The Olympus Stylus 790 SW Digital Camera combines light, durable body construction with shock-absorbing materials and waterproof construction, making it the ultimate pocket camera. It incorporates a high quality 3x zoom lens with a capture resolution of 7.1 megapixels to provide beautiful images.
It is loaded with features to make shooting easy and fun. Twenty-seven shooting modes are built into the camera to cover many common shooting situations including Candle, Sports and Underwater modes. Users are therefore ready to take perfect shots with a minimum of fuss and effort. The camera also features 14MB of internal built-in memory plus an xD-Picture Card slot that allows you to expand the memory to over 2GB, providing enough storage capacity for hundreds of images.
| Camera Type | Waterproof Shockproof Ultra-Compact Point-and-shoot Digital Camera |
| Image Quality | |
|---|---|
| Image Sensor | 1/2.33" 7.1 Megapixel CCD |
| Effective Resolution | 7.1 million pixels |
| Color Depth | 24-Bit RGB |
| Color Modes | Full Color |
| Image File Formats | JPEG (SHQ, HQ, SQ1, SQ2) |
| Recorded Resolution |
3072 x 2304 2560 x 1920 2304 x 1728 2048 x 1536 1920 x 1080 (16:9) 1600 x 1200 1280 x 960 1024 x 768 640 x 480 |
| Video Recording |
AVI Motion JPEG with Sound SHQ (640 x 480 @ 30fps) HQ (320 x 240 @ 15fps) SQ (160 x 120 @ 15fps) Clip length limited only by available memory |
| Audio Recording | No |
| Optics | |
|---|---|
| Lens Type | Olympus Zoom Lens (10 elements in 8 groups with 3 aspherical lenses) |
| Optical Zoom | 3x |
| Lens Focal Length | 6.7mm - 20.1mm (38mm - 114 mm equivalent) |
| Digital Zoom | 5x |
| Minimum Focus Distance | 7.9" (20cm) |
| Maximum Aperture | f/3.5-5.0 |
| Optical Image Stabilization | No |
| Accessory Lens/Filter Mount | No |
| Focus Control | |
|---|---|
| Focus Type | CCD Contrast Detection with AF Illuminator |
| Focus Modes | Normal, Macro |
| Focus Range |
Normal: 19.7" (50cm) - infinity Macro: 7.9" (20cm) - infinity wide |
| Exposure Control | |
|---|---|
| Sensitivity |
Auto ISO Selectable ISO (80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600) |
| Shutter Type | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Shutter Speed | 1/2 - 1/1000 second (up to 4 sec. in Night Scene mode) |
| Aperture Range | f/3.5-5.0 - f/8.0 |
| Exposure Metering | Digital ESP Metering, Spot Metering, Face Detection AE (when Face Detection AF is selected) |
| Exposure Modes | Exposure Compensation (±2 EV in 1/3 EV steps) |
| White Balance Modes | Auto, Daylight, Overcast, Tungsten, Fluorescent (3 settings) |
| Scene Modes | Portrait, Landscape, Landscape + Portrait, Night Scene, Night & Portrait, Sport, Indoor, Candle, Self Portrait, Available Light Portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Behind Glass, Documents, Auction, Shoot & Select 1, Shoot & Select 2, Beach & Snow, Underwater Snapshot, Underwater Wide 1, Underwater Wide 2, Underwater Macro, Panorama Modes |
| Flash | |
|---|---|
| Built-in Flash | Yes (Auto, Red-Eye Reduction, Fill-in, Off) |
| Effective Flash Range | 0.7' (0.2m) - 12.5' (3.8m) @ ISO 800 |
| External Flash Connection | No |
| External Flash Control | Not Applicable |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Start-Up Time | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Shutter Lag | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Time Between Shots | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Burst Capability |
High Speed: 3.5 fps up to 11 frames in SQ1 Normal Speed: 1.1 fps up to 6 frames in HQ |
| Self Timer | 12 seconds |
| Interval Recording | No |
| Date & Time Stamp | No (Simultaneous recording into image data) |
| Memory & Power | |
|---|---|
| Built-in Memory | 14.7MB |
| Compatible Memory Cards | xD-Picture Card (up to 2GB) |
| Recording Capacity | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Battery Type | LI-42B Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery |
| Power Adapter | D-7AC AC Adapter with CB-MA1 DC Coupler (optional) |
| Input/Output | |
|---|---|
| Computer Interface | USB 2.0 (via Multi-Terminal connector) |
| Direct Print Capable | Yes |
| Remote Control | No |
| Video Output | NTSC & PAL (via Multi-Terminal connector) |
| Web-Cam Capable | No |
| System & Software Requirements |
Windows 2000, XP, Vista Mac OS X (10.3 or later) |
| Display | |
|---|---|
| Viewfinder | No |
| LCD Display | 2.5" Wide-View Hypercrystal TFT Color LCD (230,000 pixels) |
| Language Options | English, Spanish, French (additional languages available via download) |
| Playback Options | Single Image , Index Display (4, 9, 16, or 25 up), Enlargement (up to 10x), Slideshow, Rotation, Calendar, My Favorites, Histogram, Edit Effects (Red-Eye Fix, Shadow Adjustment, Resize, Rotation, Black & White, Sepia, Frame, Label, Calendar, Saturation), Movie (Normal, Reverse, Frame-by-Frame, Frame Index) |
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 3.7 x 2.4 x 0.9" (94mm x 61mm x 22mm) |
| Weight | 4.8 oz (136g) without battery |
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Comments about Olympus Stylus 790 SW Digital Camera (Black):
Underwater photos priceless.
Great quality so far.
Why 10 mega pixels with 7 or less is the best for one shots camera.
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Comments about Olympus Stylus 790 SW Digital Camera (Black):
Got this camera last week and am very pleased with the handling - ease of use, quality of pictures, lots of options for manipulating the image using spot metering and in camera editing. Only drawback the battery life is not as long as I would like - it maybe I am just using it so much. I disagree with the negative reviews of this camera that have been posted at other sights.
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