The Olympus C-4040 Zoom Digital Camera
The superbright and ultrafast f1.8 Olympus aspherical zoom lens offers a 35-105mm range (35mm equivalent) with a 3x optical zoom and an additional 2.5x digital zoom. Along with manual focus, the lens features TTL iESP contrast-detection autofocus with a normal focus ranging from 0.8-meters to infinity, and macro from 0.2 to 0.8 meters. Information is displayed on the main color LCD and top-positioned LCD screen. The color LCD screen measures 1.8 inches diagonally with a 114,000-pixel capacity and includes a brightness adjustment. You can use either the color viewfinder or optical, real-image viewfinder for shooting. The Olympus C-4040 offers complete control and versatility, a key point coveted by the advanced photographer. You set exposure to automatic or manual with three modes: programmed autoexposure, aperture priority auto, and shutter priority auto. ISO sensitivity adjusts to automatic or manual with selectable equivalent ISO ratings: 100, 200, and 400. This camera also features ESP, spot, and multispot light metering; burst-mode at two frames per second for up to eight frames; and in-camera sharpness settings. The all-black camera body includes a rubberized lens barrel and a grip for all-weather durability. The rubber lens barrel protects the lens when the lens cap is off, while a tethered line ensures the lens cap never gets lost. The built-in flash includes six modes: automatic, low, and backlight; red-eye reduction; fill-in; forced off; slow shutter synchronization, first curtain and second curtain; and red-eye reduction with slow shutter synch. The external flash terminal permits automatic, forced on, forced off, and a variety of optional extension cables for PC sync flash. The Olympus C-4040 requires power from one of three choices: two included 3V lithium-battery packs; four AA batteries, not included; or continuous power via AC adapter, not included. The AutoConnect USB port allows for easy connectivity to any computer without the need to install drivers (except for Windows 98). Since the camera is recognized as a storage drive, you use the familiar drag-and-drop functionality, too. The camera package includes a 16 MB SmartMedia card, (2) LB-01 CR-V3 lithium battery pack, RM-1 wireless remote control, A/V output cable, USB cable, shoulder strap, and lens cap with retaining cord. The bundled software is Camedia Master Software and Adobe Photoshop LE. Olympus covers the camera for one year on parts and labor. |
The
Olympus C-4040 Zoom succeeds the C-3040, and ushers the C-series into the
4-million pixels category. With a 1/1.8-inch, 4.1-megapixel CCD sensor, the
camera produces images at up to 2,272 x 1,704, for a printed size of
11-by-14 inches. For further pixel depth, Optimum Image Enlargement mode
(OIE) digitally interpolates JPEG images up to 3,200 x 2,400 pixels. Images
can also be recorded in uncompressed TIFF format. The included removable 16
MB SmartMedia card stores 20 images at 2,048 x 1,536. You can record movies
with sound in QuickTime movie mode; the highest quality clip captures at 320
x 240 pixels and 15 frames per second. For added personalization, you can
attach four-second audio memos to still images in-camera, and rerecord audio
over images with the included Camedia Master software.