Kodaq digital Cirkutt

[Jesse Goff <jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

$527 huh.  Why so cheap?  Seems like it should be more like $10000.  Is it a sharp lens? What focal lengths? Any idea on ISO or bit depth?  Pretty interesting, is there more info online?...

Jesse

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>Is it because we can't talk about things that interest us,
>without being flamed ?
>
>This time next year, or the next, or.. I plan to buy
>a Kodaq digital Cirkutt panoramic camera. It's a
>computer in a box 2" x 2" x 3" tall with a 3" dia. x
>2" tall lens/sensor assembly on top. The sensor is
>a tall, narrow CCD (charged couple device) color
>image chip attached to the lens, and to the computer
>by a fiber optic cable running through the rotating
>shaft. Controls include a zoom select ring, a shift
>knob, exposure setup wheel, metering button and
>exposure button. A typical shoot would require
>mounting the camera on a tripod, adjusting lens
>zoom and shift, selecting shutter or diaphragm
>priority and then pressing the metering button. The
>lens will rotate and make a meter record on
>the first pass. Pressing the exposure button will
>start the exposure pass which will automatically
>control the CCD sensitivity (and the lens opening
>if required) to produce a perfectly exposed image.
>The 200 MB compressed image file (or four 50 MB
>files) is stored in a removable flash memory card.
>If a 360 deg image is selected, you must learn to
>dance your way out of the picture. Coyote Camera
>will print you image up to 2 x 16 ft if your zoom
>was set at 28 mm, or longer at other settings.  I
>think the price will be about $527, including a
>500 MB memory card.
>-
>II*









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