The Olympus µ 1030 SW is 10.1 megapixel compact salt-water submersible digital camera

Digital camera

A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...

 introduced by Olympus Corporation

Olympus Corporation

is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...

 in 2008. Shock-proof from heights of up to 2 m, waterproof up to a water pressure equivalent to 10 m depth, crushproof up to 100 kg, freezeproof up to -10 °C

Nominated as European Ultra Compact Camera 2008-2009 by EISA

European Imaging and Sound Association

European Imaging and Sound Association is a collaboration between different multimedia magazines, that offer tests of cameras, videocameras, audio equipment, mobile phones, etc. The organization was established in 1982. The current president of EISA is Jorge Gonçalves.- External links :*...

(The European Imaging and Sound Association)

Features

• Image sensor
  Image sensor
  An image sensor is a device that converts an optical image into an electronic signal. It is used mostly in digital cameras and other imaging devices...
  
  : Effective pixels 10.1 Megapixels, Filter array Primary colour filter (RGB)
• Type 1/2.33" CCD sensor
• Lens
  Photographic lens
  A camera lens is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capable of storing an image chemically or electronically.While in principle a simple convex lens will suffice, in...
  
   Optical zoom 3.6 x, Focal length
  Focal length
  The focal length of an optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges or diverges light. For an optical system in air, it is the distance over which initially collimated rays are brought to a focus...
  
   5.0 - 18.2 mm (equiv. 35mm: 28 – 102 mm), LCD Resolution
  Optical resolution
  Optical resolution describes the ability of an imaging system to resolve detail in the object that is being imaged.An imaging system may have many individual components including a lens and recording and display components...
  
   230000 dot
  Dot
  - Typography :* Full stop, also called period in American English, used as a sentence terminator and as a decimal separator in numerals - Typography :* Full stop, also called period in American English, used as a sentence terminator and as a decimal separator (decimal point) in numerals -...
  
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• Monitor
  Monitor
  -Computers:* Computer monitor, a screen that displays output from a computer.* Monitor , an approach to synchronize two or more computer tasks that use a shared resource...
  
   size 69 millimetres (2.7 in)
• Movie quality 640x480/30 frame/s
• Internal memory 14.7 MB
  Megabyte
  The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...
  
  
• Image Size:
  • 10M 3648 x 2736
  • 5M 2560 x 1920
  • 4M 2304 x 1728
  • 3M 2048 x 1536
  • 2M 1600 x 1200
  • 1M 1280 x 960
  • VGA 640 x 480
  • 16:9
    16:9
    16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
    
     1920 x 1080
• Interface
  Interface
  -Academic journals:* Interface: a journal for and about social movements* Interfaces * Journal of the Royal Society Interface* The Technology Interface Journal-Science:* Biointerface* Interface , boundary surface...
  
   - USB 2.0

External links

• µ 1030 SW, olympus.eu