We have been mentioning pocket projects for a while now, and they are beginning to be found as stand alone players and in smart phones. But Nikon is brining to market a camera with just such a device incorporated. The Nikon Coolpix S1000pj features a small projector that can throw an image up to 40 inches tall on (practically) any surface.
No more gathering around to see the pictures at the end of the day – instead you can share them with the crowd. The LCOS projector is rather conservative, rated for only 10 lumens, and has a contrast ratio of 30:1. While this does mean that you need a rather dim place to view the projected image, it does give about an hour of projection time per charge. The image is produced in a VGA resolution, and the projection distance ranges from 10 inches (around a five inch display) to 6.5 feet (our 40 inch display).
The point and shoot camera features a 5x zoom lens and a decent 12 megapixel image capability. The camera also features motion detection to aid in the image stabilization, which will automatically adjust ISO and shutter speed in order to freeze frame the action. After all, it would be no fun to look at a nicely projected 40 inch blur.
The Nikon Coolpix S1000pj projection camera is slated to start shipping mid-November with a street price of $429.
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Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS or LCoS) is a "micro-projection" or "micro-display" technology typically applied in projection televisions. It is a reflective technology similar to DLP projectors; however, it uses liquid crystals instead of individual mirrors. By way of comparison, LCD projectors use transmissive LCD chips, allowing light to pass through the liquid crystal. In LCoS, liquid crystals are applied directly to the surface of a silicon chip coated with an aluminized layer, with some type of passivation layer, which is highly reflective.
source: wikipedia
