New cameras announced today - from Yahoo News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060703/tc_zd/182435
The article is quoted below, in case the link won't work for non-subscribers. I think Pentax has made a deal with Samsung trying to get out of the P&S digital all together. This line was unprofitable and Samsung has the consumer electronics distribution channels to try and achieve profitable mass market sales. Is this our new 10 megapixel sensor? Regards, Bob S. >Determined to make consumers notice, Samsung has gone back to the drawing board to redesign its point-and-shoot digital cameras. The results can be seen in three new digital cameras the company announced today—the NV3, NV7, and NV10—all part of the new NV series of point-and-shoot cameras. Aside from the new name, the new offerings also have some unique form factors and intriguing features. Samsung is keeping pace with the ever-increasing megapixel counts in the camera industry, offering two 7-megapixel cameras, the NV3 and the NV7, and one 10-megapixel camera, the NV10. But the increased resolutions only tell part of the story. What's truly striking about these three cameras is that they are very small, thin, and light. For the NV3 and the NV10, which both have a 3X optical zoom, this isn't such a big deal. But the NV7 sports a 7X optical zoom, yet the body is only about 0.8 inches thick, 4.2 inches wide, and 2.5 inches wide. They're also smartly designed, doing away with the stodgy look of Samsung's Digimax series. All the cameras will feature the company's electronic Advanced Shake Reduction system, and the NV7 will also include a mechanical vibration system, called "Optical Picture Stabilization." All three cameras will also have video capabilities (with sound), and feature a 2.5-inch LCD. --- The suggested retail prices of the NV3, NV7, and NV10 will be $349.99, $449.99, and $399.99, respectively. All three will be available in the fall. << -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
