n terms of landmarks, the General Imaging GE PJ1 camera is among the first of a new breed a camera that also includes a Pico projector. The Taiwanese company made its big announcement with the world’s largest photographic expo just about to open its doors. The compact camera shoots stills at 14.1mp resolution, video at 720p and includes a 7x optical zoom (equivalent to 28-196mm, f/3.9-f5.8 in 35mm). It uses Texas Instruments DLP technology to achieve a contrast ratio of 300:1 and a brightness of 15 ANSI lumen. PJ1 will give you an hour of projection time. Just less than a million Pico projectors will be sold in 2010, with projections anticipating a doubling of the market in 2011. Clearly as the technology matures and gets more competitive price-wise, we’re going to see Pico projectors incorporated into many media devices. General Imaging’s new camera might only come in one color (black), but it wants for nothing in the spec department with more than 25 shooting modes, facial recognition, auto exposure adjustment, and smile and blink recognition. The PJ1 also uses SD and SDHC memory cards up to 16 GB
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