Specifications
Model | Olympus |
Type | Interchangeable digital SLR camera. |
Compatible lens | ZUIKO Digital, FourThirds System lens. |
Lens mount | FourThirds mount. |
Body | Engineering plastics. |
Media | CompactFlash card (Type I and II), Microdrive, |
| (Dual slot) |
Effective pixel number | 8 million pixels. |
Image size | 17.3mm x 13.0mm. |
Image sensor |
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Type | 4/3 type Full Frame Transfer CCD |
Total pixel number | 8.89 million pixels. |
Aspect ratio | 4:3. |
Filter array | Primary colour filter (RGB). |
Filter |
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LPF | Fixed type. |
IR cut filter | Hybrid type. |
Dust protect filter | Supersonic Wave Filter. |
Viewfinder |
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Type | |
Field of view | Approx. 95%. |
Magnification | Approx. 0.9x with a 50mm lens set to infinity at |
Eye point | Approx. 16mm at |
Diopter adjustment | |
Focusing screen | Fixed type. |
Mirror | Quick return mirror. |
Viewfinder information | AF frame (super impose), AE lock, AF confirmation mark, |
| Metering mode, Exposure mode, Shutter speed, Aperture value, |
| White balance, Exposure compensation value indicator, Flash, |
| Battery check, Record mode, Number of storable still pictures. |
Depth of field preview | Yes (customised |
Eye cup | Interchangeable type |
Eye piece shutter | Eye piece cap |
Autofocus |
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Type | TTL phase difference detection system. |
Focus modes | Single AF, Continuous AF, Manual focus, Single AF + MF, and |
| Continuous AF + MF. |
Detection range | EV 0 to 19 (ISO 100). |
Focus areas | 3 points. |
Focus area selection | Automatic and manual selection. |
AF assist lamp | |
AF lock | Locked by first position of shutter release button, AE/AF lock |
| button (customised). |
Focus tracking | Available in continuous AF mode. |
Focus aid | Available. |
Manual focus | Available by rotating focus ring, available for setting manual focus |
| operation in AF mode (customised). |
Exposure control |
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Light metering system | TTL open aperture light metering with |
| sensing system. |
Light metering modes | Digital ESP, |
| entire frame). |
Detection range | Digital ESP, |
| EV 1 to 20 (50mm f2, ISO 100). |
| Spot: EV 3 to 17 (50mm f2, ISO 100). |
Exposure modes | Auto, Programme with programme shift, Shutter Priority, Aperture |
| Priority, Manual. |
Scene programmes | Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports, Night Scene & Portrait. |
Scene select | Portrait, Landscape, Landscape & Portrait, Night Scene, Night |
| Scene & Portrait, Firework, Sunset, Macro, Sports, High Key, |
| Low key, Document, Beach & Snow, Candle, Children. |
Exposure compensation | Up to +/– 5 EV in each 1, 1/2, or 1/3 EV steps. |
AE lock | Locked by first position of shutter release or AE/AF lock button |
| (customised). |
Exposure bracketing | 3 frames in +/– 1, 2/3, 1/2, or 1/3 EV steps (selectable). |
Sensitivity
Auto | ISO 100 to 400. |
Manual | ISO 100 to 400. Expandable to 1600 (in each 1/3 EV steps possible). |
Shutter |
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Type | Electronically controlled focal plane shutter. |
Shutter speed | Auto, P, Ps, A mode: 1/4000 – 60 sec. (depend on conditions) |
| S mode: 1/4000 – 60 sec. |
| M mode: 1/4000 – 60 sec. and bulb (up to 8 min.) |
| Scene mode: 1/4000 – 2 sec. |
X = 1/180 sec. | |
| Super FP up to 1/4000 sec. |
Shutter release | |
12 or 2 sec (possible to cancel). | |
Remote control | Yes (including bulb function), with |
Drive system |
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Drive modes | Single and sequential shooting. |
Sequential shooting speed | Approx. 2.5 fps. |
Max. frame number on | RAW / TIFF 4 frames. |
sequential shooting | JPEG (HQ, SQ) up to card capacity with high speed media |
| (SunDisk Extreme III). |
White balance system |
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Auto WB system | Advanced detection system with CCD imager. |
Preset WB | 8 type (3000K – 7500K). |
| Lamp 1 (3000K), Fluorescent 1 (4000K), Fluorescent 2 (4500K), |
| Fluorescent 3 (6600K), Daylight (5300K), Cloudy (6000K), Shade |
| (7500K). |
Custom WB | 1 custom setting (in Kelvin). |
WB compensation | R – B / G – M, up to +/– 7 steps in each 2 mired for both auto and |
| preset settings. |
On touch white balance | 1 one touch setting. |
WB bracketing | 3 frames with +/– 4/8/12 mired steps. |
Processing |
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Image processing | TruePic TURBO. |
Colour space | sRGB / Adobe RGB. |
Picture mode | Vivid, Natural, Muted, Black & White, Sepia. |
Colour saturation | 5 levels in each Vivid, Natural, Muted mode. |
Sharpness | 5 levels in each Picture mode. |
Contrast | 5 levels in each Picture mode. |
Filter | Yellow, Orange, Red, Green in Black & White mode. |
Toning | Sepia, Blue, Red, Green in Black & White mode. |
Gradation | 3 levels (high key, normal, low key). |
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Type | Auto |
Synchronisation modes | Auto, |
| Slow syncro, 2nd curtain slow syncro, |
Guide number | Approx. 13. |
Intensity control | Up to +/– 2EV in each 1, 1/2, or 1/3 EV steps. |
External flash control |
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Type | TTL auto FP / TTL auto for Olympus dedicated flash, auto or manual. |
| (TTL auto with |
Synchronisation modes | Auto, Manual, |
| Slow syncro, 2nd curtain slow syncro, |
Intensity control | Up to +/– 2EV in each 1, 1/2, or 1/3 EV steps. |
Control panel |
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Control panel information | Metering mode, Exposure mode, Aperture value, Shutter speed, |
| Exposure level indicator, Exposure compensation value, Exposure |
| compensation indicator, AE bracket, ISO, Colour space, Picture |
| mode, Gradation, Colour saturation compensation value, |
| Sharpness compensation value, Contrast compensation value, |
| White balance, White balance compensation value, Noise |
| reduction mode, AE lock, Flash mode, Flash compensation value, |
| Focus mode, AF frame, Drive mode, Record mode, Number of |
| storable still pictures, Selected memory card, Battery check. |
Playback monitor |
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Type | HyperCrystal LCD panel. |
Size | 2.5 inch / 6.4cm. |
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