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Shimano small format camera

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http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/02/03/shimano-enters-hd-action-sports-camera-market-big-lens-waterproof-ant-sensor-sync/

http://www.adventure-journal.com/2014/02/gear-shimano-gets-in-the-action-camera-game/

It won’t be available until May, but today Shimano announced a pretty compelling action camera of its very own. The simply named Sport Camera boasts a few eye-opening stats: It’s very lightweight, at 86 grams (Garmin’s Virb Elite is 177 grams and the GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition is 136 grams). It also has a very large 16MP backlit CMOS sensor. That matches the Garmin and is larger than the largest 12MP GoPro.

You probably know that pixel count alone isn’t a good metric of image quality; you can pack more pixels into a small sensor and (gross generalization here) often not get superior light capture. So it should be said that the Shimano’s sensor size may simply be the same dimensions (1/2.3″) as the Garmin’s and the GoPro’s — yes, the GoPro has the same size sensor as the Garmin, just a lower pixel count.

We do know this much: The f/2.0 lens of the Shimano is very bright, allowing in much more light than the Hero 3+ Black Edition’s f/2.8.

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