Camedia has shed its clunky image to reveal a curvy new look
Olympus Camedia C-5000 zoom
The Camedia C-5000 Zoom, descendent of the Olympus four-megapixel C-4000 Zoom, sports a much-needed facelift.
Features: It has discarded the clunky plain brown-wrapper 'C' series platform for a curvy new body that is much more compact and easier to slip into your hand. With a unique ergonomic design and a hot shoe for more flash options, the C-5000 Zoom provides great value in a compact form.
The camera is 20 per cent smaller and lighter than the C-4000 Zoom, and sports a high-quality Olympus 3X optical zoom lens. It employs a precision Olympus all-glass 38mm to 114mm equivalent lens, which is matched to a primary colour five-megapixel CCD.
Altogether these features allow users to produce consistently crisp, high-quality prints of up to 11x14 inches. Images are stored in removable xD-Picture cards.
Advanced users will appreciate the manual settings for aperture and shutter priority, with manual shutter speeds ranging from 16 to 1/1000 of a second. The Camedia C-5000 uses Olympus' standard contrast detection iESP TTL AF with nine user selectable AF points. The AF is quick and consistently accurate. The new TTL flash hot shoe easily attaches to Olympus FL-50 or FL-20 flash units. Adjustable white balance and one-touch white balance provide maximum shooting versatility.
