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Olympus C-4040 Zoom

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Pros

  • Color accuracy and saturation are good
  • Color is good throughout the frame
  • Color looks good with the brighter exposures

Cons

  • the corners are a bit soft again
  • foliage details are slightly softer than the perpendicular details of the house front
  • optical viewfinder was a little tight

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 7.144x5.358 mm
  • 4 Mpx
  • 2272, 1704 px
  • 10
  • Contrast Detect (sensor), Single, Live View
  • 1.8 in
  • no

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Olympus C-4040 Zoom - Pros & Cons

Olympus C-4040 Zoom

Pros

  • Color accuracy and saturation are good
  • Color is good throughout the frame
  • Color looks good with the brighter exposures
  • Excellent detail in the shadows
  • with low noise
  • Excellent fine-grained color& tone adjustments
  • good exposure with fairly accurate color
  • Olympus grip feels very ergonomically friendly
  • Both holders are solidly built and easy to operate
  • C-4040Z feels more comfortable
  • good performance

Cons

  • the corners are a bit soft again
  • foliage details are slightly softer than the perpendicular details of the house front
  • optical viewfinder was a little tight
  • details are slightly soft
  • particularly in the corners
  • noise level is much higher
  • without batteries or Smart Media card
  • Digital cameras are often not the most user friendly devices
  • the amount of lens movement when it was touched lightly
  • No DC adaptor is provided with the camera
  • softness of the trees and the bland colours

Olympus C-4040 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
4 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
2272 x 1704 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

Olympus C-4040 Zoom - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.28 in
Sensor photo detectors4.0 Mpx
Effective pixels4.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h4:3
Max resolution2272 x 1704 px
Other resolutions
  • 2048x1536
  • 1600x1200
  • 1280x960
  • 1024x768
  • 640x480
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom3.0 x
Digital zoom2.5 x
Minimum aperture1.8
Maximum aperture10
Focal length equiv35 - 105
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
Continuous drive2.0 fps
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 balanceyes
Image stabilization typeNo
Uncompressed formatTIFF
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size1.8 in
Articulated LCDno
Touch screenno
Live viewyes
Viewfinder
Optical
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Videography features
Maximum resolution320 x 240 px
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Dimensions
Weight14.82 oz
Width4.33 in
Height2.76 in
Depth2.99 in
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Power
Battery technologyAlkaline
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Other features
Timelapse recordingyes
GPSno
Orientation sensorno

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