Olympus To Ship New Digital Cameras

by David Nagel
Executive Producer
dnagel@digitalmedianet.com

Olympus America has announced two new models in its Camedia line of digital cameras. The Camedia C-2040 Zoom 2.11 megapixel (1,600 x 1,200) 3x zoom compact digital camera offers an F1.8 high-performance digital zoom lens and USB capabilities. The second camera, the C-3040 Zoom, is a 3.34 Megapixel (2,048 x 1,536) model, also with a 3x zoom in a compact form. It also offers an F1.8 aperture digital zoom lens with an extended flash working range and USB capabilities.

Features of the C-3040 camera include:

• Auto and Manual White balance and exposure;
• Improved Wide-View LCD display and optical viewfinder are available;
• 3.3 frame per second sequence shooting;
• QuickTime capabilities;
• Black and white or sepia shooting modes;
• Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB);
• More compression settings than previous models.

Features of the C-2040 include:

• Auto and manual white balance;
• Improved Wide-View LCD display;
• Sequence shooting;
• QuickTime movie;
• Black and white shooting modes;
• Aperture Priority;
• Shutter Priority;
• Programmed Automatic or Manual Exposure;
• Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB);
• White Balance adjustment +/- 3 steps;
• Built-in flash or TTL flash with the optional FL-40 Flash.

The Olympus Camedia C-2040 will be available this month for $699. The C-3040 will be available in March for $999. For more information, visit http://www.olympusamerica.com.

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