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Olympus Announces New Compacts for CES 2010, Use SD Cards

Chris Gampat
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01/07/2010
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Last Updated on 01/07/2010 by

Yesterday for CES 2010, Olympus announced an update to their point and shoot camera line. Amongst the updates, they now use SD cards vs the old XD cards that many photographers and users quite disliked. The cameras, due to be released in March, are aimed towards the entry-level crowd, enthusiasts, etc. This means that the Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds crowds will have to wait just a little longer. Major specs and target audiences on the cameras after the jump.

mJu Tough 3000

– Aimed towards enthusiasts and adventurers

– Shockproof to 1.5m (5 ft), waterproof to 3m (10 ft), freezeproof to -10°C (14°F) and scratchproof

– 3.6x wide optical zoom (28-102mm*1)

– Dual Image Stabilization (combines mechanical and digital image stabilization)

– 720p HD movie recording and HDMI

– 12 MP

– 1GB internal memory and SD*4 Card compatible

– Magic filters, similar to their art filters on the DSLRs

FE-5030

– Aimed towards fashionistas

– 5x Optical zoom

– 14 MP

– Dual Image Stabilization

– 6.9cm/2.7” LCD (230,000 dots)

– Magic Filters

– Movie recording with sound

– SD card compatible

– In-Camera Help Guide

– USB charging (I wonder if it may make the port overheat the way some USB charging devices work)

FE-4040 and 4030

– Essentially the same as the 5030, but with a 4x Optical zoom.

FE-47

– Same as the previous three but without USB charging.

MJu -5010, -7030, -7040 and -9010

– Aimed at those that use their cameras as a fashion accessory and need simple operation.

– 14 MP

– 10x (9010), 7x (7040/7030) and 5x (5010) Optical zoom ranges

– Dual Image Stabilization

– 720p HD movie recording and HDMI

– 2GB internal memory on the 9010. 7030 and 5010 have 1GB and expandable SD card memory.

– Magic Filters

– In-Camera Manual

– In-Camera Panorama

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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