Olympus Stylus 5010 / 7030 / 7040
21 January 2010
The final group of cameras announced at CES are from Olympus. Like Sony, Olympus finally woke up and smelled the coffee, and dumped the xD memory card format, switching to SD/SDHC (thank you!). The first three Olympus cameras are in their compact and stylish Stylus series:
Stylus 5010
- 14 Megapixel CCD
- F2.8-6.5, 5X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 26 – 130 mm
- Sensor-shift image stabilization
- “World’s smallest 5X zoom camera”, comes in titanium, pink, and light blue
- 2.7″ LCD display with 230,000 pixels
- Point-and-shoot operation, with Intelligent Auto mode
- AF tracking feature, with a special “pet mode”
- Magic Filter feature is similar to Art Filters on Olympus SLRs, and features pop art, pin hole, fisheye, and “drawing” filters
- Records video at 1280 x 720 (presumably at 30 fps) with sound, using the MPEG-4 format; dedicated movie recording button
- 1GB (!) onboard memory, plus SD/SDHC card slot
- HDMI output, with the ability to control the camera from the remote control of compatible HDTVs
- Entire camera manual is built into the camera’s internal memory (not sure how I feel about this)
- Uses LI-42B lithium-ion battery; battery life not available
- Ships next month for $200
Stylus 7030 – changes:
- F3.0-5.9, 7X optical zoom lens, equivalent to 28 – 196 mm
- No HD movie mode — just VGA
- No HDMI output
- Comes in titanium, blue, and purple
- Priced at $200
Stylus 7040 - changes:
- 3-inch LCD with 230,000 pixels
- HD movie recording returns
- 2GB (!!) internal memory + SD/SDHC slot
- HDMI output
- Comes in titanium, pink, and light blue
- Priced at $250
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