BenQ announces E1050 camera for drab and mysterious shooters

BenQ is enhancing its selection of pocketable shooters with another modestly-spec'ed offering, the E1050. It has your standard 3x optical zoom lens on the front and 3-inch LCD on the back, with a 10 megapixel CCD forming the meat in this 17.6mm thick sandwich (though BenQ points out that it is 16.8mm thin at its skinniest bit). Its stainless case is only available in a muted gray, surely to disappoint those who need color in their life. However, that nondescript hue plus the inclusion of shooting speeds all the way down to ISO 3200, twice that of the earlier (and thinner) T850, should make this a solid choice for spies and ninjas. Beyond potential espionage action there isn't much to get excited about here, especially at an undisclosed price and undisclosed availability -- but don't let that stop you from checking out a picture of its back-side after the break.

[Yaari @ Sep 19th 2008 9:40AM]

Sounds ....ho hum

[Rich @ Sep 19th 2008 10:23AM]

You write about it's understated appearance like it's a bad thing. I don't want my subject to be dazzled by my camera! "Muted" and "nondescript" sounds pretty good in a camera to me!

[Dan @ Sep 19th 2008 10:48AM]

I guess they're Casio Exilim fans...
http://www.infoborder.com/Digital_Cameras/Casio/exilim_s500.php

[Chris @ Sep 19th 2008 12:16PM]

"It's stainless case is only available in a muted gray..."

Please learn the difference between "it's" and "its". You're supposed to be a journalist.

[Samboini @ Sep 19th 2008 1:01PM]

Either way; I think it is a lovely shade of understated grey. Maybe i'm just plain.

[jack bartlett @ Sep 19th 2008 3:45PM]

You didn't mention that it has touch screen function. And at two mm ticker than the T850 it is still darned thin. The T850 is ( or supposed to be per BenQ about $220- 7700 baht in Thailand).
I am salivating over acquiring one!!

[Benjamin Humphrey @ Sep 21st 2008 5:54AM]

"plus the inclusion of shooting speeds all the way down to ISO 3200"

- ISO is not a measure of the shooting "speed" - ISO is the sensitivity of the CCD sensory, like the amplification or "gain." Shooting "speeds" would refer to the FPS that a camera can shoot continuously. Or, perhaps you meant shutter speed, which is once again entirely different.