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Olympus D-490 Zoom Digital Camera Specifications

Product Type

Digital Camera with 1.8 in./4.5 cm color TFT LCD
monitor

Memory

Removable 3V(3.3V) SmartMedia (SSFDC) Card
(2M, 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64MB) One 8MB card
including Panorama function is supplied with
camera

Number of storable frames with 8MB SmartMedia card

Recording System

JPEG (DCF), TIFF (non-compress)

Image Pickup Element

1/2.7 in. CCD solid-state image pickup 2.11 Million
Pixel 

Recording Image

1600 x 1200 pixel (SHQ/HQ mode) 
640 x 480 pixel (SQ1/2 mode)

Lens

Olympus lens 5.4 - 16.2 mm F2.8 - F4.4, 8 elements in
6 groups (Equivalent to 35 - 105 mm lens on 35 mm 
camera) including 2 aspherical lens

Focusing

TTL system auto focus, one-touch focus 
(2.5m & Infinity)

Focus Working Range

8"/20 cm – 31"/80 cm (Macro mode), 31"/80 cm –
infinity (Normal mode). LCD finder is turned on
automatically in macro mode

Digital Telephoto

Digital 1.6x, 2x, 2.5x Tele at any focal length is
possible

Photometric System

TTL iESP multi-pattern metering and spot metering

Sensitivity

Auto, Equivalent to ISO 100, 200 & 400,
ISO also user selectable

Exposure Control

Programmed auto exposure (+/- 2Ev by 1/2Ev steps
exposure compensation possible)

Aperture

Wide: F2.8 or F8, Tele: F4.4 or F8.6 (Auto select)

Shutter

1/2 - 1/1000 sec mechanical shutter

White Balance

Full Auto TTL, Pre-set (daylight, overcast, tungsten
light, fluorescent light)

Viewfinder

Optical real image zoom viewfinder, LCD monitor

LCD Monitor 

1.8 in. color TFT with 61,000 pixels 
(brightness adjustment is possible)

Display Mode

One frame, Slide-show mode, Index-display mode
(4/9/16 frames), close-up display, file-name

Motion Picture Mode

Format: QuickTime Motion JPEG
HQ: 320 x 240 pixels, 15 frame/sec. 
up to approx. 15 sec. 
SQ: 160 x 120 pixels, 15 frame/sec. 
up to approx. 60 sec. 

Flash Mode

(manual) Pop-up Flash: Auto (low-& back-light),
Red-Eye Reducing, Off, Fill-in, Slow synchronization,
Slow synchroni Red-eye reduction

Flash Working Range

Wide: 8"/20 cm – 13'/4 m, Tele: 8"/20 cm – 8.5'/2.6 m 

Sequence Mode

Takes up to 5 shots in HQ and up to 45 shots in SQ
mode 1.3 shots/sec. (LCD off) 

Selftimer

12 second delay

Direct Printing 

Available with P-200/P-330N/P-400 with SmartMedia
card. DPOF compatible

Outer Connector

DC input terminal, Computer Connector (RS232C),
Video Output terminal (NTSC)

Operating Environment

Operation: 32°F/0 – 104°F/40°C, 30 – 90% Humidity
Storage: -4°F/-20°C – 140°F/60°C, 10 – 90% Humidity

Power Supply

Main power source: 4 x AA alkaline batteries/4 x AA
NiMH batteries/4 x AA Lithium batteries/4 x AA NiCd
batteries/2 x CR-V3 (included)/Optional AC adapter

Date/Time/Calendar 

Simultaneous recording onto image data. 
Up to year 2030

Dimensions

5 in./127 mm (W) x 2.6 in./66.5 mm (H) x 2.1 in./
53 mm (D) (excluding projections)

Weight

9.5 oz./270 g (without battery and SmartMedia Card)

Specifications are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer. All trademarks and
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Recording Mode

No. of Frames

File Size

SHQ/Non-compressed

1

5.6 MB 

SHQ/Compressed

5 or more 

1.3 MB (max.)

HQ 

16 or more 

470 KB(max.)

SQ1 

82 or more 

75 KB (max.)

SQ2 

32 or more 

220 KB (max.)

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