Olympus UK Press Release 29/11/04

Better Photos, Now Showing On The Big Screen

The Olympus mju DIGITAL 500

London, 29 November 2004 - ‘One look and you’ll be hooked’ on the new 5.0 million pixel Olympus mju DIGITAL 500. Its design is undeniably stylish and incorporates a smooth retracting lens barrier. Plus it comes in a slick sliver metal-bodied, weather-proof* casing.

The 5.0 million pixel mju DIGITAL 500 will hit the shelves from the beginning of 2005, priced at £279.99 inc VAT (?429.99 Inc VAT in Eire).

Perhaps most striking feature of the Olympus mju DIGITAL 500 is its extra-large Hyper Crystal LCD monitor. At 6.4cm / 2.5 inches it provides fantastically clear, generously sized images of your photos. And because the liquid crystal molecules are laid out in a radial pattern, it allows viewing from angles as wide as 160 degrees and under virtually any lighting conditions.

The ? (mju) DIGITAL 500?s precision 3x optical zoom lens, TruePic TURBO and 20 scene programmes - covering the whole range of shooting situations ranging from traditional portraits to sub aqua - help ensure brilliant results every time.

The ? (mju) DIGITAL 500 is also PictBridge compatible, which makes printing child?s play, has a Super Macro mode and includes a movie mode with sound function.  It also comes with a 32MB xD-Picture Card, Olympus Master software, Li-12B rechargeable battery and charger.

The Olympus ? (mju) DIGITAL 500 ? main features:
? 5.0 million pixels
? Weather-proof* metal body in silver
? Retracting lens barrier
? 3x optical zoom (equiv. 35 ? 105mm on 35mm camera), F3.1-5.2
? Large 6.4cm / 2.5 inch Hyper Crystal LCD with 215,000 pixels
? 20 scene programmes (Incl. Portrait, Night Scene, Self Portrait, Landscape, Candle, Sunset, Underwater, Behind Glass)
? Super Macro mode from as close as 7cm
? Movie recording function with sound
? Multi-language menu
? PictBridge support and TruePic TURBO
? Shipped with 32MB xD-Picture Card, Olympus Master Software,
Li-12B rechargeable battery, charger
? Underwater case (PT-026) option available soon

* weather-proof equivalent to the IEC standard publication 529 IPX4

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