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Review: Olympus SP-565UZ camera

This is a 10 megapixel camera with what is claimed to be the world's longest zoom.

How it works – Projectors

It is easily the superior of the two technologies, especially when it comes to watching movies, but it is also generally more expensive. Most LCD projectors use three small LCD panels to create an image.  Each panel is coloured red, green or blue and displays the parts of the image in its respective colour spectrum which, when combined, create the full colour image that is projected. The light coming from each panel is meshed together using precisely calibrated prisms which combine the image before it hits the lens.

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Review: Canon Powershot A1000is Compact Camera

Calling a camera "sensible" might sound like faint praise but this is a serious little camera with useful user control over settings.

Review: Canon IXUS 870 IS

Beneath its good looks, the 870 packs serious photographic technology.

Roadtest: digital SLRs

Nick Ross has the low down on what to look for in your first SLR camera.

Review: Sony Cybershot DSC-T700

Sony Cybershot DSC-T700. . . not just a party fashion accessory. Behind the eye-catching, feminine appearance, there lurks a decent camera.

Review: Creative Vado Pocket Video Camera

The Vado is the disposable camera equivalent of a camcorder.

Screen Play

What financial crisis?

Screen Play Australian game and console hardware sales have already surpassed 2007's figures, with the market recording growth of 48 per cent for the year-to-date. While there is obvious concern from game publishers, developers and hardware manufacturers that the global financial crisis will have a negative im...

Gadgets on the Go

Watchdog calls on telcos to lift their game

Gadgets on the Go The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has launched its connect.resolve campaign, calling on Australia's telcos to improve customer service. Last financial year saw the largest jump in complaints to the TIO in a decade, no doubt driven by the mobile broadband wars as it became clear some telcos ...

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eBay camera contained spy secrets

An official from British spy service MI6 sold a camera on eBay that contained sensitive intelligence records including the names of terrorist suspects.

Leica lens matches aperture record

Leica claims it has made the world's "fastest" lens for still cameras.

New 'human eye' camera could lead to bionic vision

NEW camera technology based on the design of the human eye could lead to sharper photographic images and potentially help researchers working to develop a bionic eye.

A portrait for the palm of your hand

Researchers in Japan are developing a gadget that could enable people to hold a three-dimensional image of someone in their hand.