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Olympus C-740UZ
C-740 Ultra Zoom
Flash
The camera has a built-in manual pop-up flash.
Movies
Movies can be recorded without sound and the recording
time is dependent on the xD card capacity. They are in
Quicktime ( .mov) format.
Power source
The camera can use AA batteries (4) including recharge-
able batteries. Alternatively it can take two CR-V3 (LB-01)
Maker Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. lithium or Li-Ion batteries.
Type Still image camera with motion capability
Image sensor Digital CCD (1/2.5" format)
Image quality
type Image quality issues noted in the review by Steves Digi-
cams were "The overall image quality is quite good but
Image sensor 3.2 effective Megapixel
size it does exhibit some problems with chromatic aberration
(purple fringing) of objects with strong backlighting.
Recording xD Picture Card, removable This is a problem with all of the "Ultra Zoom" cameras
medium
and seems to be very difficult to eliminate when coupling
Lens Permanently attached 10X ED (extra-low a CCD imager to a long 8x-10x telephoto zoom lens." The
dispersion) lens DCRP review noted however that "the extra-low disper-
Focus Automatic, Manual sion (ED) lens noticeably reduces purple fringing ... . It
doesn’t eliminate it, but it’s much better than [earlier
Shutter 1/1000 sec. – 16 sec. models]."
speeds
F-numbers f2.8/f3.7 – f8
References
The Olympus C-740UZ is a digital camera manufactured • Keller, Jeff (2003). "DCRP Review: Olympus C-740
by Olympus. It was first released in 2003. Ultra Zoom". Digital Camera Resource Page.
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/
c740uz-review/. Retrieved 2006-05-04.
Features and lens • "Olympus C-740 Ultra Zoom". User review. Steves
The UZ in the camera’s name refers to Ultra Zoom; 10 Digicams. 2003. http://www.steves-digicams.com/
times zoom being a significant increase over the more 2003_reviews/c740uz.html. Retrieved 2006-05-04.
standard three times zoom capability of standard digital
cameras. The lens is an Olympus aspherical glass zoom
lens 6.3 – 63mm (37.9-379mm equivalent for 35mm for-
mat). The 10x zoom is equivalent to 38-380mm in 35mm
photography. The specifications describe it as 11 lenses
in 7 groups.
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