The design of the ePhoto 1680 is similar to the ePhoto 1280, featuring the 280-degree FlashTrack swivel zoom lens, a 5 cm superior quality LCD, and the EasyPilot one-button control for accessing all camera functions. Themain difference between the two cameras is the CCD sensor. While the ePhoto 1280 has an 810,000 pixel sensor, the ePhoto 1680 features a true 1.3 million pixel sensor for producing photo quality images. In addition, with Agfa's PhotoGenie image enhancement technology, the ePhoto 1680 is able to achieve a resolution of 1.9 million pixels for extremely crisp and clean enlargements.

The ePhoto 1680 also includes a 6x zoom (3x optical plus 2x digital), and the camera supports a unique black and white document mode for capturing text or data. The camera also includes several improvements over the ePhoto 1280 which make it even more user friendly, including faster processing speed, interruptible image capture and playback, the ability to save camera settings, and the ability to select any number of images for deletion at one time.

As with the ePhoto 1280, the ePhoto 1680 includes four flash modes, video out, support for SSFDC SmartMedia cards, and other advanced settings -- including manual exposure and focus settings, white balance and external flash synchronization.

The ePhoto 1680 includes the following functions previously unavailable with the ePhoto 1280:

• Save Preferences: ability to save camera settings.
  
  
• Document Mode: ability to take pictures of text (in black and white) for later use in documents (after OCR conversion).
  
  
• Interruptible Image Processing: ability to interrupt image processing after taking a picture. The user can choose to keep the image or discard it immediately.
  
  
• Interruptible Playback: ability to interrupt the process of displaying an image on the LCD for the purpose of skipping to and displaying subsequent images.
  
  
• 2x Digital Zoom: ability to zoom in on an image in playback mode or on a subject in record mode.
  
  
• Mark and Delete Function: ability to select images for deletion (in thumbnail view), and then delete them simultaneously.
  
  
• Lock From Thumbnail View: ability to lock and unlock all images or selected images from thumbnail view.
  
  

The ePhoto 1680 includes everything you need to take great digital photos -- camera, cables (PC, Macintosh, video), software, removable memory, starter batteries, rechargeable NiMH batteries and charger, quick reference guide, soft case, and wrist strap.