Olympus arrives this year with its new camera, the Olympus C-720 UZ which is a great camera and setting new standards in the camera industry! It was unveiled on the North American market on the 08/5/02. The Olympus C-720 UZ was initially targeted at a retail price of 600in North America, a very interesting deal. The C-720 UZ gets a maximum resolution of 1984 x 1488. It can also be set at a lower resolution of 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480. The image ratio on the Olympus C-720 UZ is set at 4:3, for a total of 3.0 mega pixels. The lens's sensor of the C-720 UZ is a CCD having for dimensions 1/2.7 " with a RGB color filter.
Olympus implemented a digital zoom on the C-720 UZ and included an internal flash being a standard in nowadays cameras . The normal focus range between the camera lens and the object is 60 cm. The minimum shutter speed on the C-720 UZ is 8 seconds and the maximum shutter is 1/1000 seconds. Movie clips are also supported in this version being a very useful function. The Olympus C-720 UZ has an internal storage space of 16 mb and can be extended with SmartMedia. The LCD screen available on the C-720 UZ diagonally measures 1.5 ".
A video output is available allowing you to watch your pictures on TV. A USB connection is furnished to connect to a computer. Briefly, we believe the Olympus C-720 UZ makes a fantastic camera and we encourage anyone interested in a great camera to buy this great camera.