Michael Jackson Gets His Geek On

I don't know if I've ever seen a more humanizing clip of Michael Jackson than this Access Hollywood footage from 2006 in which the King of Pop admires the crew's HD cameras. More »

Magic Lantern Firmware Unlocks the Canon 5D Mark II's A/V Potential

The Canon 5D Mark II can shoot jaw-dropping 1080P video, but nothing about the interface makes it easy. So one video guru wrote his own firmware for the device to bring camcorder luxuries to the dSLR. More »

The World's Smallest DV Camera Could Reveal World's Largest Scandal

In the era of HD, you thought good old DV was dead? Wrong! Because manufacturers can now make these low resolution cameras smaller than ever. More »

DigiLife Crams a Pico Projector Into a Pocket Camcorder

DigiLife's DDV-JF1 pocket camcorder rocks mostly the same features as other mini-cams like the Flip HD, including 720p recording and a 2.5-inch LCD. But it's got a trick up its sleeve—a 640x360 pico projector built right in. No word on price or availability yet, though. [Engadget]

Pure Digital's Flip Camera's Software For Sharing With the Web, Livingroom and iPhone

At D, Flip camcorders are going to have this new software that allows a user to share their videos with the web, through their iPhone app, or to the livingroom via a coming accessory or set top box partners. I'm not writing this up longer because you all already know how to use youtube. The UI looks nice and simple for moms and dads that are not that tech literate, however. It will support all the previous Flip cameras. [All Things D] More »

$100,000 Camera Captures Slow Mo Surfing, From Underwater

For the upcoming BBC nature series "South Pacific," filmmakers rigged a TyphoonHD4 to shoot above and underwater HD in gorgeous slow motion. More »

Pogue Says Panasonic's Pseudo-SLR GH1 Makes a Great HD Camcorder

Hopefully things are cloudiest before they clear up: Nobody buys real camcorders anymore, entry-level DSLRs are all about HD video, and NYT's David Pogue picks Panasonic's Lumix GH1 as the current 1080p shooting champ.

Genius G-Shot HD520 Shoots 720P for $150

Is it bad that I'm not excited about the Genius G-Shot HD520? More »

DXG-125V: The $100 HD Camcorder That's Cheap and Waterproof

Starting July, the $100 DXG-125V HD waterproof camcorder shoots in 720p using h.264 compression and is available in red, olive green and camouflage. Too manly for you? There's a girly version too. More »

Sony HDR-TG5V Handycam: Mini HD Camera Gets GPS

Sony's HDR-TG5V Handycam shoots HD and tells you where you shot it...which is bad news for cave-dwelling terrorists but nifty for family vacations. More »

Cisco Acquires Pure Digital, Makers of the Flip Video Cam, For $590 Million

Cisco is surely on to something: an enterprise mobile videophone? $500,000 internet backbone router with cute modular Flip video cam? Or maybe they just want a consumer horse besides Linksys in their stable that clearly has some legs: Flip's video cams have sparked a netbook-like fever, with everyone and their brother getting into the tiny HD camcorder game. The deal is expected to close by Cisco's fourth quarter of 09.

Canon's VIXIA HD Camcorders Get Prices and March/April Release Dates

When we reported on Canon's new VIXIA HD camcorders at CES this year, pricing and availability had yet to be announced. Now, it looks like they'll cost $250-$1,300 and will be released by April. More »

New Sanyo HD Camcorders Comes In Three Flavors: Super-Cheap 1080p, Waterproof And Compact

Sanyo makes pretty good compact digicamcorders for the money, and their new three-pronged line-up packs a lot of good stuff for very little $$. More »

Sony's Complete New Line of 70+ Products Announced at CES

Just how many new products does a company like Sony announce just at CES? Over 70. That's 18 different models in camcorders alone, but if you enjoy punishing your brain, read on for the deluge. More »

Sony Webbie HD Camcorders Hands On

Sony's CES camcorder lineup might've been bloated, but these little $170 and $200 Webbie 1080p camcorders are refreshingly different enough (for Sony) to take a closer peek. More »

RCA Small Wonder EZ209HD: $120 MicroSD High Def Recording

While RCA debuted their Small Wonder camcorders at CES 2008, the model they are showing off just a year later looks vastly improved. More »

Samsung HMX-H106 First Camcorder With 64GB SSD, Looks Like a Thermos

Samsung's HMX-H106 camcorder's claim to fame is that it's the first camcorder with a built-in 64GB SSD. But its smoother-than-usual lines make it look like a Thermos I could pour thirst-quenching fruit punch in. More »

Video: Watch One Year Pass in Forty Seconds

As if our lives don't pass by fast enough, photographer Eirik Solheim managed to encapsulate the passage of an entire year into a 40 second HD clip using photos complied from his Canon 400D. More »

Creative Vado HD Pocket Camcorder Now Available

The latest entrant into the compact, cheap camcorder running crew currently spearheaded by the Flip and all of its variants is now available—the Creative Vado shoots 720p, has HDMI-out and costs $200.

Flip MinoHD Lightning Review (So Easy, a Caveman Can Do It)

The Gadget: The Flip MinoHD, the most recognizable name in pocket camcorder's HD camera, it shoots 720p video on 4GB of built-in memory. More »

Toshiba Advances Bullet-Time to Next Level In Ad Filmed By 200 Camcorders

Toshiba's new "timesculpture" advert takes The Matrix's Bullet Time film technique one bizarrely cool step forward by animating within the freeze-frame. It was filmed with 200 Gigashot camcorders arranged on a special rig, recording a mahoosive 20 terabytes of data from which the ad was composed. Check it out—it's like a weird moving Bullet-Time ballet, and then check out the making of clip to learn how it was made. More »

Flip Mino Now Available With Fully Customized Paintjob

Flip Mino, one of the best cheap camcorders money can buy, can now be personalized to your heart's delight. The new Flip site allows you to choose from hundreds of pre-made designs, upload your own image, or make a one-of-a-kind pattern using their awesomely trippy pattern generator to be printed on the camera's shell. Better still, you can share your designs with the Flip community, and any camera sold with your image will score you $10. If you're the giving kind, you can donate the proceeds to charity as well. But times are tough, and after dropping $180 on the Mino, your beer money fund looks like a worthy cause. [Flip]