Olympus Unloads Nine Compact Point-and-Shoot Cameras

Posted 01/07/2010 at 3:21pm | by Bart Salisbury

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It you don’t have something singularly amazing, you might as well overwhelm with quantity. Olympus, working hard to be noticed in the CES throng, is announcing nine new point-and-shoot compact digital cameras.

The FE series (5030, 4040, 4030, and 47), have 14 megapixel sensors, 2.7-inch LCD displays, image stabilization, intelligent auto mode (i-Auto), auto focus tracking, face identification, and video recording. Optical zooms on the 4040 and 4030 are 4x, and on the 5030 and 47 are 5x. All have internal batteries, chargeable via USB, except the 47, which runs off standard AAs.

The µ series also has four models (9010, 7040, 7030, and 5010), and all have 14 megapixel sensor, the TruePic III image processor, and 2.7-inch LCD screens (except the 7040, which has a 3.0-inch LCD screen). All have 10x optical zoom, except the 5010, which has a 5x optical zoom. They all come with image stabilization, intelligent auto mode (i-Auto), auto focus tracking, and face detection. Each also has 2 GB of internal memory and are able to record HD  movies (but only the 7030 is capable of sound).

The ninth camera is the µ TOUGH-3000. The TOUGH-3000 has a 12 megapixel sensor, a 3.6x optical zoom, image stabilization, a 2.7-inch LCD screen, intelligent auto mode (i-Auto), auto focus tracking, and face recognition. It also has 1 Gb of internal memory and can record HD video.

The five µ-series cameras also come with Photo Surfing and [ib] Software, which lets you browse easily through and organize images based on events, people, face detection, location, or date. All cameras come with an in-camera help guide.

Prices vary, naturally, but Olympus says all will be on store shelves in March.

Image Credit: Olympus