pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/11/GizmodoGalleryAnnex.jpg" style="display:block;" /For a few weeks you've been hearing about the Gizmodo Gallery in NYC, catching a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/gizmodo-gallery/"plenty of teasers/a for the cool stuffmdash;contemporary marvels, homemade wundergear and pieces of historymdash;we're showing down at the Reed Annex on Orchard St. from today 12 noon through Sunday 4pm. Now, for the first time, we're revealing ithe whole list/i. And it's annotated, for your pleasure./p pbStuff You'll Never Own/bbr a href="http://gizmodo.com/5098715/at-giz-gallery-103+inch-plasma"Panasonic 103-Inch TV/abr The biggest production HDTV in the world, this 103-inch diagonal plasma is coincidentally the largest set we could fit into Reed Annex./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/372072/sony-xel+1-oled-tv-review-verdict-small-on-size-large-on-beauty"Sony 11-Inch OLED TV/abr OLED technology will power all flat-screen TVs in the future, but the beautiful, high-contrast wafer-thin screens are still excruciatingly expensivemdash;in this case $230 per diagonal inch, or $2500 for the set./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5042268/draganfly-x6-uav-ufo-thingy-packed-with-carbon-fiber-hdnight-cameras-and-gps"Draganfly X6 RC Helicopter/abr A carbon-fiber remote-controlled helicopter designed to be stable in 18mph winds or even if some of its motors die. It's GPS enabled and can be armed with a high definition camcorder or night vision. And it looks like a Terminator./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/341896/hands-on-with-optimus-maximus-keyboard"Optimus Maximus Keyboard/abr A keyboard with little OLED screens under each key, which can be programmed to display whatever character, picture or animation and trigger any keystrokes you want./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/carbon-butterfly-gallery-rc-plane-lighter-than-a-sheet-of-paper-251243.php"Carbon Butterfly RC Plane/abr This remote-controlled airplane is lighter than a piece of notebook paper because of lightweight balsa, carbon fiber and Swiss-made gears./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/curvaceous-cell/new-au-infobars-shave-corners-just-need-lube-303709.php"Au Infobar2/abr Despite it lacking a lengthy feature list, the Infobar2 is the most beautiful phone from Japan's AU company and I think maybe the most beautiful in the world. On Loan from Gizmodo Japan and Au./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/nab07-hands+on-red-one-4k-digital-cinema-camera-gallery-252750.php"Red One Movie Camera/abr A digital movie-making revolution and a future-proof modular platform, the 10-lb. digital video camera shoots pristine 4K-resolution movies with its 12-million-pixel "ultra high def" sensor./p pbStuff You Might Convince Your Mom To Buy You/bbr a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/yamahas-ysp+4000-flagship-surround-bar-does-upscaling-hdmi-xmipods-288971.php"Yamaha YSP-4000 Surround Sound Bar/abr This soundbar is a 5 channel surround sound system that uses cold war submarine sonar tech to bounce beams of audio against walls and to your ears from different angles./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/amazon-kindle-live/amazon-kindle-e+book-reader-launch-live-324292.php"Amazon Kindle Ebook Reader/abr The first wireless E-Ink ebook reader with a cellular connection, so you can buy and download books without the need for a computer. It bests the paperback but can't be safely read in the bathtub./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5038693/review-pentax-w60-waterproof-camera-catching-whale-sharks"Pentax W60 Waterproof Camera/abr I've had many happy times in Hawaii with this camera. It's my favorite because it works to 30 feet and yet is small enough to pocket without causing a bulge./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/380767/hands-on-yamahas-tenori+on-synthesizer-we-love-it"Yamaha Tenori-On Music Maker/abr A revolutionary rethinking of the music keyboard, this 16x16 pad of light-up keys interprets a player's finger strokes and performs a light and sound show in response./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5096518/at-gizmodo-gallery-weird-japanese-usb-gadgets"USB Heated Gloves/abr Thanko's Gloves use the power from a computer's USB ports to warm your fingers on cold winter mornings./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5096518/at-gizmodo-gallery-weird-japanese-usb-gadgets"USB Neck Tie/abr Thanko's USB powered neck ties have a built in fan for hot office afternoons./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/once-upon-a-time/using-belkins-weird-powerstrips-289558.php%3EBelkin%20Power%20Strips%3C/a%3E%3Cbr%20/%3EThe%20only%20power%20bricks%20we're%20proud%20to%20display%20have%20clever%20cable%20organizers%20and%20closing%20panels.