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Panasonic's 2006 imaging lineup




Printer
Claiming to be the smallest and lightest A6 printer in the industry, this dye-sub offering is meant to pair up with the new LUMIX cameras that are equipped with 16:9 wide aspect capability. While portable due to its compact size, it's clearly intended for home use as it relies on mains to work. Panasonic has built some smarts into this little inkbox. It's capable of taking the image data and analyzing for backlit compensation, color correction and noise reduction. Speed is touted at 65 seconds for a postcard-sized printout.

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US$110
A6 dye-sublimation photo printer; 300 x 300dpi print resolution; PictBridge and USB; can print in 16:9 wide aspect ratio; postcard size prints in 65 secs; 173 x 131 x 56mm; 800g (w/o ink cassette, paper cassette and AC adapter).


Projector
Remember ye old slide projectors for those larger-than-life vacation slide shows to share? Apparently, so did the Panasonic team. The result is what it claims is the one and only all-purpose digital SD slide projector that hails as a modern day model that replaces the slide, overhead and 8mm film projectors. In line with its strategy to create a photo culture in the digital age, the SD slide projector synergizes the whole photo-taking experience by providing the ability to throwing your images from an SD card onto a big projector screen. The only catch: It'll accept only SD cards as there is no optional adapter to read other media or a USB port for drag-and-drop options.

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End Feb 2006

S$1,999 (US$1,471.77)
LCD projector; 800 x 600-pixel resolution; 400:1 contrast ratio; 1,500 lumens brightness; 4:3 aspect ratio; automatic keystone correction; throw distance of 1 to 9m; 130W lamp; 1.2x manual zoom; remote; built-in speakers; SD card slot; eight different slide show effects; gravity sensor to rotate photos; 234 x 65 x 188mm; 1.3kg

 

 
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