Contax i4R
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The Contax i4R is a digital camera
manufactured
by Kyocera
. The i4R was announced on 28 September 2004. Its design
was one of the more unusual of Contax's designs. Kyocera released it to the public
in November, 2004 with a price of 299 GBP
. The i4R features a Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 6.5mm f/2.8 lens
. Its image pickup device is a charge-coupled device
with 4.19 × 106 gross pixel
s. The i4R is PictBridge
-compliant. Besides its usually small size for the time, its other unusual feature was its ability to focus down to five inches.
Kyocera got out of the camera business in 2005, and discontinued this and other camera lines in September, 2005.
Digital photography
Digital photography is a form of photography that uses an array of light sensitive sensors to capture the image focused by the lens, as opposed to an exposure on light sensitive film...
manufactured
Manufacturing
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by Kyocera
Kyocera
is a multinational manufacturer based in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. The company has diversified its founding technology in ceramic materials through internal development as well as strategic mergers and acquisitions...
. The i4R was announced on 28 September 2004. Its design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
was one of the more unusual of Contax's designs. Kyocera released it to the public
Public
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in November, 2004 with a price of 299 GBP
Pound sterling
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. The i4R features a Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 6.5mm f/2.8 lens
Lens (optics)
A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam. A simple lens consists of a single optical element...
. Its image pickup device is a charge-coupled device
Charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value. This is achieved by "shifting" the signals between stages within the device one at a time...
with 4.19 × 106 gross pixel
Pixel
In digital imaging, a pixel, or pel, is a single point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable screen element in a display device; it is the smallest unit of picture that can be represented or controlled....
s. The i4R is PictBridge
PictBridge
PictBridge is an industry standard introduced in 2003 from the Camera & Imaging Products Association for direct printing. It allows images to be printed directly from digital cameras to a printer, without having to connect the camera to a computer. Its formal name is . CIPA DC-001-2003 Rev...
-compliant. Besides its usually small size for the time, its other unusual feature was its ability to focus down to five inches.
Kyocera got out of the camera business in 2005, and discontinued this and other camera lines in September, 2005.