The Olympus C-5500 made its way to shelves in February, following its unveiling the previous month at the extravagant Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The C-5500 is quite versatile for its $349.99 price tag. It packs 5.1 effective megapixels on its 1/1.8-inch type CCD and pairs it with a TruePic Turbo Image Processor. 15 scene modes are on hand to augment the selection of automatic and manual modes. This Camedia contains a 5x optical zoom lens, which is a welcome step up from the industry rut of 3x optical zoom. The longer zoom is nicely complemented with an image stabilization system, making for smoother QVGA-quality movie recordings. A 2-inch LCD screen with live histogram display rounds out the gamut of options offered by the Olympus Camedia C-5500 digital camera.
