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Introduction
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01.Physical Tour
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02.Components
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03.Design / Layout
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04.Modes
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05.Control Options
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06.Conclusion
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07.Specs / Ratings
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08.Comments
Olympus Stylus-9000
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Design / LayoutViewfinder
No viewfinder here, which we regret, since it's often easier to keep a camera steady for long-zoom shooting in lower-light environments when you are holding it up to your face rather than outstretched in your hands.
The 2.7-inch, 230,000-pixel screen employs a new version of Olympus's distinctive LCD technology, called HyperCrystal III. The idea is that some of the light hitting the screen penetrates the top layer and is reflected back from behind, leading to a bright, readable image even in direct sunlight. We've been impressed with theHyperCrystal II screens on previous Olympus models we've reviewed. The company says the new iteration will be twice as bright as the previous version, but there was no way to judge this claim in our hotel-suite preview environment . We do know for certain, though, that the LCD seemed sharp, with true-to-life colors, and that screen brightness is adjustable to five levels using the setup menu.
with its HyperCrystal III technology.
The flash is positioned as far as possible from the camera lens to minimize red-eye. Just in case, the camera can be set for red-eye-reducing pre-flash as well as Auto and Fill-in (i.e., always fire).
The flash sits directly beneath the shutter.
The telescoping lens consists of 9 elements in 6 groups, with 5 aspherical lenses and one ED lens. The 10x optical zoom spans 5.0mm-50mm, equivalent to a 28mm-280mm lens in 35mm photography. It's good to see that Olympus didn't abandon the relatively wide 28mm setting in its zeal for long-zoom power.
The camera's macro capabilities also allow users to get up close and personal with their subjects. There are two macro settings, one that can focus as close as 3.9 inches away from the subject, the other as little as 0.39 inch away.
The 10x zoom provides lots of photo composition flexibility.
Connections
The Stylus-9000 uses a single proprietary jack for USB, AV and DC input (with an optional power adapter.
The camera comes with a rechargeable lithium ion battery. No information about power consumption is currently available.
The camera comes with 45MB of built-in memory, which might be handy for a few shots if you run out of memory card space. The bad news is that the Stylus-9000 relies on Olympus' xD Picture Card memory format, which is limited to 2-gigabyte capacity, so you might run out of storage space sooner than you'd think. Olympus has taken to including an adapter that lets you insert a microSD card (the kind used in cell phones) into the xD card slot, but the price per gigabyte for microSD compares poorly to the popular SD and SDHC cards, making this a stopgap solution for an antiquated memory card format.
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