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To: Road Walker who wrote (20234)	5/2/2001 12:18:48 AM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 60323

Sony to Debut Digital Camera with CD-R/RW May 1, 2001 (TOKYO) -- Sony Corp. said that it will begin selling on June 8 a digital camera named CD Mavica that uses an 8cm CD-R/RW with a capacity of 150MB as its recording medium. CD Mavica comes with two models: the MVC-CD300 with a CCD of 3.34 million pixels, and the MVC-CD200 with a CCD of 2.11 million pixels, both equipped with a 3x optical zoom lens and a USB interface. Its price is open. The retail prices of the MVC-CD300 and MVC-200 are expected to be around 100,000 yen and 80,000 yen, respectively. (122.38 yen = US$1) MVC-CD300 employs a 3x optical zoom lens called "Vario-Sonnar," developed by Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd., which has a focal length equivalent to 34mm-102mm for 35mm film camera and the brightness of F2.0-F2.5. It can record images in 2,048 x 1,536 dots at maximum. MVC-CD200 has a 3x optical zoom lens, with a focal length ranging from 39mm-117mm (converted in 35mm film camera with F2.8-F2.9), and it can record images in 1,600 x 1,200 dots, maximum. Both models are able to take motion pictures with 320 x 240 dots continuously for 15 seconds. They are capable of recording motion-picture data continuously for 60 seconds at 320 x 240 dots, and 240 seconds at 160 x 112 dots. MVC-CD300 measures 143mm wide by 94mm deep by 92mm high, and MVC-CD200 measures 143mm wide by 89mm deep by 92mm. Both models can be used continuously for 75 minutes with the standard battery, which can take about 800 photo shots. (BizTech News Dept.)