Casio World’s Fastest Camera 6 Mega Pixel Digital SLR Protype being developed

Casio has announced that it is currently developing a totally new and revolutionary digital camera with never-seen-before high speed performance and image capture functions.

The prototype of Casio’s latest revolutionary camera features a new high speed CMOS sensor as well as a high-speed LSI image processing chip. It will be a 6.0 mega pixel camera and will feature 12x optical zoom and CMOS-shift image stabilization functions that offers not only ultra-high speed burst shooting for still images, but also high speed movie recording.

Casio’s latest revolutionary high speed camera

When shooting still images, the Casio camera can achieve a high speed burst shooting of 60 images per second at maximum resolution, incidentally the fastest ever in the world. Besides, when using Pre-shot Burst Mode, users can be confident of capturing the most crucial of photographic moments.

Casio’s revolutionary camera also captures movies at VGA resolution at a speed of 300 frames per second, meaning that it can record movies for replay in ultra-slow motion. This function has been possible so far only for a limited range of professional movie equipment.

Listed below are the main specifications of Casio’s prototype camera:

Effective pixels: 6.0 million

Imaging element: 1/1.8 inch high speed CMOS sensor (total pixels: 6.6 million)

High speed burst shooting: 60 images per second at 6.0 million pixels, JPEG

High speed movie: 300fps, Motion JPEG, AVI format, VGA

Lens/focal distance: 12 lenses in 9 groups, F2.7 to 4.6, equivalent to approximately 35 to 420 mm on a 35 mm film camera

Zoom: 12X optical zoom

Image stabilization mechanism: CMOS-shift image stabilization

Monitor screen: 2.8-inch widescreen TFT color LCD, approx. 230,000 pixels

Viewfinder: Color LCD, approx. 200,000 pixels

Dimension and weight: 5.01” (W) x 3.13” (H) x 5.12” (D). Approx. 22.93 oz (excluding battery and accessories)

As of now, the product release date and pricing have yet to be determined. Meanwhile, Casio will continue to work on this camera to further improve its performance and functionality.

Source: http://www.techshout.com/cameras/2007/08/casio-worlds-fastest-camera-6-mega-pixel-digital-slr-protype-being-developed/