Kodak EasyShare V570

Kodak EasyShare V570 front view

The Kodak EasyShare V570 is a high-end digital camera manufactured by Eastman Kodak. Announced on January 2nd 2006, it is an upper model in the range, which was advertised as $400 in The United States in January 2006. Its main innovation is the dual lens system, combining two periscopic groups with their own sensor each: one very wide angle equivalent to a 23 mm in 135 format and a 3X zoom equivalent to a 39-117 mm, totalizing a virtual 5X zoom, with a step between 23 and 39 mm. It is the first dual lens digital camera.

There are two other models in Kodak's line of dual lens cameras that were announced shortly after the introduction of the Easyshare V570: the Easyshare V610, which was announced on April 25th, 2006^[1] and the Easyshare V705, which was announced on August 8th, 2006^[2].

The Easyshare V610 is a 6-megapixel, Bluetooth-enabled, dual lens camera that forgoes the fixed focus 23 mm wide angle lens of the V570 and V705 for a 38-114mm lens. Unlike the V570, it does not include a dock.

The Easyshare V705 is a 7.1-megapixel camera that is offered in 3 body colors - black, silver, and pink. It does not include a dock.

Technical Specifications

Image resolution: 5.0 MP, 2569 × 1929 (CCD resolution 2690 × 1995)
format: JPEG/EXIF v 2.21; 1.8, 3.1, 4.0, 4.4, 5.0 MP
Lens: Schneider Kreuznach lenses; retina dual lens technology: ultra wide-angle lens (23 mm equiv.) plus 3X optical zoom lens (up to 117 mm equiv. telephoto) system. Provides 5X optical zoom range 23 mm–fixed (35 mm equiv.) f/2.8 39–117 mm (35 mm equiv.) f/3.9–f/4.4
Focus range: ultrawide: 2.6 ft (0.8 m)–infinity; standard: 2 ft (0.6 m)–infinity; macro, wide: 2–2.3 ft (0.05–0.7 m), tele: 1–2.3 ft (0.30–0.7 m)
Auto focus: TTL-AF, multi-zone AF, center zone AF; control : single AF, continuous AF
Shutter speed: 8–1/1448 sec, long exposure 0.5–8 sec
Sensitivity: ISO equivalent 64–160 (auto) and 64, 100, 200, 400, 800 (1.8MP) (manual)
Built-in flash: auto, off, fill, digital red-eye reduction, range ultrawide, ISO 200: 2.6–10.2 ft (0.8 m–3.1 m); wide, ISO 200: 2–7.2 ft (0.6–2.2 m); tele, ISO 200: 2–6.6 ft (0.6–2.0 m)
LCD: 2.5 in. (6.35 cm) 230K pixels
Burst mode: 2.3 fps, maximum 4 images
Shutter Delay: 0.2 sec. (ultrawide lens/preview on), 0.3 sec. (3X zoom lens/preview on), shot to shot : 1.0 sec.
Video mode: VGA (640 × 480 pixels) at 30 fps, QVGA (320 × 240 pixels) at 30 fps up to 80 min. based on memory capacity continuous MPEG-4 compressed video with audio (Quicktime), 3X zoom during video
Storage: 28 MB internal memory plus SD/MMC card expansion slot
interfaces: A/V output (NTSC or PAL, user-selectable), KODAK Camera Dock/Printer Dock interface, digital (USB 2.0) connector
Power: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Digital Camera Battery KLIC-7001
Dimensions: W × H × D: 4 × 2 × .8 in. (101 × 49.8 × 20.4 mm); 4.5 oz (125 g)

External links

Kodak Unveils World’s First Dual-Lens Digital Camera; Combines Ultra-Wide Angle and Zoom Lenses in Compact Body Kodak Press release, January 2, 2006
Kodak Product Page
DigitalCameraInfo.com Review, January 2, 2006
The Imaging Resource Quick Review, January 4, 2006
Flickr's Kodak V570 page

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[2] ttp://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2709&pq-locale=en_US&gpcid=0900688a80591b5c

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