Digital cameras continuously give us ever more impressive image and video quality—those megapixel rates just keep going higher and it seems as if HD video now comes standard on virtually every photographic device, including cell phones. Like most gadget nerds, we are enamored with the latest releases from the likes of Nikon, Cannon and Lumix, but those hefty devices sure can put a strain on your neck after a few hours of photographing. They’re hardly the kind of thing one would carry around all the time in case opportunity or inspiration should happen to strike in that much mythologized “decisive moment.”Leave it to the Japanese to solve our problems by recreating some SLR and digital cameras in adorable, thumbnail size miniature. New from Japanese camera company Thanko comes the Mame-Cam DX and the Mame-Cam SLR.While we can’t seem to find any demonstration of image or video quality from these two diminutive devices, their specs sound pretty impressive indeed:
Mame-Cam DX
weight: 14 grams
size: 1.8 × 1.1 × 0.4 inches (45 × 29 × 10 mm).
images: the 8-megapixel device can shoot jpgs of up to 3264 × 2448p resolution
video: records HD-video at 30fps with a resolution of 1280 × 960p, and can also be used as a voice recorder
the camera uses microSD/SDHC cards and connects via USB 2.0Mame-Cam SLR
weight: 11 grams
size: 1.2 × 1.1 × 1.1 inches (30 × 27 × 27 mm)
images: the 2-megapixel device can shoot jpgs of up to 1600×1200p resolution
video: records HD video at up to 30fps with a resolution of 640×480p
the camera uses microSD/SDHC cards and connects via USB 1.1 and 2.0While smaller in no way makes these devices better, we do appreciate the ingenuity that went into creating these devices. They look like they’d make for some lightweight, discreet digital photo and video fun.All images courtesy of Thanko
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weight: 14 grams
size: 1.8 × 1.1 × 0.4 inches (45 × 29 × 10 mm).
images: the 8-megapixel device can shoot jpgs of up to 3264 × 2448p resolution
video: records HD-video at 30fps with a resolution of 1280 × 960p, and can also be used as a voice recorder
the camera uses microSD/SDHC cards and connects via USB 2.0Mame-Cam SLR
weight: 11 grams
size: 1.2 × 1.1 × 1.1 inches (30 × 27 × 27 mm)
images: the 2-megapixel device can shoot jpgs of up to 1600×1200p resolution
video: records HD video at up to 30fps with a resolution of 640×480p
the camera uses microSD/SDHC cards and connects via USB 1.1 and 2.0While smaller in no way makes these devices better, we do appreciate the ingenuity that went into creating these devices. They look like they’d make for some lightweight, discreet digital photo and video fun.All images courtesy of Thanko