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Olympus C-2040 Zoom

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Pros

  • The controls are well laid out and easy to use
  • this approach is a great improvement
  • a faster lens and better image quality

Cons

  • viewfinder seems plagued by some troublesome parallax
  • optical viewfinder shows only a paltry 85-percent coverage area
  • no way to automatically cycle through equivalent exposure settings when

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 6.4x4.8 mm
  • 2 Mpx
  • 1600, 1200 px
  • 10
  • Contrast Detect (sensor), Single, Live View
  • 1.8 in
  • no

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Olympus C-2040 Zoom - Pros & Cons

Olympus C-2040 Zoom

Pros

  • The controls are well laid out and easy to use
  • this approach is a great improvement
  • a faster lens and better image quality
  • improved metering produced excellent results
  • improved color rendition and low light performance

Cons

  • viewfinder seems plagued by some troublesome parallax
  • optical viewfinder shows only a paltry 85-percent coverage area
  • no way to automatically cycle through equivalent exposure settings when
  • pesky
  • time-consuming Camedia software
  • Shutter speeds from 1/800 to 16 seconds for still images

Olympus C-2040 Zoom - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
1.8 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconEffective pixels
2 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
1600 x 1200 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

Olympus C-2040 Zoom - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.25 in
Sensor photo detectors2.0 Mpx
Effective pixels2.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h4:3
Max resolution1600 x 1200 px
Other resolutions
  • 1024x768
  • 640x480
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom3.0 x
Digital zoom2.5 x
Minimum aperture1.8
Maximum aperture10
Focal length equiv40 - 120
Autofocus
  • Contrast Detect
  • Single
  • Live View
Manual focusyes
Normal focus range31.5 in
Macro focus range7.87 in
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Photography features
Minimum shutter speed16.0 s
Maximum shutter speed1.0 s
Shutter priorityyes
Aperture priorityyes
Exposure compensation plus2
Exposure compensation minus-2
Expousure compensation steps1/3
Built-in flashyes
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Redeye Reduction
  • Flash ON
  • Flash OFF
  • Slow Sync
  • Forced Flash
  • External
External flashyes
Self-timeryes
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Design
Body typeCompact
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Storage typesSmartMedia
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Connectivity
USB version1.0
Remote controlyes
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Image
ISO
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
White balance presets5
Custom white balanceno
Image stabilization typeNo
Uncompressed formatTIFF
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size1.8 in
Touch screenno
Live viewyes
Viewfinder
Optical
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Videography features
Maximum resolution320 x 240 px
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Dimensions
Weight13.4 oz
Width4.25 in
Height2.6 in
Depth2.91 in
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Power
Battery technologyAlkaline
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Other features
Timelapse recordingno
Orientation sensorno

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