From TV screens to supermodels, everything seems to be getting slimmer these days. Remember how things used to be? Mobile phones the size of house bricks; video cameras so heavy they came with free gym membership? At the cutting edge of today’s technology, thin is cool, and small is beautiful. And when it comes to cameras, they don’t come much thinner, or cooler, than Oregon Scientific’s sublime new DS6618 Cardcam Digital Camera.

Oregon Scientific is already well known throughout the world as makers of stylish and highly-desirable consumer electronic products such as radio-controlled clocks, sports and healthcare devices and weather stations, products so elegant they wouldn’t look out of place on the set of a Hollywood movie. Now, though, they’ve moved into real James Bond territory with their ultra-thin Cardcam Digital Camera.

This fantastically stylish, silver-coloured digital camera really is the size of the proverbial credit card – 85.6 x 54 x 6 mm to be precise – and weighs in at a featherlight 35 grams. But while it could easily fit into your wallet, it won’t burn too big a hole in it, as the Cardcam retails in Australia at just $119 (RRP).

Powered by a 0.8 mm lithium polymer battery (which, incidentally, recharges automatically while you download your pictures to your Mac or PC), the Cardcam is the last word in digital photo technology.

Now everybody can be David Bailey …
Think you’re not much of a photographer? Are your party pics often of the floor, or have you been known to cut your partner’s head off in that romantic holiday snap? Worry no longer, because with a digital camera, you can delete those shots instantly – and take them again.

The Cardcam also features Autobrite ™ technology. This means that the camera automatically enhances dynamic range and adjusts exposure so that the detail in bright or dim areas of a picture is always pin-sharp. (In other words, it’s pretty much foolproof.)

A USB port allows for high-speed download of your pictures onto a Mac or PC, and the Windows/Mac compatible ArcSoft PhotoImpression software on the accompanying CD-Rom enables you to play around with them to your heart’s content afterwards. E-mailing them is easy too.

The Oregon Scientific DS6618 Cardcam Digital Camera is the perfect marriage of style and function, a simple-to-use camera that looks – and is – fabulous.

For stockists, check out our online retailer listings or call 1300 300 155 (in Australia only).