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Sony announced today that there are a number of defects with their line of Cyber-Shot digital cameras. These problems could cause the LCD to display incorrectly or not at all, and also could prevent the camera from working entirely. These problems will only occur in warm and humid areas. So if you are using a Cyber-Shot in Antarctica, you should be okay.

The defects span across eight models. Sony is expecting around 4,000 cameras to be defective and they will be offering free repairs. Oddly enough, Sony is not expecting this to affect it’s yearly earnings.

Jump to see if your model is affected.

Remember, these were only cameras sold between September 2003 and January 2005. The models are the DSC-F88, DSC-M1, DSC-T1, DSC-T11, DSC-T3, DSC-T33, DSC-U40 and the DSC-U50. – Travis Hudson

Sony finds defect in Cyber-shot digital cameras [Reuters]

Sony is recalling eight Cyber-shot digital camera models worldwide because of a defect in the screen.

Aven performed a little convergence by simply plopping microscope lenses on a point-and-shoot digital camera. This digital camera has the ability to take pictures at magnification up to 150x. Aven suggests that the iLoupe was designed for professional fields such as forensics, but it could really be used by anyone that has a passion for taking pictures of extreme small things (insert penis joke here).

Aven seems to have partnered with Canon on this product because the microscopic lenses are attached to a Powershot SD600. – Travis Hudson

Press Release [Via MobileMag]

Apparently this two-in-one film and digital camera is such “amazing new technology” that it’s available only on eBay. The camera has a 35mm motorized compact camera with auto-rewind/power-rewind combined with a digital cam that takes 26 pictures at high resolution and 99 at low.

For a price of only £19.99 ($38), you can own your own hybrid camera that isn’t really good at either digital or film photography. It may be a decent Christmas present for the child in your home, though. Did you ever figure out where he came from? – Jason Chen

eBay Auction [eBay via Digicam Review]

Here’s the next generation of convenience charging technology, the PowerMonkey, a good companion to have if you run out of juice. Charge it up first and its variety of compatible tips will give you 40 hours of fun on an iPod, six hours on a Sony PSP and even keep that digital camera going until that snap happy finger of yours gets sore.

It’s £40, costing about the same as an iGo charger with all the necessary accessories, but giving you more power for your money. Plus, it looks like a dildo. What more could you ask for? – Charlie White

Product Page [Power Traveler]

In a huge 6217-word review that’s practically long enough to be published into a book, Let’sGoDigital took a highly-detailed look at the Canon IXUS 900Ti (known in the US as the Canon PowerShot SD900 Digital ELPH) compact digital camera, and gave it a big thumbs-up. After reading the review for the better part of the morning, we can say that the reviewers liked almost everything about the pretty little bauble, especially its 10-megapixel sensor with its fast one-second startup time, its attractively rounded titanium body and its high-end build quality. They sum it up like this:

The Canon Digital IXUS 900 Ti is without question a typical IXUS camera. Although a simple, effortless operation is the most important thing, they leave no doubts about the fact that there is much more to a camera than looks alone. Innovative technique is repeatedly used to increase the level of ease and user-friendliness.

The reviewers liked the camera’s 3x optical zoom lens, but they thought it was a pity that it didn’t have that 4x optical zoom lens of its Digital Elph brandmate, the IXUS 800 IS. The reviewers also liked the camera’s 2.5-inch LCD viewscreen, and they lauded the fact that it still has an optical viewfinder as well, giving users a less battery-draining option.

One of the few negative points of the review was the camera’s paucity of manual settings. But overall, it’s a highly positive writeup. We’re also big fans of the Canon Digital Elph series, and second the enthusiastic thumbs up of LetsGoDigital. – Charlie White

Canon Digital IXUS 900 Ti | Digital Camera Review [Let'sGoDigital]

PMP? Mini console? MP3 player? Call it what you like, the Gemei X-900 is a neat little bag of tricks. Essentially it’s a 1GB portable video/music player that comes with a separate ‘joypad’, sporting dual-analog sticks. Why? Because the X-900 supports old 8-bit and 16-bit games from Nintendo and the Sega Megadrive.

The player itself has a 4.3in display with a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels. It supports video and audio playback, has an FM tuner, in-built digital camera and supports photo viewing. There is also support for FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) that allows you compress CD audio without screwing with the quality.

I wish I could give you a price and date on this little wonder from China but I can’t. There’s a review of it here though.-Martin Lynch

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