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A friend recently sent me this link, thought that it might be worth
passing on to Birding-Aus readers,
(I do not have any commercial interests with it)
Tom
Kowa Prominar TD-1, 3mp, 1350 mm zoom
Kowa Prominar first announced the TD-1 digital spotting scope in March
last year, the company has now posted a new press release with
specifications, it also reveals that this unique digital camera should
be reaching shelves in Japan sometime in July. The 210,000 YEN (approx.
$2,000) digital spotting scope has a huge 450 - 1350 mm F2.8 - F4.0
zoom lens (equiv. approx. 10x - 30x zoom) coupled to a 1/2.5" 3.14
megapixel CCD. It also has a true TTL optical viewfinder. This beast is
39 cm (15.4 in) long and weighs 2.3 Kg (5.1 lb).
You can read the full story at:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0406/04062402kowprominartd1.asp
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