14 DAY TRIAL // We haven't heard in quite a while from Rollei, but it seems that the German digital camera manufacturer has decided to out a couple of new compact models, namely the Powerflex 440 and the Powerflex 45, that, however, won't make it to the market in time for the Christmas shopping spree. As PhotographyBlog informs us, the Powerflex 450 comes equipped with a 5x optical Apogon zoom and a focal length of between 4.7 mm and 23.5 mm, which corresponds with 26 mm to 130 mm in small picture format, while its built-in optical image stabiliser compensates for any shaking and enables super sharp photos to be taken, even with slower shutter speeds. The camera also features a macro range of 2 - 60 cm, manually adjustable white balance, supports ISO values up to 3200 and a 2-1/2000 shutter speed range) and can take photos in JPG format at maximum resolution of 4288x3216 pixels. The Powerflex 440, on the other hand, comes with a 4x optical zoom that allows it to close in on distant objects, while the focal length is 4.7 mm to 18,8 mm, which corresponds with 26 mm to 104 mm in small picture format. Both cameras can record 1280x720p videos with up to 30 images per second in the Motion-JPG format, which can be later on easily uploaded online, and sport 2.7-inch LCD displays with 230.000 pixels resolution. Both of the new Powerflex cameras include a wide range of handy features, such as face and smile recognition and red eye reduction, while the Lithium-Ion batteries are recharged via USB, the interface being also used for transferring the photos stored on the 32GB SD/SDHC cards supported by these two compact digital cameras. As mentioned right from the start, these two new compact cameras from Rollei won't make it to the shelves until January 2011, when the Powerflex 450 will be available in black, pink and silver for 99.95 Euros (recommended retail price), while the Powerflex 440 will cost 79.95 Euros (recommended retail price) and will come in the colours black, pink, red and silver.
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