Olympus Stylus-7040

Manual Controls

Program mode provides access to key image settings, including exposure compensation, white balance, and ISO. One nice feature here is the live on-screen preview when dialing in exposure comp and white balance changes, so you can preview the effect. Manual focus isn't provided, you can't take a custom white balance reading, or directly control aperture or shutter speed..

Focus

The autofocus system can be set to full-frame auto or spot. There's also a face detection system that can track up to 16 individual simultaneously. As for more advanced capabilities, there is an autofocus tracking system that follows a moving subject around the screen once you've established a focus lock.

ISO

The available ISO settings range from 64 to 1600. There are also two versions of Auto ISO, the standard setting and a High setting that can be handy when trying to maintain a higher shutter speed.

White Balance

There are six white balance presets (daylight, overcast, tungsten and three flavors of fluorescent), along with the auto white balance system. 

Metering

You can choose between full-frame or spot metering. Face detection and autofocus tracking adjust the meter reading back on the focus point.

Exposure compensation is easy to set using th quick menu, in a ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV increments.

Shutter Speed

Available shutter speeds range from 1/2000 second to 1/4 second. Using the Night Scene mode, that exposure can be stretched out ot 4 seconds.

Aperture

Maximum aperture is f/f3.0 at the widest lens setting, and f/5.9 at maximum telephoto.

Image Stabilization

The camera provides sensor-shift image stabilization, along with optional digital image stabilization to deal with particularly shaky shooting situations.

Picture Quality & Size Options

There is no shortage of image size options at your disposal: 14M (4,288 x 3216) 12M (3,968 x 2,976), 5M (2,560 x 1,920), 3M (2,048 x 1,536), 2M (1,600 x 1,200), 1M (1,280 x 960), VGA (640 x 480) and 16:9 (4,288 x 2,416). Two JPEG compression levels are available; shooting RAW files isn't supported.

Picture Effects

As outlined above, there are four Magic Filters to create vibrant Pop Art, Fish-Eye, Pinhole and Line Drawing effects.