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19th January 2025

Hohem smartphone gimbals

For sometime now the cell phone camera has taken over as the prime means of picture taking. The same is true for taking movies. The quality of both still photos and videos are literally amazing considering that they are a secondary feature of the cell phone.

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show I stopped at the booth of Hohem. They are the makers of accessories that are attractive to users who are serious about making quality videos with their cellphone. These accessories are camera gimbals.

Gimbals are not new. A gimbal is a device that keeps the cellphone level as you pan to follow the subject resulting in smooth video. Without the gimbal the resulting video would appear jumpy from the shaking and vibration of your movement. Here’s what I learned about their accessories.

Dave the Hohem rep is demonstrating the operation of the gimbal. While he moves his hand up and down, the camera (cellphone) stays level.
Here the M7 model has an intelligent touch screen that will automatically rotate the gimbal to keep a person or object in the video. The M7 cost is about $269.
The extension that raises the gimbal about 12″ higher and a tripod that pops open if you want to place the unit on a flat surface.
The V3 model has a detachable remote, extension rod, tripod, fill light and automatic tracking is available for about $129.

Hohem makes several other models of gimbals including one conventional (large) cameras. For more information please contact Hohem.

Written by:

Arnie Lee

Kodak Digital Photo Frame

17th January 2025

Kodak branded products

Just a few booths away from a previous Kodak booth I found another with the familiar yellow Kodak background. This was an exhibit by Maxtalent a third party that produces digital products under license from Kodak.

The attractive booth background proudly displayed the familiar Kodak yellow.
They showed many digital frames of different sizes and colors.

There are two types of frames.

One type displays images from an SD card or thumb drive.

The other type is ready to use with Wi-Fi letting you can send new images to the frame directly from your computer or cell pone.

As you can see the company has many attractive digital frames. Costs start at about $60. For more information please contact Kodak.

Written by:

Arnie Lee

Kodak Mini Shot

17th January 2025

Instant cameras and printers at CES

Walking around the halls of the Consumer Electronics Show I stopped at a second Kodak booth. After talking to one of the reps at this booth I learned that these products are produced by a third party under license to use the Kodak name and brand.

Here the company was showing off a slightly different set of instant print cameras and easy to use printers.

Mini Shot 2 makes 2″ x 3″ instant prints. Costs $129 with cartridges for 68 photos.
Mini 2 Retro printer for 2″ x 3″ prints. Costs $99 with cartridges for 68 photos.
Dock ERA for 4″ x 6″ prints. Costs $139 with cartridges for 90 photos.
Mini 3 ERA for 3″ x 3″ prints. Costs $119 with cartridges for 68 prints.
This is a cartridge containing the 3″ print paper

At this booth there were several other camera and printers with various features. For more information on these and other offerings please visit Kodak

Written by:

Arnie Lee

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