camcorder

Hands-on the Hitachi DZ-HV564: HD on SD

Crave The camcorder market is like a big bag that the fine folks at Flip Video have picked up and shaken about. But you get the pistol-grip form factor of a 'proper' camcorder, with a flip-out tiltable screen.

3 December 2008, 10:32

Hands on: Oregon Scientific ATC3K Extreme hands-free camera

Crave If so, you might want to check out the Oregon Scientific ATC3K Extreme hands-free camcorder -- the successor to the ATC2K. Like sliding down snowy slopes while standing on thin planks of wood? How about throwing yourself out of planes, or shouting...

Tags: interactive, cbs, snowboarding, cbs interactive

2 December 2008, 15:32

Photos: Hands-on with the high-definition Canon HG21

Crave We'll stick to telling you about the Canon HG21, an HD hybrid camcorder. On a camcorder bristling with nooks and crannies it seems odd that the HG21's USB connection is uncovered. 21 is the year you come of age.

25 November 2008, 11:03

Three Colours Red: Scarlet, Epic and 3D for Red cameras and camcorders

Crave Is it a camcorder? So as of now these are just so many grandiose claims -- expecially as the Scarlet was initially planned to be a consumer-level camcorder. We've heard some pretty grand claims from Red head Jim Jannard, and the performance of the...

14 November 2008, 11:01

Crave predicts the future: Flip Mino goes HD

Crave Amazon and the Flip Web site in the US are selling the new Flip Mino HD, a 720p version of the popular pocket camcorder. As we predicted just last month, Flip Video has taken the high-definition plunge.

Tags: flip video, high definition, definition, hd

12 November 2008, 10:43

Photos: Hands-on with the Sanyo Xacti CA8 waterproof camcorder

Crave But we've been getting wet enough just stepping out of the door lately, so the Sanyo Xacti CA8 camcorder gets to stay dry in our pictures. Usually when a waterproof gadget arrives in Crave Towers, we bust out our cagoules and sou'westers take some...

5 November 2008, 11:27

Olympus E-30: 30-something gets out the vote

Crave It also boasts the camcorder-style flip-and-twist LCD that Panasonic has made its own on the Lumix L10 and G1. Those sneaky scamps over at Olympus. While the rest of the camera world scrambled to punt out entire new line-ups before Photokina had...

Tags: olympus, panasonic, art, nikon

5 November 2008, 4:00

Hands-on with Windows 7 touchscreen interface

Crave We used a Flip camcorder, so apologies for the jitters and less-than-ideal sound. We had a chance to play around with Windows 7's multitouch gestures yesterday at Microsoft's Professional Developers' Conference.

Tags: window, maker, developers, machine

4 November 2008, 9:36

Photos: Hands-on with the tiny Optoma Pico projector

Crave That said, if you're with friends and you want to watch some video you shot on a camcorder or a mobile phone together, and you happen to have a pitch-black room with a nice white surface -- and you can use anything for that, like a paper napkin or...

21 October 2008, 12:13

DXG DVH58: Geotate maps out first geotagging camcorder

Crave Geotate is the leading GPS software company, and camcorder manufacturer DXG is, er, a camcorder manufacturer. If you've never heard of DXG you're not alone, but with the announcement of the DVH58, the company has well and truly put itself on the...

Tags: geotate, map, picture, location

21 October 2008, 11:40

Hands-on with the Samsung VP-MX20: Credit crunch camcorder

Crave Accordingly, the Samsung VP-MX20 takes a number of measures to be a more frugal camcorder. The camcorder is certainly small, nestling in the palm of the hand like a can of Coke, or rather, generic discount cola.

Tags: samsung, lens, hand, shooting

15 October 2008, 12:12

Photos: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 does lenses, but no video

Crave CNET video monkey makes valiant attempt to sneak into Crave story while demonstrating the G1's excellent camcorder-style fold-out screen. We've seen some leaked pictures to give us a sense of the G1's scale, but having got our hands on the little...

9 October 2008, 11:59

Flip Video 'the future of journalism': UK chief blasts Sony, hints at HD

Crave Crave was the first to get an official hands-on with the Mino, and in our exclusive chat Sangster was quick to praise online journalists and e-tailers, as well as having some fighting words for competitors -- including Sony -- in the budget...

7 October 2008, 12:16

Sanyo HD1010: So good they named it twice

Crave Good news, everyone: Sanyo has confirmed the UK will experience the joys of its HD1010, a high-definition camcorder so good they named it twice. The camcorder weighs just 268g, according to Sanyo. It packs a CMOS sensor, capturing 1080i high...

Tags: sanyo, pixel, definition, footage

2 October 2008, 10:57

Photos: Hands-on with the 3MOS Panasonic HDC-HS100

Crave The Panasonic HDC-HS100 we first met in Monte Carlo has arrived in Crave Towers with a raft of features, and even sporting a new name for this type of camcorder. It's a three CMOS model, or '3MOS' -- ooh, that's clever -- because it utilises three...

30 September 2008, 10:14