Thanks to Mr. Gull, we can certainly know how lightweight the rugged GoPro camera truly is.  What, is this boird getting paid or sumin?

Recently a GoPro owner left his camera unattended for a moment when a certain seagull, we won’t name any names, HENRY!, took the opportunity to snatch up the camera in his beak and fly off with camera still rolling.

This is quite an amazing video, with a gull’s-eye-view of the romantic and oft pooped rooftops of France.  The story ends well enough with the cam owner tracking down the GoPro and with a bit of climbing, getting the bugger back in hand.

As for the gull, I believe the score is 0 GoPro owner, 10 gull.

Cost of a GoPro, around $250.  Getting your GoPro stolen by a French seagull, sans prix.

The folks over at Hammacher Schlemmer have started selling a 3D camcorder that is capable of recording 3D video at 640 x 480 pixel resolutions. While that’s a nice feat, the interesting part is that users will be able to even see the resulting 3D content directly on the device’s screen, without having to wear any of those ugly 3D glasses, meaning its display functions quite similarly to that of Nintendo’s recently announced 3DS.

When used with a 4GB SD card, this $600 camcorder uses its two lenses and 3-megapixel sensor to record up to four hours of 3D video. You’re able to capture 2D and 3D still images, as well as 2D videos as well. Pretty interesting for such a compact device, though you’ll have to decide if you’re willing to fork out $600 for it.

This digital deal normally would cost you $499.99, but with a savings of $170, you pay only $329 for this baby.  With Full 1080p HD video (60fps) and up to 8-megapixel still photos, you can rest assured that you don’t even need that point and shoot any longer.

And did you see the Face Chaser technology which can detect up to 12 individual faces for photos and videos?  Yeah, now you’re understanding what a huge discount this is, right?!

The newest of the minis will feature an even slimmer aluminum body as well as an upgraded 8GB of storage and ability to HD video at 1280×720.  Cost, $230.

We’ll start with the SMX-C14 first, which features 16GB of internal memory, SD/SDHC card slot, 10x optical zoom and time-lapse recording options of 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, or 30 seconds.

The SMX-C10 will come ready for card-only recording options along with a 2.7-inch, 230,000-pixel LCD and ability to record both in H.264 compression at standard definition.

No pricing has been revealed, but expect both the Samsung SMX-C14 and SMX-C10 camcorders out July 2009.

Along with being the smallest of the small, the Sony Handycam TG7VE also comes with GPS capabilities that will remember where you where when you took that video yesterday of that hot trio.  With 2.3 megapixel, you can capture about six hours of video on the 16GB memory and view it all through 2.7″ of LCD perfection.

Hitachi has announced a new full HD capable DZ-VD10H camcorder. It touts a built-in Blu-ray recorder in addition to a 7-megapixel 1/2.7 CMOS sensor, a 10x optical zom, and a 2.7-inch LCD screen. Throw in a 30 GB hard drive, an HDMI output, and a SD/SDHC slot for storage expansion.

Users will be able to select from the following five modes; HX (1920 x 1080) at 15Mbps, HF at 11Mbps, HS at 7.5 Mbps, SX at 9Mbps and the LF at 6Mpbs. The device will cost you $1,480, and its only set for release in Japan at this point. It may, however, make its way to US shores one day.