Agfa ePhoto 1280 Wins Seybold Editors Award; Member of Agfa's Digital Camera Family Wins Award for Product Excellence.WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1998--Agfa, the market's leading manufacturer of high-end digital imaging equipment, today announced that the company's ePhoto 1280 digital camera has won the Seybold Editors Award for Product Excellence. The feature-rich digital camera is one of Agfa's latest additions to the company's affordably-priced line of digital cameras, providing photo-quality, 1.2 million pixel images and elegant design for professionals who use photos in their work. The ePhoto 1280 was the only digital camera Seybold awarded. "Of all the new digital cameras that debuted in 1997, our favorite is Agfa's ePhoto 1280," wrote one of the Seybold editors. "It has not only the features that professional photographers appreciate, but also a price that is attractive to consumers interested in using this technology." "This is a significant acknowledgment, and we are thrilled to have the ePhoto 1280 viewed in such a favorable light by the Seybold editors," said Klaus Schleicher, Agfa's senior product marketing manager for ePhoto products. The ePhoto 1280 is designed for quality-conscious professionals who need to capture images for documentation or communication in fields such as real estate, insurance, law enforcement, Internet publishing and semiprofessional sem·i·pro·fes·sion·al adj. 1. Taking part in a sport for pay but not on a full-time basis. 2. Composed of or engaged in by semiprofessional players. n. 1. A semiprofessional player. 2. photography. The ePhoto 1280 features the 280 FlashTrack(TM) swivel zoom lens, to take pictures at any angle, and a superior 2-inch, high resolution color-LCD which provides crisp images for framing or playing back shots under any light conditions. The camera also provides virtually unlimited picture storage with SmartMedia(TM) removable memory cards. PhotoGenie and EasyPilot The ePhoto 1280 allows users to achieve the best in-class quality pictures from an 810,000 pixel CCD sensor See CCD. using Agfa's breakthrough PhotoGenie(TM) technology. This unique technology reconstructs images taken in the highest resolution mode to generate pictures up to 1.228 million pixels. 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. Pictures taken in 1280 mode (960 x 1280 pixels) can be zoomed up to 4x their normal size without any loss of quality and be used to output prints 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 four other modes: 780-High (XGA (EXtended Graphics Array) A screen resolution of 1,024x768 pixels. The term stems from IBM's XGA display standard introduced in 1990, which extended VGA to 132-column text and interlaced 1,024x768x256 resolution. XGA-2 later added non-interlaced 1,024x768x64K. - 768 x 1024 pixels), 780-Standard (768 x 1024 pixels), 307-High (VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. - 480 x 640 pixels), and 307-Standard (480 x 640 pixels). All camera settings on the ePhoto 1280 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 1280 ships with Agfa's PhotoWise(TM) software, 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 be viewed by even those who don t have the PhotoWise application. PhotoWise consists of a standalone application with integrated camera controls, PhotoWise QuickLink(TM) for instant access to camera images from any application via the desktop, as well as a TWAIN driver and Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. (TM) plug-ins. PhotoWise runs under both Windows(R) 95 and Windows(R) NT, as well as MacOS(R) 7.0 or higher. In addition, software bundled with the ePhoto 1280 includes Live Picture's PhotoVista(TM), for stitching together seamless panoramic and 360 surround images, and LivePix SE(TM), a superb photo-editing application with full FlashPix(TM) compatibility. Product Information The ePhoto 1280 package is an out-of-the-box solution for most applications. Included are: the camera, cables (PC, Macintosh, TV), powerful software, 4 MB SmartMedia removable memory card and high capacity Ni-MH batteries and charger. The ePhoto 1280 is available worldwide through Agfa retailers, dealers and distributors. 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 . -0- (Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.) EDITOR'S NOTE: Color images of Agfa products are available for download from Agfa's press site on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfapress.com or by contacting 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. at Miller/Shandwick Technologies at 617/351-4192. In addition, product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfahome.com . CONTACT: Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation Vikki Quick, 508/658-5600 vikki@agfahome.com http://www.agfahome.com/ephoto or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Scott Signore, 617/351-4192 Lee Kemmler, 617/351-4130 ssignore@miller.shandwick.com lkemmler@miller.shandwick.com |
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