Tech News: The New Olympus SP-700 With A 3-Inch LCD Screen.

Today I was looking for digital cameras with a 3''” LCD the search results I kept on getting..And I came across the Olympus SP-700 digital camera. It's got 6MP, compact size, 11MB internal memory, memory card is xD picture, (some people may not like xD, but I do) a very large LCD screen 3inches with 230,000 pixels, as a matter of fact:) 3x optical zoom(38-114mm, 35mm camera equiv.), movie features: 30 frames per second for movie recording, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, with sound(WAV), file format is QuickTime Motion JPEG. 24 picture modes, Still feature file format is JPEG, image sizes are, 2816 x 2112, 2288 x 1712, 1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480. Auto mode and 24 scene modes (incl. Portrait, Beach, Snow, Night Scene and Underwater just to name a few) for trouble-free shooting. Creative functions, like Slide Show, Compare & Shoot, Multi-shot. Histogram in shooting and playback mode. Guide Function for easy operation. Explains the different menu options and scene modes. Image editing functions on board incl. Red-eye fix, brightness, saturation, trimming, B&W and sepia, without need for a PC. Super Macro mode for shooting from 1cm. TruePic TURBO image processor. PictBridge compatible. Feature looks very good, but I'’ll wait to see how much it costs before putting in my last 2 cents. Will be in stores around Christmas time.




Pros:
Sensor:1/2.5" Type CCD, 6.2 million pixels total, 6.0 million effective pixels.
Image sizes: 2816 x 2112, 2288 x 1712, 1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480, Movie clips: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120, With soundFile formats. Still: JPEG. Movie: QuickTime Motion JPEG, Sound: WAV, Lens: 38 -114 mm (35 mm equiv), 3x optical zoom. F 3.3 - 4.0. Image stabilization: Digital image stabilizer for movies. Digital zoom: Up to 4x, TTL system iESP auto focus with contrast, detection. focus: iESP auto focus, Spot auto focus. Focus distance: Normal: o.3m (wide)/o.6m (tele), Macro: 0.1m (wide)/0.6m (tele), Super macro: From 1cm, Metering: iESP, Spot, Program. ISO sensitivity: Auto, ISO: 64, 100, 200, 400. Exposure compensation +/-2EV, 1/3 EV steps. Shutter speed: 4 - 1/2000 sec. Scene modes: Portrait, Landscap, Landscap and Portrait, Night Scene, Night & Portrait, Sport, Indoor, Candle, Self Portrait, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Museum, Cuisine, Behind Glass, Documents, Auction, Shot & Select 1 and 2, Beach, Snow, Underwater Wide 1 and 2, Underwater Macro. White balance: Full-auto TTL ESP, overcast, sunlight, tungste, fluorescentent 1. Has a Self timer. Continuous shooting: 0.7fps for up to 3 frames in Super high, Image parameters: Sepia, Black and white, brightnessess and saturation correction, Color temperature, Balance. Flash is Built-in, Auto, red-eye reduction, fill-in , off, red-eye reduction & fill-in Range: 0.3m 2.6m (wide) / 1.2m– 2.1m (tele) Guide number: 6.5 Viewfinderinder, LCD monitor is 3" TFT LCD with 230,000 pixels. Connectivity: is USB, AV out, and DC in. Print compliance is PictBridge, Exif 2.21, DPOF, PIM II. Storage is a xD-Picture Card with 11MB internal memory, Power souce is a Rechargeable lithium ion battery. Charger not included, Weight with no batteries is 140 g (4.9 oz), Dimensions: is 98 x 57 x 25mm (3.8 x 2.2 x 1 in).



Cons:
Not out yet, not much is known about this camera.