Thursday 13 February 2014

Casio Wrist Camera WQV-10

Today is the 4th in the series of Casio Wrist Camera watches. After the improvements made in models WQV-1 thru 3 comes the best of the models, the WQV-10.

When looking at the screen, you see the first (and main) improvement which is that the display is now in colour. The screen is a 20x20mm display with 6240 pixels (78x80) and is capable of displaying 4096 colours. Because of this, you can select different display colours (3 colours and 2 layouts), and the calendar feature returns, but with the possibility of choosing a day's colour.

The camera is a 0.025 megapixel colour camera (176x144 pixels) with a 1/14" CMOS sensor. As with the others, the lens is at the top of the camera, the screen acts as a viewfinder, and the shutter button is on the front. The watch has 1MB of memory which can hold up to 100 photos, and they can be transferred to a computer (at 115 kbps) through the infrared connection (located next to the lens). Shutter speed is 1/5.5 to 1/1660, and there is a manual shutter speed option. The watch also allows for a 2x digital zoom. Pictures can be given a title within the watch with up to 24 characters possible per image.

The watch uses a 2412 module and has alarm and stopwatch modes as well as the camera and playback. This is powered by a CR2032 battery accessed by the coin opening slot on the back which gives a life of around 6 months of average use. Low battery is signalled by a red marker on the display, and stops the camera and playback modes working.

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