| Image
Sensor |
|
|
| |
Effective
pixels |
7.1
Megapixels |
| |
Filter
array |
Primary
colour filter (RGB) |
| |
Full
resolution |
7.4
Megapixels |
| |
Type |
1/2.5
'' CCD sensor |
| Lens |
|
|
| |
Optical
zoom |
Wide
18 x |
| |
Aspherical
glass elements |
4 |
| |
Filter
diamater |
48.4
mm Use CLA-10 to attach conversion lens. |
| |
Focal
length |
4.7
- 84.2 mm |
| |
Focal
length (equiv. 35mm) |
28
- 504 mm |
| |
Structure |
14
Lenses / 11 groups |
| |
Maximum
aperture |
2.8
- 4.5 |
| Digital
Zoom |
|
|
| |
Enlargment
factor |
5.6
x / 100 x combined with optical zoom |
| LCD |
|
|
| |
LCD
Type |
LCD |
| |
Pixel
number |
230000
pixels |
| |
Monitor
size |
6.4
cm / 2.5 '' |
| Viewfinder |
|
|
| |
Electronical
viewfinder |
|
| Focusing
System |
|
|
| |
Method |
TTL
iESP auto focus with contrast detection |
| |
Spot
focusing |
Yes
143 AF areas selectable |
| |
Predictive
AF |
Yes |
| |
Manual
focus |
Yes |
| |
Standard
Mode |
0.1m
- 8 (wide) / 1.2m - 8 (tele) |
| |
Macro
mode |
0.1m
- 8 (wide) / 1.2m - 8 (tele) |
| |
Super
Macro mode |
Closest
focusing distance 1 cm |
| Light
metering |
|
|
| |
ESP
light metering |
Yes |
| |
Spot
metering |
Yes |
| |
Centre
weighted metering |
Yes |
| |
Histogram
in shooting mode |
Yes |
| Exposure
modes |
|
|
| |
Auto |
|
| |
Programme
automatic |
|
| |
Aperture
priority |
|
| |
Shutter
priority |
|
| Scene
modes |
|
|
| |
Number
of scene modes |
23 |
| |
Portrait |
Yes |
| |
Landscape |
Yes |
| |
Landscape
with Portrait |
Yes |
| |
Night
scene |
Yes |
| |
Night
scene with portrait |
Yes |
| |
Sports |
Yes |
| |
Indoor |
Yes |
| |
Candle |
Yes |
| |
Self
portrait |
Yes |
| |
Available
Light Portrait |
Yes |
| |
Sunset |
Yes |
| |
Fireworks |
Yes |
| |
Cuisine |
Yes |
| |
Behind
Glass |
Yes |
| |
Documents |
Yes |
| |
Auction |
Yes |
| |
Shoot & Select
1 |
Yes |
| |
Shoot & Select
2 |
Yes |
| |
Snow |
Yes |
| |
Beach |
Yes |
| |
Underwater
Wide 1 |
Yes |
| |
Underwater
Wide 2 |
Yes |
| |
Underwater
Macro |
Yes |
| Exposure
System |
|
|
| |
My
Mode |
4
settings storable |
| |
Shutter
speed |
1/2
- 1/2000 s < 8 min (Bulb mode) < 4 s (Night scene) |
| |
Exposure
compensation |
+/-
2 EV / 1/3 steps |
| |
Exposure
bracketing |
5
frames / +/- 1/3 EV steps |
| Sensitivity |
|
|
| |
Auto |
automatically
selected |
| |
Manual |
ISO
50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200*, 5000* |
| White
Balance |
|
|
| |
AUTO
WB system |
White
Balance iESP II |
| |
Sunlight |
Yes |
| |
Overcast |
Yes |
| |
Tungsten |
Yes |
| |
Flourescent
1 |
Yes |
| |
Flourescent
2 |
Yes |
| |
Flourescent
3 |
Yes |
| |
Manual
White balance (One-Touch) |
Yes |
| |
White
balance adjustment |
-7
Red +7 Blue |
| Internal
Flash |
|
|
| |
AUTO |
Yes |
| |
Red-eye
reduction |
Yes |
| |
Fill
in |
Yes |
| |
Off |
