Tiny Cameras Debut at TechXNY
PCWorld | at | by Mike
A pair of Casio cameras have joined the ever-growing selection of ever-shrinking digicams, making their debut at PC Expo/TechXNY here this week. A first look at the 1.2-megapixel models, each about the size and thickness of a business card holder and weighing less than 4 ounces, finds them to be innovatively designed and full-featured. Both the $300 Exilim EX-S1 and the Exilim EX-M1, priced at $350, are scheduled to ship in mid-July. What makes the cameras so thin? Two factors: Casio integrated the lens and CCD (charge-coupled device) into a single component and developed a multichip module that contains the CPU, ASIC, SDRAM, and Flash memory. The circuit board in the two Exilims is 70 percent smaller than the board used in the company's current digital cameras, according to Casio.