Sanyo has updated its line of tiny, waterproof videocameras, and the latest model is the Xacti E2.
The Sanyo Xacti E2 is not as suave-looking as a tuxedoed Sean Connery, but in the adventuresome department, it'll do: The company claims you can submerge it under five feet of water for up to an hour at a time (and it still won't confess). It sports the pistol-grip/raygun design that Sanyo pioneered more than four years ago with its first handheld SD-card camcorder. And it's tiny enough to conceal in an evening suit, should you decide that your own adventures require some visual proof.
While Sanyo was one of the first companies to shrink a video camera down to a truly pocketable size, the company's mini cameras haven't exactly had a reputation for quality. We're looking forward to seeing whether this model's 8 megapixel sensor and "Face Chaser" technology help make for better stills and videos.
Read on for the full specs.
- Records MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video at 640x480 pixels
- 8 megapixel still images
- 60 fps video recording (in TV-HR mode)
- 5 frames per second still image shooting (at 2 Megapixels)
- Face Chaser technology
- Capacity: 8 hours of video or 2000 8-megapixel still images on a single 8GB SDHC memory card
- 2.5-inch LCD
- CMOS sensor
- 5x optical zoom
- Image stabilizer
- 2.8 by 4.4 by 1.6 inches
- 9.1 ounces
- $400
Press release [PR Newswire]
via InfoSync World and Gizmodo; photo from Gizmodo
Previously on Gadget Lab:
- Sanyo Exacti Chases Faces Underwater
- Sanyo Xacti HD Camcorder The Smallest Yet?
- Sanyo Camcorder Ready for Swim
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