Solar Powered Digital Camera

by Aaron Lindberg April 1, 2013 14 Comments

The "Sun & Cloud" from Superheadz Japan, looks to be the the world's first solar powered digital camera.

This digital camera boasts the ability to shoot stills (3 megapixel) and video (640 x 480) within a 6x6x8 inch box.

If you happen to run out of juice and don't have access to the sun, flip out the handle and start winding the camera by hand. The unit can also be charged via USB 3.0.

From what I could read, the camera takes about 12 hours for a full charge by the sun. Not the most effective way of recharging the batteries but the energy cost would be zero.

Some of the specs from the Sun & Cloud include:

3 million pixels
ISO sensitivity: ISO100 to ISO800
Built in LED flash
Normal, Portrait and Macro focusing
Micro SD & Micro SDHC card
15 built in fliters

At $199 from AC Gears, would you pick up one of these and throw it in your camera bag?

You can read more on the camera at superheadz.com.

Via Exposureguide.com

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Henry Fan April 2, 2013

um, no.

Jayson Carey April 2, 2013

not sure if real and stupid, or april fools...

Aaron Lindberg April 2, 2013 Jayson Carey

This is real, bad timing on my part running this post on April 1st.

Richard Grebby April 2, 2013

sounds like a wind up ;)

Nejc Lasič April 2, 2013

This is ___________ <----- fill in the blank.

Jason Vinson April 2, 2013

Grant Hobgood April 2, 2013

People seem to miss the point that not everything needs to be the "best". I'd keep it on me with vacations or hikes in mind, had I run out of batteries in my other devices, this would be suitable.

christian lacasse April 3, 2013

why god why... and it takes money to create such prototypes 8-I

Graham Twomey April 3, 2013

Why did they not straighten the horizon line in the beach sample image? I do not think it's for artistic reasons..... makes you wonder about the care and detail of the actual product.