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Olympus C-3030 Zoom Product Info
If you want a filmless digital camera that’s big on performance but small on size, check out the new C-3030 Zoom.

Designed in a sleek, attractive aluminum body, the C-3030 Zoom blends the best of consumer convenience—like auto-everything ease-of-use, a versatile 6-mode built-in flash, and a powerful 3x Olympus zoom lens—with some of the most advanced features of any digital camera today—including a whopping 3.34 million pixel CCD. The C-3030’s professional options also include manual focus, aperture and shutter controls in 1/3-step increments, “iESP” white balance, “iESP” autofocus, “ESP” matrix metering or spot metering, and 15 recording modes. The C-3030 Zoom also has an external flash TTL sync connection and adapters for optional lenses and filters—for full creative control that advanced photographers will enjoy.

While you’ll appreciate the ability to shoot like a pro, you’ll love the fact that the C-3030 was designed with the consumer in mind. From its compact design to its comfortable, ergonomic grip and wide-view LCD screen, the C-3030 has all the convenient features you want in a filmless digital camera—like both USB and serial connectivity, QuicktimeŽ movie recording mode with sound, new CR-3V (LB-01) long-life Lithium batteries, and more—all without the big, blocky size of many other advanced digital cameras.

Features and Benefits

• Ultra-high resolution imaging, with a 3.34 million pixel CCD and 2048 x 1536 pixel size images
• Powerful f2.8 3x zoom with continuous 2.5x digital zoom—all-glass 8-element aspherical Olympus lens is designed for professional-quality digital photography at any magnification
• 15 different image resolution capture modes—including five uncompressed TIFF modes and up to 191 seconds of Quicktime movie capture with sound
• Built-in USB connection and serial connection—for downloading flexibility
• The only camera in its class with a 32MB SDRAM buffer for rapid shooting at 3.3 fps burst mode up to 5 photos, and real-time shooting at 1 photo every second.
• Full creative control with black & white, sepia, black board and white board, for monochrome images
• Customizable, advanced controls:
  • User-selectable ISO settings (100/200/400)
  • Slow shutter speeds of up to 16 seconds in manual and 1/800 second to 1/2 second in auto
  • Aperture settings of F2.8-F11 through the entire zoom range in 1/3 step increments
  • AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) for an array of exposures (+/- 2 stops in 1/3 step increments with 3 or 5 step bracketing.)
  • "iESP" Autofocus or manual focus for any focal distance between 8” and infinity
• Improved user-friendly menus, controls, and buttons
• Improved battery power with the use of the CR-3v (LB-01) Lithium batteries
• Wide-View 1.8” TFT LCD with variety of review modes and 3x magnification Inspection Mode—for easier viewing from any angle, even in direct sunlight
• TTL connector for additional FL-40 external flash
• Includes one 16MB Olympus SmartMedia™ card with Panorama function—compatible up to 64MB cards
• Versatile built-in 6-mode intelligent Flash

Lens
3x Olympus 8-element f2.8-f-11 3x aspherical glass optical zoom lens with additional continuous 2.5x digital zoom—for the 35mm equivalence of 32-96mm zoom (240mm digital) and truly photographic results:

• Complete manual or fully automatic focus
• Macro capability, for shots as close as 8” away
• Fast f2.8 to f11 with aperture control in 1/3 stop increments is ideal for creative control

Flash System
The C-3030 Zoom features a built-in 6-mode for versatility and performance. The C-3030 is also compatible with the FL-40 external flash through its TTL sync connection.

• Flash automatically fires in low light or back-lit conditions
• Fill-in flash fires with every shot, reducing shadows and providing balanced illumination
• Switch the flash off when shooting where flash photography is prohibited, or not wanted
• Red-eye reducing flash lamp helps reduce red-eye reflection in portrait photography
• Slow syncro flash with first or second curtain flash for creative flash photography
• Slow synchronization flash with red-eye reduction
  

Software
The C-3030 Zoom comes with Olympus Camedia Master software for downloading images from the camera and basic image editing, and AdobeŽ PhotoDeluxe for more advanced image editing. All software supports both Windows (95/98/NT 4.0) and Power Macintosh (OS 7.6.1 and greater).

Using the imaging software that comes standard with the C-3030 Zoom, you can:

• Print, view, and email your photos to family and friends
• Create sweeping panoramas by “stitching together” individual photographs
• Crop, retouch, and manipulate photos on your computer
• Create cards, catalogs, calendars, screen savers, slide shows and more with simple on-screen instructions

Camera Ships with the following:

• 16MB Smart Media Card
• RM-1 remote control
• Software CD
• PC/Mac USB Cable
• NTSC AV Cable
• 2 AA Lithium CR-3V batteries
• User Guide
• Strap