Today Olympus have announced the C-700 UZ, heralded as the smallest 10x optical zoom digital photographic camera (not difficult). The camera features a two megapixel sensor and a lens which delivers a 38 - 380 mm equiv. zoom (F2.8 - F3.5). Expected street toll is $700. We'd love to bring you a picture of the camera, unfortunately we've been let downwards by Olympus who accept non provided us with whatsoever data on this camera.

Olympus Introduces Camedia C-700 Ultrazoom Globe's Smallest 10X Optical Zoom Digital Camera

Full Featured with 27X Digital Zoom, USB AutoConnect Ease-of-Use, and QuickTime Movie & Audio - All Packed into Meaty, Stylish Body

MELVILLE, N.Y., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus America Inc., the world leader in moving-picture show and filmless photography, today introduced the CAMEDIA C-700 UltraZoom, the earth's smallest 10X optical zoom digital camera. Packed with advanced capabilities and offering outstanding paradigm quality and command, the C-700 UltraZoom raises digital photography to new heights while establishing a new industry benchmark for compactness, style, versatility and ease of use.

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The C-700 UltraZoom features a 10X optical zoom lens that delivers the equivalent of a 38mm -- 380mm lens on a 35mm photographic camera. This optical zoom capability is complemented by a 27X seamless digital zoom, which extends the camera'due south maximum zoom range to one,026mm-some other industry first for a camera of this size. 'Seamless' ways the C-700 UltraZoom will automatically switch to digital zoom when the camera reaches the limit of its optical range, enhancing ease of utilize and allowing users to capture intricate details from great distances.

Fully programmable, the C-700 UltraZoom is versatile enough to match any user's comfort level and application. In Programmed Motorcar style, the camera offers point-and-shoot simplicity for flawless film taking in average situations. For unique or difficult to shoot conditions, the C-700 UltraZoom offers greater command with aperture priority (Broad: f2.8 - f8.0, Tele: f3.5 - f8.0), shutter priority (1/ii - 1/i,000 sec.), full transmission functioning and a host of special programs including Dark Scene, Sports Action, Portrait and Landscape modes. Multiple ISO settings from 100 to 800 allow users to capture precipitous images fifty-fifty in low lite atmospheric condition.

The C-700 UltraZoom uses industry standard SmartMedia(TM) cards to capture images in JPEG and TIFF formats. The camera ships with an 8MB card standard, providing ample capacity to store upwardly to 82 pictures in SQ-Normal style. Additional SmartMedia cards are bachelor in 16, 32, 64 and 128MB increments, and deliver virtually unlimited, reusable paradigm storage capacity without the time or expense associated with flick developing. But the C-700 UltraZoom is more than a withal image digital photographic camera. A QuickTime(TM) Movie mode enables users to capture up to 62 seconds of full move video with sound at xv frames per second on an 8MB SmartMedia card, making it the perfect choice for users producing webcasts and e-mailing short videos. The C-700 UltraZoom also records up to four seconds of audio captioning for each nevertheless image.

"The C-700 UltraZoom is targeted at a photographically-savvy audience; the experienced digital photographer who's ready to step upwards to a more capable device, but at the same time wants a small, ease to use photographic camera,'' states John Knaur, Digital Product Manager, Olympus Consumer Products Group. "The C-700 UltraZoom delivers the full featured functionality and greater paradigm control demanded by accomplished amateurs, just without the price tag associated with professional cameras. In fact, with its extensive capabilities and elementary operation at this toll signal, the C-700 UltraZoom is one of the best values in its class.''

Whether capturing even so pictures or total movement video, every prototype is candy through the C-700 UltraZoom'south 2.11-megapixel CCD, and displayed on a i.5-inch, 113,000-pixel colour TFT LCD monitor. As a upshot, the C-700 UltraZoom delivers photo-quality images up to 8" x 10'' when image data is downloaded to a computer and output on a photograph-quality printer. SmartMedia cards may besides exist inserted directly into ane of Olympus' P Serial dye sublimation printers for computer-free printing.

For fast and simple downloading, the C-700 UltraZoom features USB AutoConnect technology. The Olympus USB AutoConnect characteristic allows users to plug the photographic camera direct into any USB-configured computer. No drivers or boosted software are required for PCs running the latest operating systems including Windows® 2000, Windows Me and Mac Os(TM) 8.six and higher-these computers volition mount and recognize the C-700 UltraZoom automatically. This eliminates the need to restart the organization, and then prototype viewing, downloading and printing tin can be performed immediately upon connection. (Card readers are also available for non-USB equipped PCs.) The C-700 UltraZoom supports the Digital Print Gild Format (DPOF) standard for adding data to images and tagging specific photographs to print to DPOF-compatible printers.

"This camera tin be equally simple or sophisticated to operate as whatsoever user needs information technology to be. It functions great as a point-and-shoot digital camera for family unit vacation and holiday utilise, and is too well suited for the more creative photographer who desires pinpoint epitome control,'' says Knaur. "Its AutoConnect adequacy makes it like shooting fish in a barrel to download, print and share both even so images and brusk video clips. Nosotros expect the C-700 UltraZoom to exist very well received past the experienced digital consumer, and to maintain Olympus' position every bit the leader in filmless digital photography.''

The Camedia C-700 will be available in May. It ships with an 8MB SmartMedia, 2 CR-V3 AA Lithium Bombardment Pack, CAMEDIA Master Software, Win/Mac USB Cable, video cable, transmission, conveying strap, lens cap and retainer cord.

CAMEDIA C-700 UltraZoom Street Price: $699.00
CAMEDIA C-700 UltraZoom Suggested Retail Price: $799.00

Olympus C-700UZ specifications

CCD 1/2.seven" 2.xi megapixel CCD (one.92 megapixel effective)
Lens Olympus, 38 - 380 mm equiv. F2.8 - F3.5, 10 elements in 7 groups
Digital Zoom Aye, smooth upwardly to 2.7x
Prototype modes JPEG, TIFF
Image sizes 1600 10 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 ten 480
Storage SmartMedia (support for 128MB)
Viewfinder Electronic TTL Viewfinder (0.55" LCD)
LCD 1.5" TFT, 114,000 pixel
Sensitivity Car, ISO 100, 200, 400 or 800
Focus range Normal: threescore cm - Infinity (23 in - Infinity)
Macro: ten cm - 60 cm (4 - 23 in)
Discontinuity range F2.8 - F8.0
Shutter speed Car: 1/ii sec - ane/1,000 sec
Manual: 16 sec - ane/1,000 sec
Exposure modes Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Full Transmission, Automobile Bracketing, AE Lock, S-Prg creative modes
Metering Digital ESP, Spot, 8 position multi-spot
White Balance Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, One-touch WB, Manaul WB correction
Flash Built in, half dozen sec accuse time
Flash range Wide: ten cm - 5.5 yard (3.9 in - 18 ft)
Tele: 1.ii m - 4.4 m (4 ft - 14.four ft)
Continuous 1.8 fps (unknown limit)
Movies Quicktime, 15fps, 320 10 240 (max fifteen sec), 160 10 120 (max 60 sec)
Epitome effects Sepia, Black & white, Black / White board mode
Cocky timer 12 seconds
Connectivity DC input, USB, A/Five out (varies past region), Flash EXT (v-pin for FL-40)
Power two x CR-V3 Lithium battery or iv x AA batteries
Dimensions 107.five 10 76 x 77.v (4.2 x 3 ten iii in)
Weight 311 g (11 oz)