» Canon RE-455X Visualizer Review

Add this blog to my Technorati Favorites!

Editor's HDTV Pick

HP 47 inch MediaSmart 1080p LCD HDTV "Out of the box" digital media platform. Enjoy videos, pictures and music from home network + digital media delivered over your broadband Internet connection + 3 x HDMI

HP 47 inch MediaSmart 1080p LCD HDTV on Amazon

LCD or plasma interactive flat panel overlay

June 9, 2006

Canon RE-455X Visualizer Review

In Canons own words, the RE-455X Visualizer was designed to “combine advanced new capabilities with increased affordability to meet the needs of a wide range of professionals in education, business, government, law, medicine and many other sectors”.

Designed as a stand-alone unit but, also a companion product to Canon’s new LV-7245, LV-7240, and LV-X5 Multimedia Projectors, Canon’s new RE-455X Visualizer is an XGA resolution document camera built to capture images of paper-based documents or 3-D objects suitable for presentations, study, and analysis. It can be utilized for applications including distance learning, telemedicine, presentations and videoconferencing. The One-Shot Autofocus feature provides accurate focus with the single touch of a button, should be a useful feature when required to change items beneath the Visualizer’s camera often.

The RE-455X includes;

a 12x Power Zoom Lens with Superior Canon Optics for crisp detailed image capture,
adjustable twin fluorescent lamps for uniform lighting,
convenient front-panel controls,
auto and manual exposure and white balance,
a White Paper mode to optimize the quality of text documents,
a VGA input and output for connecting to a computer monitor or projector
S-Video and composite video outputs for easy connection to a Canon Multimedia Projector, VCR, DVD player or TV,
RS-232C terminal for connecting to control systems,
a foldable design making it easy to carry.

The RE-455X is designed to be portable with an approximate weight of 9.4kg (20.7 lbs).

Further information from Canon is available here.