Posted Nov 01, 2006 at 12:07PM by Gino D. Listed in: Accessories, News Tags: MySpace, Play-Asia
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Chotto Shot (with case)

If you're the type to document your whole life in MySpace with pictures of you harassing your pet cat, pictures of you picking your nose, or pictures of you doing other-worldy things (hey, these kinds of pics are actually appreciated somewhere in the Interwebs), then you might look forward to this PSP accessory.

The Chotto Shot is now available from Play-Asia for approximately US $ 49.90. It even has a neat little carrying case that comes with it. With a 1.3 megapixel lens that can capture both still shots and videos, the price is pretty reasonable considering that it even comes with its own photo-editing software.

What we'd like to know now is this: can this little baby can be incorporated into your homebrews? Makes you think, doesn't it? Anyone want to take the challenge?


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   by guest (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » firmware?

What firmware does it requires?


   Re: dood (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » I dont know.....

I am on 2.71 se-b' and I have not yet seen any camera options in the XMB.

I too would like to know how you use the camera and does it require the latest firmware.

How would you run homebrew on it if it does req 2.81....

Anyhow its a neat toy but how do you use it!!!!!!!

I would also like to say that 1.3 megapixels means it will never be able to ever replace a real camera which is a dissapointment. I was really hoping for 3MP+. Oh well, I guess that leaves them room to come out with yet another product later.

   Re: catron (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » but

i bet it been incorporated all along and you just plug it in and a camera pops up in the photo menu

   Re: Tye (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » WORKS ON 2.71

i work at a warehouse that ships these and tested one on my 2.71 psp works perfectly fine go ahead and buy!

   Re: tj (Unregistered) - 2006-11-22
 » firmware

3.0 or higher firmware
   by soopergooman - 2006-11-01
 » YAY! a Price!!!

I'm soo getting this so that it will be easier for me to record vcs on my other psp. lol I NEED this!

   by pob-pnuk (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » firmware

i am going to get this if you can run it on 2.71 or below

if not ill consider upgrading on reveiws

   by iNCREDiPiNOY - 2006-11-01
 » Firmware Required 3.0

Pricey!

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   by Fr@nkie (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Quick details ive heard

it is a USB camera that goes on top o the PSP. It comes with a UMD and you use the UMD to take the pics/videos. Also on the UMD, it has editing software. Pictures are saved under PSP/PHOTO and i think vidoes are put in the MP_ROOT folder encoded in mp4.

   by gangzta psp (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » GEIL! unbelievebile

i hope it doesnt take enough time untill its in europe! record videos take pics thats damn hot!!

   by stubo13 - 2006-11-01
 » UK

when does this come out in the UK and what about the GPS

   by metalspector (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

1.3 megapixels? you must be kidding me right? this probably takes the most blurry pictures a camera can take. Also my cellphone has a camera which came on it FREE and it's 4 megapixels. Sony, you srewed up bigtime, noone will buy this crap.


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » .

I know.
1.3 is crap when it comes to cameras.

My Cell even does 1.7, and it's old.

   Re: regt123 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » .....

lol sony didnt make it it said it was from sum asia tingy :P

   Re: Zephyrus - 2006-11-01
 » re: ?!?!?!?!???!?!

erm... wtf.. dude. you don't have to be a liar.. there's no camera phone out on the market that's 4megapixels..the max is 3.2 megapixels.. 1.3mp is okay, a 2.0 mp would be better.. but seriously, shut up if you have nothing to say.

   Re: idiot... (Unregistered) - 2006-11-02
 » you are a fking retard..

seriously, you must have been dropped on your head twenty four times at birth then had your brain replaces with sh*t... 1.3mp is 1280x1024 resolution, BIGGER THAN YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN DIPFACE! also, the camera didnt come free, since you payed for the mobile retard, what are you, 10 years old?

   Re: kyelewis (Unregistered) - 2006-11-02
 » It might be "1280x1024" but...

.. do you really think it's a crisp clear 1280x1024? You can't honestly think that. If you want a good clear image you need more than 1.3 megapixels; by far. I'm not even satisfied with my 3 megapixel camera at resolutions higher than 640x480.
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   by aky (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » :/

i bet the UMD it apparently comes with requires like 2.81 or something so u probably need to update for it to work.

   by Vietone (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Idiots

For one 1.3MP is plenty enough.

You rarely ever use the source pictures from those high MP cameras. Its just not necessary.

1.3MP pictures are perfect for uploading to the internet. You wont have to open them up in a editing program just to make them smaller and thus making them look like you took them from a 1.3MP camera anyways.


   Re: Warhawke (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Actually

1.3 MP is pathetic. Most cell phones come standard with at least a 2 MP camera. Also, 1.3 isn't all that great for use online since you can't really make out detail for anything to take pictures of.

   Re: tay (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » at least 2mp

they could have done 2mp no problem at the same size my SE w810 is small with a 2mp camera. and it has image stablizing
   by Shadows1990 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Totally True

Well, yeah, i have 1.3 MP on my 'Cell' and im happy with it. Good job Sony


   Re: ENFORCER (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » ME TOO

thats right i agree too
   by bobefresh (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » ^^^^^^^

yep hes right!!! much easier for myspacers

   by Pthrasher (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Sooo... finally it has come.....out........Ordering it first thing tomorrow!!

People it doesn't matter how much megapixels it has.
If yuo have a camera phone with 680x320 pixels or so then you would know that it looks better, even with 1.3mp. So that would mean considering the PSP screen is huge, the pics will look like 3mp, but the video might look awful because it only lets you record in a lower setting than the acual screen itself.

