The Olympus Air A01 is a camera without a screen that "misses" when you attach a smartphone to it. It is very similar to a lens intended for a camera with interchangeable lenses, except that it also has a sensor and other necessary electronics in the cylinder. In this case, the function of the "body" is taken over by the smartphone, which thus gains the power of a high-end camera with countless options that are accessible through applications.
Olympus Air A01, a camera without a screen, is a solution to one of the longest-lasting problems of smartphones, which have already had quite a few attempts to fit a good zoom camera. Most of the experiments took place inside the phone, but the first to introduce an external unit was Sony (QX series). After the postpartum contractions, Sony managed to make a big splash with QX1, and now another Japanese company, Olympus, has added its own in this field. Also 147 grams Air A01 s to the micro 4/3 format he chose smartphones as his partner, which perfectly replace camera screens, because the phones have better ones than most of them.
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What about the sensor and electronics? This moved to cylinder, so the Air A01 carries all the burden of quality. With this, smartphones also got the ability top photos, and the user experience is due to belonging applications, which offer many functions, at a much higher level. It boasts sensors with 16 million points, shutter speed 1/16000 s and 3X digital zoom. It is managed via a smartphone - from activation, photo manipulation, to publishing online. It will be available in white and black. It goes on sale March 6, but initially only in Japan. The merchant will give it up if you hand him 250 euros.
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