Olympus E-30 prices and specs
The E-30 was released on Nov 5, 2008 and is on sale in USA for $1,299.00
The E-30 belongs to the category of DSLR (Digital Single Reflex) cameras what means that the device captures photographs of better quality and has a variety of available lenses to fit any situations.
The E-30 can take images at 12 megapixels highest resolution. But for better picture quality the more important thing is a sensor size. The E-30 has a Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor. The camera with such sensor size is the optimal choice if you want to shoot images of a rather good quality but don't want to use big inconvenient DSLRs. And if you want to make images of the professional quality check Nikon D750.
The Olympus E-30 has max shutter speed of 1/8000 sec. This shutter speed is above average for digital cameras and is fast enough for shooting fast moving people. The Olympus E-30 has articulated LCD that will let you to take high quality selfies. The E-30 is an interchangeable and uses Four Thirds lens mount. If the event demands special shooting conditions, the camera owner can change lens to a more suitable to make the best quality photos.
The E-30 battery life will be enough to shoot approximately 750 images.
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AE Bracketing
WB Bracketing
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USB
HDMI
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Orientation sensor
GPS
- Nov 5, 2008
- Mid-size SLR
- 12 megapixels
- 4032 x 3024
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- CMOS
- TruePic III+
- 1:1, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9
- 3200 x 2400, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480
- 13 megapixels
- Auto (200-3200), 100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200
- 7
- Yes (1)
- Sensor-shift
- RAW
- Standard, High, Super High
- 60 sec
- 1/8000 sec
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes (Pop-up)
- 13.00 m
- Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless)
- Auto, Manual, Fill, Red-eye reduction, Slow sync with red-eye reduction, Slow sync, Slow sync 2nd curtain, Off
- 5.0 fps
- Yes (12 or 2 sec)
- Multi
- Center-weighted
- Spot
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- (3, 5 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 2/3 EV, 1 EV steps)
- Yes (3 frames in 2, 4, 6 steps selectable in either blue/amber or magenta/green axis)
- Fully articulated
- 2.7″
- 230,000
- No
- HyperCrystal II LCD
- Yes
- Optical (pentaprism)
- 98%
- 1.02×
- None
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Phase Detect
- Multi-area
- Selective single-point
- Single
- Continuous
- Face Detection
- Live View
- No
- Yes
- 11
- Four Thirds
- 2×
- 695 g (1.53 lb / 24.52 oz)
- 142 x 108 x 75 mm (5.59 x 4.25 x 2.95″)
- No
- Battery Pack
- BLM-1 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
- 750
- Compact Flash (Type I or II) / xD Picture Card
- None
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- No
- Yes (Optional RM-UC1)
- Yes
- None
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