Only thing is... will they release a firmware upgrade by this weekend?Cause the Camera folder is empty?How would it run?Yes UMD is an opinion but they mention nothing of the sort anywhere that it will be on there...


   Re: Nohtreya (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » He is right do.....

Yea he is right do....... It will look like 3.00mb mayb...becouse of the psp screen size :D

   Re: Warhawke (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » It does matter

Actually, it matters quite a bit. Not everyone is going to keep the pictures from this camera on the PSP.

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   Re: mem stick (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » copy software to memory stick

I hope you can copy the software to your mempry stick, I dont want to carry the umd and boot it just to take a picture.

you - hey mind if I take a picture
people - sure
you - hold up I have to load up this umd

   Re: ENFORCER (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » /

Thats so hilarious.... waiting for 6-8 seconds to load umd then for the camera to show screen then take the pic
   by Critines (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » OMFG!!!!! LOL

I can't believe that person just said interwebs. Thats the most moobiest word that is possible to use...


   Re: ?? (Unregistered) - 2006-11-02
 » ???

What the hell is moobiest????

   Re: _F1 - 2006-11-02
 » R*tard

That's the point, r*tard. It's a joke.

   Re: DG (Unregistered) - 2006-11-02
 » moobiest

Interwebs interwebs interwebs...that word has been around for awhile now, smacktard.
   by wooters (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » US

does this work for the US PSP ????????

   by DJ (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Guys

its not like that. read the reviews. it is better than u think. even though it is 1.3 the pic still looks like it is a higher res.

   by Vegita (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Just ordered

Hope it works w/ 2.71 SE-B

   by sweet (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » sweet

this is sweet

   by gunit (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » 1.3mp is good enough

most people are rite about the 1.3mp being enough, ur not gonna be looking at a huge pic and 99.99% u gonna resize the pic anyways, its about the quality of the pic

   by ken (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » firmware

the camera operates like a game when you run the included UMD

the UMD requires 2.81 but similar to GRAN THEFT AUTO VICE CITY STORIES, you can use DevHook to Run the UMD then use the camera for pictures and video.

   by brandon099 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » ?????

I want to know if the editing software it comes with is in english as well....anyone know?

   by databoy2k - 2006-11-01
 » Folks, check the Price!!!

$50!! Chill out guys - it's a piece of software coupled with a camera! What, you expected a 7mp camera capable of 1600x1200 resolution for that price?
The camera's a cheap, small, little add-on. It comes coupled with software that probably would retail for $20 normally. Have any of you bothered to check out what camera's retail for now-a-days? I'll give you a hint - $30 is a really good price for a brand new digital camera, regardless of the resolution.
I'm thinking all the professional photographers on these forums are not going to be purchasing this add-on so they can take photos with their PSPs. For the rest of us that want to have a portable video camera, I'm not sure that this is the worst case scenario at all. Still curious about the firmware required to run it, though... We'll see I guess...
--Databoy2k


   Re: ENFORCER (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » THANKS

U set them straight databoy2k
   by Finalfan (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » hmmm

So im guessing when you do video and need the sound too, you just have to use the psp headset and remote? man thats gonna be awkward


   Re: Techni (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Nope

The camera has a mono microphone built in
   by lionel007 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » too bad i cant buy this @ lik-sany anymore

too bad i cant buy this @ lik-sany anymore


   Re: _F1 - 2006-11-02
 » Yeah...

Yeah, Lik-Sang was the only website that sold PSP stuff on the Internet...

[/sarcasm]
   by hmm (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » practical?

by looking at the picture, it looks like the camera is faced at the user of the psp. does the camera maybe flip over to face the other way?
and do you figure they will incorparate this into a game or anything like eye toy for psp or something?

   by Clefable (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Logitech leads the way.

I think that if we wait a week or 2, logitech will release a 3+(hopefully) mp logitech-psp camera that also looks nicer and can also take better videos. Unless of course the resolution is fixed by the firmware itself(i think this is distinctly possible).

   by ... (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » 1.3

wtf, 1.3 megapixels sucks ass


   Re: S3V3N2 (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » Flame on hmm?

Omg man, cant (some) of you people come up with a reasonable argument on how this "sucky" add-on (which no one is forcing you to buy btw) ...but still, stop being a flamer, unless you can make something better of course.
   by Foxglove (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » 1.3 MP does not suck

thats a 1280×1024 picture, more then enough for using with blogs or web based use. And anyways, if you think its crap, dont buy it, and stop whining.

Heres an example of a pic you could take with that $50 "crap" camera: http://www.jatowada.or.jp/kabegami/1(1280-1024).jpg

   by JJWONG - 2006-11-01
 » 1.3 is fine

Jesus christ, do u REALLY need to see the fibres in ur clothes? jeez, open up at 6 MP on yur comp and ull be like, "HOLY CRAP, I DIDNT TAKE A PIC OF A MINE FEILD!!!" then u'll zoom out and see it was ur face. 1.3 is fine, or do you all REALLY need to see THROUGH those fibres to see the skin underneath because you are JUST. THAT. LONELY.


   Re: well (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » well

yes.
   by chameleon (Unregistered) - 2006-11-01
 » wtf..?

wtf kind of a name is chotto shot? sounds like someone describing a dead pet


   Re: _F1 - 2006-11-02
 » ...

It's Japanese you f*cking r*tard.

   Re: _F1 - 2006-11-02
 » Quick shot

It means "Quick shot", by the way, according to an earlier article.


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