Pentax gives us the power of personalisation

Pentax have teamed up with Japanese Lego-alike block manufacture Diablock to bring us a rather novel looking camera – one that you can stick Nanoblocks to.

If you’re thinking that the NB1000 nothing more than a kid’s toy then think again as the specs aren’t too shabby, boasting a 14 million pixels, 720p video recording and a 4x optical zoom.

Too immature for your tastes? Then you can always go for the standard RS1000 which is identical to the above minus the Nanoblock tomfoolery. You dullard.

LX5 – the son of the awesome LX3

The Panasonic Lumix LX3 was pretty awesome. Even after its release in November 2008, it remains one of the best non-DSLR digital cameras on the market and has mostly retained its original price due to its popularity among photography geeks (we’d argue the Canon Powershot S90 is probably the best little digital camera on the market today, but let’s not split hairs).

Now Panasonic have unveiled this season’s new cameras, including the Panasonic Lumix LX5, which is pretty much a direct upgrade and sequel to the LX3 (they don’t like the number 4 much in Asia).

It’s very similar to the LX3 but that’s not such a bad thing. It looks almost identical and has the same number of megapixels (10 of them), though the CCD sensor has been improved and it sports a newer Leica lens. In addition to taking high quality photos, it can also record 720p HD video.

Interested? It will be available in August for $499.

Sharp’s mobile 3D High Definition camera

It’s not Earth shattering, but it is quite nifty – Sharp’s new 3D High Definition camera for mobile phones. Not only does it record 3D video in 720p HD, which is rather amazing in its own right, but it’s tiny enough to use with a mobile phone. Plus it looks a bit like Johnny 5.

There’s not really much else to say. No price has been confirmed yet, though it will probably only feature on rather expensive smartphones to begin with. It will start production this year.

Sony’s super compact DSLR NEX cameras

Want a DSLR camera that will actually fit in your pocket? Well, Sony have something for you then, the Sony NEX3 and NEX5 “ultra compact” DSLR cameras (assuming your pocket also has space for the separate lens). They’re not unlike the recent Micro Four Thirds cameras, in that they’re tiny little cameras with interchangeable lenses, that are supposed to be as capable as full-sized DSLR cameras.

The NEX3 and NEX5 cameras look lovely indeed. With a 14.2 megapixel sensor and HD video recording (720p for the NEX3, 1080i for the NEX5), the camera bodies sell for €250 and €350 ($320 to $450) for the NEX3 and NEX5 respectively, whilst lenses are a similar amount (at least). It looks like it might be a worthy competitor to Panasonic’s Lumix GF1.

Korean girls holding things

The first in our series of not particularly subtle photos of Korean girls holding tech-related things. Here we can see some Korean girls holding cameras made by Canon.