Pixii, the French camera maker best known as the alternative to the Leica camera, has just become the first camera manufacturer to offer a 64-bit camera. Meet the new Pixii Camera, the world’s first to use a 64-bit processor.
The company’s third camera following the Monochrome and Rangefinder, the new Pixii Camera is a new M-mount camera outfitted with a 26 MP BSI-CMOS sensor with updated software, and the new 64-bit processor featuring a quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 architecture, dual-core OpenCL 2.0 GPU with 768 threads and up to 7GPixels/s, and dedicated NPU and VPU cores.
It is also the first color camera-taking true monochrome DNGs, backed by the power of the 64-bit chip that affords finer details and smoother transitions. The camera further rocks a connected interactive, rangefinder viewfinder, that allows for remote live view on your mobile device.
With the new Pixii camera, it further boasts 5x faster AE, a 1,080 mAh battery that offers 2x longer battery life, an interchangeable lens system (of course), a dark chamber designed to fit collapsible lenses, Wi-Fi 802.11ac connectivity, Bluetooth LE 5.0, 16-256 GB internal storage, a beautiful dual-block machined aluminum body in a choice of space gray or black matte – just to name a few.
Even better news is that existing Pixii digital APS-C rangefinder is upgradeable. And by upgradeable, we mean the hardware aspect; not just the software. Owners of the current model can upgrade their cameras to the latest hardware.
As for the new camera goes, it is now available to order, starting at €2,699 (approximately US$2,837), and in a choice of 16, 32, 64, and 128 GB internal storage. The batch destined for late January 2023 shipping is sold out. Two more batches for mid-Feb and late-Feb 2023 deliveries are still available. An A2572 processor upgrade is available for A1571 models for €320 (about US$336).
Images: Pixii.
via Leica Rumors.