Rollei Prego dp5500 Announced

May 24, 2005 | Mark Goldstein | Digital Compact Cameras | Comment |

Rollei Prego dp5500Rollei Prego dp5500 is announced. The Rollei Prego dp5500 is a 5 megapixel compact digital camera with a 1/1.8” CCD sensor housed in an all-metal body. The dp6000 offers a 3x zoom lens equivalent to 32 - 98 mm in 35mm format with a 4x digital zoom available. The Rollei dp5500 has a 1.8 inch colour LCD screen plus an optical viewfinder and uses the SD memory card format. ISO range is 50-200 and the dp5500 can focus as close as 6cms in macro mode. The dp5500 offers video and voice-recording as well as a built-in speaker and microphone. Price and availability of the Rollei dp5500 to be announced.

Technical Specifications
• Sensor: 1/1,8“ CCD, 5 M pixels CCD
• Image resolution: 2560 x 1920 pixels, 2048 x 1536 pixels, 1280 x 960 pixels, 640 x 480 pixels
• Video Clip: 320 x 240 pixels
• Film speed setting: auto, equivalent to ISO 50,100, 200
• Image quality: fine, standard, economy
• Image storage: SD-Card up to 512 MB
• LC monitor: 1.8“ TFT colour monitor
• Built-in microphone and loudspeaker
• Recording format: JPEG (EXIF 2.2), AVI, DCF, DPOF,PC-Cam,Pictbridge
• Lens: 3x zoom lens 5.4 – 16.2 mm f/2.8 – 4.8 HFT (equivalent to 32 – 98 mm in 35mm format)
• Zoom: 3x optical, 4x digital
• Focus range: autofocus 0.5 m to ∞
• Macro range: 6 cm to 50 cm
• Shutter speed: automatically, 1/1000 s
• Optical real-image zoom viewfinder
• Exposure: single and continuous shooting
• Exposure compensation: auto, manual, +/-2,0 EV in 1/3 increments
• White balance: auto, manual, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent, sunset
• Flash: auto, forced, off, red-eye reduction
• Self timer: 2 s, 10 s delay
• Interface: USB, video (NTSC, PAL), AC/DC
• Power Source: 2 x AA alkaline battery, AC adapter
• Dimensions (w x h x d)/weight: 91 x 61 x 27 mm/130 g (without SD-card and batteries)
• Contents: Rollei Prego dp5500, USB and video-cable, 2 x AA alkaline battery, strap, pouch,
software CD with Photo Explorer 8.0 and Photo Express 5.0 and drivers, printed instruction manual

System requirements
• PC: Windows 98/SE/ME/2000/XP, CD ROM-drive, USB-interface
• Apple Macintosh: version 9 or higher, CD ROM-drive, USB-interface

Subject to change without notice.