The Olympus MJU 840 is an 8 megapixels digital camera. The camera has a 5x optical zoom lens. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 36 - 180mm in 35mm format. The maximum aperture of the lens is f/3.3 (wide) and f/5 (tele). A 5.6x digital zoom is also available.

• Self timer with a 10 second delay
• Add 10 seconds of commentary after a photo has been taken
• Change photo to black and white or sepia
• Correction of saturation
• Correction of Red-eye
• Panorama assist - only with Olympus memory card.
• Setting for taking stills for widescreen TV playback

For close up shots the MJU 840 is capable of focusing from 3cm away from the subject. It also offers a face detection mode to assist focusing for portrait shots.

The 2.7 inch LCD screen is made up of around 230,000 pixels.

The flash modes are automatic, red eye reduction, always on and always off.

The scene modes available are: Portrait, Landscape, Landscape with Portrait, Night Scene, Night Scene with portrait, Sports, Indoor, Candle, Self-portrait, Available Light Portrait , Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Behind Glass, Documents, Auction, Shoot & Select 1, Shoot & Select 2 and Beach and Snow.

TV quality movies can be captured. These have a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels and a top speed of 30 frames per second. Sound can be recorded, but zoom can only be applied before recording starts.

Among the more advanced features are metering (multi point, spot), exposure compensation (+/- 2 EV / 1/3 steps), ISO sensitivity (64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600) and White Balance (Auto, Overcast, Sunlight, Tungsten, Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2 and Fluorescent 3).

Shutter speeds work in the range 4 to 1/2000 seconds. These are set automatically by the camera and can depend on the shooting mode.

There is also a burst mode. This lets you shoot up to 1 frame per second for 6 shots. There is a second burst mode available. This shoots at a maximum rate 6.9 frames per second for 10 shots, but it is only available if you decrease the resolution to 3 megapixels.

Olympus supplies all the necessary cables and software to connect the MJU 840 to a television set, computer and PictBridge compatible printer. Olympus MJU 840

Description:	8 megapixels and a 5x zoom lens
Ease of Use:	9
Features:	7
Colour:	8
Macro:	7
Indoors:	8
Value for Money:	8
Style:	8
Movie Mode:	8
Image Quality:	8
Build Quality:	8
Total:	79
Verdict:	"The MJU 840 may not be the perfect digital camera, but it does a decent job on the whole. It is easy to use and I found it took bright, colourful snapshots. This camera is part of the Olympus weatherproof range."
Review Date:	March 2008
Related Pages:	Olympus MJU 840 Specification Olympus MJU 840 Sample Images Olympus MJU 840 Features

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Olympus MJU 840