Kodak V570 Dual Lens Digital Camera

Kodak's latest innovation in digital cameras is the V570 Dual Lens. This camera features two Kodak Schneider-Kreuznach lenses each with their own 5MP CCDs. The first lens is a standard issue 3x optical zoom lens (39-117 mm); however the second lens is a fixed 23 mm ultra wide-angle lens. Zooming out to the maximum position on the camera switches to the ultra wide lens.

The combination of the wide angle lens and the 3x optical zoom lens creates the effective 5x optical zoom figure Kodak advertises. The ultra wide-angle lens allows the photographer to take wide, panoramic shots without having to use an SLR with a special wide angle lens. This allows for a very robust, easy to use point and shoot camera.

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  • Sunbird - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    No problem for me here. IE6 on WinXP SP2.
  • Aquila76 - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    Hmm... I wonder if my account is experiencing the 'y2k6 bug' that wiped out some of the lifers.
  • semo - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    some lifers accounts got wiped out?

    y2k6 bug?
    man i should stop living under this stupid rock. soooo much hilarity.
  • Aquila76 - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    dwell, SampSon, buck and a few others got wiped out last week - all their posts got wiped too.
  • ukDave - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    Last word in 2nd last paragraph on pg14.

    "comarpsion" should be "comparison".

    Word.
  • Calin - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    Why they compare the quality of digital TV seen on a shiny new digital TV to the quality on a 1980's analog TV? Why not compare to the latest analog only TV they built?
    Probably because the quality difference would be underwhelming?
    Calin
  • psychobriggsy - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    If I read what that digital TV 'convertor' box did, then they have been available in the UK (and probably other European countries) for around 4 years already, initially as the ITV Digital boxes, and for the past couple of years as Freeview boxes.

    They usually have two SCART (Eurotel) outputs (what we have instead of S-Video outputs, ours can carry RGB signals as well as composite, but the connector is pig-large), one to the TV, another to a recorder, and an RF output in case the TV is old and doesn't have SCART inputs.

    Cheap models (<£40) skimp of course, or 'specialise' in not having some of the features like RF output of digital signals. They also lose the 7 day program guide and only offer Now&Next, grrr.

    Regardless, it should mean that these boxes will cost under $99 when they're released in the US, probably around $79. If they try it on with $199 then you know they're trying to rip you off, unless it downconverts terrestrial HD signals too.
  • semo - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    good point. how many ppl have tvs from the 1980s anymore (as far as the targeted audience of ces is concerned)
  • Sc4freak - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    Is it just me, or is the entire page completely screwed up?
  • gsellis - Monday, January 9, 2006 - link

    I noticed that the index and pages were one off.

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