New tools can assist in presentations. (New products: tools for schools).Canon, www.usa.canon.com Hardware, $4,699 (projector) and $899 (scanner) When you've got a bright idea to share--whether it's with staff or students--the last thing you want to worry about is the room's lighting. Canon's new LV-7345 plug-and-play projector aims to eliminate that concern. Two brightness modes allow administrators and teachers to deliver presentations in any room. The True Color (1) Specifically, refers to 16,777,216 colors (24-bit color). See high color. (2) Generically, refers to photo-realistic color (typically requires 24-bit color as a minimum). mode projects 1800 ANSI lumens A measurement of light that has been standardized by ANSI. It is commonly used to rate the brightness of a data projector. An ANSI lumen rating uses an average of several measurements taken across the face of the light source. and is ideal for rooms where lighting can easily be controlled. The Turbo Bright mode, with 2100 ANSI lumens, makes the projected image easier for audiences to view in bright-room lighting, so projected images remain clear when room lights must remain on or when daylight streams through windows. The LV-7345 can project an image from 31 to 300 inches on screen, allowing small text and image detail to be displayed legibly leg·i·ble adj. 1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting. 2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition. and clearly. A 1.3X motorized mo·tor·ize tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. optical zoom Changing the focal length of a camera by adjusting the physical zoom lens. All zoom lenses in film cameras and digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are optical zoom. Digital point-and-shoot cameras as well as consumer and prosumer video camcorders have optical zoom, but they also plus a 16X 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. are included for a closer look at any projected image. Because it supports Windows and Apple platforms, the tool permits easy plug-and-play operation of laptops and desktop PCs. For those who store presentations and digital photos on a standard Compact Flash cards, it can be placed into the new optical Media Card Imager to display contents through the projector without using a personal computer. Weighing 7.7 pounds and measuring smaller than a legal size sheet of paper, the projector is compatible with Canon's new PR-200S Presentation Assistant, which can scan and instantly project in full color. From paper documents and overhead transparencies to photos and handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. notes, this color scanner works with almost any paper type. The 4.84-pound tool, which will be available in June, can be hooked up to any Canon multimedia projector. Equipped with a precise automatic feeding mechanism for smooth feeding into the machine, the scanner can hold up to 20 sheets of standard letter-size papers at once. A buffer memory retains up to seven scanned pages for instant call-up during a presentation. CIRCLE #500 FOR MORE INFORMATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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