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Casio Developing World’s Fastest-Shooting Digital Camera
Ultra-high
speed burst shooting captures 60 still images per secondHigh speed
movie recording, at 300 fps, catches motion faster than the human eye
LONDON
UK, August 31st, 2007– Casio Computer Co., Ltd., announced today that it
is developingan entirely new digital camera with hitherto unseen high
speed performance and image capture functions that make the most of its
cutting-edge digital technologies.
This revolutionary camera of the
future will be able to take still images at an astonishing shooting
speed, to catch fast-moving subjects at the crucial moment. It will
also take movies that capture movement so fast that it cannot even be
seen by the human eye. The first prototype will be on display at the
IFA, a consumer electronics trade show, in Berlin, Germany, which opens
on August 31, 2007.
Casio’s digital cameras have
been setting the pace since 1995, when the company introduced the
QV-10, a digital camera for personal use with an LCD display that
played a major role in creating the digital camera market. In 2002,
Casio commenced sales of the card-sized EXILIM®series of LCD digital
cameras, which feature superb portability and response speeds. Casio is
constantly seeking to expand the market by delivering greater ease of
use and the kind of innovative functions that only digital cameras can
offer.
The prototype of Casio’s latest revolutionary
camera features a new high speed CMOS sensor and a high speed LSI image
processing chip. This 6.0 megapixel, 12x opticalzoom, high performance
digital camera prototype with CMOS-shift image stabilization function
offers not only ultra high speed burst shooting for still images, but
also high speed movie recording.
For still images,
the camera achieves ultra high speed burst shooting of 60 images per
second at maximum resolution —the fastest in the world*. Moreover,
using Pre-shot Burst Mode, (a ultra-high speed continuous shooting mode
that captures images from the scene prior to the moment when you
actually press the shutter button), users can be confident they will
never miss the most crucial photographic moment.
The
camera can also capture movies at VGA resolution at an incredible 300
frames per second, which means it can record movies for replay in
ultra-slow motion, a function that has only been possible so far with a
limited range of professional movie equipment.
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