Another firm, Noritsu Koki, supplies half the mini-photo processing labs used in camera shops and kiosks around the world.

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The camera records HD video images to mini DV tape using MPEG2 video compression technology.

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This is a cable that allows you to connect your digital camera to your iPad 4 or iPad mini do you can download photos and videos to your device.

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The one titled Network has a funny bit where a new digital camera from Japan is represented by a Japanese woman in a mini-dress.

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We think the design is sorta fresh just on its own, but what Sony really hopes will impress us about the Cyber-shot DSC-M1, their new 5.1 megapixel digital camera, is that it can also pull double duty as a mini-camcorder.

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One of the reasons Engadget runs separate mini-reviews for US versions of phones is that while the overall design and camera performance might remain the same, battery life can often vary from one network to another.

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So now, at the end of each day, she downloads the images from her camera to her Apple Macbook Pro laptop, and transfers them again to a Western Digital 250GB mini hard drive.

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If you'll recall, inside of its Zenbook-esque shell you'll find a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 1.2 megapixel front facer -- not to mention other goodies like a mini-HDMI port, USB 2.0 port and a SD card reader.

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And the iPad mini is virtually a persona tabula non grata among that crowd -- regardless of possible differences in build quality, camera quality, screen size or the absence of ads.

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