Olympus Announces New D-340R Entry-Level 1.3 Megapixel for Under $500

MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus America Inc., Digital & Imaging Systems Group, a leading consumer digital camera manufacturer today announced the Olympus D-340R entry-level filmless digital camera for . The Olympus D-340R evolves from the popular point & shoot D-340L with a 1.3 megapixel CCD (1280 x 960 resolution) in a compact, lightweight camera, and adds new features including an improved ISO rating of 100/200; uncompressed TIFF recording mode for maximum quality zero compression images; 3x inspection mode to review photo details in the camera; and 8MB SmartMedia removable media, all for the same price as the previous model D-340L.

The D-340R retains the popular features of the D-340L, including its compact light-weight ergonomic design, low price, all glass aspherical lens system, burst mode of 10 shots in 1/2 second intervals, 4 mode intelligent flash, 2x digital telephoto mode, video out, and SmartMedia card usage.

The D-340R includes professional level photographic controls you'd expect from an Olympus camera. These include four levels of recording images (Standard Quality at 640 x 480, High Quality at 1280 x 960. Super High Quality 128O x 960 with low image compression for superior image quality, and uncompressed TIFF mode), exposure controls, and flash features. Exposure control allows users to bracket +/- 1 step for lighting compensation. Olympus also features a sophisticated four mode flash, with "red-eye" reduction, force-fill flash, automatic low-light and back-light mode, and force-off to accommodate any lighting condition.

The D-340R incorporates high-speed D-RAM (internal memory). This architectural enhancement provides near world-class shot recovery performance of 2 seconds between shots surpassed only by the recently announced Olympus D-620L. The D-RAM also enables Sequence Shooting mode allowing the capture of up to 10 images in half second intervals. Activation is easy. Users simply hold the shutter button down and the camera does all the work. Up to 10 images are written through D-RAM and saved to the removable media for later review.