Olympus SP-350 Digital Camera

Recently Olympus announced the Olympus SP-350 Digital camera, one look at this camera is enough to know how well it subscribes to your creative instincts. This feature packed robust and elegant masterpiece of precision designing, demarks the lines between advanced manual functions and easy automatic options. From one-touch printing, 30 shooting modes including three underwater modes and customizable settings to 8.0 mega pixels CCD, 6.4cm LCD and a hot-shoe to connect an external flash for situations requiring extra light, Olympus SP-350 is simply a wholesome offering from Olympus. Once you’ve created the magic of pictures with the camera you can take easy prints with any PictBridge compatible printer. The exclusive TruePic TURBO image processor smoothes over any rough edges so pictures appear flawless. You can edit pictures for flaws such as red eye in the camera itself. The camera allows you to store your modes and settings preferences in my mode. The Timelapse feature adds wings to your creativity by letting your capture the beauty of time bound sequences like sunset, sunrise or blooming of flowers. You may view pictures by date and time taken with the convenient Calendar option.

Olympus SP-350 Digital Camera Specifications:

Imager	8.0 megapixel effective, 8.3 megapixel gross, 1/1.8" CCD
Lens	8.0 – 24.0mm (38 – 114mm equivalent in 35mm photography), 6 lenses in 5 groups, 3 aspherical lens with 4 surfaces
Zoom	Seamless to 15x (3x optical and 5x digital combined)
Aperture Range	f2.8 - f4.9 (adjustable in 1/3 EV step)
LCD	2.5" color LCD, approx. 115,000 pixel
Viewfinder	Optical viewfinder
Focus System	CCD Contrast detection
Focus Range	Normal/Macro mode: W:0.07m (19.7 in.) to infinity T: 1.2m (7.9in.) to infinity Super Macro mode 0.03m (1.2in.) to infinity
Focus Mode	iESP auto, Spot AF, Selective AF target, Manual
Shutter Speed	1/2000 sec. – 15 sec., Bulb
ISO	Auto/50/100/200/400
Metering Mode	Digital iESP auto multi-pattern TTL, Spot metering, Center Weighted metering
White Balance	iESP2 multi-pattern auto TTL, Pre-set (Overcast, Sunlight, Evening Sun, Tungsten, and 3 Fluorescents), Manual, WB compensation +/- 7
Exposure Compensation	±2 EV steps in 1/3 EV steps
Recording Modes	DCF Exif 2.21, JPEG, PIM3
Adjustment Resolutions	RAW 3072 x 2304 SHQ 3072 x 2304 SHQ (3:2) 3072 x 2048 HQ 3072 x 2048 HQ (3:2) 3072 x 2048 SQ1 2592 x 1944 high, normal 2288 x 1712 high, normal 2048 x 1536 high, normal 1600 x 1200 high, normal SQ2 1280 x 960 high, normal 1024 x 768 high, normal 640 x 480 high, normal
Shooting Modes	30 shooting modes AUTO, Program Auto, A, S, M, My mode, Scene Preset (Portrait, Landscape, Landscape + Portrait, Night Scene, Sport, Night + Portrait, Indoor, Candle, Self-Portrait, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Museum, Behind Glass, Cuisine, Documents, Auction, Shoot & Select1, Shoot & Select2, Beach, Snow, Underwater wide1, Underwater wide2, Underwater macro)
Panorama Modes	Up to 10 frames automatically stitchable with Olympus Master software when using Olympus brand xD-Picture card
Custom Settings	4 My Mode
Sequential Shooting	High speed; 2.4 frames per second up to 2 frames Normal speed; 1.5 frames per second up to 10 frames in HQ mode Bracket; aperture compensation up to 5 frames
Shooting Assist Functions	Histogram, Frame assist
Shooting Edit Effects	N/A
Image Quality Adjustment	(Adj. ±5) sharpness, contrast, saturation
Movie Mode	QuickTime Movie with Sound, SHQ 640 x 480 30fps/ HQ 640 x 480 15fps/ SQ1 320 x 240 30fps/ SQ2 320 x 240 15fps
Image Processing	TruePic TURBO Image Processor
Pixel Mapping	Automatic Pixel Mapping (APM) available via menu setting
Noise Reduction	Set automatically at shutter speeds of 0.5 seconds or longer
Image Playback	Still Image; Single, Index, Enlargement, slide show, calendar, album, Histogram, Rotation Movie: Normal/Reverse/Frame by Frame
Playback Edit Effects	Still Image: Resize, Trimming, Sepia, Black & White, Red-Eye Fix Movie: Frame Edit, Frame Index
Direct Printing Options	PictBridge EASYPRINT and DPOF
Flash	Built in
Hot Shoe	Yes
Flash Modes	Auto (for low light and back lit conditions); Red-eye Reduction; Fill-in; Fill-in + red eye reduction; Off
Flash Working Range	Wide: 12.5ft (3.8m); Tele 7.2ft. (2.2M)
Selftimer	12 seconds
Setting Memorization	On/Off (hold changes/Reset to default settings)
Date/Time Calendar	Simultaneous recording into image data, Automatic up to 2099
Memory	25MB internal memory
Removable Media Card	xD-Picture Card (16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB or 1GB)
Outer Connectors	Multi-connector for USB and A/V, DC input
Auto-connect USB	2.0 High Speed
Weatherproof	N/A
System Requirements	Windows 98SE/2000PRO/ME/XP, Mac 10.1 and higher
Operating Environment	Operation: 32° - 104°F (0° - 40°C), 30 - 90% humidity Storage: -4° - 140°F (-20° - 60°C), 10 - 90% humidity
Power Supply	CRV3 or 2 AA batteries
Size	3.92"W x 2.56"H x 1.38" D (99.5mm x 65.0mm x 35.0mm)
Weight	6.88 oz. (195g) without battery and media card

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