Agfa Announces Price Cut for ePhoto 1680 Digital Camera.WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999--Agfa Desktop Products Group (DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing ), a leading provider of award-winning digital cameras and desktop scanners, announced today that it has lowered the price on the ePhoto 1680 - its top-of-the line, megapixel One million pixels. Refers to the resolution of a digital imaging device (monitor, scanner, video camera, still camera, etc.). For example, a five-megapixel digital still camera might take a picture composed of 5,038,848 red-green-blue color dots (pixels). digital camera. Effective immediately, the ePhoto 1680 is available in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. for the suggested price of $699. "We are extremely excited to offer this digital imaging technology at such a reduced price," said Janet Lord, marketing manager, USA-DTP. "A reduction in price lets Agfa provide a near 2-megapixel camera to an expanded market." The ePhoto 1680 is one of several members of the ePhoto family, which includes the ePhoto 780, ePhoto 1280 and the recently introduced ePhoto CL30 and ePhoto CL50 digital cameras. ePhoto 1680 A flagship model in the ePhoto family, the ePhoto 1680 is a feature-rich solution for professionals who use photos in their work or require high-quality images for personal use. This digital camera solution provides photo-quality, 1.3-million pixel images, in a unique, user-friendly design. Agfa's breakthrough PhotoGenie(TM) technology further expands the 1680's overall image-quality, allowing the camera to achieve an image quality of up to 1.9 million pixels. Several key features of the ePhoto 1680 make Agfa's digital camera truly unique to the marketplace. First is the camera's FlashTrack(TM) swivel zoom lens, enabling the user to zoom up to 6 times (3x optical and 2x digital). The rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. lens (up to 280(Degree)) permits maximum flexibility when taking hard-to-get photos, while the flash remains in line with the lens at all times, ensuring proper exposure. In addition, the ePhoto 1680 includes a superior 2-inch high-resolution color LCD screen, providing crisp images for framing or playing back shots under any light conditions. The camera also provides virtually unlimited picture storage with SmartMedia(TM) removable flash memory. In addition to Agfa's PhotoWise software (V 1.6), a full-featured application for accessing, managing and enhancing digital photos, other software bundled with the ePhoto 1680 includes LivePicture's PhotoVista(TM) (V. 2.0), for stitching together seamless panoramic and 360(degree) surround images, and LivePix SE(TM), a superb photo-editing application with full FlashPix(TM) compatibility. The ePhoto 1680 also includes: 4 NiMH rechargeable batteries A rechargeable battery, also known as a storage battery, is a group of two or more secondary cells. These batteries can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy. and a recharging unit, one set of alkaline batteries Alkaline batteries are a type of power cell dependent upon the reaction between zinc and manganese dioxide (Zn/MnO2). Compared with original zinc-carbon batteries, while both produce approximately 1. for use out of the box, a soft traveling case, a serial cable for transferring images and a cable for direct NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. or PAL video output. About Agfa Agfa Corporation is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, a leading worldwide manufacturer of imaging products and systems, with annual sales of over $5 billion. Agfa-Gevaert manufactures and markets products and systems for the photographic and digital graphic communications markets, medical and technical diagnostic markets, and amateur and professional photographic markets. Agfa-Gevaert is headquartered in Europe. In the United States, Agfa Corporation maintains its headquarters in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey Ridgefield Park is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 12,873 at the 2000 census. Out of 566 municipalities statewide, Ridgefield Park is only one of four villages in New Jersey, joining Loch Arbour, Ridgewood and South Orange. . It employs 3,500 people in locations throughout the nation. EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Color images A (digital) color image is a digital image that includes color information for each pixel. For visually acceptable results, it is necessary (and almost sufficient) to provide three samples (color channels of Agfa desktop products are available for download from Agfa's press site on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfapress.com or by contacting Ben Abbatiello (of Agfa DTP) at 978/658-5600, ext. 5545. Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfahome.com. |
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