After a quick outting in its own mag, Nikon has gone and gotten all officially official on the D3X. The big boy DSLR sports a bone-crushing 24.5-megapixel CMOS FX format sensor, full resolution shooting at 5 FPS, ISO from 100-1600 (expandable to 50-6400), TIFF, JPEG or NEF (RAW) file formats up to 138MB, and a newly updated EXPEED image processing system. The top-tier digicam won’t come super cheap, hitting shelves at $7,999.95 — but if you need something like this, money probably isn’t much of an issue. The camera goes on sale this December, so you might want to get the piggy banks out. Check the gallery below for a full look at the magic.

Nikon’s D3X DSLR hits the scene in official fashion originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

It’s not often that you find a webcam that’s multifaceted, but Earth Trek’s webcam is just that. Dubbed the “hottest webcam” this world has ever seen (um, no), this unit packs a 1.3-megapixel camera, VGA capture abilities, auto focus / auto brightness and the real kicker, a 2-port USB hub. Probably still a ripoff at $45, but if you need those extra peripheral ports bad enough, who knows what you’d be willing to do.

[Via Pocket-lint]

Earth Trek offers up VGA webcam with 2-port USB hub originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Uh, oops. Sorry Nikon but your D3x is now even less of a mystery. According to your own Pro magazine, the D3x will sport an FX-format, 24.5 megapixel sensor shooting 5fps at full resolution or 7fps at a reduced 10 megapixels. Nikon made a few other tweaks including an extended ISO 50-6400 range but the body design, AF, metering, and main functions remain the same as the D3. The only thing we need now is a price and confirmed release date. Back to you Nikon. One more shot detailing the features after the break, full details beyond the read link.

[Via dpreview forums]

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Nikon outs D3x in own Pro magazine originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Well, to be fair, we can’t really promise you any minions. Minions are hard to come by these days.
But still, fame and glory! And in some cases, cash money!
Contests build character. They make you take a long hard look at your photos and admit that some of them are really, really good.
What have you got […]

Well, to be fair, we can’t really promise you any minions. Minions are hard to come by these days.

But still, fame and glory! And in some cases, cash money!

Contests build character. They make you take a long hard look at your photos and admit that some of them are really, really good.

What have you got to lose?

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While this rumor hasn’t been running quite as long as the original iPhone rumor, we’ve been brushing off whispers of the D3x for a really, really long time. For what it’s worth, the latest tidbit actually seems to have some teeth, with one eagle-eyed tipster noting that the website in the read link was alive momentarily, then canned inexplicably. He managed to grab the image you see above (but not the whole site?), and he swears up and down it wasn’t the Eggnog distorting his judgment. We’ll see, won’t we?

[Thanks, Darryl]

D3x reportedly shown, then removed from Nikon’s site originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

We already caught a brief glimpse of Tomy’s Zink printer-equipped Xiao digital camera earlier this month, but with the Friday release date now upon us, we finally have a few more details about the would-be Polaroid successor. That includes word of a price for both the camera (¥34,800, or just under $370), and the paper you’ll need to actually print photos which, at ¥880 (or about $9) for 20 sheets, likely won’t have you plastering your walls with the 2×3-inch shots, even though they do actually have adhesive backs. Interestingly, you can also use the camera to print photos from any IrDA-equipped cellphone, but unfortunately not via WiFi or Bluetooth, which would be a tad more welcome. If that’s got you intrigued, you should have a slightly easier time picking one up when it launches internationally next spring, although by then it’ll likely also be competing with Polaroid’s own Zink-equipped camera.

Tomy’s printer-equipped Xiao digital camera hits Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

We’ve seen these Amazon “leaks” time and again. So while the December 7th date for the Vado HD might be an educated guess, the details including that $200 price tag certainly look real enough. The display still measures 2-inches, but the beefier 3.3 x 7.9 x 6.3-inch solid state camcorder now brings 8GB of storage for up to 2 hours of 720p MPEG-4 recordings — 8 hours at VGA quality. It also ships with an HDMI cable for instant playback to your like-equipped television. Otherwise, slot the cam into your PC’s (XP and Vista, only) USB port to instantly share your works to YouTube and others with the help of the cam’s built-in Vado Central Software. With this, the Kodak Zi6, and Flip Mino HD, there certainly won’t be any shortage of pocket HD cameras of suspect-tweener quality to choose from this holiday season.

[Via epiZENter]

Creative’s $200 Vado HD pocket camcorder ready for pre-order originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

You’re thinking about it. Your spouse is thinking about it. Your kids are thinking about it. And yes, your NXE Avatar is thinking about it, too. Black Friday is but hours away, and you still haven’t conjured up the courage to get up at 3:00AM and venture out to save a grand total of $14.97 (pre-tax). Never fear, as the world’s most spectacular e-tailer is here with a slew of deals to keep you firmly planted. Amazon’s going all out on the day after Thanksgiving, but it’s also giving early birds the opportunity to snag a few specials on the run-up to the big day. We won’t spoil anything here, but be sure and give the read link a look if you’re all about saving some dough and staying home.

Amazon gets Black Friday started early, shows off a few deals originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Oh noes, here we go again. At the risk of becoming RED’s marketing pawn, we’d be remiss to the gadget community by ignoring Jim Jannard’s latest attention begging tease. Titled simply, “Big Change…,” Jannard writes, “New announcement on Dec. 3rd. Everything has changed… just as we promised.” This comes after revealing “several nice breakthroughs” related to Scarlet and EPIC in the REDUSER forums. JJ then amps up the hype by calling the November 13th announcement of RED’s Digital Still and Motion Camera (DSMC) system “insignificant” by comparison. Ok Jim, we’ll be at your beck and call. But you’d better show up on the 3rd with something priced more competitively to Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II if you expect us to consider your modular SLR / HD video camera anything other than a novelty for the consumer or prosumer markets. In other words: please, with sugar?

[Thanks, Ben H.]

RED making “Big Change” announcement on December 3rd originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

It’s near, the day that Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II hits retail shelves (outside of China) is almost upon us. According to Rob Galbraith, the 21 megapixel, full-frame, Full HD-capable EOS 5D Mark II will leave Canon’s US distribution centers starting today. That should translate to a body-only $2,699 retail appearance sometime this week if you’re lucky. YouTube’s new widescreen, high-definition, holiday videos will never be the same.

Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II reportedly hitting US stores (shelves?) today originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.