Pentax Digibino DB200.* Pentax's new hybrid snapper snapper, name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, active, and voracious, with large mouths and sharp teeth. Most species travel in dense schools. is the latest in the "Digibino" series. The series links the focusing function with the binocular binocular, small optical instrument consisting of two similar telescopes mounted on a single frame so that separate images enter each of the viewer's eyes. As with a single telescope, distant objects appear magnified, but the binocular has the additional advantage function so that what you see through the binos is what you can take a digital picture of. Um, got that? Hence "digibino": digital binoculars. Makes sense, in its second incarnation, the new Digibino DB200 produces 1.3 million-pixel images, knocking them out at 1,280 x 960 and good ole 640 x 480 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. resolutions. There's 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. and the pictures are recorded to SD memory card. On the binocular side, they have a 7x magnification. * That stuff aside, the DB200s have the same specs as the DB100: namely, shutter speeds of 1/8,000 sec to 1/30 sec, the ability to take five continuous shots per second (for two seconds) and attach eight-second voice memos to each picture, a rechargeable lithium ion battery to supply the juice and a USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. interface for transferring the snaps. The DB200 has dimensions of 127x69 x 44mm and clocks in at a svelte 270g. More info: www.pentax.co.jp/ [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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