Sharp has developed a digital camcorder with a touch-screen LCD that you can
use to choose the area you want to zoom in on. Pressing a fingertip onto the
flip-out 10-centimetre screen zooms the camera in on the selected spot. The
focus and exposure are automatically adjusted at the same time.
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