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Here's your chance to bring home the Microsoft LifeCam VX-3000 Webcam for just $17.29 (normal price $49.99) over at Amazon, meaning you could save up to 65% ($32.70). This compact webcam features a Windows Live Call button, a built-in unidirectional noise-canceling microphone and has the ability to capture both 640 x 480 video as well as 1.3-megapixel digital still images (interpolated mode). Grab yours now! [Product Page]

Leica announces $749 V-LUX 30 compact camera, the cheapest Leica around

It has always been Leica's tradition to 'rebadge' Panasonic's Lumix cameras with some Leica paints, and this time it's the same repetitive process again. Panasonic launched the ZS10 few months ago, and now that same camera has an evil twin called the Leica V-LUX 30. Yes, they intend to let this camera be the successor of the V-LUX 20.

At $749, this is actually one of Leica's more affordable offerings, but that will still only buy you the exact same guts as its $400 (or less) Panasonic counterpart: a 15.1 megapixel sensor (14.1 effective), 16x optical zoom, 1080i video recording, a 3-inch LCD 'round back, and built-in GPS for geotagging.

If you're interested in forking extra $400 to buy the Leica brand, then you may need to wait till June. Worth it? I'm not sure...
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1923 Leica 0-series becomes world's most expensive camera, fetches $1.89 million at auction

Cameras are like cars, we pursue far more advance technologies day and night and yet still sought after classical cameras and cars for the vintage feeling. Here's a good example, and a bloody expensive one too.

A 1923 Leica 0-series just got sold at an auction for €1,320,000. Funnily, the exact same auction house reportedly sold the exact same camera four years ago: No. 107, the first Leica to be exported, allegedly for a patent application inspection in New York.

In 2007, it fetched a relatively paltry €336,000, which was apparently still a world record for Leica cameras at the time. That particular dude sure earned a lot at there, and there's no sign that this thing still works.
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Redrock Micro Universal Bundles

B&H Photo has started selling the Redrock Micro Universal Bundle. Priced at $4,287, the bundle enables customers to make one purchase and enjoy multiple rig configurations. The Redrock Universal Bundles address customers' need for more flexibility when purchasing DSLR support equipment, and that the realities of production often require more than one camera support setup. [Product Page]

Rollei Movieline SD40 And SD55 Full HD Camcorders

Rollei has once again expanded its line of Full HD camcorders with the introduction of the Movieline SD40 and Movieline SD55. The Movieline SD40 packs a fixed 5.23mm f/3.2 lens with a 4x digital zoom, while the Movieline SD55 sports a 5.25mm f/3.5-3.7 lens with a 5x optical zoom lens. As for the rest of the specs, both camcorders are equipped with a 3.0-inch touch-sensitive screens, two slots for memory cards (SD and microSD), an HDMI port and 1080p Full HD video recording capabilities (30fps). The Movieline SD40 and SD55 will hit stores from the end of July for 119.90 Euro (about $172) and 149.90 Euro (about $215), respectively. [PhotographyBlog]

Sony Introduces 16MP And 10MP CCD Image Sensors

Sony has revealed a 16.15-megapixel, 1x2.3″ CCD sensor, which uses its Super HAD (Hole-Accumulation Diode) technology. Developed for consumer digital cameras, the 16MP 1x2.3-inch CCD sensor uses tiny 1.34µm pixels and offers 720x30p video, as well as 5fps burst mode but only at 4MP. Sony claims improvements of high-ISO and wider dynamic range, thanks to finer fabrication technologies that enabled it to go from 1.43um to 1.34um. The company has also introduced a smaller, 1x2.93″ sensor, offering a 10.17-megapixel of resolution using the same 1.34µm pixel size. [Foto Actualidad]