Gizmodo: rollei

Buy this Camera or Chuck Norris Will Beat Up Your Family

Adam Frucci — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDT

What do you do when you want to show that your phone is tough? If you're Rollei, you put a picture of Chuck Norris on the front. That's right, a camera with Chuck Norris in fighting stance on the front. One of the features of this camera is that instead of smiling, all of your subjects will have looks of fear and intimidation on their faces. [TechFever via The Raw Feed]

Rollei Cranks Out Three Minishooters, Lightweights All

Charlie White — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:39:58 EDT

Rollei rolls out three small shooters, and although their nametag reads "Prego," they're not exactly pregnant with gravitas. The pictured Rollei da1325 Prego ($315) being the flagship of the trio, contains a 10-megapixel CCD. All three of the compact cameras have a 3x optical zoom and a 2.5-inch viewscreen (sans optical viewfinder), and all have a zoom lens with a 35mm equivalent of 37 to 112 mm.

The 1325's brandmates look almost the same and have nearly-identical specs, except the two lesser models are offered in black finish and have lesser megapixelage. The da7325 is a 7-megapixel camera ($252), while the da5325 ($189) has 5-megapixels inside. The cameras can also shoot video clips at 640x480 at 30 frames per second.

These cheap little trinkets are nice enough with their tiny form factors, but the apple has certainly fallen far from the tree in this case; these baubles not exactly carrying on the proud tradition of the legendary "twin lens" Rolleiflex cameras, circa 1929, that were so popular with pros of another era. Oh well, things change. – Charlie White

Rollei da1325 Prego
Rollei da7325 Prego
Rollei da5325 Prego
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Rollei dt6 Tribute: Small, Not Much Else

Gizloco — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:38:22 EDT

Achtung! Germany-based Rollei's about to release the dt6 Tribute, a consumer-grade 6.36-megapixel digital camera that's "compact and stylish." (You know a camera has nothing to offer when the best thing that it's got going for it is that it's "compact and stylish.") Other stats include a 4.8x optical zoom that complements its 8x digital zoom, a 2.5-inch LCD and the inclusion of a microphone to record audio that accompanies the MPEG-4 video that it can record. Rollei only includes 32MB of internal memory, not exactly surprising given their track record of releasing cameras with very little memory, but the standard SD card support is here to save the day.

The dt6 Tribute does offer video output, so you can bore your relatives with slideshows from vacations past until the end of time. Look for it this month for around $360 on the Old Continent. – Nicholas Deleon

Rollei dt6 Tribute [Let's Go Digital]

Rollei Home Page [Rollei]

Rollei dx63 6.36 Megapixel Camera

Jason Chen — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:40:16 EDT

The Rollei dx63 is a middle of the road digicam with 6.36 megapixel CCD resolution and 3x optical zoom, which is the 35mm equivalent of 35-105mm. There's 32MB of internal memory with SD card support of up to 1GB cards for added storage. You can use it, like most mid-range cameras these days, to take VGA resolution (640x480) movies at 30 frames per second, stored as MPEG4 format.

The dx63 has standard connectivity with USB 2.0 and supports ISO 100, 200 and 400. The 3-inch LCD monitor on the back gives you a nice view at the shots you've just taken—no more guessing whether that was Aunt Mary's mole or if the lens was just dirty. Available now for 299 Euros ($380). – Jason Chen

Rollei dx63 [Lets Go Digital via Mobile Whack]

Rollei dx63 Tribute: Small Camera, Big Viewfinder

Charlie White — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:59:28 EDT

Rollei knows how to make its cameras small, and its dx63 Tribute is no exception, packing big features inside its diminutive black metal housing. The 6.36 megapixel ultracompact has a 3x optical zoom, but we're wondering how they were able to shoehorn a relatively large 3-inch LCD viewfinder onto the back of this ultraminiature digital camera.

It has 32MB of internal memory and you can insert a secure digital card with up to 1GB capacity, which might come in handy especially if you feel like shooting some 640x480 video at 30 frames per second. Looks like this one will drop sometime next week at an entirely reasonable price of $381. – Charlie White

Rollei dx63 [LetsGoDigital]

Rollei da6324 Digital Camera

Gizloco — Fri, 19 May 2006 13:28:48 EDT

German firm Rollei is rolling out (oh my, the puns!) the latest entry to its compact digital camera line, the da6324. Not surprisingly, Rollei has tried to put as much camera as possible into the small, just-under-5-ounce frame.

To answer your first question, the da6324 sports a 6.36 megapixel 1/2.5-inch CCD, which already makes it impressive for a camera its size. If you don't mind ruining the quality of the pictures you take (digital zoom), you can zoom in up to 12X, 4X of which belongs to the aforementioned digital zoom. Some of the more distinguishing features of the camera include a video interface, presumably letting you view your photos on your TV straight from the camera with no pesky computer software to get in the way as well as a microphone and speaker for your always hilarious voice overs. Europeans can expect to pay the equivalent of $253 for the SD card-based da6324 whenever Rollei decides to release it.

Rollei 6324 [Let's Go Digital]

Rollei Rolls Out Two New Cameras

Charlie White — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:46:09 EST

Rollei rolls out two new low-end digital cameras, the ds6 and da10, each of which is not exactly a Rolls Royce. The ds6 is a 6-megapixel still camera that can also record 640x480 video at 30 frames per second. Using SD cards, it has a 3x optical zoom and integrated voice recording. Its macro capability is unusual, letting you get in as close as 2 inches. The more glamorous of the two is the da10, which brings a bit of style to the table, but is dumbed down with one less megapixel. This 5-megapixel model, also sporting a 3x optical zoom, is available in the gorgeous red pictured here as well as the more-conventional silver. No pricing available on either one of these Taiwanese-made cameras just yet.

Rollei Web Site