Cali’s Christmas Gift Guide 2009 | Dad Edition
Posted on: November 24, 2009
Posted in: Video
Posted by: Cali Lewis
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Casio’s Exilim cameras shoot high speed video. There are three, ranging from $299 to $999. They’re the EX-F1, the EX-FH20 and the EX-FS10. The reason these are so cool is what you can do with them. Take a look at Trey Ratcliff’s Stuck in Motion technique. Trey is the guy who shoots the pictures we use as backgrounds.
If your dad loves Battlestar Galactica, consider getting him the Battlestar Galactica LED Toaster. There are only 2,000 of them and it has a Cylon on one side with “Frak Off” on the other. It’s $63.
If you think your father might want some distraction from every day life, or a really good challenge, the Bucky Balls are a great stocking stuffer. I have the Neo Cubes.
Oregon Scientific has a wireless talking thermometer that will tell you when the meat’s done on the grill.
An HD TiVo is a great gift. Having all his TV and web shows together will be a great thing!
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November 25th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
2000 cylon taosters minus sheldon’s one. laughed my head off when i saw the toaster on bbt. :-)
was hoping you’d review it. doesn’t get anymore geeky. thanks!
November 26th, 2009 at 3:51 am
Trey Ratcliff’s Stuck in Motion looks very much like a cheap rip-off of the Bullet-time technique pioneered for the Matrix films.
November 26th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Thats the same toaster shown in The Big Bang Theory!
November 27th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
The EX-F1 is a great geek camera at a comparable low price for what it does. 720p/1080i easy to edit movie in Vegas/iMovie. Only 6 MP but the Optics are ok. Microphone input. Amazing high speed. But you have to relearn on how to take stills. I got in Feb this year and it’s my replacement for a still camera and camcorder.
Movie examples: http://www.vimeo.com/user1105315/videos
photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/Hans.Brauer/FerrariChallengeMeeting
http://picasaweb.google.com/Hans.Brauer/GolfIDiket (Earned me a prize for best photo of the month and €500 in cash)
http://picasaweb.google.com/Hans.Brauer/EXF1FirstPhotos
Cons: no good low light performance
No good antishake, use a tripod
Slow to save to memory card (30-45 secs for 60 frames)
November 27th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
And btw the price is a bit lower i Sweden about $850.
November 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Can’t count, sorry $816
December 10th, 2009 at 4:01 am
While in Colorado there was a GBTV episode about coats with iPhone storage and lots of gear storage. Anybody know what that coat company was. It snowed in Houston this year and I want a new coat.
December 10th, 2009 at 6:59 am
That was Scottevest.com :)
December 25th, 2009 at 5:45 am
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?
December 26th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Hi, i just thought i’d post and let you know your blogs layout is really messed up on the G-Matrix browser. Anyhow keep up the good work.