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OBJECT TYPE: Digital
DATE: 1999
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2006.0016.001

MANUFACTURER: Ixla Ltd.
MODEL: Digital SuperPro 640
LOCATION: Taiwan

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General Information

Serial #: 999B025736
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic body, controls, strap, parts/ glass? optical components

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 13.4 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 7.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Photography
Category: Still cameras
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Ixla
Country: Taiwan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: circa 1999+
Canada: One of five cameras acquired form Mr. André Cloutier of Ottawa. Mr. Cloutier is a collector and amateur photographer; his images have appeared in ``Popular Photography``. He was a soldier with the Canadian Armed Forces & NATO and used his equipment in Canada and Europe. Mr. Cloutier supplemented his income by working part time in photographic departments of various stores such as Hougen's in Whitehorse, Yukon; Pascal and Sears in Ottawa. He often acquired cameras and accessories in these stores using his employee discount. Mr. Cloutier purchased this as his first digital camera to experiment before investing in more expensive equipment. It was an excellent introduction to digital photography but did not produce good quality images. He found the camera impractical: it stored, on a built-in memory, only between 20-36 images, which had to be transferred directly to a PC.
Function: A device used to record still images on digital memory.
Technical: An example of a consumer digital camera of the late 1990s. Features promoted included a built-in flash, a self timer, fixed focus from 3 feet to infinity, a monochrome LCD character display (indicating the number of exposures), 640x480 resolution, a built-in memory holding 30 photos, and serial and USB connectors to a computer. This camera was sold together with the Ixla Photo Easy Deluxe package for $99.00 US.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: black lettering on front reads "[logo] IXLA", "DIGITAL/ superpro/ 640" & 2 MB 640X480 SERIAL & USB SUPPORT"/ label on underside reads "IXLA Limited www.ixla.com/ DC 6.0V 1.7 AMPS Model DSP640/ Serial No. 999B025736/ FCC ID: Made in Taiwan/ KSX-X9904 M2009512795"
Missing: appears complete
Finish: grey finish/ black strap/ black controls
Decoration: N/A

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Ixla Ltd., Camera, 1999, Artifact no. 2006.0016, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2006.0016.001/

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