Olympus Camedia C-50 5MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom
List Price: $549.99
Details
- Connects with PCs and Macs via USB mooring
- Uses 1 rechargeable Li-ion LI-10B battery-operated (included)
- 3x visual zoom and 4x digital zoom for 12x total
Description
Five-megapixel devotion is quickly becoming the new standard for digital cameras. But these cameras are again bulky, heavy things to lug around. Enter the Olympus Camedia C-50, a svelte, lightweight embodiment capturer with a fair amount of features.The 3x optical zoom lens folds up centre the camera case with the covers sliding shut over it when not in use, making the camera's shallow metal frame easily pocketable. While the camera equally uses the tiny XD media for storage, it only comes with a 32 MB Easter card, barely enough to hold a dozen images at the highest irreversibility, so you'll want to stock up on storage (which is thankfully getting cheaper by the month).
Except only 1.5 inches in size, the bright LCD provides an precise and easy to view image of framed shots before nab. The C-50 also offers an optical viewfinder for framing shots and scraping on battery life.
Speaking of, the battery recharges quickly (averaging relating to two hours) and lasts for several hundred shots before needing a recharge. Monotonous with the limited surface area, the well-placed dials and menu buttons are within docile reach when using the camera, making it a snap to utilize one of the camera's six unlike scene modes or five flash modes.
With its 5.0 megapixels, captured images present oneself incredible details and bright colors and can be printed at nearly placard size without any loss of resolution. The C-50 also captures curt QuickTime movies, albeit without sound, small passably to be e-mailed to friends and family. Users of newer computers (both Windows and Mac) don't neck need to install a driver to transfer images and movies to their structure via the camera's USB cable.
The sticker price on the C-50 is still a bit burly for a point-and-click compact camera, but not bad when you consider the imminent of all those megapixels. --J. Curtis
Pros:
- Very compact
- Height-quality images
- Long battery life
Cons:
- Single 32 MB memory card
- No sound in movie mode
Betimes Adopters Pick: October 2002. State-of-the-art digital camera that is the before 5-megapixel camera to use the new XD memory format; also has a bright (f2.8) 3x zoom lens and accuracy metering system.
Combining first-rate photo technology with a compressed metal body, the Olympus Camedia C-50 will thrill quality-purposeful photographers looking for a state-of-the-art digital camera. Incorporating a 5-megapixel CCD, luminous (f2.8) 3x zoom lens, and precision metering systems, the Camedia C-50 offers B shooting and provides sharp, well-exposed, lifelike results. More hopeful photographers will appreciate the manually adjustable features, such as hole, shutter, and white balance. The C-50 is also one of the first digital cameras to use the new XD honour format, and it includes a 32 MB card.
Optics and Resolution
Featuring a 5-megapixel CCD sensor, the Camedia C-50 delivers a comprehensive range of detail and color (with images up to 2,560 x 1,960 pixels) and prints up to 11 by 14 inches and higher than to poster size. It boasts a 3x optical zoom lens and 4x digital zoom for a seamless amount to zoom of 12x.
Storage and Transfer
The Camedia C-50 is one of the first Olympus digital cameras to be of one mind with the new XD memory card format. Comparable in size to a penny and weighing smaller amount than 1/10th of an ounce, the XD memory card is not only the smallest storage mean, it also uses less power for better battery act and has faster data transfer rates than other celebration cards. The included 32 MB card will store around 27 images at 2,560 x 1,920 pixels (at HQ setting).
Images can be downloaded to either a Mac or PC via USB connectivity, which means it can be relevant to any USB-based Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 or later computer without installing any software.
Talking picture Mode
In addition to taking still photos, the Camedia C-50 can in the same way record movie clips at 15 frames per second with prudent in two formats: HQ (320 x 240 pixels, up to 16 seconds) and SQ (160 x 120 pixels, up to 70 seconds). The QuickTime Signal JPEG format offers a limited resolution, which is ardent for capturing a short movie that can be e-mailed to friends and kith and kin, but is no replacement for a true camcorder.
More Features
Like other cameras in its line, the Camedia C-50 features Olympus's TruePic technology, which uses all the pixels captured by the CCD at all resolutions to fabricate an image and "smoothes" it to get a smoother and clearer image. Unlike other digital-camera designs that their stride away pixel information to create smaller file sizes, TruePic uses all the pixel intelligence to create a better and truer photographic image at the lower pixel resolutions.
Other features register:
- Built-in flash with auto mode for backlight, red-eye reduction, jam-in mode, and slow-shutter synchronized flash
- Shutter speeds of 1/1,000 go along with to 1/2 second
- Six selectable scene programs
- Panoramic power when combined with Camedia Master software and optional Olympus name brand XD memory card
Power, Size, and Contents
The camera is powered by a lithium-ion rechargeable battery-operated (included). It measures 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.6 inches and weighs 6.8 ounces. This coupled includes the Camedia C-50 digital camera, 32 MB XD memory slated, lithium-ion battery and charger (model LI-10B), wireless remote supervise, USB and AV cables, wrist strap, and CD-ROM with Camedia Master imaging software and USB drivers for Windows and Mac.
