Recommended news gear for 2006
Ifra has announced the winners of its annual NewsGear evaluation of advanced newsgathering technology, recommending two dozen pieces of cutting-edge digital gadgetry in NewsGear 2006.
Ifra recommends the iRiver T30 MP3 Player/Recorder, calling it a “portable podcast machine” for its compact size, impressively effective built-in microphone and particularly the ability to record directly to the MP3 audio format used in podcasting.
Other recommended equipment includes:
– Nokia’s N90 Symbian Series 60 3G smartphone with 2-megapixel integrated still and video camera using Carl Zeiss optics.
– Panasonic’s PV-GS400 broadcast-quality 3CCD mini-DV digital video camera with outstanding low-light usability.
– Lenovo’s ThinkPad X41Tablet PC lightweight convertible laptop with pen input and what Ifra editors evaluated to be incredibly accurate handwriting recognition.
– Nikon’s Coolpix P2 5.1-megapixel camera with built-in WiFi communication for wirelessly transferring images directly to editors’ waiting computers.
– Planon’s DocuPen R700 portable 200-dpi monochrome scanner that can be rolled over an A4/letter-size page to capture it for later USB download to a computer.
– Canon’s PowerShot S2-IS 5-megapixel camera, which can simultaneously capture VGA-resolution full-motion 30- frames-per-second video, with stereo sound, and 5-megapixel print-quality digital still pictures.
Click here for a PDF poster that includes all of the recommended news gear.
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1 comments about 'Recommended news gear for 2006'Isn't it interesting how all of these -- with the exception, perhaps, of the Panasonic 3CCD videocam -- are all basically consumer technology?
10 years ago, stuff newsies used was most definitively *not* stuff that consumers used.
Posted by Lisa Williams at December 18, 2005 11:52 PM
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