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Non-Tech : Iomega Thread without Iomega -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Philip J. Davis who wrote (5480)	1/7/1999 8:51:00 AM
From: David Colvin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Phillip, Since you are 'da man with your excellent review of the clik! drive with great pictures to boot, I thought I would post this from the AOL Motley Fool Iomega board. A lot of good stuff, with links, about Agfa cameras. Their high-end ePhoto 1680 model can be purchased for less than $700, and if that price includes a free clik! drive bundle, I'm thinking seriously about buying one. Let's see....with the clik! bundle, that would make the cost of the camera about $450....oh, what to do!!! g Phillip, If you don't mind, I would really appreciate your comments/impressions of the Agfa ePhoto 1680 model. Here is the post from AOL: I found the Agfa ePhoto 1680 at Buy.com this morning for $733. This puts them much more in the realm of competitiveness because my impression (no pun intended) is that this is a really nice camera. ... >> Please go to pricewatch.com to take check it out. "Agfa Division" happens to list as the first one among digital camera makers there. And on page 2 of the Agfa digital cameras, I think you may be able to find ePhoto 1680 at as low as $689! I posted about Agfa cameras awhile back. Here again are some links about Agfa cameras and ePhoto1680: ePhoto Digital Cameras (Home) agfahome.com Agfa's new ePhoto 1680 enables you to produce photo-quality prints with over 1.9 million pixels, and features a 6x zoom capability. (Please click at ePhoto 1680 to find out more) Agfa ePhoto Digital Cameras (Compare) agfahome.com ePhoto 1680 Megapixel Zoom Digital Camera Resolution: 1600 x 1200 pixels (1600 mode with PhotoGenie) 1280 x 960 pixels (1280 mode) 640 x 480 pixels (307 or VGA mode) black & white document mode Number of Pictures: Between 6 - 48 (depending on selected resolution) on a 4 MB SmartMedia card Note: Number of pictures is based on the included 4 MB SmartMedia memory card. Removable Storage: External only; SSFDC card slot for removable memory, ATA compatible (4 MB, 3.3V card included) CCD Resolution: 1.3M (1343 x 972) pixels Screen: 2" color low-temp poly-silicon TFT LCD, 110,000 pixels Lens: 3x continuous optical zoom with macro 38-114 mm (equivalent to 35 mm camera) 2x digital zoom (VGA only) Lighting: 4 Flash Modes: Auto, Fill-in, Red eye reduction, and Off External flash synchronization Lens aperture: F2.8 (wide), 3.5 (telephoto) Lens focal range: 20 cm - infinity (wide) 50 cm - infinity (telephoto) Focusing: Automatic and manual focus and exposure settings Shutter Speed: 1/2 sec. - 1/500 sec. Image format: JPEG Color depth of sensor: 30 bits (10 bits per RGB channel, produces 24-bit color output, 8 bits per RGB channel) Battery: 4 AA NiMH (included) Timer: 5 and 10 second self timer Interface: Serial cable for PC (included) Serial cable adapter for Macintosh (included) Video cable for TV (PAL and NTSC) Power Supply: Universal adapter (90-264V, 47/60 Hz) Video out: NTSC or PAL White balance control: Automatic with manual white point override Camera user-interface languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch Mount: Standard tripod mount Filter size: 46 mm thread for filters and lenes Dimensions: 2" H x 6 1/8" W x 3 ¾" D (52 mm H x 157 mm W x 92mm D) Weight: 380 g (13.3 oz.) excluding batteries Software: (included) ........ I don't know if the above specs are up-to-date or not, but they should give you an idea of what kind of a digital camera the ePhoto 1680 may be. Actually, as I pointed out quite a while back, ePhoto 1680 may have been the camera used in the Clik! demo at Iomega Web Site: Demo for digital cameras iomega.com You can go there to take a look again..... And let's not forget about the earlier Agfa announcement about digital imaging products with the Clik! Built-In (supposedly coming in 2Q99): Agfa And Iomega To Clik! In 1999 agfahome.com Dave