Olympus C-730UZ

C-730 Ultra Zoom

Maker	Olympus Optical Co. Ltd.
Type	Still image camera with motion capability
Image sensor type	0.37 in (9.4 mm) Digital CCD
Image sensor size	3.2 effective megapixels
Recording medium	xD Picture Card or SmartMedia Card, removable
Lens	Permanently attached 10X lens
Focus	Automatic, Manual
Shutter speeds	1/1000 s–16 s
F-numbers	f2.8/f3.5 – f/8

The Olympus C-730UZ is a digital camera manufactured by Olympus. It was first released in 2002.

Features and lens

The UZ in the camera's name refers to Ultra Zoom; 10 times zoom being a significant increase over the more standard three times zoom capability of standard digital cameras. The lens is an Olympus aspherical glass zoom lens 5.9–59 mm. The 10x zoom is equivalent to 38–380 mm in 35 mm photography. The specifications describe it as a "multivariator 2 aspherical glass 10x zoom".

Flash

The camera has a built-in manual pop-up flash.

Movies

Movies can be recorded with sound and the recording time is dependent on the memory card capacity. They are in Quicktime (.mov) format.

Power source

The camera can use AA batteries (4) including rechargeable batteries. Alternatively it also takes two LB-01(CR-V3) lithium batteries.

Images

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Sample Images

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  Evening photo

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  Close up

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  Daytime detail

References

• "Archived Products > C-730 Ultra Zoom Specs". Product specifications. Olympus America. http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_archived_product_details.asp?id=889. Retrieved 2007-06-12.