Four consumer digicams coming from Olympus
By Aimee Baldridge and Lori Gruinin, digital doyennesIn addition to the Stylus Digital 300 and 400 announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Olympus plans to add four other models this spring across its consumer line. The entry-level D series gets two new members--the D-390 and the D-560Z--both with more compact bodies than those of the models they're replacing (just subtract 10 from each of the product names). Zoom-happy snapshooters will welcome two new models in the Ultra Zoom line, which offers the signature 10X zoom lens first introduced on the C-70 Ultra Zoom. Both the C-740 and C-750 Ultra Zoom cameras sport a new extra-low dispersion (ED) lens and use a more compact body than the earlier model.
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Olympus C-740 Ultra Zoom |
April; $499 Sign up for a product alert |
3-megapixel CCD; f/2.8, 38mm-to-380mm (35mm equivalent) 10X zoom lens; xD-Picture Card media | An addition to Olympus's Ultra Zoom series, this model offers the line's signature 10X optical zoom, a newly compact body, and automatic exposure--plus five scene modes. |
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Olympus C-750 Ultra Zoom |
April; $599 Sign up for a product alert |
4-megapixel CCD; f/2.8, 38mm-to-380mm (35mm equivalent) 10X zoom lens; xD-Picture Card media | This model improves upon the C-740 with a higher resolution, a metal body, and a hotshoe for attaching external flash units. |
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Olympus D-390 |
April; $149 Sign up for a product alert |
2-megapixel CCD; f/2.8, 38mm lens; xD-Picture Card media | This very competitively priced camera sports a compact, clamshell design and a 1.8-inch LCD. It doesn't have a zoom lens, but it offers a 4X digital zoom. This Olympus shoots QuickTime movies, too. |
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Olympus D-560Z |
March; $299 Check latest prices |
3-megapixel CCD; f/3, 35mm-to-105mm (35mm equivalent) 3X zoom lens; xD-Picture Card media | This camera has a compact, clamshell design and a 1.8-inch LCD. It offers a QuickTime movie mode, as well as five scene modes for stills. |
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