The Kodak EasyShare V570 was a 5-megapixel
digital camera
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manufactured by
Eastman Kodak
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. Announced on January 2, 2006, it was an upper-end model in the consumer price range, advertised at $400 in the
United States
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in January 2006. It had an innovative dual
lens
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system, combining two periscopic groups each with its own sensor: one very wide angle equivalent to a 23 mm in 135 format and a 3X zoom equivalent to a 39–117 mm, totalizing a virtual 5X zoom, with a step between 23 and 39 mm. It is the first dual lens digital camera. The model won a gold medal in the 2006
Industrial Design Excellence Awards
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.
There were two other models in Kodak's line of dual lens cameras that were announced shortly after the introduction of the Easyshare V570: the Easyshare V610, which was announced on April 25, 2006 and the Easyshare V705, which was announced on August 8, 2006.
The Easyshare V610 was a 6-megapixel, Bluetooth
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-enabled, dual lens camera that forged the fixed focus 23 mm wide angle lens of the V570 and V705 for a 38-114mm lens. Unlike the V570, it did not include a dock.
The Easyshare V705 was a 7.1-megapixel camera that was offered in 3 body colors - black
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, silver
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, and pink
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. It also did not include a dock.
Technical specifications
; Image resolution : 5.0 MP, 2569 × 1929 (CCD resolution 2690 × 1995)
; format : JPEG/Exif v 2.21; 1.8, 3.1, 4.0, 4.4, 5.0 MP
; Lens : Schneider Kreuznach
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lenses; retina dual lens technology: ultra wide-angle lens (23 mm equiv.) plus 3X optical zoom lens (up to 117 mm equiv. telephoto) system. Provided 5X optical zoom range 23 mm–fixed (35 mm equiv.) f/2.8 39–117 mm (35 mm equiv.) f/3.9–f/4.4
; Focus range : ultrawide: 2.6 ft (0.8 m)–infinity; standard: 2 ft (0.6 m)–infinity; macro, wide: 2–2.3 ft (0.5–0.7 m), tele: 1–2.3 ft (0.30–0.7 m)
; Auto focus : TTL-AF, multi-zone AF, center zone AF; control : single AF, continuous AF
; Shutter speed : 8–1/1448 sec, long exposure 0.5–8 sec
; Sensitivity : ISO equivalent 64–160 (auto) and 64, 100, 200, 400, 800 (1.8MP) (manual)
; Built-in flash : auto, off, fill, digital red-eye reduction, range ultrawide, ISO 200: 2.6–10.2 ft (0.8 m–3.1 m); wide, ISO 200: 2–7.2 ft (0.6–2.2 m); tele, ISO 200: 2–6.6 ft (0.6–2.0 m)
; LCD : 2.5 in. (6.35 cm) 230K pixels
; Burst mode : 2.3 frame/s, maximum 4 images
; Shutter Delay : 0.2 sec. (ultrawide lens/preview on), 0.3 sec. (3X zoom lens/preview on), shot to shot : 1.0 sec.
; Video mode : VGA (640 × 480 pixels) at 30 frame/s, QVGA (320 × 240 pixels) at 30 frame/s up to 80 min. based on memory capacity continuous MPEG-4 compressed video with audio (QuickTime), 3X zoom during video
; Storage : 28 MB internal memory plus SD/MMC card expansion slot
; interfaces : A/V output (NTSC or PAL, user-selectable), KODAK Camera Dock/Printer Dock interface, digital (USB 2.0) connector
; Power : Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Digital Camera Battery KLIC-7001
; Dimensions : W × H × D: 4 × 2 × .8 in. (101 × 49.8 × 20.4 mm); 4.5 oz (125 g)
References
External links
* ''Kodak Unveils World’s First Dual-Lens Digital Camera; Combines Ultra-Wide Angle and Zoom Lenses in Compact Body'
Webwire - Kodak press release
January 2, 2006
Kodak Product Page
Review, January 2, 2006
The Imaging Resource
Quick Review, January 4, 2006
Flickr's Kodak V570 page
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