We have a new edition - digital camera devices on Pocket PC manufacturing Pretec. The camera connects to the PDA through a Compact Flash slot of the first type, so it can work with most models on the platform Pocket PC / Pocket PC 2002. As amended by the camera has successfully turned into a digital camera Casio Cassiopea E-200 Compaq iPaq 3850 (with a jacket Compact Flash).
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| Pretec Compact Camera |
The hardware part
As always, first consider that in the box. And the box itself the camera in shock-cellophane with pimples, black leather cheholchik, CD with drivers and software for handhelds, Pretec registration card and a small booklet - User's Guide. On the drive electronic version of the manual in. Pdf and the installation program - one for all machines. Run it, and software for Pocket PC is installed with no problems. Luggage silver, which has become a tradition for such devices. Color slightly less opaque than building a Compaq iPaq 3800 series, together they look very cool, like an integrated whole.
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| The camera seamlessly "fit" in the Compaq iPaq 3800 |
With the main characteristic of a digital camera - the quality of CCD-matrix (ie the quantity of photosensitive elements on it) is a slight problem. Maximum resolution as the best representatives of the Compact Flash Camera - 640x480 pixels, that is, 307,200 total pixels in the matrix. Same - 300 kilopixels "- is written on a large hologram on the box and the camera itself. At the same time near the box on line Resolution (Resolution) means: 300K / 1,3 M pixels. The same thing is written and on the website: "the camera can take pictures with resolution up to 1.3 megapixels. Obscure, where did this figure. Reply Pretec, which we have addressed this issue, yet makes us wait. In any case, the maximum resolution - 640x480, which is enough to shoot a home party or a nice view. On the camera body has a separate viewfinder, though, of course, you can also use the PDA display, shutter release button (again, on a PDA is its software double) and the focus ring to adjust the sharpness. Very, incidentally, a useful ring:
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| That's ... |
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| ... And that's the case. The result of the wheel focus when shooting with a 4 cm |
The enclosure can be rotated 180 degrees and use a camera to shoot a dear friend himself. -
The camera not only photos but also video. Unfortunately, nowhere in the manual, as well as at the site Pretec no information about the quality of the recording. Subjective sensations in 640x480 Compaq iPaq 3850 gives 10-15 fps. In general, you can watch.
The software part
Software Compact Camera operates in two modes: control camera and video and view / edit the footage.Regulated: the white balance (three levels plus auto mode), resolution (640x480, 320x240 or 160x120), timer for avtosemki (3, 6 or 10 seconds), brightness, contrast, and the interval between successive images. In addition, you can manually specify the directory in which to store the captured images and video clips. For movie also set the color saturation.
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| Picture Settings |
Settings are made - shooting. Actually, apart from pressing the "descent", where you can turn on a consistent (three photos) and shooting avtosemki. Images saved as JPEG.
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| Control Mode Photography |
Same with video. Here the interface is organized on a "VCR" - recording, playback, rewind, etc. By the way, you can record movies with sound (built-in controls that the PDA microphone). Unlike photographs, which are stored in the widespread and understandable format for all programs, movies are recorded in the files that no one except for the Compact Camera can not play.
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| Control mode Video Filming |
All photos and video clips are stored in albums that you can create, delete, merge, split. Photos and videos can be viewed, renamed and moved to other folders and albums, accompanied by textual notes. A here is a slideshow of pictures taken can not arrange.
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| Captured can be immediately mailed to |
As the "chips" - the program has four "skins" to choose from, however, the most noticeable that they are doing - is changing the background "desktop" Compact Camera. Finally about the quality. About the video say, you probably should not - after all these clips are removed rather to demonstrate the PDA, but not for practical use. However, and for them it is quite possible to make out what was happening. Photos also showed a quite good (of course, in terms of what can be expected from a combination PDA and camera on the Compact Flash). Quite clearly readable text on paper, clearly visible faces of the people, small objects in the frame. The only trouble - it seems that the camera is slightly darkens the image. But maybe, you had better adjust the brightness and contrast.Here are a few shots in MakTsentr:
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| Employee :-) |
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| 320x240, and looks pretty decent |
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| Our fish |
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| Two Pretec Compact Camera admire each other |
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| The photograph on the street - just a great quality |
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