[Jason Dunn]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article...n071003X,00.asp

"A credit-card-size, 1.3-megapixel camera offering print-quality images is being released in Japan this month by Fuji Axia, a division of Fuji Photo Film. Fuji's Eyeplate Mega, measuring 8 millimeters in thickness, is based on the Ultra-Pocket reference camera design developed by Smal Camera Technologies. It is priced at $109 and is expected to become commercially available later in the U.S. and Europe, says Romney Williams, executive director of business development with Smal. The company expects cameras based on the Ultra-Pocket reference design will become available in the U.S. through Fuji and other distributors later this year, he adds."

8mm thick? Wow. 8O The Casio Exilim is the thinnest camera I've seen to date, but this takes the cake. I have hopes that this means we'll see a high-quality camera in our Pocket PCs someday as they continue to get smaller and smaller.

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article...n071003X,00.asp

"A credit-card-size, 1.3-megapixel camera offering print-quality images is being released in Japan this month by Fuji Axia, a division of Fuji Photo Film. Fuji's Eyeplate Mega, measuring 8 millimeters in thickness, is based on the Ultra-Pocket reference camera design developed by Smal Camera Technologies. It is priced at $109 and is expected to become commercially available later in the U.S. and Europe, says Romney Williams, executive director of business development with Smal. The company expects cameras based on the Ultra-Pocket reference design will become available in the U.S. through Fuji and other distributors later this year, he adds."

8mm thick? Wow. 8O The Casio Exilim is the thinnest camera I've seen to date, but this takes the cake. I have hopes that this means we'll see a high-quality camera in our Pocket PCs someday as they continue to get smaller and smaller.

[Timothy Rapson]

I am definitely getting one of these to duct tape to the back of a new Axim.

No, really I could almost buy this whole camera and carry it with a HP 1910 or future Axim X3 and still be smaller than a Clie NZ90 or Hitachi photo-phonePC.

But, so far it looks like I'll be getting a Minolta DiMage X3 and some PPC or another.

[TawnerX]

Sony also just announced a similar camera.

http://akiba.sorobangeeks.com/news_3400.html

[mmidgley]

Jason D. wrote:
> The Casio Exilim is the thinnest camera I've seen to date, but this takes the cake.

but there's a big difference between 1.3 mp and 3.x mp. i'm not saying this is a bad product, or that this type of thing wouldn't be sweet to have--i'm just saying that you can't really compare it with cameras like that casio or my pentax optio s, as though its an equivalent device that's so much smaller until they have equivalent CCDs and optical zooms, etc.

m. (now at 50+ posts!)

[jmarkevich]

Originally Posted by TawnerX

Sony also just announced a similar camera.

http://akiba.sorobangeeks.com/news_3400.html

Actually, that says that it's NOT a Sony. That's the same camera.

It also says it's smaller than a MD (MiniDisk) (another Sony jab )

[TawnerX]

ooopss, okay. I just guessing the content from the title. ops:

[bmhome1]

My Casio Exilim S3 takes incredible quality 3.3megapixel photos, lightning fast with zero shutter lag (no auto focusing delay) and displays them on a huge 2 inch LCD. Its the size of a credit card and is all of 10mm thick. The earlier S2 model was the same size two years ago. Where's the news in being 2mm (1/16 inch) thinner?

[suhit]

Originally Posted by bmhome1

My Casio Exilim S3 takes incredible quality 3.3megapixel photos, lightning fast with zero shutter lag (no auto focusing delay) and displays them on a huge 2 inch LCD. Its the size of a credit card and is all of 10mm thick. The earlier S2 model was the same size two years ago. Where's the news in being 2mm (1/16 inch) thinner?

I would agree with you right away, except I think it is the price that is eye-popping 8O. Though I do wonder about the quality of the photographs.

Suhit

[bmhome1]

Compusa already sells several brands of low-end, thin, credit card size digital cameras under $100. The Fuji press release attempts to imply that their offering is unique, yet in a camera category already filled with wide selections. The only real news is the extremely long battery life, if true.

[kuyars]

Hmm, I'm not a camera buff at all, but one thing to note is that this Fuji Axia uses a CMOS sensor, and not a CCD one. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't CCD sensors universally better than CMOS in terms of the the quality of pics that they produce?