Olympus E-20 Specifications
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| Street Price (US) | $ 1900 | |
| Street Price (EU) | ?? | |
| Body Material | Metal | |
| CCD effective pixels |  |
4.92 megapixels |
| CCD size** | |
2/3" |
| CCD Colour Filter Array | |
G - R - G - B |
| Max resolution | 2560 x 1920 | |
| Lower resolutions | • 1792 x 1344 • 1280 x 960 • 1024 x 768 • 640 x 480 |
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| Image ratio w:h | 4:3 | |
| Image formats | |
• JPEG (EXIF) • RAW (2576 x 1924) - final output is 2560 x 1920 • TIFF (8-bit) |
| Quality Levels | • 1/2.7 • 1/4 • 1/8 |
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| Sensitivity equiv. | |
• Auto • ISO 80 • ISO 160 • ISO 320 |
| Lens Thread | 62 mm | |
| Zoom wide (W) | |
35 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) | |
140 mm (4 x) |
| Zoom type | Mechanically linked | |
| Lens Aperture | |
F2.0 - F2.4 |
| Lens Construction | 14 elements in 11 groups | |
| Digital zoom | |
None |
| Auto Focus | Contrast detection | |
| AF Illumination lamp | |
Yes, Infrared |
| Manual Focus | |
20 cm - Infininty (focus-by-wire ring on front of lens barrel) |
| Normal focus range | |
60 cm - Infinity |
| Macro focus range | |
20 cm - 60 cm |
| Min shutter | |
• Program / Aperture Priority
/ Shutter Priority: 2 sec • Manual: Bulb, 60 sec |
| Max shutter | |
• IS (2560 x 1920) 1/640 sec • PS (1792 x 1344) 1/4000, 1/18000 sec |
| Noise reduction | Yes, can be manually enabled | |
| Pixel mapping | Yes, menu option | |
| Metering | |
• Digital ESP |
| Exposure adjustment | |
-3EV to +3EV in 1/3EV steps |
| Auto bracketing | |
• 3 images • 0.3 - 1.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps |
| Aperture priority | |
• Wide: F2.0, F2.2, F2.4, F2.8, F3.2, F3.6, F4.0, F4.5, F5.0,
F5.6, F6.3, F7.1, F8.0, F9.0, F10.0, F11.0 |
| Shutter priority | |
• IS mode: 2, 1.6, 1.3, 1,
1/1.3, 1/1.6, 1/2, 1/2.5, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, 1/13, 1/15,
1/20, 1/25, 1/30, 1/40, 1/50, 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/125, 1/160, 1/200,
1/250, 1/320, 1/400, 1/500, 1/640 sec • PS mode additionally: 1/800, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1600, 1/2000, 1/2800, 1/4000, 1/18000 sec |
| Full manual | |
As above plus these shutter speeds: • Bulb, 60, 47, 38, 30, 25, 20, 15, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.5 sec |
| Exposure Modes | • Program AE • Aperture Priority • Shutter Priority • Manual |
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| White Balance | |
• Auto WB • 3000 K (Tungsten) • 3700 K (Tungsten - Warmer) • 4000 K (Fluorescent) • 4500 K (Fluorescent - Warmer) • 5500 K (Daylight) • 6500 K (Cloudy) • 7500 K (Shade) • Manual Preset |
| Continuous | |
• IS: 2560 x 1920 - 2.5 fps
max 4 images • PS: 1792 x 1344 - 4.5 fps max 7 images |
| Built-in Flash | Yes, pop-up (manually released) | |
| Flash Range | • Wide: 0.6 - 8.9 m (2.0 -
29.2 ft) • Tele: 0.5 - 7.4 m (1.6 - 24.3 ft) |
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| Flash modes |
• Auto |
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| Flash compensation | +/-2 EV in 0.3 EV steps | |
| External flash | • Hot-shoe (Olympus FL-40 flash) • PC Sync terminal |
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| Tripod mount | Yes, metal | |
| Self-timer | Yes, 2 or 12 sec delay | |
| Remote control | Yes, supplied Infrared | |
| Video out | Yes, E-20P - PAL, E-20N - NTSC | |
| Storage media | |
• SmartMedia (up to 128 MB) • Compact Flash (Type I / II - Microdrive 1 GB supported) |
| Storage included | 16 MB SmartMedia card | |
| Viewfinder | |
Optical, TTL (prism), 95% view |
| LCD | |
1.8" TFT, can be tilted by 20 degrees down and 90 degrees up |
| Playback zoom | Yes, 2x, 3x, 4x | |
| Operating system | Proprietary | |
| Connectivity | |
DC-In, USB, Video Out, PC Sync Terminal, Remote control jack |
| Timelapse | Yes | |
| Battery | |
1 x CR-V3 Lithium (non-rechargeable) supplied |
| Battery charger | |
• 2 x CR-V3 Lithium, or • 4 x AA batteries (NiMH recommended) |
| Weight (inc. battery) | 1170 g (2.6 lb) | |
| Dimensions (inc. grip) | 128 x 103 x 161 mm (5.1 x 4.1 x 6.3 in) |
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