Compact camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2 pass through the cold, water and dust

Panasonic has been pleased with last year, fans of extreme and active recreation, releasing protected compact camera Lumix DMC-FT1. This device has a solid leak-proof body and not afraid of diving into the water, nor falls with a moderate height. And now the Japanese manufacturer introduced the continuation of his "fotobronevika" under the name Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2.

New compact camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2 protected even better than its predecessor. It can withstand immersion in water at a depth of 10 meters and is not afraid of falling from a height of up to 2 meters. In addition, the camera is protected from falling into the dust and can operate in freezing temperatures down to minus 10 degrees Celsius.

With regard to the technical characteristics of Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2, this camera is equipped with a secure matrix with a resolution of 14 megapixels and high-quality wide-angle lens LEICA DC VARIO ELMAR 28-128mm with a 4.6-fold optical zoom, and working with video.

In addition, there is a 2.7-inch LCD screen and function of shooting HD video recording format AVCHD Lite. Compact protected camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2 has dimensions of 99 x 63 x 24 mm and weighs about 188 grams (with battery), and its recommended price is 399 euros. The appearance in the sale is expected in March.

10-inch notebooks Panasonic Let's Note R-Series with Intel Core i7

Panasonic has introduced in Japan notebooks Let's Note R-series - compact, but productive. Ultra-model Panasonic CF-R9JWACDR with 10.4-inch display built on the processor Intel Core i7-620UM vPro with a frequency of 1.06 GHz and runs on Windows 7 Professional. It is equipped with up to 4 GB of RAM DDR3, as well as a hard disk drive can be used up to 500 GB or SSD up to 128 GB. Also there are adapters for laptop wireless Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n and Bluetooth, but the built-in optical drive is not provided.

As the number of ports Panasonic CF-R9JWACDR include Gigabit Ethernet, VGA output, two USB 2.0, as well as the PC Card slot and SD / SDHC. In addition, the laptop can be as an option based on more productive processor Intel Core i7-640UM with a frequency of 1.2 GHz, Plus, an optional adapter is invited to WiMAX. Laptop Battery capacity 3100 mAh enough for 7.5 hours of battery life. Dimensions ultraportable notebook are 229x187x29, 4 mm, and weight - 930 grams.

Novelty will go on sale in Japan from February 17 and costs 180 000 yen (nearly $ 2000). The second model line of Panasonic CF-R9JWANDR, apparently differs only in the presence of pre-installed on Office Personal 2007 + Powerpoint, it is worth 210 000 yen (about $ 2300). On the issue of laptops in other regions, except Japan, nothing is yet known.

SDXC memory card from Panasonic and Toshiba soon

Among the flow of news from the exhibition CES 2010 has passed almost unnoticed information that the company's Panasonic and Toshiba in the near future to present to the market a memory card standard SDXC. Models of both manufacturers use new technology that will increase the recording density and to increase the memory capacity by half, compared with the SDHC format. This data rate will also increase to the higher ranks of SD-cards. Panasonic and Toshiba indicates the writing speed at a maximum of 22 MB and 35 MB per second, respectively, which is enough to work with confidence with digital cameras or to directly download information from the Internet on a SD-card.

Panasonic has not indicated the speed of reading, but Toshiba claims about 60 MB per second. Also reported that the lifetime of new memory cards will be higher, and the preservation of information on them safer, because the controller will be able to correct errors in the read / write, thus avoiding losses.

As expected, the first in the market will map Panasonic. In February will come 64 and 48 GB versions, at a price of 600 and 450 dollars. Their release will mark the emergence of new camcorders this company. Toshiba is also present only 64 GB SDXC map in the spring. Its cost is unknown, but the manufacturer promises 16 GB and 32 GB SDHC card with the same speed reading and writing.

Panasonic and Sony promises to bring the capacity of Blu-ray disc to 67 GB

Japanese corporations Panasonic and Sony have developed a technology that allows for one-third increase capacity Blu-ray discs. Recall now the capacity of a single layer Blu-ray Disc is 25 GB, dual-layer disc, respectively - 50 GB. Thus, with the help of new technology the amount of data recorded on one layer, reaches 33.4 GB, which could result in the creation of Blu-ray disc capacity of 66.8 GB.

New technology developed by Japanese scientists, is called i-MLSE (Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation). With its help to better define the quality of the optical drive that allows devices to write and read Blu-ray discs to work with higher thresholds and, consequently, better read and write information.

It is interesting that this technology is mainly a policy framework that avoids the release of new equipment to work with Blu-ray high-capacity drives. Some companies, however, have to make changes to hardware components produced by Blu-ray players and other devices, responsible for the computing process, because it requires a great performance.

Sony has hoped that the technology i-MLSE will eventually widely accepted standard and is likely to propose the organization of Blu-ray Disc Association to register this technology as part of the specification format Blu-ray. This technology will allow members of BDA, which includes such well-known companies like Apple, Dell, LG and Samsung, to produce equipment, which makes it possible to record on Blu-ray media more data.

Panasonic Notebook Batteries will work longer

Panasonic has begun mass production of lithium-ion batteries for laptops, which have a higher charge capacity than the currently produced models. Batteries are made in the so-called form-factor of 18650, ie standard size of 65 mm in length and 18 mm in diameter. Users of these models have been known as an assembled unit with a boxy shape. If speaking directly about the characteristics, it is now 18650 batteries from Panasonic will have a capacity of 3100 mAh, while the majority produced is the rate at 2900 mAh, ie increase capacity of about 7% without increasing the size.

According to representatives of Panasonic, this increase was achieved through the use as anode material for the manufacture of nickel. In addition, the company's engineers have made some effort, to increase the safety of batteries. Between the cathode and the anode there is now a layer of metallic oxide, which is expected to prevent overheating of the battery, even in the case of short circuit. Thus, Panasonic claims that their batteries will no longer have such unpleasant possibilities as an explosion.