Sanyo Xacti DSC-J1
Wednesday, 12 February 2003  14:10 GMT

Sanyo Japan has today announced their new Xacti DSC-J1. This 3.2 megapixel camera has a 37 - 104 mm zoom lens and is available in silver or misty pink. The DSC-J1 is the first non-Minolta camera to use the prism / internal lens design. Because of this the camera has a very fast startup time of just 1.2 seconds. The DSC-J1 can also take full sized 640 x 480 videos at 30 fps using the improved PhotoJPEG codec.

It has a fast startup time of appromiately 1.2 seconds and can output interpolated 6 megapixel images (2880x2160).

Specifications

CCD 1/2.7", 3.34 megapixel
Effective pixels 3.2 million (JCIA standard)
Recording medium SD / MMC (8 MB supplied)
File Format  • Still picture: JPEG form (DCF, DPOF and Exif Ver2.2 compliant)
 • Movie: QuickTime Movie (Photo-JPEG)
 • Sound: WAVE (mono recording)
Still image sizes

 • 2880 x 2160 (interpolated)
 • 2048 x 1536
 • 1600 x 1200
Movie image sizes  • 640 x 480
 • 320 x 240
 • 160 x 120
Lens

 • 3x optical zoom
 • 37 - 104 mm equiv.
 • F2.8 - F3.9
Focus range

 • Normal: 20 / 30 cm - Infinity
 • Macro: 2 / 30 cm - 50 cm
Digital zoom Yes, up to 4x
Shutter speed

 • Still image: 1 - 1/2000 sec
 • Movie: 1/30 - 1/10000 sec
Exposure compen. +/- 1.8 EV in 0.3 EV steps
Sensitivity

 • Auto (ISO 50 - 200)
 • ISO 50
 • ISO 100
 • ISO 200
 • ISO 400
(Up to ISO 1600 when shooting movies)
White balance  • Auto
 • Five presets
Flash

 • Auto
 • Forced on
 • Forced off
 • Red-Eye Reduction
 • Slow-Sync flash in night mode
LCD  • 1.6" TFT LCD
 • 80,000 pixels
Viewfinder Optical
Connectivity

 • AV output
 • USB 1.1
Power Supplied Lithium-Ion battery
Size/weight 98 x 57 x 31 mm (3.9 x 2.2 x 1.2 in)
Weight (with batt) 185 g (6.5 oz)
Accessories 8MB SD memory card, AV cable, an USB cable, Sanyo Software Pack 6.4 CD-ROM, a lithium ion battery, a battery charger & power cord and hand strap

Click here for the Sanyo press release (Japanese)

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