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| Olympus SZ-31MR Digital Camera |
Big zoom lens with pocket-sized convenience. The new Olympus SZ-31MR flagship compact camera provides the ultimate in wide-angle ultra-zoom lens photography.
Olympus Imaging Australia is excited to announce the new flagship pocket ultra-zoom compact camera in the Traveller-series, the SZ-31MR. With a 24x wide angle zoom lens, 16 megapixel BSI-CMOS sensor, Multi-Recording capability, touch-screen control and new Intelligent High Speed/High Sensitivity technology (iHS), it is designed for the camera user wanting the ultimate in big-zoom lens performance with pocket-sized convenience.
The new Olympus SZ-31MR combines the extreme opposites of super wide-angle and ultra-telephoto lens capability in an outstandingly small and lightweight camera. Its 25-600mm* super-compact zoom lens utilises professional-grade ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) and Olympus proprietary Dual-Sided Aspherical lens elements to achieve its extraordinary zoom range and high imaging performance. This remarkable 24x zoom lens represents the cutting-edge of optical engineering.
A newly developed iHS** image quality and speed enhancing technology ensures that superb picture quality is achieved even at high ISO settings in low-light conditions with extremely fast autofocus, start-up, response, and sequential shooting speeds. Image quality improvements are especially noticeable at high ISO settings with superb colour gradation and low picture noise, providing enhanced picture clarity. Up to 60 fps**** still shooting and 240fps**** video recording are possible, for high-frame rate burst shooting in action sport photography, or super-slow motion video recording.
Two TruePic V image processors, working in tandem, enable the camera to capture two image data streams simultaneously from the 16 megapixel BSI-CMOS sensor. Simultaneously capture a Full HD video and take full-resolution photos, or two videos simultaneously (e.g., capture wide and close-up views of the same scene), or two still images with different framing, resolutions or properties at the same time. This unique capability enables imaging potential not possible in conventional single-processor digital cameras.
A big zoom lens requires extremely effective image stabilisation for sharp and clear pictures. The SZ-31MR uses Dual Image Stabilisation (IS) technology (digital stabilisation and ISO enhancement) in still-shooting to effectively reduce camera-shake even at the full 600mm* zoom setting. Multi-motion digital IS, enabled in video recording, provides for powerful stabilisation that makes stable, handheld movie-capture whilst walking possible.
The new SZ-31MR brings touch-screen convenience with many powerful options. A simple tap of the high-resolution screen focuses the lens at the chosen point in the scene and takes the shot almost immediately. Other applications include LiveGuide touch control and touch-enabled picture playback.
Intelligent High-Speed / High-Sensitivity Technology
utilises the high drive speed and improved light capture capability of the latest BSI-CMOS sensor to enable much faster auto focusing, data transfer speeds, and high ISO photography with lower noise and enhanced picture quality.
Compared to conventional CMOS, Back Side Illuminated (BSI) sensors capture light more efficiently as light-blocking componentry is removed from the light path. The improved signal levels lead to significant improvements in image quality. Autofocus accuracy is further improved for low light shooting.
BSI CMOS sensors have twice the refresh rate or drive speed of previous generation sensors enabling the autofocus system to operate much faster, improving overall AF acquisition speeds.
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"Olympus" has been used as a trademark since the time of Takachiho Seisakusho, the predecessor
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In Japanese mythology, it is said that eight million gods and goddesses live in Takamagahara,
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Takachiho Seisakusho was renamed Takachiho Optical Co., Ltd. in 1942 when optical products
became the mainstay of the company. In 1947, the name was changed again to Olympus Optical
Co., Ltd. in an attempt to enhance its corporate image.
And in 2003, the company made a fresh start as Olympus Corporation, to show its willingness
to establish a dynamic corporate brand by unifying the corporate name and the well-known
brand.
In recent years, Olympus Corporation has focused on "Opto-Digital Technology" as its core
competence, technological strengths that competitors cannot easily imitate, to maximize
corporate value and to become one of the top optical instrument manufactures.
