News On The Kodak DCS 620

This news from Rob Galbraith Online - an excellent source of info from the world of photo journalism and professional digicams.

Jeff Snyder of Penn Camera indicates that Kodak has announced the Nikon F5-based DCS 620 and its companion flash the SB-28D. Scheduled to begin shipping in March, the DCS 620 is shaping up to be a near-clone of the Canon-based Kodak DCS 520/EOS D2000. According to an email from Jeff Snyder, which cites Kodak as the source of the information, Kodak DCS 620 features include:

  • Nikon F5 Camera System
  • Metal Frame to complement the Nikon System
  • NEW M15 CCD technology
  • Calibrated exposure and color
  • Calibrated Flash
  • Auto white balance sensor with manual (4 settings) override
  • Custom white balance
  • Full Viewfinder
  • Color LCD for image review on rear of camera
  • Single, 4 up, and 9 up display functions on color LCD
  • Capability to tag images on color LCD for selective downloading or transmission
  • High Speed serial interface connector (IEEE 1394) on exterior of camera
  • Dual type II/single type III PC Card removable storage
  • Red LCD indicator for PC Card busy
  • Back status LCD to display white balance, battery, frame number, frames left on disk
  • Menu driven approach on color LCD to control date/time, compression, raw data, disk format, erase all, overexposure highlighting
  • 4 buttons to control menu, display, white balance, delete image, select, and microphone
  • Sound annotation via rear mounted microphone
  • Vertical shooting capability, vertical shutter release, vertical control, vertical AE lock on bottom right of camera
  • Main switch/Navigator button
  • AC adapter connector on camera
  • removable rechargeable battery
  • 2 million pixel images (2:3 aspect ratio) operating at 200-1600 ISO
  • 0.5 fps continuous frame rate with 3.5 fps burst for up to 12 images
  • 172mm tall, 162mm wide, and 82mm deep
  • 1.83 kg

Snyder also indicates that:

The DCS620 is the twin of the DCS520, but based on the Nikon F5 camera body.This camera works exactly like the film camera that all photographers are used to. The SB28D Speedlight flash has been designed by Nikon specifically for use with the DCS620 Digital Camera. This flash when used with the DCS620 provides accurate TTL flash exposures. The SB28D is available exclusively from Kodak.