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The '''Kyocera (Yashica Samurai) V-70''' is a [[:Category:Still video|still-video camera]] announced in prototype form by [[Kyocera]] in early 1990<REF name="PopMay90">"Battle of the prototypes: A still-video sextet," May 1990 Popular Photography (Vol. 97, No. 5; page 56).</REF> and marketed the same year in Japan. The vertical styling (resembling an amateur video or movie camera) was taken from the Samurai half-frame 35mm camera series, such as the [[Yashica Samurai Z / Z-L / Z2| Samurai Z2]]. As with other models in the still video category, it was not actually a digital camera, but rather recorded analog television scan lines onto special 2" Video Floppy disks. The designation "high-band" refers to a revised VF standard permitting greater image resolution.

The V-70 offers a 3x,  f/1.4 9-27 mm zoom, entirely enclosed within the camera body. Images are recorded with a 1/2"-format, 360,000-pixel  CCD [[sensor]]. The V-70 was apparently only sold in Japan, at a price equivalent to USD $770, with a dock for playback adding $220<REF>"17 Top Electronic Cameras," December 1991 ''Popular Photography'' (Vol. 98, No. 12; page 110).</REF>. The main sensor provides autoexposure, contrast-detect autofocus, and TTL flash auto-exposure; it can record bursts up to 10 frames per second. A macro setting allows close-ups down to 4&frac12;"<REF name="PopMay90"/>.

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==Links==
In Japanese:
*Comparison of [http://archive.is/homepage3.nifty.com/01photo/subpage15.html Samurai Z with V-70] (last item on half-frame camera page), from [http://archive.is/homepage3.nifty.com/01photo/index.html Asgrown Oka] (archived)
*[http://www.digicammuseum.com/en/esvc/item/kyocera-v70 Yashica Kyocera Samurai V-70 information] at [http://www.digicammuseum.com/en/ digicammuseum.com] 

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