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Song DCR-IP1K.


* The DCR-IP1K from Sony is the world's smallest and lightest MICROMV camcorder. And the MICROMV tape is--yes, you guessed it--the smallest camcorder tape in the world. With dimensions of 39 x 69 x 91 mm and weighing just 230 g, it makes the DCR-IP1K a considerable 26 percent lighter and 30 percent smaller than the now fatty for, in PC terms, both vertically and horizontally challenged) DCR-IP7 model, so the IP7's catwalk days are definitely over. For the gamblers amongst you, Sony helpfully informs us that the DCR-IP1K is almost exactly the same size as a regular playing card. They're calling it a "rump size" camera. The one-fifth inch CCD CCD
 in full charge-coupled device

Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device.
 produces 1,070,000-pixel images, which boils down to 690,000-pixel moving images or 1 million-pixel still pictures in real life. The lens is one of those fancy Carl Zeiss
For the company with the same name, see Zeiss.


Carl Zeiss (September 11, 1816 – December 3, 1888) was an optician commonly known for the company he founded, Zeiss.
 efforts, with a 10x 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  allowing 35-mm camera f-stop equivalents of F1.8 to 2.3. There's also a Memory Stick Duo See Memory Stick.  slot for recording still images (up to 1,152 x 864 dots) or brief MPEG-1 movies. Connection options include composite, S-Video and USB/i.LINK. An NP-FF51 lithium ion A rechargeable battery technology introduced in 1991 that provides greater charge per pound than nickel metal hydride. In 1993, Toshiba introduced the first notebook in the U.S. with a Li-ion battery.  battery is included in the pack.

More info: www.sony.jp/CorporateCruise/ Press/200309/03-0903/

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Publication:Japan Inc.
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Date:Nov 1, 2003
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