Olympus surprised us all when they announced the C-3040Z
back in November last year, the camera, almost identical to it's sibling
the C-3030Z is distinguished mainly by the super fast F1.8 - F2.6 zoom
lens, spot AF and one-touch white balance otherwise features are almost
the same:
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C-3040 Zoom |
C-3030 Zoom |
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| Lens |
3 x zoom
Olympus 35 mm - 105 mm
F1.8 - F2.6
Ten pieces in seven groups |
3 x zoom
Olympus 32 mm - 96 mm
F2.8 (fixed across zoom range)
Eight pieces in six groups |
| Focus |
TTL ESP AF (0.2m - Infinity)
Spot AF
Manual (0.2m - Infinity) |
TTL ESP AF (0.2m - Infinity)
Manual (0.2m - Infinity) |
| Digital Zoom |
1 x - 2.5 x
(up to 5 x in VGA mode) |
1 x - 2.5 x |
| White Balance |
Full Auto TTL (ESP)
Four presets
One-touch manual
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Full Auto TTL (ESP)
Four presets |
| Metering |
TTL ESP
Multi area spot
Spot |
TTL ESP
Spot |
| Aperture Priority |
Wide: F1.8 - F10
Tele: F2.6 - F10 |
Wide/Tele: F2.8 - F11 |
| Shutter Priority |
4 - 1/800 sec |
1 - 1/800 sec |
| In-camera |
Contrast can be set |
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| Movie mode |
Can zoom |
Can not zoom |
| Recording medium |
SmartMedia
4 MB, 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB |
SmartMedia
2MB, 4 MB, 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, 128 MB |
Considering which obviously the majority of this review
will be based on my review of the C-3030Z, apart from rerunning all the
performance / image quality tests on the new camera and exploring some
of the cameras new features.
In stock
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Jun 20, 2001
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Apr 17, 2001
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Apr 5, 2004
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Mar 19, 2004
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