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ANNOUNCES
AgenceFrancePresse,said:“Sincewe
startedusingtheNikonD3,wehave
WEBSITEFOR
alsobeenexploringmoviecaptureto
seeexactlyhowitcanhelpus.Nowthe
THEGR
D3Sgivesustheabilitytoshoot
picturesandmovieswithonepieceof
DIGITAL III
professionalequipment.Thisenablesus
totransmitcompletepackagesofstill
imagesandmovieclipsfromthe
thousandsofnewsandsportsevents
Followingonfromthesuccessofthe wecovereveryweek.”
CX1website,Ricohhavenow TheD3Sfeaturesacompletelyre-
announcedthelaunchoftheGRD designed12.1effectivemegapixel
DigitalIIIwebsite(www.ricohgr.co.uk) imagesensor,meaningitcancapture professionalphotographers,theD3S forActiveD-Lightingwhenshooting
SinceitslaunchinJuly2009,theRicoh imagesunderlightconditionswhich implementsanewimagesensor highcontrastorhighkeysubject
GRDigitalIIIhasgeneratedahigh werepreviouslybelievedtobe cleaningfunctionthatgenerates matter.
levelofinterestandastrongdemand. impossible.ThesevenstopISOrange vibrationsatfourdifferentfrequencies Tospeeduppost-productionworkflow,
TheGRDigitalwebsitehasbeen of200–12,800enablesimageand toreducetheimpactofstaticdust thefollowingimagesettingscanbe
developedasaonestopshopforall moviecaptureinextremelylow collectionontheopticallowpassfilter appliedtoRAW(NEF)filesinthe
enquiriesandwillbeintheformofa ambientlightconditionsanditisthe oftheimagesensor.Thishasbeen cameraon-the-fly:JPEGcompression,
Flipbook. firstcameratoofferthreeadditional implementedwithoutimpactingonthe Size,WhiteBalance,Exposure
TheGRDIIItakestheGRline's ISOboostlevels,uptoHi-3,(ISO 100%viewfindercoverageexpected Compensation,PictureControl,Noise
traditionalhighimagequalitytoa equivalentofan102,400). Movies fromaflagship,professionalDseries Reduction,ColourspaceandVignette
higherlevelwithanewimage arecapturedat720p/24fpsinmotion camera. Control.
processingengine,anewCCD,and JPEGwithstereosoundusingtheinput TheD3Snowoffersnolessthan TheD3sisexpectedtoretailfor
thenewlydeveloped28mm/F1.9GR jack. threealternativecropmodes,quiet £4199.99andwillbeavailabletosell
Lenswhichmakesitpossibletoshoot Followingextensivefeedbackfrom shutterreleasemodeandfiveoptions fromDecember.
withafastershutterspeedthancould
beusedonpreviousmodels,orto
P H O T O P R O D U C T
shootwiththesameshutterspeedbutat
alowersettingforISOsensitivity.
DIY CANVASESFORYOUR
Thenewimageprocessingengine
enablesprecisenoisereductionby
processingthesignalclosetoitsCCD-
CUSTOMERS
outputstate.Varioustypesofnoiseare YOUFRAMEISDUETOLAUNCHANEWPRODUCTDIRECTLY
effectivelyreducedwhilemaintaining ATTHEGROWINGCONSUMERHOMEPRINTSECTOR.
resolutionandcoloursaturation.Colour
reproductionandtonalgradation
performancehasalsobeensignificantly
Withqualityphotoprintersfast consumerstoprintcanvasdirectlyon frameis15mmdeepandcreatesa
improved.WiththenewCCD,rather
becomingpartofthehomewe anyhomephotoprinterthen fullgallerywrap.
thanincreasingthenumberofpixels,
haveworkedtoproducea assemblethecanvasusingthemini YouFramehomeusekitsarenowin
Ricohhaveaboutdoubledsensitivity
completekitthatenablestheuserto YouFramesystemincluded.Phase productionandwillbeavailable
comparedtothepreviousmodel.
printandframeusingastandard onewillbeanA4GalleryWrapkit fromtheendofOctober2009,in
TheGRDIIIwebsitefeaturesfullsales
inkjetprinterinundertenminutes. retailingat£14.99andincludestwo timetobesoldasaChristmasgift.
informationincludingtechnical
Notoolsorexperienceare sheetsofinkjetprintablecotton They’reexpectedtoretailfrom
specifications,reviewfeedbackfrom
required. canvasandaYouFrameboxcanvas £14.99and,withatradepriceof
press,andstockistdetailforauthorised
YouFramehomeprinteditionisa system.Thiswillbefollowedbyan under£6.50,theyallowretailersto
Ricohpartners.Inadditionthereisa
boxedretailsolutionallowing A3versionlaterintheyear. Each doubletheirmoney.
competitiontowinanewGRDigitalIII
worth£529.99,whichcloseson
M U LT I M E D I A
November30th.
ALL-IN-ONE CAMERAANDMEDIAPLAYER
AdvancedMP3Playershasreleasedthe flashcontentforfullofwebcontent. The slotallowsusersto
MintpassMintpad.Morethanadigital chatfeaturealsoallowsuserstomessage expandthecapacityby
audioplayer,theMintpadalsoincludes anyotherMintpaduserswithinaradius upto16GBandMintpad
aweb-browser,integratedcameraand of30mevenwhenthereisnoWi-Fi usestheWindowsCE
MSNmessengeraswellasaudioand connectionavailable. Mintpad’ssmall operating
visualplayback.Withbuilt-inWi-Fi, 1.2megapixelcameraisdesignedfor systemsupportingahugerangeof
Mintpadallowsuserstogetonline capturingstillpicturesandvideothose popularprograms,includingMicrosoft
anywhereandiscapableofplaying unexpectedmoments.ThemicroSDcard Word.It’savailablenow,RRP£139.
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