Panasonic PV-SD4090
The Panasonic PV-SD4090 (or Panasonic Palmcam PV-SD4090) was a digital camera that used a SuperDisk (LS120) drive for memory storage that came out in 1999/2000. This enabled it to use the 120 MB SuperDisk/LS120 disk or 3.5" Floppy disks as its memory media (like a memory card). It was known as the LK-RQ132S in Japan.
The camera itself had a 1.3 megapixel sensor and retailed for $840 USD in 2000. The camera had USB connectivity so a SuperDisk (LS120) drive was not needed to use the 120 MB disks. The LS120 disks themselves retailed for about $10 USD at the time, which made it one of the cheapest memory formats to use. The camera used a lithium ion battery and had built in flash with red-eye reduction.
Some other features included:
- 10 FPS 320 x 240 Video up 10 seconds (100 frames). Had to be converted to AVI format later however.
- Burst Recording -- (up to 16 640x480 images taken every 0.5 seconds).
- Up to 5 seconds of audio could be recorded with a still image.
- Time Lapse Recording
Cameras of similar concept
There were several other Cameras that used disk storage as memory media.
- Sony Mavica (A whole camera line that used things like 3.5" Floppy and CDR/RW media)
- Iomega Zipcam a prototype digital camera shown at Comdex 1999 that used 100 MB Zip disks
- Agfa ePhoto CL30 Clik! Used Iomega's Clik! (later PocketZip) disk technology
See also
- Panasonic
- Disk storage
- Digital camera memory media
- Microdrive