Fujix DS-300 (1997)
The Fujix DS-300 was announced on 1997-03-26. The Camera had been developed based on the realization of high image quality professional specifications similar to DSLR cameras thus easy to operate. The camera could be connected to a extension unit and be hooked up with a digital printer and made continuous shooting at 4.5 fps possible. The extension unit also sported a high-speed SCSI port for connection with a PC. For this camera Fuji created a new signal processing algorithm called 'Hycpa circuit' to improve image quality for image processing. The lens is built into a aluminum lens barrel and they chose the super EBC Fujinon lens for this which had the same multi-coat processing as the highly evaluated broadcast lenses among professionals.
The magnesium alloy body was the first in the industry to be a lightweight, highly rigid, high corrosion resistant, high purity magnesium alloy molded by the Thixmolding (Chixo molding) method. Even a GPS receiver could be connected to the camera to record GPS data with each image. There were several accessoires sold for this camera from which three are remarkeable:
- special dust cover CV-D3
- extension units EU-D3 and EU-D3A
- LCD monitor kit for flash hot shoe PA-D3C
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Specifications
- Brand: Fujix
- Model: DS-300
- First mentioned: 1997
- Marketed: yes
- MSRP: $2,500
- Imager Type: 1.4MP 2/3" VT CCD
- Resolution: 1280x1000
- Internal Storage: -
- External Storage: PC Flash ATA cards Type I/II / SmartMedia in PC Card Adapter
- Lens: f = 9.2mm~25.8mm
- Shutter: 1/4s to 1/1,000s
- Aperture Range: F3.5, F5.6, F8, F11 (wide side F3.5 telephoto side F5.6 as an open F value)
- LCD screen size: -
- Size: 153 x 96 x 78mm
- Weight: 620 gr.
- Remarks: -