Protective Leather Cases for DSLR Cameras

If you use your camera equipment in extreme conditions, or even if you just like the look, you may want a protective case for your camera. The leather DSLR cases from SkyTop Trading are handmade in their Colorado shop from saddle leather and lined with glove-soft leather. They are available for various DSLR models from Nikon, Canon, and several other manufacturers for about $300 to $390. If you'd like some luxury with your protection, they offer a hand-tooled version (tooled by Dave Acton) for about $875.
source: The Gadgeteer

Sony Alpha A77 nominated for Good Design award

The Sony Alpha A77 has yet to hit the market, but to hear that it has already been nominated for a Good Design award at this month's Good Design Expo might just speak volumes for its form factor. We're more interested in what it can deliver through the lens and viewfinder, of course, but for now, at least you know it is one of the better looking shooters out there.

Off hand, what do we know about the Sony Alpha A77? It will ship with a 24-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor accompanied by a translucent mirror which enables full-time continuous autofocus. Sony also threw in a new BIONZ engine, in addition to what they deem it as the “world's fastest” burst rate of 12 frames per second. Another “world's first” includes the XGA OLED electronic viewfinder, whereas the A55 and A35 ships with LCD displays instead.

The nomination page has already been taken down – perhaps it was placed up too soon, or someone was sleeping on the job? Doesn't matter though, as the Internet has a memory for quite some time already.
source: Ubergizmo

Colorware Barfs Paint Onto Once-Stylish Leica D-Lux 5

This is what happens when you let someone like me choose colors

Given that Leica's D-Lux 5 is little more than an overpriced re-badging of the Panasonic LX5, there might actually be a market for Colorware's re-painted version. If somebody is willing to pay an extra $370 just to get Leica's red-dot logo on their camera, surely they'd also be dumb enough to pay another $400 to have the thing resprayed?

The premium point-and-shoot will go from dull black to pretty much any combination of nausea-inducing colors you like. The explosion in a paint factory you see above was arrived at using the randomizing “Brainstorm” button on the Colorware site. I dare you to come up with something worse.

Don't have a lovely Leica that you'd be willing to sacrifice? Colorware will charge you a mere $1,200 and supply the camera, too. That's not so bad. At least Colorware isn't charging a markup on top.

So go ahead and get customizing. And if you do come up with something more hideous than the monstrosity at the top of this post, then attach it to an e-mail and send it to someone you hate. Whatever you do, don't send it to me. Please. I beg you.

Colorware Leica D-Lux 5 product page [Colorware via Uncrate]
source: Gadget Lab

Leica D-Lux 5 Gets Colorware'd

Leica has long been known for is high quality cameras. It is no wonder that Leica digital cameras never fails to get some attention from many avid photographers. But this time, a Leica D-Lux 5 Digital Camera even gets more of that attention be being given the Colorware treatment.

The Leica D-Lux 5 Camera is one of the more affordable digital cameras in the Leica lineup. It also happens to be one of its more customizable models. Colorware can give that Leica D-Lux 5 Camera a unique touch of color customization that will make this beautiful Leica into something even more striking. Colorware can do that for you for US$1,200 including the new Leica D-Lux 5. But if you can furnish your very own Leica, they can customize it for you for US$400.
source: Gadget.com

Sony Cyber-shot TX55 with OLED Back Panel

Enabling its incredible slimness, the TX55 is the first Cyber-shot compact digital camera that includes a slot to accept Memory Stick Micro™ (M2) and MicroSD/SDHC flash memory cards. Sony offers a choice of ultra-compact, high quality media in capacities up to 16GB (newly introduced M2 Mark2, ideal for AVCHD video shooting) / 8GB (microSDHC). All cards come with free PC software (available via download), File Rescue for quick, easy recovery of deleted or damaged photos and files, and x-Pict Story™ that simplifies creation of dazzling slideshows from your photos
source: GIZMOGRAPH

Samsung to improve resolution on 7-inch AMOLED display

Samsung is not one company who loves resting on their laurels – no sir, they are constantly on the lookout for innovation. Remember the early days where Samsung produced cell phones, and most of us dismissed them simply because it failed to live up to expectations in terms of user interface and build quality? See where they are now with the Galaxy S II, while Nokia continues to lose market share. Samsung Mobile Display has announced their intention to deliver a 7″ AMOLED display that will boast an improved resolution when September rolls around later this year.

It was at the FPD-International 2010 that Samsung first showcased their maiden 7″ prototype that sports a WSVGA resolution (1024 x 600 pixelx). Samsung intends to go one up on that figure by touching 1024x768 pixels, so it might just be possible that the upcoming 7″ production-ready model will rely on Super AMOLED Plus technology in order to achieve such a quality.

If Samsung Mobile Display were to be successful in their production attempt of this new 7″ panel, then the possibility of checking out a Galaxy Tab that sports an OLED display before the year is over could be very real and no longer a dream.
source: Ubergizmo