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Sanyo-S60.jpgSanyo a brand which needs no introduction in the photography world has just released there latest digital camera the Sanyo VPC-S60 a follow up on the popular VPC-S6 which has a much compact design and additional features like larger 2.5 inch LCD monitor and improved video recording in QVGA quality at 30.

The Sanyo Xacti VPC-S60 is a 6 MP digital camera with a big and bright TFT LCD which has pixels up to 86.000 and a 1/2.5-inch CCD image sensor. It sports a 3x auto focus zoom lens which comes with an ND filter for true photography experience. Like all digital cameras it has the now mandatory built in flash with modes like Auto-Flash, forced flash, flash off, and red eye reduction. The Sanyo VPC-S60 supports formats like Quick Time Movie wave (monaural) and JPEG (DCF/DPOF compliant) and recoding modes include: 640 x 480 pixels (still images, sequential shots)640 x 480 pixels (video clips)320 x 240 pixels (video clips only)3.680 x 2.760 pixels (still images only) and2.816 x 2.112 pixels (still images, sequential shots).

The Sanyo VPC-S60 has both USB and AV connectivity options and the memory can be expanded by using any SD Card. Other accessories include SANYO Utility Software, AA x 2 Alkaline, hand strap and USB cable. It is available at a price of USD 199.99.

Sanyo VPC-S60 Specs:

6 Megapixel

LCD-Monitor Pixels 86.000

Flash Working Range
0,1 to 3,0 m (wide)
0,4 to 1,7 m (Tele)

Flash Modes
Auto-Flash
forced flash
flash off
red-eye reduction

Selftimer
10-second delay
2-second delay

Time / Date
Recorded with image data

Type
CCD digital camera (recording and playback)

Recording System
Digital recording

Image File Format
Videoclip: Quick Time Movie
Audio: wave (monaural)
Still images: JPEG (DCF/DPOF compliant)

Data Storage Media
SD Card (10 Mb access rate)

Image Sensor
1/2.5-inch CCD, 6.180.000 pixels

LCD-Monitor
2,5-inch TFT color LCD

Video Clip Frame Rate
30 frames per second
15 frames per second

White Balance
Full-auto TTL
manual setting possible (5 modes)

Lens
3xzoom, auto focus, built-in ND-filter
f=5.8 - 17.4 mm (equivalent to 35-105 mm on 35mm camera
5 groups, 6 elements

Aperture
Open F=2,8 (Wide) to 4,9 (Tele)

Exposure Control Type
screen (0+/-1.8 EV in 0.3EV steps)

Range
10/ 40 cm to infinity
5 cm Macro

Digital Zoom (for shooting)
1x to 4x

Digital Zoom (for playback)
1x to 57,5x (varies with resolution