Olympus Japan announce C2020Z & C920Z
Olympus Japan announce two updated cameras, the
C2020Z and C920Z (Equv. of US D450Z), updated on the C2020Z is
the addition of Motion JPEG mini-movie capture, slightly faster
image capture, manual mode and a much closer manual focus setting.
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Olympus go on to improve on an already successful
camera, the C2020Z has the following differences from the
C2000Z:
- Motion JPEG capture (15fps: 320 x 240; max
15 secs, 160 x 120; max 60 secs).
- Burst mode: 49 VGA Std 1.4fps, 18 VGA Hi 1.4fps,
21 XGA Std 1.4fps, 7 XGA Hi 1.4fps, 9 HQ Std 1.2fps, 4 SHQ
0.7fps
- Addition of full manual mode with long exposures
up to 16 secs
- Improved LCD
- Auto-bracketing (0.3 / 0.6 / 1 EV)
- Lower compression used in SHQ mode (1422K
vs. 1000K for SHQ JPEG)
- Improved White Balance and exposure (same
technology as the C2500L)
- Manual focus minimum : 0.2m (compared to 2.5m
on the C2000Z)
What's the same as the C2000Z?
- 2.11 Megapixel CCD (1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768,
640 x 480)
- 3x zoom 35mm - 105mm (35mm equiv.) (fast F2.0)
- JPEG and TIFF capture modes
- ISO modes: Auto, 100, 200 and 400
- Support for SmartMedia up to 64MB
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Olympus continue the upgrades with the improved C920Z,
here are the differences from the C900Z:
- Support for the newer 64MB SmartMedia cards
- Burst: SHQ 4 images 0.5fps, HQ 8 images 1fps,
SQ 20 images 2fps
- 4 stage ISO from 160 to 640
- Improved LCD
- Support for DPOF & DCF
- Slow Sync Flash Mode
What's the same as the C900Z?
- 1/3" CCD 1.3 megapixel (1280 x 960, 640
x 480)
- 3x Zoom lens 35mm - 105mm (35mm equiv.)
- TIFF and JPEG format
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