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We saw some sneak images of this camera at Photokina, today, Sanyo make
it official. The IDC-1000Z uses 730MB iD discs (Magneto Optical), much
along the same lines as Sony's CD1000 but with nearly 5 times the storage
on each disc. The IDC-1000Z is a 1.5 megapixel digicam with a 3 times
optical zoom lens and USB/IEEE1394 connectivity.
Phil says: Interesting, it's certainly an unconventional
camera, Sanyo chose to put the disc tray on the side of the camera instead
of the back. 730MB is certainly plenty of storage and it'll probably work
out with a pretty cheap $/MB, unfortunately with only 1.5 Megapixels and
3 x zoom (surely they could have got a 6x or 10x zoom in that barrel)
it's a little wasted. Now, 730MB with 3/4 megapixels and a 10x zoom..
That would sell.
Sanyo IDC-1000Z specifications
| Imager |
1/2" 1.5 megapixel (1.39 megapixels
effective) |
| Image sizes |
1360 x 1024, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 |
| Image modes |
TIFF (YCbCr), JPEG Fine, JPEG Normal |
| Sensitivity |
Auto, ISO 100, 200, 400 |
| Lens |
38 - 114 mm (35 mm equiv.) F2.4
Built in ND filter (?) |
| Focus modes |
Auto, Manual |
| AF Focus distance |
Normal: 60cm - Infinity
Macro: W: 3cm - 60cm, T: 20cm - 60cm |
| Shutter speed |
Normal: 16 - 1/500 sec (1 - 16 sec
"slow shutter")
High Burst rate: 1/15 sec - 1/2000 sec
Animation: 1/30 sec - 1/2000 sec |
| Metering |
Center Weighted Average, Spot |
| Manual Exposure |
Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority
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| Bracketing |
3 images, +/-2 EV in 0.5 EV steps |
| White Balance |
Auto, Fine, Cloudy, Fluorescent,
Incandescent, Manual preset |
| Flash |
Pop-up, Guide No. 6.8 |
| Flash modes |
Auto, On, Off, Anti Red-eye |
| Burst rates |
1360 x 1024 - 7.5fps
1024 x 768 - 7.5fps
640 x 480 - 30fps |
| Audio |
Audio recorded with video clips, Audio
annotations can be added to images, "Voice recorder" allows
for longer audio clips to be recorded (camera features a Mic input
socket). |
| Storage |
730MB iD PHOTO disc (MO) |
Storage capacity
(still images) |
1360 x 1024 TIFF ~ 260 images
1360 x 1024 JPEG Fine/Normal ~ 1000/2000 images
1024 x 768 TIFF ~ 450 images
1024 x 768 JPEG Fine/Normal ~ 2000/4000 images
640 x 480 TIFF ~ 1200 images
640 x 480 JPEG Fine/Normal ~ 6,000/1,1000 images
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Storage capacity
(movies) |
640 x 480 30fps Video ~ 8 minutes
640 x 480 15fps Video ~ 16 minutes
320 x 240 30fps Video ~ 20 minutes
320 x 240 15fps Video ~ 40 minutes
160 x 120 30fps Video ~ 60 minutes
160 x 120 15fps Video ~ 120 minutes
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| Connectivity |
USB & IEEE1394 (FireWire) |
| Power |
Included Lithium-Ion battery (1600mAh) |
| Size |
93 x 88 x 140 mm (3.7 x 3.5 x 5.5
") |
| Weight |
525 g (18.5 oz) |
| Available |
8 December 2000 (Japan) |
| Price |
160,000 YEN (~US$1,500) |
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