By David Ponce
Every now and then a digicam catches my eye. This particular one reminds me of an old model (non-digital) Kodak my parents used to own. It was just this shape, made from cheap plastic, with a flash on the front… ring a bell anyone? I can’t even remember what it was called.
In any case, this camera from Contax not only looks like a delicious retro monolith, it features RTUNE technology, which allows you to take up to 3 pictures per second, continuously, until your high speed SD card fills up. Also: 4 MP, Carl Zeiss lens, startup in less than a second, shutter lag of less than 0.7 seconds, and all that love.
Visit the company’s website where you can get more specs. You can also participate in a fun game called “Hunt for this thing’s price”. I, for one, got bored a little quick.
Story VIA GadgetMadness.
Updates: As per comments, it seems the unit might go for something like $300 and, uh, Contax is bankrupt? Anyone can verify this?
The camera you are thinking of used an old film format called 110 cartridges. They were cheap little bricky-cameras, which could easily slip into your pocket -and your heart- anhhhh!
Yeah! My parents had one of those… they were nice and heavy – definitely felt expensive!
Jas
Too bad Contax is history…belly up…pinin’ for the fyords…closed down…out of business…kaput..no more….
They’ll be started up by someone again, but for now, they’re…..
TOAST!
Looks like it’s $300:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=contax+i4r&btnG=Search+Froogle
Kyocers’s dumping the brand, to the dismay of many, as of Sept/05
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05041201contaxend.asp