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I have been using Digital cameras since around 1998 with the advent of the Nikon Coolpix 900 and although it took a while for the Digital Still cameras to be able to do Video as well they do quite a reasonable job for the most of it. The other very cute trick of most of the modern digital point-and-shoot devices is they are quite neat and tiny and as a consequence always handy to have around.

But lately with some of the odd storms coming through Sydney we’ve had to resort to switching from HD back to the SD transmissions of TV shows - and doesn’t the difference show!!

Now here’s a small neat video camera that can also take high quality stills - it’s almost enough to make me consider looking seriously at video camera as a possible replacement for my current Canon Ixus 65?

Video: Sony’s $900 HDR-TG1 — world’s smallest 1080i camcorder

Posted Apr 3rd 2008 1:04AM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Digital Cameras

We’ll go ahead and let those other guys battle it out for the "world’s smallest" camcorder title — meanwhile, Sony’s just cranked out the one to really pay attention to. The HDR-TG1 Handycam checks in at just 1.3- x 4.7- x 2.5-inches and weighs ten ounces, all while boasting the ability to capture those oh-so-precious vacation moments and unannounced streaking episodes in 1080p 1080i. Aside from that, it’ll snag stills at 4-megapixels and holds everything on MS Pro Duo / Pro Duo Mark2 cards, while the 2.7-inch touchscreen keeps your eyes glued to the action. Furthermore, you’ll find a 10x Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar optical zoom lens, BIONZ processing engine, 5.1 Dolby Digital audio recording and a bundled 4GB Pro Duo Mark2 card for $900. Get ready — this one’s comin’ at you next month. Video of Japanese model after the break.

Video: Sony’s $900 HDR-TG1 — world’s smallest 1080i camcorder - Engadget

written by dcaddick

So this is an interesting development where the technique of creating a Mashup of different information sources helps create a stark and frightening visual perspective of just how deep this Credit Crisis has hit?

As you can see in the images below it’s almost scary how it shows that foreclosures are starting to bite at almost every level?   

Foreclosures Shown On Scary, Encroaching Heat Maps

Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch

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If you want to see in stark colors exactly how the mortgage credit crisis is spreading across the country, go to real estate search site HotPads and look at the foreclosure heat maps in your area. These are map mashups that take foreclosure data from RealtyTrac and overlay them on a color-coded map. Red indicates a high rate of property foreclosures per capita, and blue indicates a low level. Since foreclosures are now hitting record rates, there is a lot of red on these maps. In Silicon Valley, for instance, only a few pockets like Palo Alto and Sunnyvale remain in the blue.
A view of New York City shows the foreclosures beginning to close in on Manhattan from the outer boroughs.

In addition to the 500,000 foreclosures you can find on HotPads, the site also lists 1.2 million homes for sale and 130,000 active rentals (which co-founder Douglas Pope claims is the second-largest rental listings after Craigslist). These are culled from real estate broker sites and submitted directly by property owners.

Foreclosures Shown On Scary, Encroaching Heat Maps

written by dcaddick