OLYMPUS E-System New Weapon - E400

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The Olympus E-400 digital SLR – main features

* World’s smallest and lightest D-SLR*
* 10 million pixels
* 6.4cm/2.5” LCD
* Supersonic Wave Filter for dust protection
* Dual memory card slots (for xD-Picture Card and CompactFlash)
* 31 shooting modes (incl. 5 exposure, 7 creative & 19 scene modes)
* Built-in pop-up flash (GN 10)
* 3 fps with up to five images in RAW buffer
* One touch white balance
* TruePic TURBO image processor
* AF-lock functionality
* Depth of field preview function
* Improved 49 segment digital ESP and spot metering
* Exposure Bracketing function
* Large beginners and advanced info screen
* Detailed playback info screen with histogram
* Exceptional ease of use with intuitive GUI and buttons that provide immediate access to frequently used features
* JPEG & RAW recording
* Based on Four Thirds Standard
* Underwater Case available (PT-E03) waterproof to 40m


Body material Plastic
Sensor • 4/3 type CCD
• 17.3 x 13.0 mm active area
• 10.8 million total pixels
• 10.0 million effective pixels
• RGB (Primary) color filter array
• Fixed low pass filter (anti-alias filter)
• Supersonic Wave Filter (dust protection)
Image processor TruePic Turbo
Image sizes TBC
File formats • RAW
• RAW + JPEG
• JPEG (EXIF 2.2) - (1/2.7 SHQ, 1/4 HQ, 1/8 or 1/12 SQ)
Lenses • 4/3 standard lens mount
• Range of ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses available
• Multiply focal length by 2 for 35 mm equiv. FOV
Auto focus • 3-point TTL phase difference detection
• Detection range: 0 to 19 EV (ISO 100)
Focus area selection • Automatic
• Manual
Focus modes • Single shot AF
• Single shot AF + MF
• Continuous AF
• Manual focus
Manual focus Focus by filter-032 (on lens)
AF assist lamp Yes, flash strobe (flash must be raised)
Shooting modes • Auto
• Program AE (with shift)
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Macro
• Sports
• Night Scene & Portrait
• Scene
Additional scene modes • Beach and Snow
• Candle
• Children
• Documents
• Fireworks
• High Key
• Image Stabilisation Mode
• Landscape
• Landscape & Portrait
• Low Key
• Macro
• Nature Macro
• Night Scene
• Night Scene & Portrait
• Portrait
• Sports
• Sunset
• Underwater Macro
• Underwater Wide
Sensitivity

• Auto (ISO 100 - 1600)
• ISO 100
• ISO 125
• ISO 160
• ISO 200
• ISO 250
• ISO 320
• ISO 400
• ISO 500
• ISO 640
• ISO 800 *
• ISO 1000 *
• ISO 1250 *
• ISO 1600 *
* Warning message shown
Metering system • 49-zone multi-pattern
• Range: 1 to 20 EV (50 mm F2, ISO 100)
Metering modes • Digital ESP
• Center-Weighted Average
• Spot
• Highlight based spot
• Shadow based spot
AE Lock • AE/AF lock button
• With shutter release half-press
AE Bracketing • 3 frames
• 1/3, 1/2, 0.7 or 1.0 EV steps
Exposure steps 1/3, 1/2 or 1.0 EV
Exposure compen. • -5.0 to +5.0 EV
• 1/3 EV steps
Shutter speed TBC
Flash X-sync speed TBC
White balance • Auto
• Overcast
• Shade
• Tungsten
• Sunlight
• Fluorescent 1
• Fluorescent 2
• Fluorescent 3
• Manual 'one-touch'
• Kelvin (3000 - 7500 K, 7 steps)
WB fine tuning • Red - Blue: +/- 7 steps (2 mired each)
• Green - Magenta: +/- 7 steps (2 mired each)
Color space • sRGB
• Adobe RGB
Image parameters • Color mode (Natural, Vivid, Muted)
• Saturation (5 levels)
• Contrast (5 levels)
• Sharpness (5 levels)
• Monochrome (B&W, Sepia, Red, Green, Blue) - filter (Ye, Or, Re, Gr)
• Graduation (High Key, Normal, Low Key)
Drive modes • Single
• Continuous
Continuous • 3.0 fps
• JPEG: Approx. 20 frames @ HQ 1/8
• RAW: 4 frames maximum
Self-timer • 2 sec
• 12 sec
Flash • Pop-up
• TTL auto / manual
• Guide no. 10
• Sync modes: Auto, Red-eye reduction, Slow syncro with red-eye reduction,
Slow syncro, 2nd curtain slow syncro, Fill-in, Off
• Flash power: Up to +/- 2EV in 1, 1/2, or 1/3 EV steps
External flash Hot shoe
Viewfinder • Eye-level optical single-lens
• Field of view 95%
• Magnification 0.92x with a 50mm lens and -1 dioptre
• Eye point 16 mm at -1 dioptre
• Dioptre adjustment -3 to +1 dioptre
• Focusing screen: Fixed type (Neo Lumi-Micron Mat Screen)
• Mirror: Quick return mirror
• DOF preview: press left arrow button
Viewfinder info • AF frame (super impose)
• AE lock
• AF confirmation mark
• Metering mode
• Exposure mode
• Shutter speed
• Aperture value
• White balance
• Exposure compensation value indicator
• Flash
• Battery check
• Record mode
• Number of storable still pictures
Orientation sensor Yes
LCD monitor • 2.5" TFT LCD monitor (wide viewing angle)
• 215,000 pixels
Playback functions • Single
• Magnify (2 - 14x)
• Index (4, 9, 16, 25 frames)
• Calendar view
• Rotation
• Light box view
• Slide show
• Histogram (Lum / RGB)
• Highlight & Shadow point warning
Playback information • Exposure mode
• Metering mode
• Shutter speed
• Aperture value
• Exposure compensation level
• ISO
• Colour space
• White balance mode
• White balance compensation level
• Focal length
• Focus area
• File type
• Picture mode
• File name
• Image size
• Recorded card type
Editing • RAW development
• JPEG editing (B&W, Sepia, Red eye reduction, Color saturation, Resize)
Storage • Compact Flash (Type I and II)
• xD Picture card
Connectivity • USB 1.1
• Video Out (NTSC / PAL)
Vertical / portrait grip Unknown
Power TBC
Dimensions 130 x 91 x 53 mm (5.1 x 3.6 x 2.1 in)
Weight (no batt) 380 g (13.4 oz)