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October 29, 2004
The HORIZON S3pro is a new camera by Zenit with a rotating non-interchangeable built-in lens, intended for taking various panorama pictures. The lens with high resolution rotates during taking within the pan angle and ensures an excellent quality of image across the whole frame field. It can be used to take various pictures on black-and-white and color 35 mm films.
Order via Rugift - $325
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October 28, 2004
BenQ likes to group it releases, in keeping with that they has announced five new digital cameras, The C60, C62, E41, E30, and C51.
The C60 & C62 are both six megapixel cameras. The C60 has a 2-inch LCD screen, while the C62 has a one second startup time and a shutter release lag time of only 1/100 of a second.
The E41 is a four megapixel camera with a 2-inch LCD touchscreen that you can scribble, the E41 can also be used as a MP3 Player.
The E30 is a 24mm thick three megapixel camera.
The C51 is a five megapixel with a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2-inch LCD screen.
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The Sanyo Xacti DMX-C4 is a update to the DMX-C1 , which was described as the smallest and lightest digital video camera with movie recording at VGA resolution when it was released last year, the DMX-C4 measures 69 (W) x 108 (H) x 34 (D) mm & weighs about 159g (body only). Features include 38 - 220mm-equivalent, F3.5 - 3.7, 5.8x optical zoom lens, Secure Digital card storage, and 30 fps VGA MPEG-4 movie mode with a bit-rate of 3Mbps, four megapixel (effective) CCD image sensor, 1.8" LCD display, The maximum sync speed for the onboard flash 1/2000 second, 2:1 interpolated maximum resolution of eight megapixels.
Sold in the USA as the Fisher FVD-C1
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The Perstel PMP1004 multimedia player is a digital emperor according to the company, that last part really had me going, I searched left & right -- what on earth is a digital emperor, turns out it just what it says. I am not sure what empire the PMP1004 is ruling but with the specs it has no argument from me. With the Perstel PMP1004 you can save and carry any kind of contents including digitized TV program, music file, movie, pictures and data all in a compact device. Other Features include camera and camcorder function, 20GB Hard disk drive memory, supports MPEG4 / DivX / JPEG / MP3 / WMA formats
Features
1.3 Mega Pixel Digital Camera, Digital Camcorder, MP3 Player, FM Radio, Voice Recorder
- Built in 20 GB Hard disk drive memory
- MPEG4 / DivX / JPEG / MP3 / WMA format support
- Direct Digital Encoding for TV / Audio sources
- Mass storage function with USB 2.0.
- 260,000 Color 2.83 TFT LCD
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Sharp has announced the introduction of a 1/1.8" 8 megapixel CCD with primary color filter and a 9mm diagonal sensor - this will make the "RJ21V3BA0ET" is the highest resolution interline CCD for its size. The "RJ21V3BA0ET" is capable of recording VGA-size, 30fps video and is packaged in a 32-pin Small Outline Package. This CCD will make way for faster production & even smaller devices.
Samples will ship from the end of October with full-scale production to begin from January 2005. The sample price is 8,400 yen.
http://www.sharp.co.jp/corporate/news/041026-a.html
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October 26, 2004
IO-Data has announced he USB-CCD30S a new 0.3 megapixel 0.2" CCD sensor and a 5.5mm F2.0 lens webcam . The USB-CCD30S can read QR Codes using the included "BarCatch Data" application. The maximum frame rate 10 fps with resolution 640 x 480 and 30 fps with resolution 320 x 240. The camera connects via a USB1.1 interface and is bus-powered.
The camera is 60 mm x 39 mm x 62 mm in size and weighs 138 grams.
The USB-CCD30S should be on sale any day now. The retail price will be 9765 yen
more via TechJapan
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October 25, 2004
NHJ has announced "The DZ-300" a new Digital Camera to their Dzign line. The Dzign DZ-300 beauty features include compact design, very bright colors( will definately match your bubble chanel coat)& sliding lens cover.
Inside beauty - The NHJ Dzign DZ-300 takes photos at max. resolution of 2048x1536, built-in memory 16MB flash memory, external SD Memory Slot (max 256MB), 1.4 inch LCD screen , Shutter speed is 1 second - 1/1000 seconds.
Measures 82mm x 54.2mm x 25mm & weighs 82g, More information on NHJ Dizgn site (Japanese).
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October 23, 2004
Epson has announced the R-D1 - the world's first digital rangefinder camera. The Epson R-D1 uses L- and M-mount lenses, which convey the classic feel of a rangefinder and offers a 6.1 megapixel APS C-size CCD sensor with a 1.53 magnification factor for an image resolution up to 3008 x 2000 pixels. The Epson R-D1 supports a RAW mode as well as two JPEG modes.Both JPEG modes incorporate PRINT Image Matching(R) II technology for optimal prints. - shipping begins in the US on November 1 and is expected to cost around $2,999(without lens).( Japan got the R-D1 earlier this year)
MORE via Dpreview
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October 20, 2004
Hands up man, the MX4 wants to shoot you. The Pentax Optio MX4 is a 4.0 megapixels digital camera with 10x optical zoom - looks like a gun if you run a mile from your computer right ?. The MX4 captures video in the MPEG4 format recorded at 640 by 480 (30 fps), files are stored on Secure Digital card, no internal harddrive like the HD1 mentioned yesterday.
The Pentax Optio MX4 is designed not only for the shooting of high-quality still images but also to offer refined movie performance for video buffs. - TechDigestUK
via Gizmodo
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EZPnP has developed the EZDigiMagic DM180, a palm-sized, standalone, portable photo backup and storage device. The allows you to store thousands of photos on the 1.8-inch hard disk device for those situations when you do not have a laptop to download files say in a concert and you are just clicking away, before the band comes out, you could download the files & have room for the real show.
The DM180 is capable of reliably storing thousands of high-resolution images on its 20GB or 40GB internal hard disk drive. The EZDigiMagic DM180 from EZPnP is primarily designed to be used as a stand-alone backup device with ease-of-use. Users simply plug a camera memory card into the card slot, push a button, and the digital photos are instantly transferred to the hard disk. The EZDigiMagic DM180 has a set of built-in rechargeable Li-ion batteries which make the unit completely portable, allowing for outdoor shooting without a connection to an AC power source. - MORE via EZDigi
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