Olympus Announces 4-Megapixel Camedia C-4040 Zoom Digital Camera
June 20, 2001, Melville, NY - Olympus America, Inc., the world leader in film and filmless photography, today announced the CAMEDIA C-4040 Zoom. Establishing a new high-end category for Olympus C-Series cameras, the C-4040 Zoom builds on the foundation of Olympus' award winning C-Series digital cameras while incorporating exciting new features. The C-4040 Zoom offers a 4 Megapixel CCD, a super-bright F1.8 high-performance 3X zoom lens, plus the latest in Olympus image quality and noise reduction technologies to deliver crisp high-quality prints as large as 16" x 20".
The C-4040 is the perfect digital camera for advanced photographers desiring extensive image control capabilities combined with ease of use for creative and artistic applications. Professional photographers will also find the C-4040 Zoom to be a versatile yet compact solution providing the image quality and output sizes required for magazine and newspaper publication.
Its high-performance 3X zoom lens offers a large aperture that opens to a maximum F1.8 aperture setting for low light photography pictures. Combined with its extended flash working range, the C-4040 Zoom is a great camera for any low-light shooting situation. Simple to use, the C-4040 Zoom also features Olympus' USB Auto-Connect capabilities for fast and worry-free downloading without the need for any additional software or drivers.
Similar in design to other Olympus C-Series models, the C-4040 Zoom has an elegant all-black finish and rich ornamental parts that complement new ergonomic controls, including a rubberized lens barrel and grip. The C-4040 Zoom also retains many popular features found in the C-Series, such as Auto and Manual White Balance, multiple exposure settings to compensate for different lighting conditions, a two- frame-per-second Burst Mode, QuickTime Movie, black and white and sepia shooting modes, Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB), and several compression settings.
New Features of the C-4040 Zoom include:
