Olympus C-5050 Zoom Review
Review based on a production C-5050 Zoom
On August 19th (approximately a month before Photokina 2002) Olympus announced their new five megapixel, three times optical zoom prosumer level digital camera the C-5050 Zoom. This camera is one of the first to utilize a 1/1.8" (7.18 x 5.32 mm) 5 megapixel CCD sensor. Previous 5 megapixel sensors had been 2/3" (8.8 x 6.6 mm) in size. The advantage of the 1/1.8" size is that it is identical to previous three and four megapixel sensors and so certain components such as the lens system can be re-used without requiring any redesign. In the case of the C-5050 Zoom it uses the same three times F1.8 - F2.6 lens seen in the two megapixel C-2040 Zoom*, three megapixel C-3040 Zoom* and four megapixel C-4040 Zoom. For more information about sensor sizes click here.
* Now discontinued models
Olympus C-5050 Zoom vs. Olympus C-4040 Zoom (differences only)
Olympus C-5050 Zoom |
Olympus C-4040 Zoom |
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Sensor | 1/1.8" 5.2 million pixels total | 1/1.8" 4.1 million pixels total |
Effective pixels | 5.0 million | 4.0 million |
Image formats | RAW, TIFF, JPEG (EXIF 2.2) | TIFF, JPEG (EXIF 1.1) |
Image sizes | 2560 x 1920, 2288 x 1712, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 | 2272 x 1704, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 |
Interpolated sizes | 3200 x 2400 | 3200 x 2400 |
Digital zoom | Up to 3.4x | Up to 2.5x |
Focus modes | Normal, Macro, Super-macro | Normal, Macro |
Sensitivity | Auto, ISO 64, 100, 200, 400 | Auto, ISO 100, 200, 400 |
Scene modes | Portrait, Sports, Landscape portrait, Landscape, Night | None |
My mode | Eight memories | None |
Shutter speed | 16 - 1/2000 sec | 16 - 1/800 sec |
Aperture range | F1.8 - F8 / F2.6 - F8 | F1.8 - F10 / F2.6 - F10 |
Histogram in record | Yes | No |
White balance | Auto, Fine, Cloudy, Shade, Evening Sun, Incandescent, Fluorescent (4 types), Custom (4 memories) | Auto, Fine, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Custom |
HQ Drive mode | 1.7/3.3 fps up to 11/4 frames | 2 fps up to 8 frames |
External flash | Hot-shoe | Five pin sync terminal |
Movie clips | 320 x 240 - 15 fps, max 96 secs | |
Audio | Record / Playback | Record only |
LCD monitor | 1.8" 114,000 pixels tilting | 1.8" 114,000 pixels fixed |
Storage | SmartMedia, CompactFlash, xD | SmartMedia |
Jog dial | Yes | No |
Custom button | Yes | No |
Video output | NTSC / PAL switchable | Fixed by region |
Dimensions | 115 x 70 x 80 mm (4.5 x 2.7 x 3.2 in) |
110 x 76 x 70 mm (4.33 x 2.99 x 2.75 in) |
Weight (no batt) | 380 g (13.4 oz) | 320 g (11.3 oz) |
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