Two Lenses-One Camera-Wide Angle
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 2 -- Kicking off this week’s 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Eastman Kodak Company today introduced the world’s first dual-lens digital still camera, the KODAK EASYSHARE V570 zoom digital camera.
Ultrawide angle zoom lenses are tricky and expensive to make, not to mention bulky. Kodak sidesteps these limitations by combining an ordinary 3x zoom lens and a 23mm equivalent fixed focal length ultrawide optic in a single camera, making what's sure to be one of the more intriguing cameras of 2006.
Two lenses in the same body provide ultra-wide angle (23mm equivalent) and normal 3x zoom capability. Each sensor has its own CCD sensor chip. This camera also does in-camera 3-shot panarama stitching. Breaks new ground and offers an absolutely unique set of capabilities in a very compact camera body, and at an affordable price--$399 predicted full retail price. (means you can usually do a lot better if you try)
And it uses SD cards !! I have a bunch ! Maybe this is the wide angle one I need.
Read lots more and see diagrams of its innards here
Ultrawide angle zoom lenses are tricky and expensive to make, not to mention bulky. Kodak sidesteps these limitations by combining an ordinary 3x zoom lens and a 23mm equivalent fixed focal length ultrawide optic in a single camera, making what's sure to be one of the more intriguing cameras of 2006.Two lenses in the same body provide ultra-wide angle (23mm equivalent) and normal 3x zoom capability. Each sensor has its own CCD sensor chip. This camera also does in-camera 3-shot panarama stitching. Breaks new ground and offers an absolutely unique set of capabilities in a very compact camera body, and at an affordable price--$399 predicted full retail price. (means you can usually do a lot better if you try)
And it uses SD cards !! I have a bunch ! Maybe this is the wide angle one I need.
Read lots more and see diagrams of its innards here
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