Sony
Compact camera concept model with interchangeable lenses

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- http://www.sony.jp/dslr/info2/20100222.html
- http://www.cpplus.jp/en/index.html (CP+)

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Today, cell phones equipped with 1 megapixel or higher digital cameras are everywhere, and taking pictures with a cell phone has become the norm. One convenient product that reinforces camera phone functions to satisfy customers wanting to take wider, larger, higher quality photos is a magnet mount conversion lens called the DIGITAL KING 180°FISHEYE from Toda Seiko Co., Ltd.
The new lens features an exclusive magnet mount system that uses a powerful magnet and a metal mount ring. The metal mount ring is attached to the perimeter of the cell phone’s camera lens and then a magnetic lens is mounted to that metal ring.
Each conversion lens features a glass lens and an aluminum body to ensure reliable performance and durability.
In addition to the Fisheye lens, the product lineup includes a 2.0X telephoto lens, a 0.5X wide-angle lens, a 0.38X super-wide angle lens, and a 4X macro lens. The angle of view can be changed by merely mounting any one of these conversion lenses to a cell phone’s camera lens.The magnet mount system uses a powerful magnet rated at 1800 Gauss, and if the lens is properly mounted, it will not fall off by itself. However, just in case, each lens comes with a strap that fastens the lens to the cell phone.

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Tomy Company Ltd. introduced the xiao TIP-521, a digital camera with a built-in printer, on November 6.

In 1998, Tomy brought to market the xiao, the worlds smallest polaroid camera which was developed in collaboration with Nippon Polaroid, and sold 3.5 million units in Japan. Tomy will appeal the latest xiao by emphasizing the fact that the latest xiao is different from conventional digital cameras in that it enables users to print wherever they take a photo, and the all-in-one camera is also easy to carry.

The xiao measures 149.5mm x 74.5mm x 25mm and weighs 294g. It packs a 5-mega pixel, 4x digital zoom camera with a 2.48-inch LCD monitor, infrared port, SD/SDHC memory card slot, 35g rechargeable polymer battery, and a thermal line printer with a resolution of 313dpi.

Tomy teamed up with ZINK Imaging of Massachusetts and incorporated into the xiao a printer that uses the US companys ZeroInk technology to use ink-free ZINK Paper. The card-size photo paper is 2×3 inches, and a pack of 20 sheets sells for 880 yen. The xiao can receive and print photos sent from infrared-capable digital cameras and mobile phones.

Named after the Chinese character small, and also meaning laugh, the xiao will be available at camera stores and mass merchandizing stores, as well as ecommerce sites, in Japan from November 28. The price is 34,800 yen, and the first-year domestic sales target is set at 100,000 units.

Tomy is negotiating with a few US companies for distribution. The company will launch sales in North America in April or May 2009, aiming to ship 300,000 units in the first year. For Europe, Tomy will set an annual sales target at 180,000 units.

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Olympus Imaging
E-620

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- http://olympus-imaging.jp/product/dslr/e620/
- http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/news/2009a/nr090224e620j.cfm
- http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1452
- http://www.photoimagingexpo.jp/ (PHOTO IMAGING EXPO 2009)

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Sony
Single Lens 3D Camera

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- http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/200910/09-117E/
- http://www.ceatec.com/2009/en/index.html (CEATEC JAPAN 2009)

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