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Voigtländer is one of the bedrocks of photography. They quite rightly had a reputation that was second to none in the world of film cameras, and now they have announced an entry level digital compact, the Vitoret 73.

Here is the specification:

Image Sensor 7,0 Mega CCD
LCD Display 3“ LTPS TFT-LCD display
Image resolution Still Image: 3072x2304 /2592x1944/ 2048x1536 / 640x480
Movie: 320x240
Imagestorage SD storage card up to 2 GB
32 MB internal memory (approx. 22 MB for image store
Memory quality Fine, Standard, Economy
File format JPEG (EXIF 2.2, DCF 1.1, DPOF), Motion jpeg (AVI)
Lens 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom,
f= 5,8mm – 17,4 mm
F = 2,8 – 4,8 (equivalent 34-102mm on a 35mm camera)
Focus range Macro: 5cm ~ to infinity
Standard: 35cm ~ to infinity
Shutter speed 1 - 1/2000 Sec.
Exposure compensation - 2 EV up to + 2 EV (in 1/3 EV increments)
White Balance Auto, manual, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent
Flash Forced on, Forced off, Red-eye-reduction
Self timer 10 Sec., 2 Sec. 10+2 Sec.
Terminal USB, A/V out (NTSC/PAL), DC-IN, PictBridge
Power supply Alkaline battery, AC power adapter
Measures (WxDxH) Aprox. 94 x60 x29,1mm
Weight: 120g

Priced at 149 Euros, it will give the current models some stiff competition.

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That's a damn good price. I'm sure about 5% of it is actually made by Voigtlander but I have no problem with that as long as it's the lens!