Panasonic Lumix® DMC-TS1S, DMC-TS1D and DMC-TS1G Digital Camera

Panasonic is going to launch a new series camera on under Panasonic DMC-TS that will be waterproof, dustproof, and shockproof. It will bring three cameras in three individual colors Silver, Green and Orange. All cameras will be 12.1 Mega Pixels sensors with 28mm wide-angle LEICA DC-VARIO-ELMAR lens with 4.6x optical zoom.

AVCHD Lite is meaning that this camera series will able to capture high-definition video like handhold video camera quality movie and iA Mode will able to prevent some simple shake and able to recognize deferent lites. It will help the users to take best quality images any time any moment.

As the focal length of the camera is 28mm so it ensure that it is middle class wide-angle lens camera and the 4.6x optical zoom will help you to capture the images that is stands a far to the uses.

Waterproof, dustproof, and shockproof is not only a big fashion for the users but also safe you valuable goods and keep is safe as well as the water is the most harmful things damaging electronic equipments. From this view it is one of the big facilities using these cameras.

Panasonic Lumix® DMC-TS1S, DMC-TS1D and DMC-TS1G‘s Intelligent Auto (iA) Mode can recognize faces during the picking up group still pictures and Optical Image Stabilizer (Still & Movie), Intelligent ISO Control (Still & Movie), Face Detection (Still) Intelligent Scene Selector (Still - Portrait, Scenery, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Macro; Movie. 

If you want to know more please visit the official website of Panasonic Lumix® DMC-TS1S, DMC-TS1D and DMC-TS1G

Sigma DP2 DSLR and SD15 Digital Camera overviews

Recently, Sigma has launched two cameras in its digital camera line up. One is DP2, which is the next version of the DP1 and second one is SD15 the upgraded of SD14. Both the cameras has image sensor that are designed with Foveon X3®. After getting huge supports from the users they have improved and brought the upgraded version.

Sigma claims that their newly introduced DP2 has 20.7mm x 13.8mm image sensor that is seven-twelve time larger than the ordinary compact digital cameras. DP2 has 24.2mm lens with F2.8 big aperture, by using it you can get extra facilities in low light but in DP1 it was just 16.6mm F4 lens. Another important improvement is in AF moods. DP2 can focus in 9 points where as DP1 was just single or more at a time.

 

Sigma DP2 DSLR specification:

 

Format	FOVEON  X3(R) Direct Image Sensor (CMOS)
Image Sensor Size	20.7×13.8mm (0.8 inch×0.5 inch)
Number of Pixels	Effective Pixels 14.06MP (2652×1768×3 layers)
Aspect Ratio	3:2
Focal Length	24.2mm F2.8 (35mm equivalent focal length:41mm)
Lens Construction	6 Groups 7 Elements
Shooting Range	28cm～∞(Full Mode)
Storage Media	SD Card/Compatible with SDHC,Multi Media Card
Recording Format	Exif2.21, DCF2.0, DPOF
Recording Mode	Lossless compression RAW data (12-bit), JPEG(High, Wide, Medium, Low), Movie (AVI), Voice memo to still image (10 sec./30 sec.), Voice recording (WAV)
File Size/Movie	QVGA:320×240（30 Frames Per Second）, Approximately 30minutes is possible with a 1GB SD Card.
White Balance	8 types (Auto, Sunlight, Shade, Overcast, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash, Custom)
ISO Sensitivity	AUTO (ISO 100-ISO 200) : With Flash (ISO 100－ISO 400), ISO 50, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600
Auto Focus Type	Contrast Detection Type
AF Point Selection	Selection of 1point from 9points
Focus Lock	Shutter release halfway-down position (From Menu Settings AE Lock is possible by AE lock button)
Manual Focus	Dial Type
Shutter Type	Electronically controlled lens shutter
Shutter Speed	1/2000-15sec.
Metering System	TTL Full Aperture Metering [1]Evaluative Metering, [2]Center Weighted Average Metering, [3]Spot Metering
Exposure Control System	[P]Program AE, [S]Shutter Priority AE, [A]Aperture Priority AE, [M] Manual
Exposure Compensation	1/3 EV Steps up to±3EV for Appropriate Exposure
Auto Bracketing	3 pictures in appropriate, under and over exposure levels. It can be set in 1/3EV stop increments up to ±3EV.
Built-in Flash	Pop-up (Manual)
Guide Number	6(ISO100/ｍ)
Built-in Flash Coverage Range	28cm－3m(ISO200)
External Flash	Hot shoe (X Sync. Contact, dedicated contacts)
Drive Modes	[1]Single, [2]Continuous (3 Frames/second), [3]Self Timer (2sec./10sec.)
LCD Monitor Type	TFT Color LCD Monitor
Monitor Size and Pixels	2.5inches / Approx. 230,000 dots
LCD Monitor Language	English/Japanese/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Chinese (Simplified)/ Korean/ Russian
Interfaces	USB (USB2.0), Video Out (NTSC/PAL),Audio Out (Monaural)
Power	Dedicated Li-ion Battery BP-31, Battery Charger BC-31, AC Adapter (Optional)
Battery Life	Approx.250 shots(25℃)
Dimensions	113.3mm/4.5"(W)×59.5mm/2.3"(H)×56.1mm/2.2"(D)
Weight	260g/9.2oz. (excluding batteries and card)
DP2 Accessories	Li-ion Battery BP-31, Battery Charger BC-31, Lens Cap LCP-11, Neck Strap NS-11, Soft Case CS-70, Hot Shoe Cover HSC-11, USB Cable, Video Cable, SIGMA Photo Pro Disc, Instruction Manual

