Olympus C-310 Zoom
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The Olympus Camedia 310 Zoom is a self-contained color digital camera
system, produced by the Olympus Optical Co., Ltd..
The C-310 Zoom uses the xD
-Picture Card format.
The C-310 Zoom doesn't have conventional exposure modes like aperture-priority, shutter-speed priority or manual. Instead it offers a range of scene modes, starting with Program AE (basically a full-auto mode), then Portrait, Self-portrait, Night Scene, Landscape and Landscape with Portrait. The C-310 Zoom also has a panoramic mode and it allows the recording of short movies (without sound) in the QuickTime Motion JPEG format. There is one movie mode, HQ (320 x 240 pixels), which allows recording up to the capacity of the memory card (48 seconds with a 16Mb card).
The C-310 Zoom uses the Digital ESP
metering system, which takes an average reading from the scene. ISO speeds range from 50 to 320, of which the camera selects the most suitable setting automatically. This setting can’t be manually adjusted. White Balance can be set automatically by the camera, or choice can be made from sunlight, overcast, tungsten
light and fluorescent light presets.
The focusing system used is TTL system iESP autofocus with contrast detection. The working range in Standard mode is 0.5m – infinity. There are also two different macro modes available - Macro mode allows to focus as close as 0.2m and Super macro mode as close as 2 cm. The built-in flash has a guide number of 7.6 and offers a range of different modes; Auto (automatic activation in low and backlight), Red-eye Reduction, Fill-in (forced activation) and Off (no flash).
Images are recorded as JPEGs in a range of different quality and size settings:
There are no TIFF or RAW
formats. To compose your images, you can either use the small optical viewfinder or the 1.8 inch colour TFT LCD
monitor with 85,000 pixels. The C-310 Zoom features Olympus' TruePic Turbo technology, which delivers more image clarity, contrast and brilliant colour and also increases the camera's processing speed by up to 30%.
The C-310 Zoom is powered by either a proprietary rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, which takes a couple of hours to fully charge, or 2 x AA
Ni-MH/Alkaline rechargeable batteries. The camera features PictBridge
compatibility, allowing direct printing with compatible printers. It also incorporates USB 2.0 Full Speed (12 Mbit/s) Auto Connect interface to connect the camera to a computer.
Digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
system, produced by the Olympus Optical Co., Ltd..
Features
The Olympus Camedia C-310 Zoom is positioned towards the bottom of the range in what Olympus calls their “Easy” category. It has a 3.2-megapixel CCD and a 3x optical zoom that is equivalent to a 38–114mm lens on a 35mm format camera. The lens has a respectable aperture range of f2.9 at the widest setting of 35mm and f5.0 at the longest setting of 114mm. The shutter speed range is 2 – 1/2000th second.The C-310 Zoom uses the xD
XD
XD may refer to:* Extreme Definition, an informal term used to describe high-definition television and distinguish it from Extreme High Definition* xD or "XD", an emoticon used on the internet to express happiness or laughing very hard...
-Picture Card format.
The C-310 Zoom doesn't have conventional exposure modes like aperture-priority, shutter-speed priority or manual. Instead it offers a range of scene modes, starting with Program AE (basically a full-auto mode), then Portrait, Self-portrait, Night Scene, Landscape and Landscape with Portrait. The C-310 Zoom also has a panoramic mode and it allows the recording of short movies (without sound) in the QuickTime Motion JPEG format. There is one movie mode, HQ (320 x 240 pixels), which allows recording up to the capacity of the memory card (48 seconds with a 16Mb card).
The C-310 Zoom uses the Digital ESP
Electro Selective Pattern
Digital ESP-metering mode is used by some Olympus cameras . It measures the brightness of the center of the subject and the surrounding area separately....
metering system, which takes an average reading from the scene. ISO speeds range from 50 to 320, of which the camera selects the most suitable setting automatically. This setting can’t be manually adjusted. White Balance can be set automatically by the camera, or choice can be made from sunlight, overcast, tungsten
Tungsten
Tungsten , also known as wolfram , is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74.A hard, rare metal under standard conditions when uncombined, tungsten is found naturally on Earth only in chemical compounds. It was identified as a new element in 1781, and first isolated as...
light and fluorescent light presets.
The focusing system used is TTL system iESP autofocus with contrast detection. The working range in Standard mode is 0.5m – infinity. There are also two different macro modes available - Macro mode allows to focus as close as 0.2m and Super macro mode as close as 2 cm. The built-in flash has a guide number of 7.6 and offers a range of different modes; Auto (automatic activation in low and backlight), Red-eye Reduction, Fill-in (forced activation) and Off (no flash).
Images are recorded as JPEGs in a range of different quality and size settings:
- 2 048 x 1 536 (3.1 Megapixels)
- 1 600 x 1 200 (1.9 Megapixels)
- 640 x 480 (0.3 Megapixels)
There are no TIFF or RAW
RAW image format
A camera raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera, image scanner, or motion picture film scanner. Raw files are so named because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be printed or edited with a bitmap graphics editor...
formats. To compose your images, you can either use the small optical viewfinder or the 1.8 inch colour TFT LCD
TFT LCD
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...
monitor with 85,000 pixels. The C-310 Zoom features Olympus' TruePic Turbo technology, which delivers more image clarity, contrast and brilliant colour and also increases the camera's processing speed by up to 30%.
The C-310 Zoom is powered by either a proprietary rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, which takes a couple of hours to fully charge, or 2 x AA
AA battery
An AA battery is a standard size of battery. Batteries of this size are the most commonly used type of in portable electronic devices. An AA battery is composed of a single electrochemical cell...
Ni-MH/Alkaline rechargeable batteries. The camera features PictBridge
PictBridge
PictBridge is an industry standard introduced in 2003 from the Camera & Imaging Products Association for direct printing. It allows images to be printed directly from digital cameras to a printer, without having to connect the camera to a computer. Its formal name is . CIPA DC-001-2003 Rev...
compatibility, allowing direct printing with compatible printers. It also incorporates USB 2.0 Full Speed (12 Mbit/s) Auto Connect interface to connect the camera to a computer.
Package contents
From Owner's Manual (May vary from country to country)- Olympus Camedia 310 Zoom Digital Camera
- Camera Strap
- Warranty Card
- Instruction Manuals
- CAMEDIA Master 4.2 software package CD
- USB Cable
- xD-Picture Card (16MB, including labels, storage case, and write-protect seals)
- Instruction card