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Editors' Rating:
8.0 of 10
| • Value |
9 |
| • Design |
7 |
| • Features |
7 |
| • Ease of Use |
9 |
| • Performance |
7 |
| • Image Quality |
9 |
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Average User Rating:
8.7 of 10
(134 votes)
| • Installation |
9 |
| • Image Quality |
9 |
| • Ease of Use |
8 |
| • Compatibility |
9 |
| • Overall Value |
9 |
| • Service & Support |
7 |
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Where to Buy ?
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PROS
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Lens performs well in low light
• Lots of features
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Great image quality
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CONS
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Only 16MB SmartMedia card included.
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Expensive
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No rechargeable battery included
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Includes: Olympus C-3040 Digital Camera, two CR-3V batteries,
16 MB SmartMedia card, strap, remote control, software.
Recommended
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The C-3040 Zoom isn't cheap, but if you can get over the
sticker shock, you'll get a lot for the money.
The 3.34 megapixel C-3040ZOOM is a worthy
heir to the head of the C-3000ZOOM series family. An enhanced lens system
with significantly greater light-gathering power, extra exposure metering
modes and a host of manual control options provide for optimal results
under virtually all conditions. And as well as offering truly impressive
capabilities for still photography, the C-3040ZOOM lets photographers also
enjoy its clever multimedia facilities.
C-3040 Major Features:
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3.34-megapixel CCD delivering up to 2,048 x
1,536-pixel resolution images. |
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1.8-inch, wide view, color LCD display. |
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Super Bright 7.1-21.3mm f/1.8-2.6, 3x zoom aspherical
glass lens (equivalent to a 40-120mm lens on a 35mm camera). |
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2.5x Digital Zoom (up to 5x at the 640 x 480-pixel
resolution size). |
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Shutter speeds from 1/800 to 16 seconds for still images;
1/10,000 to 1/30 second for movies. |
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Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual
exposure modes. |
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Auto Bracketing, Sequence Shooting, and Panoramic capture
modes. |
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Adjustable White Balance with six settings, plus a
WB color adjustment function. |
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Built-in flash with four operating modes, plus two
Slow Sync modes. |
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QuickTime Movie mode with edit function. |
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Five-pin external flash socket. |
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Infrared remote control included. |
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JPEG and uncompressed TIFF file formats. |
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Images saved to SmartMedia memory card (16MB
card included). |
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USB video cable for fast connection to a computer. |
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NTSC video cable. |
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Software CD with Olympus' Camedia Master 2.5 utility
software (includes QuickTime and USB drivers). |
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DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) compliant. |
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Power from two CR-V3 battery packs (included), or
four AA batteries (AC adapter optional). |
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Full Specs |
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Customer Reviews
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Ed
dunphy,
from Staten Island, NY, US, Nov 16, 2001
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I
have been searching for a camera like this for a long time. The
picture quality is almost too good. It even captures imperfections in
skin, etc. I had one small problem with the Camedia software
connecting to the camera via usb. After doing a newsgroup search I
found the answer was not to click on the camera, but to go through the
"virtual cd" created when it is connected. After finding
this out, there was really no reason to use the included software. You
can simply use explorer to copy the photos from the "virtual cd"
to another folder. I can honestly say that I have never been happier
with a camera. This product is amazing!!!!!!!
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Installation |
10 |
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Image Quality |
10 |
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Ease of Use |
10 |
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Compatibility |
10 |
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Overall Value |
10 |
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Ken
Tannahill,
from Dunham, 00, CA, Nov 12, 2001
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The
superlatives have already been provided and they are justified. A
feature that is not mentioned is the ease of use and excellence of the
bundled Camedia image managing software. (I said managing and not
editing.) One of the really useful features is the ability to stitch
3D panorama movie files which allow the viewer to subsequently, with a
mouse, scan a scene a complete 360 degrees horizontally, and about 90
degrees vertically, depending on the amount of zoom applied to the
original image. For scenery, these images are spectacular. However,
there is no camera that can, for example, reconstruct scenes that are
experienced skiing among the peaks above the snow line or in viewing
the fall colours in the Adirondack mountains. This comes incredibly
close. Note Bene: To use this feature you must use the Olympus Smart
Media cards. Olympus puts their proprietary software to stitch these
images into 3D panorama images only on their brand of Smart Media
card. Only 2D stitching is possible with other cards. The cost of the
Olympus cards seems compatible with the others. I requirement I was
not aware of when I purchased two 128 MB cards. The 11 x 17 inch photo
prints produced on my Microtec Photo Ex printer are incredible. There
is an imperceptible difference between images produced at this
enlargement when they are saved as 3.4 megapixel TIFF files or the
high quality JPEG files that require 25% of the memory. The great
sinks, ventilation and temperature controls in my darkroom are now
only used for fermentation of my wine. In life we sometimes make good
choices. For me, this was one of them.
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Installation |
10 |
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Image Quality |
10 |
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Ease of Use |
10 |
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Compatibility |
10 |
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Overall Value |
10 |
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