 

20 things on Parvathy Omanakuttan Miss World 2008 runner up

The Kerala born, Indian girl, Parvathy Omanakuttan is the Miss World runner-up 2008 which was held in Johannesburg South Africa. For her father worked in Taj Hotel, in Mumbai. The 21 years old woman also took part in different kinds of beauty pageants.

1. Parvathy Omanakuttan Nair won the Femina Miss India world 2008 title.
2. She was first runner up Miss World 2008 contest.
3. She was born on 3, July 1987.
4. Her father’s name Mr. Omanakuttan and mother Sreekala.
5. When she was 7 months, they shifted Mumbai from Changanacherry - Kottayam, Kerala.
6. She has a younger brother named Jaysurya.
7. Parvathy Omanakuttan likes Listening to music, dancing, glass painting, reading.
8. Parvathy Omanakuttan likes to play basketball and badminton.
9. She has completed graduate on English Literature from Mithibhai College.
10. She also studied Sociology and Psychology.
11. She is interested to learn more about human behaviour.
12. She likes to watch Comedies and larger than life period movies.
13. Parvathy Omanakuttan wants to act in Telugu film with Mahesh Babu.
14. She is also a model of south Indian.
15. Her height is 5feet 8.5 inches. Her hair colour is black. She likes to wear Shari.
16. She won also title of Miss India South 2008 and Miss Malayali 2005.
17. She achieved Miss Navy Queen (cochin) 2006,(Vizag)2007,Miss Photogenic, Miss Personality and Miss beautiful Hair, Malayali Manka 2005, Lions Club Dreamgirl 2007.
18. She is the only Malayalam girl who won the title of Miss India 2008
19. She likes to eat Gujarati cuisine, especially undhiyu and her weakness has Chocolates and cheese.
20. Parvathy Omanakuttan is fan of Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan.

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Wikipedia

Vijay Hazare Trophy Quarter-Final 2009 live score: Bengal v Delhi and Mumbai v Tamil Nadu

Vijay Hazare Trophy is one of the prestigious tournaments among some of the India domestic first class cricket. Uttar Pradesh and Baroda already has reached to the semi-final. The 4^th Quarter-final between Bengal v Delhi will be held on 4 March, 2009 and final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy will be grounded on 9 March 2009. 

On 4^th March two quarter-finals will be taken place at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala and Polytechnic Institute Ground, Agartala.  The 3rd Quarter-Final - Mumbai v Tamil Nadu and the 4^th Quarter-Final will be Bengal v Delhi. According to the local time 08:30 the two groups will meet for the encounters of Vijay Hazare Trophy Quarter-Final 2009. 

In the 1^st Quarter-Final Himachal Pradesh defeated by Uttar Pradesh won by 34 runs. In the match Uttar Pradesh, who chose to bat first and finally they scored 210      runs for 8 wickets. In reply, Himachal Pradesh lost all their wicket just bagged 176 runs for 42.5 overs. Uttar Pradesh All-rounder, PP Chawla, the key players who added 56 runs from 46 balls and sacked 4 wickets for 41 runs. 

Baroda and Hyderabad was the competitors of the second QF of the on going Vijay Hazare Trophy. Baroda achieves qualification to take on the 4^th quarterfinal winner. Hyderabad (India) won the toss and elected to bat first but they did not make any good runs over Baroda bowlers. As a result, they had to close innings167 for 49.3 overs. In reply, Baroda overtakes the target just losing 3 wickets. 

In a press release on 26 February 2009 Neo Cricket announced that they will show the Cricket to telecast Vijay Hazare Trophy matches live on NEO including the final that will be held on 9 March 2009. Cricinfo the popular cricket based website will also show the text commentary and live score during the match time.

