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Photokina 2000: Just as I was leaving the house this morning..
Fujifilm
Japan announced the tiny FinePix 4500. Looking distinctively like
the 40i with an identical body, lens and CCD this pocket sized fixed lens
digicam enters the realm of Canon's Digital IXUS and the new Sony DSC-P1.
Full specifications inside...

Fujifilm Finepix 4500 Specifications
| Imager |
Fujifilm 1/1.7" 2.4 megapixel
SuperCCD
producing 4.3 megapixel image |
| Image Sizes |
2400 x 1800
1280 x 960
640 x 480 |
| Image Formats |
JPEG (Fine, Normal, Basic) |
| Movie Clips |
320 x 240 AVI |
| Sensitivity |
ISO 200 |
| Lens |
Fixed 36 mm (35 mm equiv.) |
| Digital Zoom |
Up to 3.75 x |
| Focus distance |
Normal: 50 cm - Infinity
Macro: 6 cm - 50 cm |
| Focus |
Auto Focus |
| Shutter Speed |
1/4 s - 1/1000 s (mechanical shutter) |
| Apertures |
F2.8, F9.8 |
| Exposure compen. |
+/- 1.5EV in 0.3EV steps |
| White Balance |
Auto + 7 presets |
| Flash |
Internal, 2.5m range |
| Flash modes |
Auto, red eye reduction, fill-in,
off, slow-sync |
| Self Timer |
10 seconds |
| Viewfinder |
Optical |
| LCD |
1.8" TFT (110,000 pixels) |
| Storage |
SmartMedia (8MB Included) |
| Connectivity |
USB, AV |
| Power |
2 x AA NiMH batteries (supplied) &
Charger |
| Dimensions |
86 x 71 x 31 mm |
| Weight |
210 g (inc. battery) |
| Availability |
October 22nd (Japan) |
| Price |
68,000 YEN (~US$600) |
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