Product type

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

Memory

3V (3.3V) SmartMedia (SSFDC) card (4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 MB).
One 16 MB SmartMedia card is supplied with camera.
CompactFlash Type II (Flash Memory microdrive* not recommended).

Recording system

Still image ; JPEG (DCF: "Design rule for Camera File system"), TIFF (non-compress), DPOF support, RAW data (works with Photoshop plug-in).

Image pickup element

2/3 inch CCD solid-state image pickup 4.0 million pixels (effective 3.9 million pixels). RGB interlaced scan.

White balance

Full-auto TTL, Pre-set manual (3,000, 3,700, 4,000, 4,500, 5,500, 6,500 and 7,500 K) "one touch" manual.

Lens

Olympus lens 9 – 36 mm F2.0-2.4, all glass zoom lens with one ED and two aspherical lens elements (14 elements in 11 groups).
(Equivalent to 35 - 140 mm lens on 35 mm camera).
Optional 0.8X (wide) 1.45X, 3X (telephotos) and macro extension lenses.

Filter size

62 mm.

Light metering system

Digital-"ESP" multi-pattern metering system, centre-weighted average metering and spot metering.

Exposure control

Programmed auto exposure.
+/- 3Ev by 1/3EV steps exposure compensation. AE lock possible
Auto Bracketing: selectable from 1/3EV, 2/3 EV and 1EV; 3 or 5 images.
Aperture priority: Wide: F2.0 – 11.0, tele: F2.4 – 11.0, 1/3EV steps.
Shutter priority: Still image: 2 - 1/640 sec. (used with mechanical shutter),
1/3EV steps.
Manual exposure: shutter speed; bulb (up to 30 sec.), 8 sec. – 1/640 sec.

ISO

Auto, user selectable. 80, 160 and 320 equivalent ISO

Focusing

Dual AF active and passive TTL system autofocus (contrast detection system) with focusing range: 0.2 m – infinity step-less.
Manual focus (manual focus setting by gauge) with focusing range: 0.2 m– infinity step-less.

Working range

Standard mode: 0.6 m – infinity; macro mode: 0.2–0.6 m.

Viewfinder

Optical SLR viewfinder with 95% viewing field. (Full Information/Mode/ Aperture/Shutter Speed /metering/+/-/AF/Flash/AE lock/WB). Focusing screen (shows focus).

LCD monitor

4.5 cm/1.8 inch wider angle colour TFT LCD monitor with 118,000 pixels (made from low-temperature poly-silicon), brightness adjustment is possible.
LCD can be tilted down 20 and up 90 degrees (click stops).

Flash modes

Built-in Flash:
Auto (low-& back-light), red-eye reducing flash, off, fill-in.
External terminal (hot-shoe): FL-40 control available.
(x-synchronisation): ON
Slow synchronisation (First-curtain synchronisation effect, second-curtain synchronisation effect).

Flash working range

Auto: Wide: 0.6m - 8.9m, tele: 0.5m - 7.4m
ISO 80: Wide: 0.6m - 6.3m; tele: 0.5m - 5.2m
ISO 160: Wide: 0. 9m - 8.9m, tele: 0.7m - 7.4m
ISO 320: Wide: 1.3m - 12.5m, tele: 1.0m - 10.4m

Battery charging time for flash

Approx. 7 sec. (at normal temperature with new battery).

Sequence mode

3 frames per sec. up to 4 frames.
Shot to shot speed between 1-2 seconds.

Self-timer / remote controller

12 second delay / 2 sec. after optional remote controller operation.

Setting memorisation

Possible.

Outer connector

DC input terminal, USB interface (storage class)
Video Output terminal (PAL), external flash terminal for FL-40 (shoe and exclusive socket), x synchronisation socket, remote controller jack.

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 battery CR-V3; / LiPo battery with optional grip / 4 x AA Ni-MH batteries / /4 x AA Ni-Cd batteries /optional AC adapter zinc carbon (manganese) and AA lithium batteries cannot be used.)

Date/Time/Calendar

Simultaneous recording onto image data.

Automatic calendar system

Up to year 2030.

Dimensions

128.5 (W) x 103.5 (H) x 161 (D) (excluding projections)

Weight

1050 g (without lens cap, batteries and SmartMedia or CompactFlash card).