs. We are going to take a look at and review two of the more popular digital cameras on the market and what they have going for them or not as the case may be, the Casio EX-Z75 Digital Camera and the Canon IXUS 75 Digital Camera. You can also refer to our digital camera size / dimensions article for general specification breakdown of many other cameras. Read the full story