Kodak EasyShare V570

The Kodak EasyShare V570 was a 5-megapixel digital camera manufactured by Eastman Kodak. Announced on January 2, 2006, it was an upper-end model in the consumer price range, advertised at $400 in the United States in January 2006. It had an innovative dual lens system, combining two periscopic groups each with its own sensor: one very wide angle equivalent to a 23 mm in 135 format and a 3X zoom equivalent to a 39–117 mm, totalizing a virtual 5X zoom, with a step between 23 and 39 mm. It is the first dual lens digital camera. The model won a gold medal in the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Awards.^[1]

There were two other models in Kodak's line of dual lens cameras that were announced shortly after the introduction of the Easyshare V570: the Easyshare V610, which was announced on April 25, 2006^[2] and the Easyshare V705, which was announced on August 8, 2006.^[3]

The Easyshare V610 was a 6-megapixel, Bluetooth-enabled, dual lens camera that forged the fixed focus 23 mm wide angle lens of the V570 and V705 for a 38-114mm lens. Unlike the V570, it did not include a dock.

The Easyshare V705 was a 7.1-megapixel camera that was offered in 3 body colors - black, silver, and pink. It also did not include a dock.

Technical specifications

Image resolution

5.0 MP, 2569 × 1929 (CCD resolution 2690 × 1995)

format

JPEG/Exif v 2.21; 1.8, 3.1, 4.0, 4.4, 5.0 MP

Lens

Schneider Kreuznach lenses; retina dual lens technology: ultra wide-angle lens (23 mm equiv.) plus 3X optical zoom lens (up to 117 mm equiv. telephoto) system. Provided 5X optical zoom range 23 mm–fixed (35 mm equiv.) f/2.8 39–117 mm (35 mm equiv.) f/3.9–f/4.4

Focus range

ultrawide: 2.6 ft (0.8 m)–infinity; standard: 2 ft (0.6 m)–infinity; macro, wide: 2–2.3 ft (0.5–0.7 m), tele: 1–2.3 ft (0.30–0.7 m)

Auto focus

TTL-AF, multi-zone AF, center zone AF; control : single AF, continuous AF

Shutter speed

8–1/1448 sec, long exposure 0.5–8 sec

Sensitivity

ISO equivalent 64–160 (auto) and 64, 100, 200, 400, 800 (1.8MP) (manual)

Built-in flash

auto, off, fill, digital red-eye reduction, range ultrawide, ISO 200: 2.6–10.2 ft (0.8 m–3.1 m); wide, ISO 200: 2–7.2 ft (0.6–2.2 m); tele, ISO 200: 2–6.6 ft (0.6–2.0 m)

LCD

2.5 in. (6.35 cm) 230K pixels

Burst mode

2.3 frame/s, maximum 4 images

Shutter Delay

0.2 sec. (ultrawide lens/preview on), 0.3 sec. (3X zoom lens/preview on), shot to shot : 1.0 sec.

Video mode

VGA (640 × 480 pixels) at 30 frame/s, QVGA (320 × 240 pixels) at 30 frame/s up to 80 min. based on memory capacity continuous MPEG-4 compressed video with audio (QuickTime), 3X zoom during video

Storage

28 MB internal memory plus SD/MMC card expansion slot

interfaces

A/V output (NTSC or PAL, user-selectable), KODAK Camera Dock/Printer Dock interface, digital (USB 2.0) connector

Power

Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Digital Camera Battery KLIC-7001

Dimensions

W × H × D: 4 × 2 × .8 in. (101 × 49.8 × 20.4 mm); 4.5 oz (125 g)

References

External links

• Kodak Unveils World’s First Dual-Lens Digital Camera; Combines Ultra-Wide Angle and Zoom Lenses in Compact Body Webwire - Kodak press release, January 2, 2006
• Kodak Product Page
• DigitalCameraInfo.com Review, January 2, 2006
• The Imaging Resource Quick Review, January 4, 2006
• Flickr's Kodak V570 page

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