Digital Photography Review
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| Street Price | US: $ 799 [check
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| Body Material | Magnesium alloy (except compartment doors and LCD frame) | |
| CCD effective pixels |  |
5.0 megapixels |
| CCD size | |
1/1.8" (7.2 x 5.3 mm - more info) |
| CCD Colour Filter Array | |
G - R - G - B |
| Max resolution | 2560 x 1920 (4.92 megapixels) | |
| Lower resolutions | • 2288 x 1712 • 2048 x 1536 • 1600 x 1200 • 1024 x 768 • 640 x 480 |
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| Image ratio w:h | • 4:3 • 3:2 (2560 x 1696) |
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| Image formats | |
• RAW * • TIFF • JPEG (EXIF 2.2) * Can create JPEG copies in-camera (with parameters) |
| Quality Levels | • SHQ • HQ • SQ |
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| Sensitivity equiv. | |
• Auto (ISO 64 - 250) • ISO 64 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 |
| Lens Thread | With optional adapter, 43 or 55 mm (CLA-1 / CLA-4) | |
| Zoom wide (W) | |
35 mm |
| Zoom tele (T) | |
105 mm (3 x) |
| Zoom steps | 18 steps | |
| Lens Aperture | |
F1.8 - F2.6 |
| Digital zoom | |
Yes, smooth up to 3.3x |
| Auto Focus | • iESP AF • Spot area (9 areas in a cross) |
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| AF Mode | • Single (on half-press) • Continuous |
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| AF Illumination lamp | |
Yes, visible light (orange) |
| Normal focus range | |
80 cm - Infinity (31.5 in - Infinity) |
| Macro focus range | |
• Normal macro: 20 - 80 cm
(7.9 - 31.5 in) • Super macro: 3 cm - 20 cm (1.2 - 7.9 in) |
| Exposure modes | • Auto • Program • Aperture Priority • Shutter Priority • Manual • My Mode (eight user memories) • Scene (Portrait, Night Scene, Sport, Landscape Portrait) • Movie |
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| AE Lock | Yes, dedicated button | |
| Metering | |
• Digital ESP |
| Min shutter | |
• Programmed Auto: 4 - 1/2000
sec • Aperture Priority: 4 - 1/2000 sec • Shutter priority: 4 - 1/1000 sec • Manual: 16 - 1/1000 sec |
| Aperture priority | |
• Wide: F1.8, F2.0, F2.3, F2.6, F2.8, F3.2, F3.6, F4.0, F4.5,
F5.0, F5.6, F6.3, F7.0, F8.0 |
| Shutter priority | |
4, 3.2, 2.5, 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, 1/800, 1/1000 sec |
| Manual | As above plus shutter speeds: 16, 13, 10, 8, 6, 5 sec | |
| Noise reduction | Yes, dark frame NR can be enabled for shutter speeds of 1 sec+ | |
| Exposure compensation | |
-2 EV to +2 EV in 1/3EV steps |
| Exposure bracketing | |
• 3 or 5 images • +/- 0.3, 0.7 or 1.0 EV |
| White Balance | |
• Auto • Shade • Cloudy • Sunny • Evening sun • Fluorescent 1 (6700 K) • Fluorescent 2 (5000 K) • Fluorescent 3 (4200 K) • Fluorescent 4 (3500 K) • Incandescent (3000 K) • Custom (4 memories) |
| WB fine tune | +/- 7 levels | |
| Photo Function | • Off • Black & White • Sepia • White Board • Black Board |
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| Image Parameters | • Sharpness +/- 5 levels • Contrast +/- 5 levels • Saturation +/- 5 levels |
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| Continuous | |
• (Low speed) 1.7 fps JPEG
HQ mode, up to 11 frames • (High speed) 3.3 fps JPEG HQ mode, up to 4 frames |
| Built-in Flash | • Built-in, fixed • Auto, Red-eye reduction, Off, On, Slow Sync (front / rear) • Range: W 0.8 - 5.6 m (2.6 - 18.4 ft), T 0.2 - 3.8 m (0.7 - 12.5 ft) • Compensation: +/- 2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps • External hot-shoe (Olympus FL-40) |
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| Movie clip | • QuickTime Motion
JPEG • HQ: 320 x 240, 15 fps, max 96 secs • SQ: 160 x 120, 15 fps, max 424 secs * Audio can be disabled, when enabled optical zoom is locked during recording |
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| Audio clip | Can be enabled to auto record after shot, four seconds | |
| Panorama | Up to 10 frames stitchable using Olympus xD-Picture Card | |
| Misc | Two-In-One shot | |
| Tripod mount | Yes, metal | |
| Self-timer | Yes, 12 sec delay | |
| Remote control | Yes, supplied RM-1 Infrared | |
| Video out | Yes, selectable NTSC / PAL | |
| Storage | |
• xD-Picture Card (Slot 1) • SmartMedia (Slot 1) • Compact Flash Type I or Type II (Slot 2) • IBM Microdrive supported |
| Storage included | 32 MB xD-Picture Card | |
| Viewfinder | |
Optical with dioptre adjustment |
| LCD | |
• 1.8" TFT, 118,000 pixels
• 100% coverage • Tilting (locking positions: -20°, +20°, +60°, +90°) |
| Histogram display | • Record review (including
spot readout overlay with exp compen) • Playback |
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| Playback zoom | Yes, 4x (6 steps) | |
| Connectivity | |
• DC-IN • USB 1.1 • A/V out |
| Print Compliance | • DPOF • EXIF 2.2 (ExifPrint) |
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| Power | |
• 4 x AA NiMH batteries with
charger included or • 2 x CR-3V Lithium batteries |
| Battery charger | |
Yes, supplied four AA battery charger |
| Weight (inc. battery) | 486 g (17.1 oz) | |
| Dimensions (inc. grip) | 115 x 70 x 80 mm (4.5 x 2.7 x 3.2 in) |
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