Spy-technology aficionados will know about Minox’s miniature camera and it’s genuine espionage heritage, and now the camera’s gone all modern with a digital face lift. A 5-megapixel sensor’s been plopped into the Digital SpyCam, which remains tiny at just 8.5 x 3 x 2 cm and weighing in at 59 grams: small enough to disappear into a leather-clad fist when it needs to be concealed. With a lithium battery, and 42mm equivalent lens, plus capability of saving onto 16GB memory cards, it’s no slouch either. Budding spys, and perhaps genuine ones (Mi6 take note) will be able to grab one now for $US199. [Minox]
MINOX aims to bring “affordable digiscoping to everyone” with its new Digital Eyepiece Camera 5.0. Unlike traditional digiscoping methods of attaching a digital camera to a telescope, the 5.0 is an all-in-one solution that combines a camera, scope and eyepiece into a single device. Features include a 2.4-inch TFT screen, 40x magnification, 128MB of internal memory, SD card expansion up to 4GB, and its waterproof and shockproof. At a price of US$449 it is a hell of a lot cheaper than a good DSLR with a telephoto lens, and more convenient to use than a pieced together digiscope. [
Manly and rugged outdoorsmen with small rucksacks might find Minox’s DC6033 WP so far up their mountain path it’s parked in their crevasse. Encased in rubber armour, the six-megapixel point-and-shoot camera is dust, dirt, sand and salt-proof, and you can take it underwater to a depth of 10 metres.
Details of Minox‘s DC-1022, the successor to its rather fabulous 8122, have been released. The compact 10-megapixel camera lets you choose aperture and shutter speed for yourself, and there are a range of different modes, from sports and animal photography through fireworks and nighttime. There’s also a failsafe automatic mode. Image stabilization is software-based so you should have less blurred photos, even when using zoom.
The DC-1022 will set you back $469 on Amazon.com and it ships starting June 1. There’s a full list of specs after the jump.
