Sanyo Germany announces ultracompact digicam (UPDATED)
By
Mike Tomkins
(Monday, August 15, 2005 - 08:35 EDT)
Our friends over at the digitalkamera.de website in Germany have covered news of a new digital camera announcement in that market from consumer electronics company Sanyo.
The Sanyo Xacti E6 is an ultra-compact six megapixel model with a 3x optical zoom lens (although Sanyo persists in including interpolation in its cameras, this time almost doubling the resolution to 10.2 megapixels - something which can be done more effectively in a computer, rather than in the camera). Probably the standout feature of the Xacti E6 given its small chassis is a whopping 3.0" LCD display. Other features will apparently include 9-point autofocusing, a choice of metering modes, four-mode flash, six scene modes, 30fps VGA movie capability, and USB and NTSC/PAL video output. Power comes from a proprietary Lithium Ion battery, and images are stores in 16MB of internal memory, or on optional Secure Digital cards. The Sanyo Xacti E6 will ship this September in Europe, with pricing set at €430 (roughly equivalent to US$532 / CAD$637 / £294 / ¥58,300 ignoring exchange rate fluctuations, taxes and duties). Photos of the camera body can be seen on the digitalkamera.de website. | Sanyo Xacti E6 | | General | | Camera Type | Ultra Compact | | Manufacturer | Sanyo | | Model Number | E6 | | Dimensions | 3.9 x 2.3 x 0.9"
98.0 x 59.0 x 22.0mm | | Weight | 153.0 g
5.3 oz | | Planned Availability | Sep 2005 | | Image Capture | | Sensor Type | 1/2.5" CCD
6.37 megapixels (total) | | Aspect Ratio | 4:3 | | Image Dimensions | 3680 x 2760 (10.2 megapixels, interpolated)
2816 x 2112 (5.9 megapixels)
2280 x 1712 (3.9 megapixels)
1600 x 1200 (1.9 megapixels)
640 x 480 (0.3 megapixels) | | Image Preview / Review | | Viewfinder | No | | LCD | 3.0", 230,000 pixels | | Lens | | Lens Type | 3x optical zoom | | Image Stabilization | No | | Focal Length | 38 - 114mm (35mm equivalent) | | Aperture Range | f/3.3 (wide) / f/4.0 (tele) - ??? | | Focusing System | 9-point
Manual Focus possible (0) steps | | Focusing Range | Normal: 8" - infinity (20 cm - infinity)
Macro: 0.4" - 20" (1 cm - 50 cm) | | Exposure | | ISO Sensitivity | Auto (50 - 200), 500, 100, 200, 400, 800 | | Shutter Speed | 1/2 - 1/2000 second | | Exposure Modes | Program | | Metering Modes | Matrix, center-weighted, spot | | Exposure Compensation | +/- 1.8EV in 1/3EV increments | | White Balance | Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent | | Internal Flash | Modes: Forced, Cancel, Auto, Red-Eye Reduction
Range: 0.1 - 2.4m (wide); 0.5 - 2.0m (tele) | | Creative | | Scene Modes | Sport, landscape, night, fireworks, indoor, sunset | | Digital Zoom | 4x | | Self Timer | Yes, 2 or 10 seconds | | Time Lapse | No | | Movie Format | QuickTime PhotoJPEG with audio
640x480 and 320x240
Max. frame-rate: 30 frames per second | | Storage | | Recording Medium | SD/MMC, Built-in | | File System | Complies with Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF) | | File Format | JPEG (EXIF 2.2) | | Connectivity | | Video | Yes, NTSC / PAL switchable | | Computer | USB 2.0 (speed unknown) | | Other | DC In | | Power | | Battery Type | Lithium Ion rechargeable | | Battery Form Factor | 1 x Proprietary | | Product Bundle | | Flash Memory | 16.0MB built-in memory | | Other | | Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) compliant | Yes | | PictBridge Compliant | Yes | | Remote Control | No | | |
UPDATED 2005-08-24 10:08ET: Sanyo Germany advised us of an error in our coverage of this announcement. The correct video file format for the Xacti E6 is QuickTime PhotoJPEG, not MPEG4 AVI as we initially stated. This error has now been corrected. Our apologies for the inconvenience!
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