Epson's has announced its latest entry level camera in the shape of the five million pixel L500V. Controls are basic but the model sports a large 2.5-inch LCD screen, doing away with an optical viewfinder altogether. It has a 32MB internal memory and can take SD/MMC cards.
| Sensor |
1/2.5" Type CCD
5.3 million pixels total
5 million effective pixels |
| Image sizes |
2560 x 1920
1600 x 1200
640 x 480 |
| Movie clips |
640 x 480
320 x 240
160 x 120
Up to 30 fps
QuickTime Motion JPEG
|
| File formats |
Still: JPEG
Movie: AVI
|
| Lens |
34 - 102 mm 3x optical zoom
F 2.8 - F 4.9 |
| Digital zoom |
Up to 4x |
| Focus |
Autofocus |
| Focus distance |
Wide: 0.5 m - infinity
Tele: 0.5 m - infinity
Macro: 5cm |
| ISO sensitivity |
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 400
Auto |
| Aperture |
F 2.8 - F 8.4 |
| Scene modes |
Landscape
Portrait
Night view
Night Portrait |
| White balance |
Daylight
Cloudy
Incandescent
Fluorescent
Mercury lamp
Auto |
| Self timer |
2 or 10 seconds |
| Continuous shooting |
3 fps until memory card is full |
| Flash |
Auto, red-eye reduction, fill in, slow synch, flash off |
| LCD monitor |
2.5" TFT LCD
262,000 pixels |
| Connectivity |
USB 2.0 High Speed |
| Print compliance |
DPOF
Direct Print |
| Storage |
SD/MMC card
32 MB internal memory |
| Weight (no batt) |
165 g (5.8oz) |
| Dimensions |
92 x 63 x 32mm (3.6 x 2.5 x 1.2 in) |