Agfa Introduces ePhoto 1680 Digital Camera.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1998-- Latest Member of Agfa's ePhoto Digital Camera Family Offers Professional-Quality Images, Unique Swivel-Zoom Lens, for Under $900 Visit Agfa at PC Expo A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than , Booth # 4272 (on Level 3) Agfa, the world leader in imaging products and systems, today announced the worldwide launch of the ePhoto 1680 - a feature-rich, top-of-the-line digital camera for under $900. Following the successful ePhoto 1280, the ePhoto 1680 is the latest addition to the company's affordably priced line of digital cameras. Providing photo-quality, 1.3-million pixel images and a unique design the ePhoto 1680 is ideal for professionals who use photos in their work or require high-quality images for personal use. With Agfa's PhotoGenie(tm) technology, the ePhoto 1680 can achieve images of up to 1.9 million pixels. "With our ePhoto 1680, we've taken the popular features of our ePhoto 1280 - such as the swivel zoom lens - and added greater photo quality, additional zoom and editing capabilities," said Patrick Pandelaers, senior manager for Agfa's ePhoto digital camera products group. "Agfa is committed to creating a family of advanced, affordable digital cameras that give our customers a wide range of choices to match their digital imaging needs." The ePhoto 1680 is designed for the quality-conscious and those business professionals who need to capture images for documentation or communication in fields such as real estate, insurance, law enforcement, contracting, and design. 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 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. The ePhoto 1680 offers image resolution of up to 1.9 million pixels (a true 1.3 million pixel image enhanced by Agfa's PhotoGenie technology), and a 2X digital zoom Simulating a longer focal length in a digital camera via software. The digital zoom is accomplished via image enhancement software within the camera itself rather than the inherent mechanics of the physical zoom lens. For more details, see optical zoom. has the capability to zoom in on a captured image on the LCD screen before download. It is also possible to delete images before they are fully processed, saving time for the busy professional. PhotoGenie and Easy Pilot Agfa's ePhoto 1680 allows photographers to achieve the best-in-class quality pictures from a 1.3 million megapixel CCD sensor See CCD. using the company's breakthrough PhotoGenie(tm) technology. Through use of artificial intelligence techniques, Agfa's PhotoGenie removes image artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , such as those from JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. compression, pixelation This article is about the graphics artifact. For the stop motion animation technique, see pixilation. For the censorship method, see pixelization. In computer graphics, pixelation , jagged edges, and posterization The effect produced when a photographic image is displayed or printed with a small number of colors or shades of gray. For example, displaying color photographs or video with 16 colors produces a visible posterization, but the images are discernible. - which are common in digitally captured images. Image features are then interpreted and reconstructed mimicking the human visual system, much in the same way the human eye recognizes features and sees them as they should be seen. PhotoGenie software allows pictures taken in either 1680 mode (1600 x 1200 pixels) or 1280 mode (1280 x 960 pixels) can be digitally zoomed up to six times their normal size. In addition, the software can be used to output prints of at least 8" x 10" on any photo-quality inkjet printer A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. . For smaller prints, Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. , proofs or "placement only" applications, users can choose from other modes: 307 (640 X 480 pixels) and "document", a mode for capturing images in grey-scale. All camera settings on the ePhoto 1680 are accessed using the EasyPilot(tm) button. The EasyPilot is a powerful, multi-function control that works like a computer mouse. The feature lets users scroll through menus, while providing point-and-click selection control. Agfa's PhotoWise Software The ePhoto 1680 ships with Agfa's award-winning PhotoWise(tm) software (V 1.6), a full-featured application for accessing, managing and enhancing digital photos. PhotoWise provides complete OLE 2.0 support for drag-and-drop, as well as in-place editing for any OLE compliant application. With PhotoWise, users can organize images on their computer and create slide shows that can even be viewed by those who don't have the PhotoWise application. PhotoWise consists of a stand-alone application with integrated camera controls, PhotoWise QuickLink(tm) for instant access to camera images from any application via the desktop, as well as TWAIN drivers and Adobe PhotoShop See Photoshop. (tm) plug-ins. PhotoWise runs under Windows(R) 98, Windows(R) 95 and Windows(R) NT, as well as MacOS(R) 7.0 or higher. Other software bundled with ePhoto 1680 includes LivePicture's PhotoVista(tm) (V. 2.0), for stitching together seamless panaromic and 360(degree) surround images, and LivePix SE(tm), a superb photo-editing application with full FlashPix(tm) compatibility. Pricing and Availability The ePhoto 1680 package is an out-of-the-box solution for most applications. Included are: the camera, cables (PC, Macintosh, TV), powerful software, a 4MB SmartMedia removable memory card, high capacity Ni-MH batteries and charger, Duracell Ultra(tm) alkaline batteries and a soft traveling case. In the U.S., the ePhoto 1680 is priced at $899 and will ship in August. About Agfa The Agfa-Gevaert Group is a worldwide manufacturer of imaging products and systems,with annual worldwide sales of $4.5 billion. Agfa-Gevaert manufactures and markets products and systems for the electronic and photographic prepress, medical, and technical diagnostic and amateur and professional photographic markets. Headquartered in Europe, Agfa-Gevaert is wholly-owned by Bayer AG Bayer AG German chemical and pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), it now operates plants in more than 30 countries. Bayer has originated scores of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and synthetic materials; it was the first developer and . 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. , Agfa operates as a division of Bayer Corporation, with 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. . Bayer, headquartered in Pittsburgh, has major businesses in chemicals, health care and imaging technologies. Agfa is on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfahome.com. (ePhoto, PhotoGenie, FlashTrack and EasyPilot are trademarks of Agfa, a division of Bayer Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.) 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 of Agfa desktop products are available for download from Agfa's press site on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfapress.com or contacting Craig Librett or Lee Kemmler at Miller at 617/536-0470. Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfahome.com. CONTACT: Agfa DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Scott Signore si·gno·re n. 1. pl. si·gno·ri Abbr. Sig. or S. Used as a form of polite address for a man in an Italian-speaking area. 2. A plural of signora. , 978/658-5600, x5567 Scott.Signore.B@bayer.com or Lee Kemmler, 617/351-4130 (direct phone) lkemmler@miller.shandwick.com or Craig Librett, 617/351-4129 (direct phone) clibrett@miller.shandwick.com |
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