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:
| 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) |
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 | - |
| 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.
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