Sony has unveiled a 10-million-pixel digital compact camera called the Cyber-shot DSC-R1 which sports an APS-C sized CMOS imaging sensor and is expected to cost around \u00a3700.<\/p>\n
Claimed to offer the picture quality of a mid to high-end digital SLR at a ?consumer price? the R1 will be launched in the UK in November.<\/p>\n
It is trumpeted as the new ?flagship? Cyber-shot and sports a non-interchangeable 5x Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* f\/2.8 lens designed to deliver the 35mm equivalent of a 24-120mm optic.<\/p>\n
The 10.3MP (effective) sensor measures 21.5×14.4mm and is claimed to deliver a wide dynamic range and ?low signal to noise ratio?.<\/p>\n
Targeted at enthusiasts, professional and ?semi-professional? users the camera features a ?full-time live view? system for the camera?s electronic viewfinder and LCD monitor (2in free-angle LCD monitor located on top of the camera). This system is designed to allow the user to view a live preview of the shot in the frame while allowing the photographer to view settings such as current exposure and white balance, on both the LCD screen and viewfinder.<\/p>\n
Features include RAW image format recording, PictBridge compatibility and ISO sensitivity selectable up to ISO 3200. The R1 supports Adobe RGB colour space.<\/p>\n
Users will be able to extend the zoom using an optional 1.7x tele conversion lens (VCL-DEH17R), out in November and expected to cost \u00a3280-300. Sony will also launch a 0.8x wide conversion lens (VCL-DEH08R), out at the same time, also priced around \u00a3280. Each will require an adapter costing an additional \u00a360.<\/p>\n
Also on board the R1 is a pop-up flash, a claimed shooting burst rate of three frames per second and compatibility with Memory Stick, CompactFlash and Microdrive storage.<\/p>\n
Sony UK?s business planning manager for Digital Imaging Hiroyuki Matsushita explained that Sony wanted to keep the camera compact and that if the lens carried a longer focal length it would not have been possible to keep the camera this small (139.4x156x97.7mm). <\/p>\n
Matsushita said Sony hopes the R1 will appeal to ?semi-professional? photographers looking for a ?spare? camera to back-up their digital SLR.<\/p>\n
Sony claims that the R1 consumes 27% less power than the Cyber-shot DSC-F828.<\/p>\n
Before announcing the R1 the company drew on research which suggests that more than 70% of digital SLR sales are entry-level models. <\/p>\n
As well as professional and semi-professionals Sony is aiming the R1 at those amateurs who cannot afford to spend more than ??1000? on a digital SLR.<\/p>\n
? Sony confirmed that the digital SLR it is developing in a tie-up with Konica Minolta will be launched in ?summer 2006?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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