Kodak is poised to kick off the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show with the unveiling of the latest additions to its snapper family.
Kodak_Z980 Kodak's Z980 shooter
First up is the 12-megapixel Z980, which comes equipped with a 26mm wide-angle lens and 24x optical zoom capability. The shooter also has a vertical shutter release …
So, if it's 26mm (35mm equiv) at the wide end and it's got a 24x optical zoom then it'll have a focal length of 624mm (35mm equiv) at the long end. Given the probable size of the unit that must mean the sensor is tiny... and it's got 12 million pixels crammed onto it!
That doesn't sound like a recipe for good quality photos to me. The Kodak noise-reduction engineers must have been working overtime on that one!
Add "at gunpoint", and it all makes sense. Though my first digital camera was a Kodak DC215, and at the time there really was nothing as good at the price - I was specifically waiting for something with broadly comparable specs (bar resolution, of course) to my trusty Olympus Mju Zoom 35mm, and Kodak delivered. Only possible downside was that it was fixed focus, but that wasn't always a bad thing in practice.
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Kodak is poised to kick off the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show with the unveiling of the latest additions to its snapper family. Kodak_Z980 Kodak's Z980 shooter First up is the 12-megapixel Z980, which comes equipped with a 26mm wide-angle lens and 24x optical zoom capability. The shooter also has a vertical shutter release …
Regarding the Z980
So, if it's 26mm (35mm equiv) at the wide end and it's got a 24x optical zoom then it'll have a focal length of 624mm (35mm equiv) at the long end. Given the probable size of the unit that must mean the sensor is tiny... and it's got 12 million pixels crammed onto it!
That doesn't sound like a recipe for good quality photos to me. The Kodak noise-reduction engineers must have been working overtime on that one!
Surely not
Kodak and 'must have' in the same article.
@Mark Aggleton
Add "at gunpoint", and it all makes sense. Though my first digital camera was a Kodak DC215, and at the time there really was nothing as good at the price - I was specifically waiting for something with broadly comparable specs (bar resolution, of course) to my trusty Olympus Mju Zoom 35mm, and Kodak delivered. Only possible downside was that it was fixed focus, but that wasn't always a bad thing in practice.