Casio XV-3, 3.34 megapixels in aluminium
Feb 24, 2000 at 04:00:00 GMT
Casio take on Canon at their own game
with the similarly sized and styled XV-3. This aluminium bodied 3.34 megapixel
digicam looses out slightly to Canon's S20 by havnig no optical zoom,
the lens is fixed at 41mm (34mm equiv.) with a 12 stage up to 3.2x digital
zoom (but we all hate digital zoom). Oh and it's also available in a very
attractive pale (cyan?) blue case.


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Casio XV-3 Specifications
| CCD |
1/1.8" 3.34 megapixels |
| Image sizes |
2016 x 1536, 1008 x 768 |
| Image modes |
JPEG, AVI (Motion JPEG) |
| Lens |
Fixed 41mm lens (35mm
equiv.) F2.6 |
| Digital Zoom |
12 steps up to 3.2x |
| Shooting range |
Normal: 50cm - Infinity, Macro: 10cm
- 50cm |
| Shutter speed range |
1s - 1/3000s |
| Aperture range |
F2.6, F4.2, F6.7 |
| LCD monitor |
1.8" TFT |
| Storage |
CompactFlash II (8MB card supplied) |
| Burst mode |
AVI 320x240 300KB/s up to 30secs (AVI
Motion JPEG) |
| Exposure compensation |
+/-2.0EV in 0.3EV steps |
| White balance |
Full Auto, 4 manual settings |
| Self-timer |
2 secs or 10 secs |
| Flash |
Built-in |
| Flash range |
0.7m - 3.0m |
| Flash modes |
Auto, On, Off, Slow-Sync, Anti-Red-Eye,
External |
| Interface |
USB |
| Video output |
NTSC/PAL switchable |
| Power requirements |
NP-L7 lithium-ion rechargable / CR-V6P
lithium battery pack |
| Dimensions |
115 x 33 x 62 mm |
| Weight (no batteries) |
215 g |
| Est Price |
~US$ 800 (88,000 YEN) |
| Release date |
End of April, 2000 - Japan |
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