Via Ars Technica kwam ik bij dit artikel van Digital Photography Review over de Hitachi DZ-MV100 DVD-RAM camcorder. De DZ-MV100 beschikt over een 1,1 megapixel CCD en een 12X zoom lens. Films worden in MPEG-2 formaat opgeslagen op een 8cm DVD-RAM schijfje met een capaciteit van 2,92GB. Naast het verwerken van bewegende beelden kan de camera ook foto's opslaan in een resolutie van 1280 bij 960 pixels:
Not strictly digital photography news, but more interesting is the technology used and it's possibilities. Hitachi announced (back in June actually) the DZ-MV100 as a first of a kind DVD-RAM camcorder, features a 1.1 megapixel CCD has a 12x optical zoom lens and records in MPEG-2 format directly onto 8 cm 2.92 GB DVD-RAM discs it's also capable of 1280 x 960 stills recorded in JPEG format and has USB connectivity. Interesting technology when viewed alongside Sony's recent announcement of the MVC-CD1000 and interesting potential in a "Wallet" type device.
Looks like we're going to be seeing more and more portable CD-R, CD-RW and DVD-RAM devices exploiting smaller disc formats, while I'm not sure they have a place inside a digital still camera they are certainly the way forward for digital video and I'd like to see the technology implemented in a device similar to the Digital Wallet we've heard so much about recently.
Not strictly digital photography news, but more interesting is the technology used and it's
possibilities. Hitachi announced (back in June actually) the DZ-MV100 as a first of a kind DVD-RAM
camcorder, features a 1.1 megapixel CCD has a 12x optical zoom lens and records in MPEG-2
format directly onto 8 cm 2.92 GB DVD-RAM discs it's also capable of 1280 x 960 stills recorded in
JPEG format and has USB connectivity. Interesting technology when viewed alongside Sony's
recent announcement of the MVC-CD1000 and interesting potential in a "Wallet" type device.