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Wide Angle Lenses Let You Peep, Tom

We’ve looked at various camera and photography adverts in the past. This great advertising campaign from Omax, for their wide angle lenses, certainly gets an invite to the club!

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Spying on the lunch picnic lesbians?

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Sneaking a peek at the tourist tush?

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Soaking up some the sight of holiday honies?

Omax wide angle lenses let you do it all I guess?

Chinavasion Cam With 21x Zoom Telephoto Lens

When you want to see what’s going on in your neighbor’s apartment you can simply get yourself a nice telescope or a high-quality pair of binoculars. But what if you want to record those ‘moments’ without having to spend thousands of dollars on a high-end video-capable DSLR with a nice telephoto lens?

Well, you can go with Chinavasion’s far more affordable Avatar digital camera instead:

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The most obvious feature is its 21x zoom telephoto lens which is hopefully removable, otherwise you’re going to have a heck of a time finding a camera case for it. And besides capturing stunning 2MP photos, the Avatar can also capture 640×480 videos at a PAL-friendly framerate of 25fps. Media can be stored on the 1GB of internal storage, and a microSD slot is also included making the thing actually usable. And like pretty much every single device with an LCD display that Chinavasion sells, the Avatar can be used as a media player supporting everything from Divx movies to MP3s to even .TXT eBooks. Nice!

Panasonic Too Late With Lumix Ad

Panasonic has jumped on the face recognition bandwagon with their advertising. The message is smart, but it’s a pity…

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…not only are they too late, but also less effective! Remember the adverts showing how the Nikon S60 Detects 12 Faces? Check them out!

Nikon S60 Detects 12 Faces!

These have done the rounds, but for some reason today is the day I felt they should be exposed. Why?

Because they are brilliant. And because my Sony doesn’t do this with so many faces!

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SO which do you prefer? Thanks Monty, via Martine!

Mighty Fine Genuis HD Camcorder

When last did you see a camcorder (or anything for that matter) from Genius? Well, if you’re looking for a decent product, the G-Shot HD520 provides 720p footage for under $150 (about R1400).

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It also whacks way over 5 megapixel still shots, has 8GB of storage and does the whole MPEG-4 thing. Nice!

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And well, it’s just seriously good looking!

Juice. Camera.

Alright, so this is a camera shaped like a juice box. mmm, that’s what I thought when I first saw it too.

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It actually comes in five bright flavors, including Strawberry, Sunny, and Supermarket Mania. Alrighty… …it’s got a flash (I’m shrugging my shoulders right now).

Turn Old Bottles Into Camera Tripods

How many times have you loaded your latest snaps only to find your finest shots all blurry and smudged? Now this could be because you were drunk, have Parkinson’s, or you’re just a an unsteady amateur photographer! Behold the solution:

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Turn any water or soda bottle into an instant tripod with this ingenious Bottle Cap Tripod (or Uno-Pos as I’ve dubbed it). It’ll only set you back $11 (about R100) and you’ll have stable crisp shots for the rest of time! Grab one here.

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