Type

Digital camera with 4.5 cm/1.8 inch colour LCD monitor.

Effective pixel number

3.0 million pixels. (The actual number of pixels used in image processing.)

Storage media

Removable 3 V (3.3 V) SmartMedia (SSFDC) card (4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128 MB)
One 16 MB card with panorama function is supplied with camera.

Recording system

Still image: JPEG (DCF: "Design rule for Camera File system"), DPOF support.
Motion picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG®*.

Imager

1/2.5 inch CCD solid-state image pickup with 3.34 million pixels. RGB filter, interlaced scan.

White balance

Full-auto TTL, pre-set (daylight, overcast, tungsten light, fluorescent light).

Lens

Olympus lens 5.8 mm – 16.2 mm, f2.9/f4.4, 8 lenses in 6 groups.
(Equivalent to 36 mm – 100 mm lens in 35 mm format).

Digital zoom

Up to 3.6x.

Light metering

Digital ESP metering system with imager. Spot metering.

Exposure control

Programmed auto exposure.
Exposure compensation in ±2 EV in ±1/2 EV steps.
Programmed auto: f2.9 – f5.6 (wide); f4.4 – 8.6 (tele), 1/2 sec. – 1/1000 sec. (with mechanical shutter).
2 sec. – 1/1000 sec. in Night Scene mode.
QuickTime Motion JPEG image mode: 1/30 sec. – 1/10,000 sec.

Focusing

TTL system iESP autofocus (contrast detection system). Spot AF possible.

Working range

Standard mode: 0.8 m – infinity.
Macro mode: 0.2 m – 0.8 m.

Sensitivity

Auto (ISO 60 – 400) / ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400.

Viewfinder

Optical real-image, LCD monitor.

LCD monitor

4.5 cm / 1.8 inch colour TFT LCD monitor with 61,000 pixels made of amorphous silicon. Brightness adjustment is possible.

Flash

Built-in flash.

Flash modes

Auto (automatic activation in low and backlight), Red-eye reduction, Off (no flash), Fill-in (forced activation). Night Scene mode available.

Flash working range

Approx. 0.2 m – 3.4 m (wide), 0.8 m – 2.3 m (tele).

Flash recycle time

Less than 8 sec. (at normal temperature with new batteries).

Sequence mode

Up to 1.2 shots per sec. up to 11 frames in HQ mode.

Motion picture mode:
With a SM card of more than 4 MB

Format: QuickTime Motion JPEG*.
HQ: Up to approx. 33 sec. 320 x 240 pixels, 15 frames/sec.
SQ: Up to approx. 148 sec. 160 x 120 pixels, 15 frames/sec.

Function capture mode

2 in 1 / Crop and Merge function.

Playback function

Close-up, index (4, 9, 16 frames in a page), rotation.

Still image edit

Resize, sepia mode, black & white mode, cropping.

Motion picture edit

Index, edit.

Image optimisation

TruePic, noise reduction.

DPOF setting

Print reservation, all print reservation, date/time, number of copies, cropping.

Self-timer

Approx. 12 sec. delay.

Setting memorisation

On and Off.

Outer connector

DC input terminal, USB interface (AutoConnect), video output terminal (PAL).

Operating environment

Temperature: 0 – 40°C (operation); -20 – 60°C (storage).
Humidity: 30 – 90% (operation); 10 – 90% (storage).

Power supply

Main power source: 2 x lithium batteries LB-01 (CR-V3) / 4 x AA Ni-MH batteries /
4 x AA lithium batteries / 4 x AA alkaline batteries / 4 x AA Ni-Cd batteries
(Zinc carbon (manganese) batteries cannot be used.) Optional AC adapter (6V).

Date/time/calendar

Simultaneous recording onto image data.

Automatic calendar system

Up to year 2031

Dimensions

117.5 (W) x 66.0 (H) x 49.5 (D) mm (excluding protrusions).

Weight

240 g (without batteries and SmartMedia card).