Olympus Announces CAMEDIA C-5000 Zoom
Olympus USA have announced a new stylish and affordable 5 megapixel digital camera. The Olympus CAMEDIA C-5000 Zoom relaces the older C-4000 Zoom model and features a more compact design that is almost 20% smaller than its predecessor. The C-5000 has a full range of exposure modes, including Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, full Manual control and 6 preset Creative Scene modes. It has a built-in flash with 7 different modes and also accepts an external flash via its hot shoe.
Here’s a quote from the Olympus USA website:
“Locate great picture opportunities with an advanced compact camera that makes it simple to find them. Use customizable and automatic features. Add on lenses or filters. Connect an external flash to the dedicated hot shoe. Get up close and personal with Super Macro mode. And know your efforts will be rewarded with vibrant, realistic results from a 5-megapixel CCD that’s matched to an Olympus? 3x zoom lens.”
Olympus CAMEDIA C-5000 Zoom Features
- 5.0 megapixel CCD
- 3x optical/12x total seamless zoom
- Optics designed for digital photography
- Can add on lenses (wide angle and telephoto) and filters
- External hot shoe for more flash options
- New compact design is almost 20% smaller than C-4000 Zoom
- Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and full Manual control
- 6 Preset Creative Scene modes
- Customizable “My Mode” setting
- Super Macro focus (1”)
- Built-in flash with 7 different flash modes to choose from: Auto for low and backlight; Red-eye reduction; Fill-in (Forced on); Slow Shutter Synchronized (first curtain); Slow Shutter Synchronized (first curtain with red-eye reduction); Slow Shutter Synchronized (second curtain; Off (built-in or external)
- Record over 2 minutes of video in QuickTime? Movie mode
- 1.8” LCD screen
- Auto-Connect USB
- Exclusive TruePicTM technology creates truer color, contrast and gradation for enhanced image quality
- Noise Reduction
- 32MB xD-Picture Card included (C-5000 Zoom compatible up to 512MB)
- Included rechargeable Li-10B Li-Ion battery and charger
- Included RM-2 Wireless Remote Control
Website: CAMEDIA C-5000 Zoom Product Page