Moving picture functions push digital still cameras into video market

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Sanyo Electric Co Ltd is developing technology for lengthening the moving picture time of digital still cameras and improving their picture quality to produce a camera with a high-level moving-picture shooting functions. The company expects that this product can replace existing digital video cameras. In bringing this vision close to reality, Sanyo has launched two new digital cameras, namely the IDC-1000Z iDshot and the VPC-SX550MD. The iDshot will be available in Japan in Feb 2001 and in Europe and the US in spring of the year.

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Sanyo beefs up production to maintain grip on one-third of global market

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Sanyo Electric Co Ltd is expanding production of digital cameras in response to a growing demand worldwide. The company has begun producing the iDshot at a rate of 10,000 unis per month, and it already started manufacturing in autumn 2000 DS cameras of popular-price zone in its plant in Indonesia. In addition to popular-priced models, Sanyo in spring 2001 will also increase the production of middle-range cameras in Indonesia, while it speed up production of high-class cameras models in Japan.

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Sony pushes CCD technologies to handle still, moving images

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Sony Corp. has researched and used new methods in utilizing the capability of Charge - Coupled Device image sensor technology. The new developments and new applications in still and moving image cameras are discussed.

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