Product type:

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

Effective pixel number:

4.95 million pixels. (Approx. 2.5 million pixels in progressive scan mode.)
(The actual number of pixels used in image processing.)

Memory:

3V (3.3V) SmartMedia (SSFDC) card (4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128 MB).
One 16 MB SmartMedia card is supplied with camera.
CompactFlash Type I/II (up to 1 GB possible with Flash Memory Microdrive*).

Recording system:

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

Image pickup element:

2/3 inch CCD solid-state image pickup 5.24 million pixels.
RGB interlaced scan.

White balance:

Full-auto TTL, pre-set manual (3000, 3700, 4000, 4500, 5500, 6500 and 7500 °K) "one touch" manual.

Lens:

Olympus 4x zoom 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 (telephoto) 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, 2/3EV and 1EV; 3 images.
Aperture priority:
Wide: F2.0 – 11.0; Tele: F2.4 – 11.0, 1/3EV steps.

Shutter priority:
Interlace Scan mode: 2 - 1/640 sec. (used with mechanical shutter), 1/3EV steps.
Progressive Scan mode: 2 – 1/4,000, 1/18,000 sec.

Manual exposure:
Shutter speed; bulb (up to 8 min), 60 sec. – 1/640 sec. (Interlace Scan)
Shutter speed; bulb (up to 8 min), 60 sec. – 1/4,000, 1/18,000 sec. (Progressive Scan mode)
(1/18,000 sec. shutter speed in Progressive Scan mode is possible in Manual and Shutter priority exposure mode)

ISO:

Auto, user selectable (80, 160, 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 (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 guide number

Approx. 13 (ISO 80).

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 / second-curtain synchronisation effect).

Flash working range:

Wide: 0.6 – 8.9 m (auto ISO).
Tele: 0.5 – 7.4 m (auto ISO).

Shutter release time lag:

Approx. 60 msec.

Battery charging time for flash:

Less than 7 sec. (at normal temperature with new battery).

Sequence mode:

Interlace Scan (IS) mode: Approx. 2.5 frames per sec. up to 4 frames (up to 3 frames in RAW data mode),
Progressive Scan (PS) mode: Approx. 4.5 frames per sec. up to 7 frames.

Quick shooting:

Approx. 1 sec. shot to shot or faster at all times up to 4 frames (IS), 7 frames (PS)

Self-timer/remote controller:

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

Setting memorisation:

Possible.

Outer connector:

DC input terminal, USB AutoConnect interface (Storage Class).
Video output terminal (PAL), external flash terminal for FL-40 (shoe type connector), 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) mm (excluding projections).

Weight:

1050 g (without lens cap, batteries and storage media).