Throwback Thursday: the Olympus C-2100UZ
Even in 2000, the Olympus C-2100UZ's 2MP sensor was a bit behind the times. Plenty of other cameras offered 3MP sensors, but what the C-2100UZ lacked in resolution it sought to make up with a huge (at the time) 10x stabilized zoom. That 38-380mm equiv. F2.8-3.5 lens was matched with a full slate of manual exposure controls, built-in EVF and a focus assist lamp that 'actually works'.
The C-2100UZ shared a lot of features with the C-2020Z on which it was based, which offered a 35-105mm equiv. F2-2.8 zoom. Shared features included a 1.8" 114k-dot rear LCD, which site founder Phil Askey noted was in sore need of an anti-reflective coating.
The lens was obviously the C-2100's biggest selling point. At the time, the only other 'compacts' to offer a lens this long were Sony's floppy disk-based Mavica cameras. There wasn't much out there to get you to 380mm equiv. on a DSLR either, so the C-2100's relatively compact, stabilized lens was a pretty wondrous thing. Phil Askey noted some slight chromatic aberration in images, and lamented the camera's over aggressive sharpening algorithm.
The C-2100 cost $1300 at launch, but a dip in street price to $900 later made it much more competitive in its class. Askey revised his review in 2001 to give it a 'Recommended' rating reflecting its new price. Do you have fond memories of the C-2100? Let us know in the comments.
Read our Olympus C-2100UZ Review
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We've
just posted our review of Olympus's C-2100 "Ultra Zoom". This
surprisingly compact camera delivers a ten times optically stabilised
zoom and a two megapixel sensor. It's a sensible package and one that
will serve up the goods for anyone who's looking for a long zoom compact
digital camera. | Olympus surprised quite a few people when they first announced the C-2100 Ultra Zoom back on in June this year. Looking like an overgrown C-2020Z (on which it does appear to be based), the C-2100UZ sports a large 10x stabilised optical zoom lens. This is its main selling point, offering people the focal length reach they'd previously only been able to get with Sony's Mavica's or other digicams with (less than perfect) add-on lenses. Other things new to the C-2020Z are an electronic viewfinder (providing a sort of electronic TTL), a pop-up flash, new software features and a focus assist lamp.
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Olympus
Japan announce the a new digital camera based on the 2 megapixel C-2020Z
with an Olympus ten times stabalised zoom lens (38mm - 380mm, F2.8 - F3.5)
with optical stability. Expected retail price is 138,000 YEN ($1300) in
Japan available in August. Olympus's answer to the FD-95 & MVC-CD1000
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UPDATE: Full specifications inside.
Essentials: 1.92 megapixels effective (1600 x 1200),
10x stabalised zoom lens (38mm - 380mm), TTL LCD Viewfinder, SmartMedia |
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