And we get yet another batch of 3D-enabled gadgets – this time from Sony. The company today announced three new Cyber-shot cameras, two of which feature the 3D sweep panorama function the cameras from the NEX series now also have (the function allows you to sweep the camera from side to side to capture a high-speed burst of 100 frames, which are then automatically stitched together).

I bought an iPad from Apple last week — Wi-Fi-only, the cheapest model, for $499. And it’s awesome. This year’s “it” gadget has many talents, and chief among them is its ability to share photos, face to face rather than online. Just like the old days when they had those photos printed on paper.

For over a year, Jeffrey Yoo Warren, a fellow at the Center for Future Civic Media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been messing around with kites, balloons and cameras. The goal is to come up with tools that can be used to take aerial photos without the use of expensive equipment.

When Casio’s rugged digital camera, the Exilim EX-G1, came out last year, it received great reviews (for example, from us). And it appears as if the 12.1MP device sold really well, too, as Casio today in Japan announced [JP] two limited edition colors (the EX-G1 GN in green and the EX-G1 SR in silver).

If you snap a lot of photos in low-lighting conditions, you probably know that point-and-shoot cameras deliver pretty poor image quality once the sun goes down. Of course, you can use flash to get crisper photos, but that kills the ambience of soft natural lighting.