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Hearty congratulations go to the lucky winner, Neil Armstrong, drawn from entries to July's prize draw.

We'll be announcing August's competition soon!

During July you can win a super-fast, super-slim, Contax SL300R T* digital camera and accessories, worth in total over £500.

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The SL300R T* fits legendary Carl Zeiss optics, with super high quality T* lens coatings, into a remarkably thin magnesium alloy chassis that is both light and slim enough to fit into a shirt pocket. If that’s not enough, the Contax SL300R T* features RTune technology to enable ultra fast start up and consecutive frame shooting performance – up to 3.5 frames a second until the memory card is full. The SL300R T* is one of the latest cameras from the renowned Contax camera stable, cameras that have that extra element to stand out from the crowd.

How many digital cameras have a leather finish, for example – the SL300R T* does. And we are adding a high-speed Dane-Elec Xs 256MB SD card and a spare rechargeable battery, adding £110 in value, making the total prize value over £500!

For more detailed information, why not go to our SL300R T* specifications page? If you would like more information about the complete Contax range, please visit the Contax UK home site www.contaxcameras.co.uk.


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Specifications

Type	Digital still camera with record, playback, and erase modes
Recording Media	SD memory card/MMC (Multi Media Card), in compliance with DCF (*Note 1) (Exif Ver 2.2), in compliance with JPEG, DPOF compatible (*Note 2)
Effective Pixels	3,170,000 pixels
Pickup Device	1/2.7" square pixel original color filter interlace reading system CCD (total number of pixels: 3,340,000)
Pixels (still image)	2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480
Image Quality	Two levels, F (fine) and N (normal)
Moving image sizes	640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120
Moving image frame rate	15 frames/second, 30 frames/second
Lens	Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* Zoom Lens (six elements in six groups), Focal length: 5.8-17.4mm (equivalent to around 38-115 mm on 35-mm camera) Brightness: F2.8-4.7
Electric zoom	x1.3, x1.6, x2.0
Focal adjustment	Video feedback auto focus (wide AF or spot AF switchable) and manual focus settings possible
Range of shooting	Approximately 60 cm to infinity from the front of the cover glass, approximately 20 to 60 cm in macro (with fixed wide-angle parameters)
Exposure control
- Control method	Programmed AE, aperture priority AE
- Light metering system	Can be selected from three modes: Evaluative metering, center-weighted metering, spot metering system
- Metering link range	LV6 to LV16
- Exposure compensation	+2.0EV to -2.0EV (1/3 increments)
- Aperture	Fixed (f2.8, f7.5*), auto * f-stop converted for brightness
Shutter	Using both CCD electronic shutter and programmed electronic shutter with independent aperture control, 1 second to 1/2000 second, can be set from one of 2 seconds, 4 seconds and 8 seconds due to the long exposure mode
White Balance	Auto, sunlight, incandescent light, cloudy weather, fluorescent, preset
Color mode	Color, monochrome, sepia
Sharpness	+3 to -1 (5 levels)
Color saturation	+, 0, - (3 levels)
Sensitivity setting	AUTO, ISO100, ISO200, ISO400, ISO800 equivalent
Liquid crystal monitor	1.5" 118,000-pixel TFT color liquid crystal monitor featuring a dual transmission and reflection system * Liquid crystal brightness is adjustable, and backlight can be switched ON/OFF.
Flash	Built-in system,shooting range (for sensitivity setting at AUTO): approx. 60 cm to 2.5 m (in the wide mode), approx. 60 cm to 1.8 m (in the telephoto mode)
Flash Mode	(1) Auto flash, (2) Auto flash for red-eye reduction, (3 ) Flash disabled, (4) Fill-in flash, (5) Fill-in flash for red-eye reduction (only when set at the long exposure)
Scene mode	(1) Standard mode, (2) Sport mode, (3) Portrait mode, (4) Night view mode, (5) Night view portrait mode, (6) Macro mode, (7) Distant view mode
Moving image recording mode	File format: AVI, can be selected from with or without audio
Moving image recording time	Up to full capacity of the memory card (When using an SD memory card with a transfer speed of at least 10 MB per second for high-speed recording. Free capacity may remain in the memory card, depending on the shooting conditions.) Playable environment in personal computer: QuickTime 4.1 or later (Windows, Macintosh)
Other shooting modes	Long exposure mode (can be selected from Off, 2 seconds, 4 seconds or 8 seconds), self timer mode (can be selected from 2 seconds or 10 seconds), manual focus setting, on/off switch for REC review, on/off switch for electronic zoom
Consecutive shooting	Approximately 3.5 frames/second, up to full capacity of the memory card (When using an SD memory card with a recording speed of at least 10 MB per second for high-speed recording. Free capacity may remain in the memory card, depending on the shooting conditions. It differs depending on the shooting conditions, camera settings and memory card status)
After-recording for still image	Up to 30 seconds for one image
Resize	Images can be reduced to a size of 320 x 240 or 160 x 120. The area to be resized can be selected. File format: JPEG
Playback mode	Multi image display (six images), single display, after-recording (audio memo for still image), protect, erase (single image), erase all images, rotate, slide show, resize, DPOF setting, close-up playback, thumbnail playback, playback of moving images shot by this camera, information display
Setup function	AF mode (SAF, CAF), brightness adjustment of the liquid crystal, backlight adjustment, date setting, date insertion, card format, auto power-off setting, mode lock, shutter sound/operational sound setting, language selection (Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese), video output switch (NTSC, PAL), consecutive file number reset, setting reset, change of selected color, start screen selection, on/off switch for REC review
Input/output terminal	DC input (using a dedicated AC adapter), USB terminal (mini-B)
Power source	3.7V lithium-ion battery 780 mAh, Dedicated AC adapter
Number of images that can be taken	Approximately 100 images* * When using the attached new lithium-ion battery, at room temperature, based on the Kyocera measurement standards: 50% flash, 2048 x 1536, normal image quality
Dimensions	100 mm width x 62.5 mm height x 16 mm depth, excluding protrusions
Weight	Approximately 125g, excluding battery and the recording media
Operating temperature	0 - 45 degrees Celsius (no condensation)

* Note 1: DCF is an abbreviation of the Design rule for Camera File system, the standard of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). The standard is intended to facilitate the use of image files primarily of digital cameras in related equipment.

* Note 2: DPOF is an abbreviation of Digital Print Order Format established by the companies, Canon Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. This standard is for recording specific information from images taken by digital camera, such as printed images and number of images, in recording media.