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Rollei's Sportsline 60 in Camouflage color scheme. Photo provided by RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG. Rollei: New digicam, camcorder, underwater housing
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(Monday, April 4, 2011 - 17:43 EDT)

Germany's RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG, the company behind the historic Rollei brand, announced several new products for the European market late last week.


The Rollei Sportsline 60 is a compact digital camera that harkens back to days gone by with a relatively sane resolution of just five megapixels from a CMOS image sensor of unspecified size. This sits behind a fixed focus, fixed focal length, fixed aperture lens with an actual focal length of 8.5mm, an aperture of f/2.8, and an in-focus range of 0.8 meters to infinity. As well as JPEG still images, the Rollei Sportsline 60 can capture high-def 720p (1,280 x 720 pixel) or standard definition Motion JPEG VGA or QVGA movie clips. Images and movies are framed and reviewed on a 2.7-inch LCD display, and stored in a not-very-generous 16MB of internal memory, or on MicroSD cards up to 8GB capacity. Power comes from two AAA batteries, and connectivity includes USB 2.0 High Speed data. The Sportsline 60 is waterproof to three meters, shockproof to one meter, and available in five colors -- pink, yellow, blue, green, or camouflage.

Rollei's Sportsline 60 in Camouflage color scheme. Photo provided by RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG. Click for a bigger picture!


Rollei's Sportsline 60 in Camouflage color scheme.
Photo provided by RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG.

The Rollei ActionCam 100, meanwhile, is a helmet mountable flash camcorder that's also based around a five megapixel CMOS chip of unspecified size. It has a wide angle (120 degree) f/2.5mm lens with F2.0 aperture, and can capture 720p video, but draws power from a 3.7v, 800mAh proprietary lithium ion rechargeable battery, and accepts MicroSD cards to 32GB max. Body colors include black, red, and yellow.

Rollei's ActionCam in yellow color scheme. Photo provided by RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG. Click for a bigger picture!


Rollei's ActionCam 100 in yellow color scheme.
Photo provided by RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG.

Finally, the Rolleimarin UW2 is a universal underwater housing said to be shockproof to one meter, and waterproof to 40 meters. The ability to support multiple compact camera models comes courtesy of an unusual design with two top-panel buttons with adjustable armatures on the inside of the housing. So long as your camera has top-deck shutter and power buttons, and its lens is of the right size and position, there's a fair chance the housing can be adapted to accomodate it. The housing, which is labeled as being sourced from Hong Kong-based Zear Corp., is available with trim pieces in three colors -- black, orange, or red.

Rollei's Rolleimarin UW2 with red trim. Photo provided by RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG. Click for a bigger picture!


Rollei's Rolleimarin UW2 with red trim.
Photo provided by RCP-Technik GmbH & Co. KG.

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