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Competition is heating up over pixel counts between digital cameras and camera phones. Five million pixel models are quickly gaining popularity among digital cameras, while 3 million pixel models are doing the same for camera phones.
¡ßEight million pixel digital cameras enter the market.
Eight million pixel compact models are being introduced to consumers, with the most popular models finding themselves on bestsellers lists. Olympus Korea has launched its 8 million pixel C-8080WZ. With this 5x optical zoom camera, photos can be taken within a second of switching on the camera. Fujifilm will introduce the E550, a 6 million pixel camera that can capture images from as close as 7 cm away. Fujifilm Korea Director Park Ki-hyung says that the simple interface can make a variety of shooting styles possible for the whole family. The price is around W600,000. Sony Korea unveiled the 7 million pixel CyberShot P150 last month and LG International introduced Canon's 7 million pixel PowerShot G6 for expert users.
¡ßCamera phones are not far behind.
It has only been a year since the introduction of megapixel phones -- camera phones with one million pixels and up. The evolution of camera phones, however, is on high speed. A 3 million pixel model was introduced to consumers only a month after the first 2 million model hit the market in June. Because 2 million pixel photos are good enough to print, more and more people are using megapixel phones as an alternative to digital cameras. Indeed, more than a million megapixel camera phones were sold by July.
Samsung Electronics has launched a 3 million optical 3x zoom camera phone that looks like a digital camera. LG Electronics introduced the 3 million pixel model, which features a MegaShutter to block unwanted light and enhance image quality. The 3 million pixel phone from Pantech & Curitel comes with a mechanical shutter that enables users to get clearer images. The models mentioned above are quite pricey, ranging from W700,000 to W900,000.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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