Rollei rolls out 3D camera and frame

Rollei, Hamburg, Germany, has introduced a 3D camera and 3D frame. The Powerflex 3D is a dual-lens, 5-megapixel Rollei Powerflex 3D model, featuring an 8x digital zoom. The camera has a 2D mode as well, and can take 3D video. HD-quality videos can be shot at 30 images per second. The pictures appear on the 2.8 inch LCD display with a resolution of 640-by-480 pixels in such a way that each one of the observer’s eyes sees a slightly displaced image, which is then automatically merged into a three-dimensional image, so images can be reviewed without glasses.

The Rollei Designline 3D is a 7i-nch digital frame that can display 3D photos. Shipping in a bundle with the “Blaze Video Magic 3.0” software that helps to convert 2D images into 3D pictures, the Rollei Desingline 3D is otherwise a standard 800-by-480-pixel digital photo frame with integrated stereo speakers, and doubles as an e-book reader.

Rollei’s Designline 3D and Powerflex 3D will be available in retail channels at the end of January 2011 for a suggested retail price of 299.95 euros each.

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