Olympus also comes with a new and wide variety of cameras with various high quality functions-Stylus 7040, 7030 and 5010. They are the first Olympus compacts to use the common SD memory card format (to allow for HD movie capture, the company says).
Olympus 7030 Specifications
Olympus 7030 Specifications
- F3.0-5.9, 7X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 28 - 196 mm
- No HD movie mode -- just VGA
- No HDMI output
- Comes in titanium, blue, and purple
- Priced at $200
Olympus 5010 Specifications
- 14 Megapixel CCD
- F2.8-6.5, 5X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 26 - 130 mm
- Sensor-shift image stabilization
- "World's smallest 5X zoom camera", comes in titanium, pink, and light blue
- 2.7" LCD display with 230,000 pixels
- Point-and-shoot operation, with Intelligent Auto mode
- AF tracking feature, with a special "pet mode"
- Magic Filter feature is similar to Art Filters on Olympus SLRs, and features pop art, pin hole, fisheye, and "drawing" filters
- Records video at 1280 x 720 (presumably at 30 fps) with sound, using the MPEG-4 format; dedicated movie recording button
- 1GB (!) onboard memory, plus SD/SDHC card slot
- HDMI output, with the ability to control the camera from the remote control of compatible HDTVs
- Entire camera manual is built into the camera's internal memory (not sure how I feel about this)
- Uses LI-42B lithium-ion battery; battery life not available
- Ships next month for $200
Olympus 7040 Specifications
- 3-inch LCD with 230,000 pixels
- HD movie recording returns
- 2GB (!!) internal memory + SD/SDHC slot
- HDMI output
- Comes in titanium, pink, and light blue
- Priced at $250
