Samsung Techwin's incredible shrinking cellphone camera
by Donald Melanson 
posted Sep 8th 2006 at 9:17AM
Cellphone cameras are already pretty darn small but, not one to be easily satisfied, Samsung Techwin has gone and shunk that module even smaller, cramming a complete camera with autofocus and 3x optical zoom into a 9mm thick package. Samsung Techwin also says the module will consume less power and provide more durability than other camera modules while still offering "digital camera-like quality" -- which digital camera, exactly, it didn't say. In any event, it looks like these are going to be just about everywhere in the not-too-distant future, with Samsung set to build a new plant to produce 'em at a rate of 10 million units per month by 2007. [Reg required for link]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rusty @ Sep 8th 2006 11:45AM
I'm all for it. Anything that makes the cellphone camera better is a good thing for me, since I use mine for work related purposes. I was carrying my Sony DSC H-1 in the car, but didn't really like the idea of it getting ripped off. I use a Sony Ericsson W810i which has a "good enough for government work" 2.0 megapixel camera with a really nice macro. I think the "snapshot" camera is increasingly becoming taken over by the cellphone, or other multipurpose device.
Sam @ Sep 9th 2006 3:42AM
it's a 3 megapix camera
Phonescoop:
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=1881
It looks like their source is from the subscriber pages of telecomskorea.com
Happy shooting!