It’s not often that you get a room full of press/media people to watch a demonstration and actually go ‘wow’, but at a Sunday afternoon press conference preceding the opening of CES, Casio managed to do just that. They introduced the EXILIM Pro EX-F1, billed as having the ‘world’s fastest burst shooting performance’.
The EXILIM Pro EX-F1 incorporates a 12X optical zoom, a new high speed CMOS sensor and LSI processor and 6 mega pixel capability. Now you may say that 6 mega pixels is no big deal in today’s digital camera market, but how many of them can take images at burst speeds of up to 60 frames per second (fps)? Did I mention that it also has movie modes that produce resolutions up to full HD? How about that in high speed movie recording mode it can capture as high as 1200 fps. That’s faster than the human eye can see and capable of some astounding slow motion effects.
They’ve also incorporated a clever prerecord function that allows users to record images even before they press the shutter button. It almost guarantees you’ll never miss that crucial moment again.
Pricing wasn’t announced at the conference, but we can’t wait to see this model when it is in production later this year.
My Big Three
These aren’t products; they’re ‘Press and Analyst only’ events. Every year, amongst all the other hoopla, the Press is treated to 3 events that are more intimate showcases of new products; ShowStoppers, Digital Experience and Lunch @ Piero’s.
Each of these events has numerous exhibitors and it gives the Press a chance to spend a little one on one time without the noise and confusion of the crowds in the main show areas. The range of products is always varied and worth the time to see. I’m going to highlight one product from each of these shows just to give you a taste of some of the cool tech we had the opportunity to preview.
ShowStoppers -Bug Labs
Have you ever played with Lego’s™? Imagine if instead of just plastic pieces, they were computer modules. Imagine you could combine them in different ways to make a phone for instance, or a camera, or a camera phone. How about if you could add GPS or WiFi?
Sound like something out of Star Trek or maybe Q’s lab in a James Bond movie? Well, this is what Bug Labs
has produced and had on exhibit for all to play with (and play mix and match) at ShowStoppers. This is the ultimate geek toy and building block set and is being shipped almost as we write this. Definitely check this out.
A fast tour of CES without my feet hurting! i see that Brad was mesmerized by all those sleek screens. I confess to being more interested by what we can put on them to engage users but even mediocre content looks better on a giant screen at high res.
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Sound like something out of Star Trek or maybe Q’s lab in a James Bond movie? Well, this is what 
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By: Amy Wohl (Guest) on 31-01-2008 14:26