So you decided to ride out the hurricane, because you wanted to blog it and get linked to Instapundit and “100″ other blogs. Well the first thing you need is a great waterproof digital camera. The SL150 Reefmaster DC500 Digital Camera Kit could fit the bill for you. This kit will take 5 Megapixel images, and never be bothered by wind and rain. If you decide to dive with it, it is rated to 200 feet of pressure. The camera also has shark mode, a feature that captures moving images without any of those horrible fuzzy pictures.

This camera is available at WaterproofCameras.

Lets recognize the obvious, I am a guy. I like guy cameras, and yes, design for technology products are typically aimed at the guys. But it looks like Sony has something going with their T7 camera. This camera can come in red, champagne gold, silver, and black. Combining it with a design that is both sleek and unique, you have a camera that looks as if it could come out of Paris Hilton’s purse, or Martha Stewart’s jacket pocket as she walks the aisles of KMART looking over her new line.

For the gadget geek, it is not a bad camera. A Carl Zeiss lens, 5 megabyte resolution, and a easy to see 2.5 inch LCD, you have a camera that should take a great picture. The only glaring weakness is that it requires the Sony Memory Stick. I am not a big fan of proprietary memory, but if this does not bother you, and you consider yourself a fashionista, this is a great looking and fine shooting camera.

 Hat Tip Shiny Shiny

Fantastic Deal, the DXG 503 - 5 Megapixel Standard Sized Camera  hits all of the targets that an entry camera should hit at a price that is ultra competitive. The camera also takes regular batteries so that you are not stuck with expensive dead lithium ion batteries at the wedding reception, or when you see Kate Moss in the ladies room losing a huge contract as she adds some excitement into her life.

But seriously, these cameras are not the best, but they come in at a great price, and make perfect sense as a first time camera or a camera for your kids to have.

The always reliable Lets Go Digital provided us with this information on the DXG 503:

DXG 503 with Kyocera optical zoom lens : DXG USA has today announced the availability of the DXG-503, a 5.1 megapixel CCD digital camera with a high quality optical zoom and a price point low enough to attract many first-time buyers this holiday season. The DXG-503 features a 2-inch LCD display, 32 megabytes of built-in memory, SD/MMC card slot and Direct Print capability. Other customer-friendly features include a real image optical viewfinder, red-eye reduction, self timer and the ability to record video clips with sound. The camera can be powered by two standard AA alkaline batteries and offers TV-Out capability for viewing pictures on a television. The DXG-503 is now shipping and has an estimated street price of $149-169.

Here is the product sheet from the manufacturer DXG.

As a follow up to the report that we had earlier today, it looks like the large US Retailers are getting into the digital photo processing game. I have used the Wal*Mart site and it has worked very well , and is also very inexpensive. The Washington Post is reporting today, “ So popular is Wal-Mart’s digital photo service that more than half of the visitors to the retail giant’s Web site for the month of July used it, according to research firm Nielsen/NetRatings.“

 While the retail chain is used to competition from rival stores, the melding of online and offline buying has put it up against online-only retailers and even home printing options.

“At some level, our competition is everybody,” said Drew Carpenter, business manager for WalMart.com’s online photo service. He declined to confirm the research firm’s findings.

Competition is pushing more partnerships together between online and offline businesses. Target has teamed with Yahoo Photos for four-hour pickup, and Costco has partnered with Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Snapfish, which powers the online photo center for the membership warehouse.

The online sites of traditional retailers also offer another perk: pickup at almost any location. That means that you can have your order uploaded to another location — maybe across town or across the country — so Grandma doesn’t have to wait for snapshots of the first day of school to be processed and mailed to her. She can pick them up herself later that same day — at a store near her.

Still, industry observers are not convinced that most Americans even want hard copies of their vacation snapshots.

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Lets Go Digital reviews the Tokina AT-X 100 PRO D macro lens.

Tokina AT-X 100 PRO D macro lens : The Tokina AT-X 100 PRO D is a new macro lens capable of life-sized (1:1) reproduction at 11.8 in. (30 cm). The lens’ multi-coating have been re-engineered to match the highly reflective silicon based CCD and CMOS sensors in today’s digital SLR cameras. This lens gives the best of both worlds because optics still give full coverage and excellent sharpness on 35mm film. A macro lens that can handle both the digital and film worlds with ease. The AT-X 100 PRO D also has a very convenient focus limiter switch that can lock the focus out of the closes focus making it focus faster when used as a moderate telephoto lens that is excellent portraits as well.

Pricing for this camera at retail is just under $400.00.

According to LetsGoDigital, The new version of Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8 video editing software has been released today. This is one of the better software packages available for both the top end professional and the hobbyist.

Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8

Ulead MediaStudio Pro 8 is powerful, versatile and intuitive video editing software for professionals and enthusiasts. Create dynamic HDV, DV or MPEG video content for independent productions, events, business and education. Integrated, quick-to-master tools, including Smart Compositor and Smart Proxy, take you to the forefront of professional real-time video editing.

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