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E%3Ca%20href="Wicked Lasers Torch/abr Currently pending Guinness records for being the most powerful flashlight of its kind, the 4100 lumen Torch can easily set paper on fire./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/will-it-blend-crazy-old-man-blends-everything-in-powerful-blender-215611.php"Blendtec Blender/abr We don't know if Blendtec makes the best blenders, but if they can shred bananas the way they can shred gadgets on their famous YouTube videos, we're sold./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/383843/casio-exilim-ex+f1-slow+mo-super-cam-full-review-verdict-totally-unique-shockingly-powerful"Casio Exilim EX-F1 Super-Slow-Motion Camera/abr The first consumer-grade camera to deliver 1200-frames-per-second slow-mo, it can also shoot 60 full-resolution stills per second./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/359388/hands-on-chumby-wi+fi-widget-beanbag-cuddly-in-more-ways-than-one"Chumby/abr It's an internet machine disguised as a pillow. I use it to check the snow report, play internet radio, tell the time, check the surf and read the news, but it can run hundreds of additional widgets./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5099074/aiptek-pocketcinema-v10-pico-projector-review"Aiptek V10 PMP Pico Projector/abr Battery-powered mini projector plays movies from an SD card, using an LED to project a picture up to 50" on the wall without burning your hand. One day, all cellphones will have these./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/wild-charge-hands+on-really-does-charge-wirelessly-227215.php"WildCharge Charging Station/abr A charging matt that uses nubs on a matt instead of wires to charge your devices./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5100801/at-gizmodo-gallery-a-never-seen-before-tokyoflash-watch"Tenmetsu Tokyo Flash Watch/abr Tokyoflash's Tenmetsu watch is one of the cleanest designed of their collection, and has never been seen before the Gizmodo Gallery./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5018137/3800+piece-death-star-diorama-is-coolest-star-wars-lego-ever"Lego Death Star/abr This Lego diorama includes 3800 pieces, 21 minifigs and is one of the biggest sets ever made. It's also the only one that can destroy entire brick planets at will./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/tokyo-found-godzilla-beer-dispenser-roars-when-you-pour-225195.php"Godzilla Beer Pourer/abr This Japanese gadget looses a Godzilla roar when you lock in a can and serve beer from its mouth./p pbStuff You'd Have To Make Yourself/bbr a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/mods/samus-wii-mod-tucks-rolls-explodes-with-goodness-303933.php"Metroid-Modded Wii/abr Samus tucks, rolls and explodes out of this yellow light-up Wii./p pa href="http://benheck.com/original-atari-2600-vcsp"Ben Heck Custom Atari VCSp/abr Almost a decade ago, Ben Heckendorn sparked an entire underground scene of custom, hand-built game consoles when he deconstructed the classic Atari 2600, transforming it into the Atari VCSp, complete with built-in screen, sound amplifier, battery power, and aluminum frame. On loan via Ryan Block, gdgt./p pa href="http://www.coin-operated.com/projects/ipomadness"Jonah's Slot Machine/abr This web 1.0 bubble art project checked for short URLs and if you land on an available address, you've hit the jackpot./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5098617/at-gizmodo-gallery-free-diy-laser-etching"Make's Phil Torrone and His Laser Etcher/abr Yes, our friend Phil from MAKE Magazine is showing up with his laser etching device to brand custom images onto any and every surface./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5099673/at-giz-gallery-reader-meetup-with-a-back-to-the-future-delorean"Back To the Future-Modded DeLorean/abr Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads. Oh wait, yeah we domdash;this mod is pre-Mr. Fusion./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5057856/nes-bong-is-one-third-party-nintendo-accessory-you-wont-find-at-gamestop"NES Bong/abr A Nintendo controller modified into a contraption for smoking tobacco and only tobacco. On loan from some stoner./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5020490/msi-wind-running-mac-os-x-also-thinks-its-a-mac-pro"PC Running Mac OS X Using Hackintosh/abr We're partial to Macs at Gizmodo, but there's plenty of nice PC hardware that we'd love to run Mac OS on, like this MSI Wind Nettop that uses Hackintosh to get it done. On Loan from Brian X. Chen of WIRED.com/p pa href="http://www.ladyada.net/make/wavebubble/"Limor's Wave Bubble Radio Jammer/abr An open source radio wave jammer that will disable connections like those from Wi-Fi, GPS, cellular and RF. Illegal. Small enough to hide in a pack of