Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

Jan 08, 2005 - By Emily Raymond
The C-5500 is expected to attract consumers who want a fast burst mode and a long zoom perspective. The camera will retail for $349.99 (USD) and should be available for purchase in February 2005. The C-5500 has 5.1 effective megapixels and a 5x optical zoom lens, which when coupled with the 2.7-frame-per-second burst mode, makes an ideal combination for creating sharp, shallow focused prints of sports or action. For movie clips of action or movement, there is also an included image stabilization system. In this price range, image stabilization is a rare find, but welcomed, of course.
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Resolution
The Olympus C-5500 has 5.3 megapixels on its 1/1.8-inch CCD with 5.1 effective megapixels. The C-5500 uses a TruePic Turbo Image Processor, an Olympus technology designed to provide “smoother, more accurate images, even at low resolutions.” While anticipation is high, this quote stems from the Olympus press release and actual quality of the C-5500’s image processor is still unknown

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