The World’s Smallest Camera

The world is obsessed with everything miniature. Bulky handsets in the past are replaced with sleek smart phones. This obsession has also spread to the fashion industry where modest long skirts are now hemmed just enough to cover the necessary. The mini trend now includes cameras with the introduction of the World’s Smallest Camera.

The World’s Smallest Camera measures at one inch tall and one inch wide. It is the size of your index finger tip and yet it is able to capture images with the same quality of the larger cameras. Weighing at 28 grams, the World’s Smallest Camera is equipped with 2.0 mega pixels like most mobile phones with built in cameras. To take an image, you simply touch the shutter button which is located on the right side of the camera.

On top of that, it is also capable of recording videos at 30 frames per second and with 640 x 480 resolutions; which is pretty acceptable for a camera the size of a marble. To ensure that you do not lose your precious camera, the World’s Smallest Camera also comes with a wrist lanyard.

Pictures and videos taken with the World’s Smallest Camera are stored in a 2GB memory card. Contents of the memory card can be transferred easily to your laptop or computer with the help of a USB cable. It is powered by a rechargeable battery that can last for 30 minutes with a one hour charging period. But 30 minutes of operation should be sufficient for the secret intelligence officer that is going to use this microscopic device.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $99.95

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580

Panasonic have added another model to their list of digital cameras called the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580.  Featuring touch-screen technology the Lumix DMC-FX580 is packed with features and designed with high quality imagery in mind. For example the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 features a 12.1 megapixel sensor, 5 x optical zoom, a 25mm ultra wide angle LEICA DC Lens, and a 3 inch Touchscreen display.

“With Face Recognition, when a familiar face is recorded several times, the camera will prompt the user to register the face. Once registered, if the familiar face appears in the frame again, the camera will display the name specified for that person and prioritize focus and exposure so that the face is bright and sharply focused. During registration, the user can change the icon that indicates when the registered subject is in focus and the person’s age can also be added.  In playback, users can choose to display only photos that contain a specific registered face using Category Playback, so organizing and viewing photos is much easier”. 

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX580 Specifications

12.1 effective Megapixel CCD
3-inch LCD display with 230,000 pixels
F2.8-5.9, 5X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 25 – 125 mm
ISO sensitivity of 80-6400
Optical image stabilization
new Venus Engine V processor
Intelligent Auto and Panorama Assist features
Records movies at 1280 x 720 (30 fps) using the M-JPEG codec
Max. 5 images. In 3-megapixel (4:3), 2.5-megapixel (3:2), 2-megapixel (16:9) recording.
40MB onboard memory + SD/SDHC/MMC slot
Uses a proprietary li-ion battery; 350 shots per charge
Macro Zoom function lets users pull subjects even closer to capture dramatic close-up shots by using the 3x digital zoom in the wide-angle.
High-Speed Burst (Speed Priority) that fires off approx. 10 shots per second*4.

Price: $399
Available: Panasonic