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iCam prototype is camera that has a dock for an iPhone, similar to the Leica i9 concept:

With the iCam you can:

• Use real lenses
• Use the CCD or CMOS of new body instead of 5MP iPhone CMOS sensor
• Use optical zoom
• Save your photos directly to phone, to an ftp address, share or mail them (this will be faster than any SD card)
• Record better HD videos or video call with better videos
• Edit your photos with any app, use iCam app for camera setup.

This “Blind camera“ has no optics:

“Buttons takes on this notion of the camera as a networked object. It is a camera that will capture a moment at the press of a button. However, unlike a conventional analog or digital camera, this one doesn’t have any optical parts. It allows you to capture your moment but in doing so, it effectively seperates it from the subject. Instead, as you will memorize the moment, the camera memorizes only the time and starts to continuously search on the net for other photos that have been taken in the very same moment.”

This camera can shoot 1,000,000 fps:

“In order to crank the camera up to it’s 1,000,000 FPS max, you have to drop the resolution down to 128 x 16, which is only okay if you’re looking at your TV through a telescope. The camera has a 16 gigapixel/second limit, so you have to find the balancing point between the resolution you want and the speed you want. You can shoot 1280 x 720 HD at 18,100, which is still extremely fast, and if you are willing to settle for a standard-def shot at 640×480 you can crank it all the way up to 43,400 FPS”

Sony introduced a new “WhiteMagic” 3 inch VGA LTPS TFT LCD screen:

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