Photography Gadget of the Decade

Mario Testino, David Bailey and David La Chapelle never had it this good in their younger years! Over the past decade we've witnessed the emergence of cameras with more megapixels than you can count, camcorders so small you can fit them in your trouser pocket without creating unsightly bulges, and the sort of clever editing software that we guess the government uses to create cover-ups.

Voting on Gadget of the Decade has now closed. To find out which gadgets came out on top, check out The Gadget Show on Monday 14th December on Five. We'll also have all the results right here on FiveFWD straight after the big TV reveal.

Gorillapod

The Gorillapod is a tripod with state-of-the-art legs that can support all manner of cameras. It's been designed to provide stability in situations where flat surfaces just don't exist, making the Gorillapod an essential accessory for any budding photographer. Great name too...
Flip Ultra

When the Flip first came out it was dubbed the iPod of camcorders. One look at it explains why: it's small, sexy and unbelievably easy to use. Tiny enough to fit in your pocket or manbag the flip-out USB appendage makes uploading vids to YouTube a breeze.
Fuji F31fd

The Fujifilm F31fd may have looked like an ordinary compact digital camera, but back in the day its 6 megapixels, 3x optical zoom lens, 2.5 inch LCD screen, and an unbelievable ISO speed of 3200 at full resolution, left us feeling more David Bailey than David Blaine.
Sony HVR-Z1e

When we first got to grips with the Sony HVR-Z1e it made us feel like Tarantino. It combines the professional styling with the ease-of-use we expect for creating Hi-Def home movies. It was also the world's first HDV handheld camcorder with an interchangeable lens system!
Photoshop Elements

Let's face it Photoshop has always been a great bit of software for altering your images, but it's mighty expensive. Its little brother Elements, however, provided a lot of the fun (think superimposing your mate's head onto Gordon Brown's body with magnetic lasso) for a fraction of the price.
Flickr

Flickr has been going since 2004 and its makers suggest it's almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Well, we'll let you be the judge of that. If you think that Flickr deserves the imaging prize of the last decade, click here...
Picassa

Picasa is probably Flickr's main rival in the world of online photo management. It's been owned by Google since 2004 and has such methods of identifying photos as geo-tagging and face-recognition. But is it the best bit of photo-management software of the last ten years?
Nikon D70

Making its bow back in 2004, the Nikon D70 was Nikon's first affordable consumer DSLR. Spec-wise it had a 6.1-megapixel sensor, which may not sound all that by today's standards, but back then this was a whopper, and ISO levels of 200-1600. An awesome proposition.
Sony HC-1

The HC1 surprised a lot of people when it was released back in 2005: it was only the second video camera at the time to use a CMOS chip. It was also the first really affordable HD camcorder to hit the market. And for that reason alone it should be applauded...
Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is a basic video creating/editing software included in Microsoft Windows. Want to add effects such as titles, credits, audio tracks and timeline narration to your movies? This is one of the easiest ways to turn home movies into big screen masterpieces.

Photography Gadget of the Decade

Gorillapod

Flip Ultra

Fuji F31fd

Sony HVR-Z1e

Photoshop Elements

Flickr

Picassa

Nikon D70

Sony HC-1

Windows Movie Maker

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