cigarettes./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/super-tv+b+gone-bulked-up-to-90+foot-range-184527.php"TV B Gone/abr This pocket sized remote spams IR power codes of common TVs to shut off different makes and models. Not recommended for trade shows. Trust me./p pbThe Stuff of History/bbr a href="http://gizmodo.com/5091517/at-gizmodo-gallery-ancient-apple-phone-prototypes"Apple Phone Prototype/abr In the early 80's, Frog Design and Apple collaborated on this phone prototype with electronic check payment and a stylus for use on the monochrome screen./p pa href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffudder.de%2Fartikel%2F2007%2F07%2F17%2Fdie-design-vorfahren-des-iphone%2Fsl=detl=enhl=enie=UTF-8"Apple Tablet Prototype/abr From Frog and Apple's "Snow White" design language comes this tablet, looking very much like a cousin of the IIc./p pa href="http://gizmodo.com/5098364/at-gizmodo-gallery-the-original-sony-walkman"Sony's First Walkman/abr The TPS-L2 Walkman did not record and was panned by the press before its release in Japan in 1979. Right before becoming a huge success. On loan from Sony Tokyo Archives./p pa href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Mavica"First Sony Digital Mavica Cam/abr This 1988 electronic camera paved the way for modern digital cameras. It wrote to a floppy disk and had a TV output cable./p pa href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blickensderfer_typewriter"Blickensderfer Portable Typewriter/abr George Blickensderfer's portable typewriters, introduced around 1892, were advertised as "The Five-Pound Secretary." The Model 6, first sold in 1906, offered an aluminum framework, at that time a relatively expensive and rare metal. On loan from Christopher Bonanos./p pa href="http://www.clickondavid.com/polaroid.html"Polaroid Land Camera, Model 95/abr In the fall of 1947, the chemist Edwin Land brought a few dozen new cameras and a pile of film to Boston's Jordan Marsh department store, to demonstrate the instant-photography system he'd developed./p pa href="http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/83celltech.html"Bell Labs Briefcase Phone/abr First used in 1984 as an early example of a transportable cell phone (most other cell phones were car only phones). On Loan from the ATT Archives and History Center./p pa href="http://www.corp.att.com/attlabs/reputation/timeline/70picture.html"Bell Labs Picturephone/abr The first Picturephone test system, built in 1956, was crudemdash;it transmitted an image only once every two seconds. But by 1964 a complete experimental system, the "Mod 1," had been developed and wasbr displayed at the New York World's Fair, paired to a model at Disneyland. On Loan from the ATT Archives and History Center./p pa href="http://www.dyson.com/about/story/"Dyson G-Force Bagless Vacuum/abr James Dyson invented a bagless vacuum, which no one would manufacture because it would kill bag sales. It was picked up in Japan in 1983, though, and James used the proceeds to launch a company that today builds the world's suckiest vacs./p pa href="http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/200001/00-002E/"Sony Aibo ERS-111/abr Sony's first revision of their 1st generation robot pet was able to learn and grow from having puppy-like logic to dog-like logic. They were too unsophisticated to run or seem very lifelike, but they paved the way for true robotic toys like the Pleo dinosaur./p pa href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Kahn"First Cameraphone Prototype/abr Philippe Kahn built the first cameraphone in 1997 out of a digital camera, a laptop and a Motorola handset with some clever software. 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I posted a thread here a few weeks ago, contemplating a MacBook Pro or a digital SLR. A decision has been made.

I am 15, Australia, and Mum and Dad have agreed to put $300-350 towards a digital SLR for Christmas, me paying the rest obviously.

My budget is AU$1000ish, and I am now deciding between two cameras - the Nikon D60 and the Sony a300.

Can anyone here recommend/not recommend either of these two?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Note: Nikon D60 with Vibration Reduction 18-55 and VR 55-200, with extra battery, promo bag and double warranty for A$1099

Sony a300 (built in VR) with 18-70 and 75-300, with promo bag for $1049

Both include printing bonuses and (free and unlimited? not sure) training days.

Note 2: I currently have a PnS Pentax Optio E30 7.1mp

Aller une petite touche colorée.

Je faisait un petit test avec le "vieux" 50mm f/1.4 Ben ils ont rien à envier aux cailloux qu'on fait maintenant : c'est super agréable à manipuler, pas un poil de jeu dans les bagues, ... Par contre, c'est vrai que le gros boitier avec le petit cailloux, ça fait tout drôle



Pentax K200D + Pentax 50mm f1.4
@ 50mm, f/1.4, 1/1000, 400 ISO