Technology and Innovation

CANON POWERSHOT A40
Following hot on the heels of last year’s Powershot A10 and A20, is the Powershot A40, a beginner’s camera with enough features to satisfy a professional photographer. Equipped with an 8MB CompactFlash Card, the A40 is capable of snapping a clean two megapixels (just high enough for decent print-outs at the average 35mm film size of 6 x 4 ins). Detailed images and colour should also be guaranteed due to Canon’s Imaging Engine system, and the A40 also sports a respectable 3x optical zoom lens to boot. And when you’ve stopped pretending to be Robert Capa, you can take short sound-filled movies with the A40 as well.

CANON NETWORK CAMERA VB-C10
If you’re gagging for the third series of  Big Brother, you’re going to love this. Combining a camera with a built-in server, the natty VB-C10 enables you to transmit live images over your Local Area Network (LAN) or the Internet As the VB-C10 uses Motion-JPEG data compression, you can capture footage at anything from 0.1 frames per second to an impressive 30 per second (your local cinema only uses 24). The real joy of Canon’s Network Cam is it uses existing Internet protocols to communicate, so you can control pan, tilt and zoom from any Web browser in the world. Just invite your mates to an anonymous house in East London and you’re away.

3-CCD Pro HDV Camcorder
High-Definition 1440 X 1080 Recording
•SDl I080i Uncompressed 1920x 1080 Output
• DIGIC DV || HD Color Process*
• Interchangeable Lens Mount
3 l/3″Native 16:9 Image Senses I
• Canon 20x HD 01.S. Zoom Lens ”
• Selectable 60i, 30F and 24F Frame Rates
• Dual XLR Mic Inputs with 48vP
• Time Code I/O and Genlock

3-CCD Pro HDV Camcorder
True 1080High-Definition Resolution Video at 60i, 30F or 24F Frame Rates 3x 1/3′Native 16:9 CCD’s with 1.67 Megapixels each External AF Sensor for Fast and Accurate Focus in HD 20x HD Professional L Series Fluorite Lens DIGiC DV ii HD image Processed 2.8″ Widescreen LCD Dual XLR Mic Inputs

3-CCD MiniDV Camcorder
• Interchangeable Lens System Camera • 24p/30p/60i Frame Rate Recording
• L-Series Fluorite Optical Lens
• 165 and 4:3 Switchable
• 3x 1/3″ 16:9 Progressive Scan Image Sensors
• 20x Optical Zoom Lens •2.0″ LCD with 200k Pixels
• Color Viewfinder with 200k Pixels – Dual XLR and One Mini Stereo Mic Input

3-CCD MiniDV Camcorder
Canon Professional L-Series     Fluonte Lens     3x 1/4″ Image Sensors      410k Pixels Each
• 20x Optical, lOOx Digital Zoom ? Optical Image Stabilization
• SD/MMC Media Card Slot
• Dual XLR Input with Optional MA-300
• Manual Audio Level Control
• User Custom Presets
• Analog/Digital Line-In Rec

HDV Camcorder
• l/2.7″True HD CMOS Image Sensor with RGB Filter
• DIGIC DV II Image Processor
• 1 Ox HD Optical,
200x Digital Zoom Lens
• Variable Zoom with 5 Presets
• Optical Image Stabilizer
• Instant AF (Auto Focuslfor Fast Accurate Focusing
• 24p Cinema Mode
• Mic/Headphone Terminal, hdv
• MiniSD/HC Card Slot • HDMI

HDV Camcorder
True HD CMOS ImageSensor (1920×1080)
1/2.7*Canon CMOS Image iSensor with 2.96 Megapixels DIGIC DVII Image Processing Genuine Canon HD Lens I Ox Optical, camera hd. 200x Digital Zoom RGB Primary Color Filter Optical Image Stabilizer Instant AF (Aulo Focus) for Fast Accurate Focusing Mini-SD Card Slot

DVD Camcorder
• 1/2.7″lmage Sensor with 5.39 Megapixels
• Built-in RGB Primary Color Filter
• Genuine Canon Optics
• i Ox Optical, 200x Digital Zoom
• Optical Image Stabilizer
• Progressive Photo Mode
• Records to DVD-R/-RW/-R DL Discs, and the miniSD Card
• DIGIC DVii Signal Processing
• Roxio MyDVD Software Incl.
• Built-in Flash w/Red-eye Reduc.

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