Source:

Timesofindia

Newkerala  

Kodak Z980 and M380 digital camera specifications

Kodak has announced that it has brought two Kodak EasyShare digital cameras. The cameras are from two series one is from Z980 and other is. Z980 will be available in US market from the spring season. These two new products were displayed at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2009 in Las Vegas that was held on January 8-11, 2009. The price of the Z980 is $399.95 and M380 is US$179.

Kodak Z980 shot specifications

Turn photography on its side. Vertical shutter release and detachable vertical grip

24X SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH VARIOGON Optical Zoom Lens

26 mm wide-angle lens

Smart Capture feature

Fast click-to-capture speed (<0.2>

Hot shoe and optional KODAK EASYSHARE P20 Zoom Flash

3.0 in (7.6 cm) LCD

Preview, live score, India vs New Zealand, 1st ODI, 3rd March 2009

India in on pressure after losing in the last two twenty20 matches along with New Zealand. India has lost its chain of victory. There was no doubt that India is the most popular country in cricket now. Even, if you look over the last series that they played along with Sri Lanka.

By tuning your TV channels you have to fix it in Set Max to watch the matches live. Important news is for the India local people, the local TV channel DD1 (DD National) will telecast the whole ODI matches.

 

1st ODI India v New Zealand

Venue: McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand

Match Date: Mar 3, 2009

Match scheduled to begin: 14:00 local time (01:00 GMT).

 

There are high expectations over the two teams of the fans. Indian fans have a tradition that they do not think India will be beat to others. Similarly, the previous twenty20 was terrible for the Indian. But the opposition, New Zealand is driving highly after beating the World Champions in the home series.

India has not any good winning recorders against New Zealand in there home series. Especially, the weather condition does not suite to any countries. That is why New Zealand is always best in the home series. In their windy condition they can do very well.

 

Although the wining recodes of the previous five matches on the favor of India and it just has lost one among the five as well as New Zealand just sacked two wins. But the statistics could be change anytime and any moment.

 

India boosts its side about Sachin Tendulkar’s returns but I am not confident about it because he totally failed to build any good score during the last ODI series along side Sri Lankan. India lost to Sri Lanka during the Asia Cup in spite of being beat Sri Lanka in CB Series.  Although, India wont he CB series that was held in Australia but despite of same weather condition New Zealand is totally diverse. India may be worried about their opening pair.

India also worried about its bowling line-up. Ishant Sharma is considered as the key player on the side of India bowling side but he may not appear in the 1^st ODI on March 3, 2009.

But, New Zealand bowling are looking very stable after secured the 2-0 victory over the Indian in Twenty20 tournament.

Online Live Score and Updates

 

Here, I am giving some live score and updates websites from where you can get the live score and updates of the match:

 

Cricinfo

Sify sports

action8cricket

cricketnext

Headlinesindia.com

CRICBUZZ

123INDIA.COM

Cricket365

 

 

20 things about Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut

1. Kangana Ranaut is an established Bollywood actress in India.
2. She was born on 20 March in 1987 in Himachal Pradesh.
3. Her mother Asha is a school teacher and father Amardeep a Businessman.
4. Her younger sister Rangoli and brother Akshit.
5. She has completed her college life in Silma.
6. In 2003, she came Delhi to be a model and theatre actor.
7. In 2005, she met with the director Anurag Basu and was selected for the movie of Gangster.
8. Gangster was her first movie and she has been able to achieve Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.
9. After Gangster, she acted in Woh Lamhe that was commercially successful in bollywood.
10. In 2007, she acted Shakalaka Boom Boom, Life in a... Metro which was also successful in box-office.
11. In 2008, Kangana Ranaut acted in two films. One was Dhaam Dhoom which was directed  by Jeeva. It was a Tamil film and another was Fashion. Tamil film Dhaam Dhoom was commercial success in Tamil film industry. She acted opposite Jayam Ravi in this film.
12. For her performance in ‘Fashion’, she won Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. In this film Priyanka Chopra played the lead role.
13. Kangana Ranaut’s Raaz was released on 23 January in 2009. Emraan Hashmi is her co-star and the film was also commercial success in bollywood. In the first three days, the movie earned Rs 12.5 crore.
14. Now Kangana Ranaut is acting in the film Roshan in which she will be seen opposite Bobby Deol.
15. ‘Kites’ is Kangana Ranaut’s first movie along with Hrithik Roshan.
16. Kangana Ranaut’s younger sister Rangoli was attacked by Acid in 2006.
17.  Kangana Ranaut likes to cook food.
18. Her favourite actors are Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan and actresses are Madhubala, Angelina Jolie and Parveen Babi.
19. Her favourite food Hyderabadi Biryani.
20. She likes to listen Pop, classical music of Ravi Shankar.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangana_Ranaut