The Kodak EasyShare V570 was a 5-megapixel digital camera manufactured by Eastman Kodak. Announced on January 2, 2006, it was an upper-end model in the consumer price range, advertised at $400 in the United States in January 2006. It had an innovative dual lens system, combining two periscopic groups each with its own sensor: one very wide angle equivalent to a 23 mm in 135 format and a 3X zoom equivalent to a 39–117 mm, totalizing a virtual 5X zoom, with a step between 23 and 39 mm. It is the first dual lens digital camera. The model won a gold medal in the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence Awards.[1]

Kodak EasyShare V570
Overview
TypeCompact digital camera
Lens
Lens39 mm to 117 mm (35 format equivalent) (5× zoom)
Sensor/medium
Sensor1/2.5" CCD
Maximum resolution2569 × 1929
Storage mediaMM card, SD card

There were two other models in Kodak's line of dual lens cameras that were announced shortly after the introduction of the Easyshare V570: the Easyshare V610, which was announced on April 25, 2006[2] and the Easyshare V705, which was announced on August 8, 2006.[3]

The Easyshare V610 was a 6-megapixel, Bluetooth-enabled, dual lens camera that forged the fixed focus 23 mm wide angle lens of the V570 and V705 for a 38-114mm lens. Unlike the V570, it did not include a dock.

The Easyshare V705 was a 7.1-megapixel camera that was offered in 3 body colors - black, silver, and pink. It also did not include a dock.

Technical specifications

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Image resolution
5.0 MP, 2569 × 1929 (CCD resolution 2690 × 1995)
format
JPEG/Exif v 2.21; 1.8, 3.1, 4.0, 4.4, 5.0 MP
Lens
Schneider Kreuznach lenses; retina dual lens technology: ultra wide-angle lens (23 mm equiv.) plus 3X optical zoom lens (up to 117 mm equiv. telephoto) system. Provided 5X optical zoom range 23 mm–fixed (35 mm equiv.) f/2.8 39–117 mm (35 mm equiv.) f/3.9–f/4.4
Focus range
ultrawide: 2.6 ft (0.8 m)–infinity; standard: 2 ft (0.6 m)–infinity; macro, wide: 2–2.3 ft (0.5–0.7 m), tele: 1–2.3 ft (0.30–0.7 m)
Auto focus
TTL-AF, multi-zone AF, center zone AF; control : single AF, continuous AF
Shutter speed
8–1/1448 sec, long exposure 0.5–8 sec
Sensitivity
ISO equivalent 64–160 (auto) and 64, 100, 200, 400, 800 (1.8MP) (manual)
Built-in flash
auto, off, fill, digital red-eye reduction, range ultrawide, ISO 200: 2.6–10.2 ft (0.8 m–3.1 m); wide, ISO 200: 2–7.2 ft (0.6–2.2 m); tele, ISO 200: 2–6.6 ft (0.6–2.0 m)
LCD
2.5 in. (6.35 cm) 230K pixels
Burst mode
2.3 frame/s, maximum 4 images
Shutter Delay
0.2 sec. (ultrawide lens/preview on), 0.3 sec. (3X zoom lens/preview on), shot to shot : 1.0 sec.
Video mode
VGA (640 × 480 pixels) at 30 frame/s, QVGA (320 × 240 pixels) at 30 frame/s up to 80 min. based on memory capacity continuous MPEG-4 compressed video with audio (QuickTime), 3X zoom during video
Storage
28 MB internal memory plus SD/MMC card expansion slot
interfaces
A/V output (NTSC or PAL, user-selectable), KODAK Camera Dock/Printer Dock interface, digital (USB 2.0) connector
Power
Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Digital Camera Battery KLIC-7001
Dimensions
W × H × D: 4 × 2 × .8 in. (101 × 49.8 × 20.4 mm); 4.5 oz (125 g)

References

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  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ [2] Archived September 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ [3] Archived November 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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