Olympus UK Press Release

Further EISA success for Olympus

London, 14th August 2005 - Olympus is delighted to announce that they have been successful once again in the European Imaging & Sound Association (EISA) Awards. Consolidating the success of the C-8080 Wide Zoom last year, which was named “Digital Camera of the Year”, the C-7070 Wide Zoom has been crowned “European Compact Camera of the Year 2005/6” by the judging panel.

With a judging panel drawn from fifty leading audio, mobile electronics, video and photography press in twenty European countries, EISA are renowned for their independence and good judgement.

Explaining their reasons behind the decision the jury said; “The Olympus C-7070 Wide Zoom packages an optimal blend of impressive features, good image quality and easy handling. With a 7 megapixel CCD and zoom lens corresponding to 27-110 mm in the 35mm format, this camera is a serious snapper. It’s also very easy to take great pictures: there is a flip-up, rotating 1.8” monitor, an extremely powerful battery and a hot-shoe with TTL-contacts that accommodates an optional external Olympus FL-flash. Best of all, this flexible performer retails at a very reasonable price.”

The C-7070 Wide Zoom is available now at an estimated street price of £495 inc VAT

Michael Handa, Executive Managing Director, Olympus Imaging Europe said of the award: “This EISA award confirms the quality of the C-7070 Wide Zoom. The award is recognised by consumers as a mark of quality and will provide dealers with a powerful sales argument.”

The Olympus C-7070 – main features:
7.1 million pixels
4x optical zoom (equiv. 27–110mm) F2.8-4.8 with eight elements in seven groups incl. two aspherical elements and one ED element
Dual 143-point AF system with Predictive AF
Multi-angle 4.5cm/1.8” Sunshine LCD monitor with 134,000 pixels
Programme, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority and Full Manual modes
Hot shoe
Robust magnesium-alloy body with ergonomic design
Produces JPEG, TIFF and RAW file data
Movie recording function with sound
Saves to xD-Picture Card, CompactFlash Type I & II
TruePic TURBO image processor and PictBridge compatibility
High speed sequence shooting: 10 frames at 1.4 fps in HQ mode
Shipped with Olympus Master 1.1 software, 32MB xD-Picture Card, rechargeable BLM-1 lithium ion battery, and charger.

For more information and where to buy Olympus products please go to www.olympus.co.uk or call free on 0800 072 0070