Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Varioptic Becomes Camera-Module Vendor

Virtual Press Office: In a surprising move Varioptic announces the launch of the first liquid lens auto focus camera module - AFCM MI285. So now Varioptic becomes a camera-module supplier.

It has been developed using Varioptic's latest auto focus 7.75mm liquid lens - Arctic 416 - allowing one of the smallest footprints (8.5 mm) for a 2MP camera module.

The AFCM MI285 camera module is manufactured by "one of Varioptic leading Asian partners", and the Arctic 416 lenses are manufactured in Wuxi (China) by Creative Sensor Inc. It's offered at $16 at volumes of 50,000 units.

John Barber, Vice President of Business Development at Varioptic said: "Although Varioptic remains focused on developing and producing liquid lenses, we saw this opportunity with one of our partners as too good to miss. Our AFCM MI285 is a stepping stone to the first camera phone using a liquid lens. We are already working with a number of handset companies to achieve this and should be announcing the first camera phone in the coming months."

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