Olympus C-5050 Zoom Review

On August 19th (approximately a month before Photokina
2002) Olympus announced their new five megapixel, three times optical
zoom prosumer level digital camera the C-5050 Zoom. This camera is one
of the first to utilize a 1/1.8" (7.18 x 5.32 mm) 5 megapixel CCD
sensor. Previous 5 megapixel sensors had been 2/3" (8.8 x 6.6 mm)
in size. The advantage of the 1/1.8" size is that it is identical
to previous three and four megapixel sensors and so certain components
such as the lens system can be re-used without requiring any redesign.
In the case of the C-5050 Zoom it uses the same three times F1.8 - F2.6
lens seen in the two megapixel C-2040 Zoom*, three megapixel C-3040 Zoom*
and four megapixel C-4040 Zoom. For more information about sensor sizes
click here.
* Now discontinued models
Olympus C-5050 Zoom vs. Olympus C-4040 Zoom (differences
only)
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Olympus C-5050 Zoom |

Olympus C-4040 Zoom |
| Sensor |
1/1.8" 5.2 million pixels total |
1/1.8" 4.1 million pixels total |
| Effective pixels |
5.0 million |
4.0 million |
| Image formats |
RAW, TIFF, JPEG (EXIF 2.2) |
TIFF, JPEG (EXIF 1.1) |
| Image sizes |
2560 x 1920, 2288 x 1712, 2048 x
1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 |
2272 x 1704, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x
1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 |
| Interpolated sizes |
3200 x 2400 |
3200 x 2400 |
| Digital zoom |
Up to 3.4x |
Up to 2.5x |
| Focus modes |
Normal, Macro, Super-macro |
Normal, Macro |
| Sensitivity |
Auto, ISO 64, 100, 200, 400 |
Auto, ISO 100, 200, 400 |
| Scene modes |
Portrait, Sports, Landscape portrait,
Landscape, Night |
None |
| My mode |
Eight memories |
None |
| Shutter speed |
16 - 1/2000 sec |
16 - 1/800 sec |
| Aperture range |
F1.8 - F8 / F2.6 - F8 |
F1.8 - F10 / F2.6 - F10 |
| Histogram in record |
Yes |
No |
| White balance |
Auto, Fine, Cloudy, Shade, Evening
Sun, Incandescent, Fluorescent (4 types), Custom (4 memories) |
Auto, Fine, Cloudy, Incandescent,
Fluorescent, Custom |
| HQ Drive mode |
1.7/3.3 fps up to 11/4 frames |
2 fps up to 8 frames |
| External flash |
Hot-shoe |
Five pin sync terminal |
| Movie clips |
320 x 240 - 15 fps, max 96 secs |
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| Audio |
Record / Playback |
Record only |
| LCD monitor |
1.8" 114,000 pixels tilting |
1.8" 114,000 pixels fixed |
| Storage |
SmartMedia, CompactFlash, xD |
SmartMedia |
| Jog dial |
Yes |
No |
| Custom button |
Yes |
No |
| Video output |
NTSC / PAL switchable |
Fixed by region |
| Dimensions |
115 x 70 x 80 mm
(4.5 x 2.7 x 3.2 in) |
110 x 76 x 70 mm
(4.33 x 2.99 x 2.75 in) |
| Weight (no batt) |
380 g (13.4 oz) |
320 g (11.3 oz) |
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