Canon announce CS100 Station to auto copy media from camera
Taking photos using a camera is always a pleasure but it comes with the pain of transfer the photos and making sure that you do not lose them. There were many instances where myself and few of my friends lost photos because the photos are not copied in time and memory card corruption destroyed some very good photos. Canon Connect Station CS100 is the perfect solution for this problem. The CS100 is photo and video storage device that can connect to multiple ‘compatible’ imaging devices to store/view/share images and videos. CS100 provides up to 1 TB of storage and has built-in NFC and Wi-Fi. CS100 will be released in June 2015 and will cost around $299.99.
Users having compatible Canon digital camera with NFC can copy photos to CS100 by just tapping the NFC icon on the camera (camera and CS100 need to be in same network). Users can also setup automatic import of new images and videos from camera to CS100. CS100 can be connected to a HDTV using a HDMI connector to play videos and slideshow of photos on the TV. CS100 has built-in SDcard and compact flash card slots and a USB connection to import images from devices that are not compatible with auto copy over wireless.
To print images, CS100 can connect to PIXMA and SELPHY printers (compatible ones) over wireless network. Canon Image Gateway allows CS100 units in different locations to connect to each other and share images and videos. CS100 supports jpeg, raw, mp4, mov and avchd formats.
“Canon designed the Connect Station CS100 device to help consumers quickly and easily view, share and store their most valuable images and videos using Wi-Fi and NFC technologies,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “Today’s imaging culture is passionate about photography and videography and our goal at Canon is to make it as easy as possible for everyone to protect and share all their precious memories.”
Specification
| Build-in Hard Disk | Storage Capacity 1 TB * Since part of the disk space is used by the system, the indicated capacity is less than 1 TB. |
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| Standard Compliance IEEE802.11b/g/n |
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| Transmission method DS-SS modulation (IEEE 802.11b) OFDM modulation (IEEE 802.11g / n) |
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| Transmission range Approx. 15 m /49.2 ft. * WIth no obstructions between the transmitting and reeiving antennas and no radio interference * With an access point equipped with a high-performance antenna |
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| Transmission frequency 2.412GHz ~ 2.462GHz |
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| Security WEP, WPA-PSK (TKIP), WPA-PSK (AES), WPA2-PSK (TKIP), WPA2-PSK (AES) |
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| Wired Lan | 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T |
| Interface | |
| USB Hi-Speed USB(USB 2.0) |
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| HDMI OUT Type A, CEC-compatible |
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| Card slot CF card slot, SD memory card slot * Supported cards: CF card (Type I or II compatible), SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card (UHS-I not compatible) * The CFast card is not supported. |
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| Formats that can be Played Back | |
| Still Photos JPEG, RAW (CR2 only) |
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| Movies MP4, MOV, AVCHD |
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| Dimensions and Weight | |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 155.6 x 51.1 x 155.6mm / 6.13 x 2.01 x 6.13 in. |
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| Weight Approx. 570 g / 20.11 oz. (Body only) |
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| Operation Environment | Working temperature range and humidity 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F, 85% or less |
| Power Consumption | During operation/standby Approx. 10W / Approx. 9.5W |
| Remote Controller | Remote Controller CS-RC1 Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 41.3 x 15.1 x 125.5mm / 1.63 x 0.59 x 4.94 in. Weight |
| Power Adapter | |
| Compact Power Adapter CA-PS00 | |
| Rated input 100 – 240 V AC (50/60 Hz) |
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| DC cord Approx. 1.8 m / 5.9 ft. |
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| Working temperature range and humidity 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F, 85% or less |
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| Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 112 x 29 x 45 mm / 4.4 x 1.1 x 1.8 in. (excluding power cord) |
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| Weight Approx. 185 g /6.5 oz. (excluding power cord) |
