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Canon M80 / M30 – Canon Enters Portable Video and Media Storage Market

By Chris Garrett | Published September 28, 2006

Interesting news from Photokina is Canon announced the M80 and M30 media storage devices. With 80gb and 30gb capacity respectively they should prove popular if the price is right. I keep delaying looking too hard at these kinds of machines because of the price but this coming from Canon does look tempting.

Details at Canon UK

Canon today launches the portable devices, designed with EOS and other digital photographers in mind. The Canon Media Storage M30 and Canon Media Storage M80 devices feature a large ultra-bright 3.7” TFT screen with 160º viewing angle for image and video review, and a 30Gb/80Gb hard disk to store digital images, movie and sound files of various file formats. Both units feature a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface and slots for CF and SD cards.

The Media Storage M30 and M80 feature:

  • 30/80 Gb hard disk
  • 3.7” ultra-bright TFT screen with 160º viewing angle
    CF and SD card reader
  • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection
  • Support for multiple image, video and sound file formats, including Canon RAW, MPEG, MP3 and WAV.
  • Extended PictBridge functionality
  • 4 – 8 digit image file password protection
  • 1/8” audio-out headphone jack

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Canon Adds New DSLR Camera Photo and Raw Software Tutorial

By Chris Garrett | Published June 15, 2006

Rob Galbraith has pointed out that Canon has added a couple of new New Digital Photo Professional tutorials. If you are an EOS owner and haven’t tried out the bundled software yet, get on over and download an update and try it out, you might be surprised at how good it is.

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Nikon battery recall

By MarkT | Published January 26, 2006

Well, I received another email today from Nikon. Unfortunately this time the spin wasn’t so positive. It seems that they are recalling a batch Nikon Li-on batteries (and guess whos camera falls into this bracket!). It’s a back to base return I am informed, however from what I can ascertain from several websites if you provide a credit card number they will ship you the battery in advance (just make sure you return the faulty unit!)

The units affected are…

44AC, 46AC, 46AD, 46AE, 46AF, 46AG, 46AH, 46AI, 46AJ,

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Wireless USB

By Chris Garrett | Published January 6, 2006

Here’s an intruiging idea. Wireless Connectivity of USB Devices

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Photo frame of the future – today

By Chris Garrett | Published January 5, 2006

Are you geeky enough to pay $250 for a hi-tec photo frame?


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