Steve's Digicams - Breaking News - Casio 08/25/2004 Press Release

*CIPA standard "Standard Procedure for Measuring Digital Still Camera Battery Consumption"

Until recently there has been no standard measurement for battery life. This has resulted in inconsistencies between camera products and their catalogs and instruction manuals. As of December 2003, CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association) established the Standard Procedure for Measuring Digital Still Camera Battery Consumption, and hopes to reduce confusion among consumers by having this adopted by the world’s digital camera manufacturers and retailers. For more information about CIPA, see www.cipa.jp/english/index.html.

QV-R61 General Features

• Large 2.0-inch TFT LCD scratch-resistant acrylic panel monitor

• Direct On function for one-touch recording and playback.

• Up to 280 snapshots can be taken on a single battery charge, according to the CIPA standard

• Can use regular AA alkaline or lithium batteries

• Compact aluminum body with high-quality rounded finish

• Advanced image noise reduction processing for improved image quality, particularly when shooting at night

• Movies (without audio) can be recorded up to the limit of the memory

• Multi-Auto Focus for automatic selection of the optimum focus point location

• High-speed playback scrolls at 0.1 second per image for faster and easier image searches.

• The Best Shot Mode accesses 23 camera setups in an instant. Simply select a sample scene similar to the image you want, and exposure compensation, white balance, and other settings are configured automatically.

• Full-month calendar screen shows a thumbnail of the first image recorded on each date.

• The Alarm function sounds an alarm and displays a specified image at a preset time.

• World Time lets you select one of 162 cities in 32 time zones around the world as your home time. When traveling to another time zone, simply select the applicable city, and time and date settings are adjusted automatically.

• Triple Self-timer records three consecutive images, so you can select and keep the best one.

• The camera stores images in a Web browser-viewable format that allows you to browse images in an on-screen album.

• Internal 9.7 MB flash memory, with a card slot that supports use of an SD memory card or MMC (memory card not included).

• Favorites folder lets you store your favorite or private images so they are not displayed during normal playback.

• Connects directly to PictBridge and USB DIRECT-PRINT compatible printers.

• Complies with ExifPrint (Exif 2.2) and PRINT Image Matching III.

• Complies with Epson USB DIRECT-PRINT, so you can print directly on a USB DIRECT-PRINT printer* without using a computer.

*For further information on "USB Direct-Print" compatible printers, please contact: Regional Epson Sales Companies