Yes |
| |
Red-eye
reduction & fill-in |
Yes |
| |
Slow
synchronization |
Yes |
| |
Working
range (wide) |
0.3
- 4.5 m |
| |
Working
range (tele) |
1.2
- 2.8 m |
| |
Flash
compensation |
+/-
2 EV |
| Sequence
Shooting |
|
|
| |
Sequential
shooting mode |
1.2
fps / 7 frames (Full Image Size) |
| |
Sequential
shooting mode (High speed) |
7
fps / 15 frames (at 3MP Mode) |
| |
|
15
fps / 20 frames ( at 1,2MP Mode ) |
| |
Interval
shooting |
|
| Memory |
|
|
| |
Internal
memory |
20
MB |
| Image
Processing |
|
|
| |
TruePic
TURBO |
Yes |
| |
Noise
reduction |
Yes |
| |
Pixel
mapping |
Yes |
| Function
processing |
|
|
| |
Panorama |
Yes
(only with optional Olympus xD-Picture Card) |
| Movie
processing |
|
|
| |
Digital
Image Stabilizer |
Yes |
| Image
Editing |
|
|
| |
Black & White |
Yes |
| |
Sepia |
Yes |
| |
Resize |
Yes |
| |
Trimming |
Yes |
| |
RAW
data edit |
Yes |
| |
Attach
a frame |
Yes |
| |
Attach
a title |
Yes |
| |
Attach
a calendar |
Yes |
| |
Attach
a layout |
Yes |
| |
Red-eye
reduction |
Yes |
| |
Correction
of brightness |
Yes |
| |
Correction
of saturation |
Yes |
| Movie
edit |
|
|
| |
Edit
movie |
|
| |
Index |
|
| View
images |
|
|
| |
Calendar |
|
| |
Album |
|
| |
Index |
|
| |
Zoom |
|
| |
Slide
show |
|
| |
Rotation |
|
| |
Histogram
in playback mode |
|
| View
Movie |
|
|
| |
Frame
by frame |
|
| |
Fast
forward |
|
| |
Reverse
playback |
|
| |
Index
jump |
|
| Still
image recording |
|
|
| |
JPEG |
|
| |
RAW |
|
| |
EXIF |
2.21 |
| |
PIM |
III |
| |
DPS |
|
| |
DPOF |
|
| Movie
recording system |
|
|
| |
Recording
format |
QuickTime
Motion JPEG� |
| |
Sound
recording |
Yes
, format: WAV |
| |
Movie
quality |
640
x 480 / 30 fps Recording time: Up to card capacity |
| |
|
320
x 240 / 30 fps Recording time: Up to card capacity |
| Voice
recording |
|
|
| |
Recording
format |
Wave
format |
| Image
size |
|
|
| |
|
-
Figures depend on compression (Fine/Standard), given
for: - |
| |
SHQ |
3072
x 2304 |
| |
|
3072
x 2048 (3:2) |
| |
HQ |
3072
x 2304 |
| |
|
3072
x 2048 (3:2) |
| |
SQ1 |
2560
x 1920 |
| |
|
2304
x 1728 |
| |
|
2048
x 1536 |
| |
SQ2 |
1600
x 1200 |
| |
|
1280
x 960 |
| |
|
1024
x 768 |
| |
|
640
x 480 |
| Other
features |
|
|
| |
Self
timer |
|
| Interface |
|
|
| |
DC
output |
|
| |
Combined
A/V & USB output |
|
| Menu |
|
|
| |
Menu
languages in camera |
English,
French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch,
Danish, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish,
Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovak, Turkish,
Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian |
| Size |
|
|
| |
Dimensions
(WxHxD) |
116
x 78.5 x 78 mm |
| |
Weight |
365
g (without battery and card) |
| |
|
|
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