Canon Announces IXY Digital Camera With Integrated Wireless LAN

Canon Japan has announced the IXY Digital Wirless, a digital camera with integrated wireless LAN that can wirelessly connect to printers and PCs, in early ...

Canon's new IXY features integrated 802.11b standard wireless LAN, enabling it to wirelessly transfer recorded image data to PCs and printers. If the user sets a PictBridge supporting printer with the included "Wireless Print Adapter (WA-1)," they can print with no cables whatsoever. Because the WA-1 is preloaded with all necessary settings, wireless printing is ready to take place the instant the user inserts it in their machine.

If used with a PC that features a wireless LAN function, "Wireless Direct Transfer" allows the camera to transfer images to the PC; "PC Connection Print" also allows users to print to a printer that is connected via the host PC, by way of the digital camera. Furthermore, "Photograph Synchronize Transfer" will synchronize the contents of the digital camera's memory card with the PC's hard drive, and "Wireless Remote Capture" allows the camera to be wirelessly controlled using the PC. These features can be used in both Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure environments.

Canon Japan Press Release - (Google Translated)

New product " IXY DIGITAL WIRELESS " is the CANON first radio LAN communication facility built-in digital camera. The standard IEEE 802.11b of the radio LAN (Wi-Fi recognition) we are conformed, high picture quality of 5.0 Mega pixels the graphics data the high-speed wireless it is possible to transfer in approximately 6 seconds. If " wireless print adapter WA-1 " of attachment is installed in the PictBridge corresponding printer, it can enjoy " wireless direct print " simplicity * easily without connecting the cable. Feeling at rest even with the user where " WA-1 " because it is in advance registered to the camera as a communication partner, does not have the necessity to do difficult initial setting, is not expert knowledge of the radio LAN, you can use.

In addition, it can do the high-speed picture transfer to the personal computer from the camera, at the time of wireless communicating with the personal computer, " wireless direct transfer " of course can do printing from the printer where with just operation of camera side is connected to the personal computer, " print by way of the personal computer " is possible. Furthermore, when the picture which was photographed is recorded to the memory card inside the camera simultaneously, is produced transfer / retention to also the personal computer, operating the camera remotely " photographing simultaneous transfer " and, from the personal computer, it can do photographing, has loaded the colorful function such as " wireless remote capturing ".

As a basic function of the camera, " IXY DIGITAL 60 " (September of 2005 sale) with similarly, the high fine 5.0 Mega pixel CCD and the super small-sized optical 3 time zoom lens, the advanced image engine " DIGIC? We were on-board the U ", the compatibility of high picture quality and the high-speed response assured. In addition, have the economical electrical * high brightness back light by the fact that the user interface which 2.0 type liquid crystal it is monitored and is refined and is adopted, both photographing * playback further comfortable operation is actualized.

Digital camera market trend

The entire shipment quantity of the digital camera of 2004 years (the entire world), approximately 5,977 ten thousand units of anti- preceding year ratio 37.7% increase, the inside domestic shipment approximately 855 ten thousand units, as for export they were approximately 5,122 ten thousand units. In 2005, approximately 6,480 ten thousand units of anti- preceding year ratio 8.4% increase (as for domestic shipment approximately 840 ten thousand units, as for export approximately 5,640 ten thousand units) it is expected that it becomes. (The camera image equipment manufacturer's association you inspect)

Background of development

Attendant upon the enlargement of the digital camera market and the spread of the printer, through the personal computer, demand to the foam/home photoprint which can print the photograph with simplicity operation more and more has increased. As for CANON, from 2001 connecting the digital camera and the printer directly with the cable, as it prints leading industry, you propose " camera direct ", after 2003 it contributed to the spread promotion of standard " PictBridge " of direct print greatly.

On one hand, as for the personal computer of course, wireless conversion is advancing even with the digital home appliance product with the development of wireless communication technology of recent years, the product and the accessory which load radio LAN communication facility regarding the digital camera have started being thrown by the market.

The in such, at CANON since May of 2000 selling you sold above the sum total 1,000 ten thousand units, radio LAN communication facility it was built in you developed the " IXY DIGITAL WIRELESS " as the next generation model of the IXY DIGITAL series which obtains high appraisal in the entire world. Besides the fact that direct print can be enjoyed without the cable simplicity * easily, colorful wireless communication facility of the personal computer is loaded.

CANON by the fact that the latest new product is thrown, furthermore expands the pleasure of the digital camera with wireless communication technology of advancement, keeps leading/reading digital photo industry.

Source: Digital Camera Tracker (press release) - USA