Olympus Announces New 1.3MPixel D-450Zoom Camera

Today must be Olympus day -- They have also announced a new D-450Zoom camera. Housed in a stylish champagne gold metallic compact point & shoot body, the Olympus D-450 Zoom offers a 1.3 megapixel resolution CCD and 3X optical zoom lens at an outstanding value. New significant features include: faster shot-to-shot performance; 2 frames per second burst mode; improved ISO ratings; a new LCD display with easy viewing even in bright light and from any angle; and improved flash range with slow synchronization flash.

The D-450 Zoom includes advanced photographic controls, including four levels of recording images (Standard Quality at 640 x 480 with standard compression; High Quality at 1280 x 960 with standard compression; Super High Quality mode at 1280 x 960 with minimal compression; and Uncompressed TIFF File). Photos are saved as industry standard DCF/EXIF, JPEG, or TIFF files, which are easily viewed in most image-editing software and browsers.

Controllable exposure and white balance give the user the photographic controls they want. The exposure feature allows users to bracket +/- 2 steps in 1/2-step increments for lighting compensation. The D-450 Zoom even contains both Digital "ESP" matrix metering as well as spot metering. It also features a sophisticated five- mode flash with red-eye reduction, force-fill flash, automatic low-light and back-light mode, flash-off and slow-sync to accommodate most lighting conditions.