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11 October 2011
OLYMPUS TG-310
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By: Nicholas Newman The Olympus TG-310 is the latest snap and click camera to come out this year. It is ideal for both the family and adventurer at heart. It’s aimed at those who want to take better quality pictures and video clips than is available from the latest mobile phone. So for people who need good images for their work like journalists, parking wardens, engineers, surveyors and adventurers it is an ideal piece of kit. What’s more it fits handily in my pocket and is rechargeable. It is designed to be tough! Features Olympus describes the TG-310 as waterproof to 3 metres, shockproof to 1.5 metres and freeze proof and the lenses has extra tough protection. In addition, it is easy to upload and has a 3.6 x wide optical zoom, so ideal for climbing Mt. Etna or scuba diving in the Caribbean. Its large bright 230,000-dot LCD 2.7”screen makes it easy for framing and viewing your photos and sharing shots with family and friends. In addition, its dual image stabilisation helps avoid image blur caused by camera shake or by fast moving objects. Buy from Amazon the Olympus TG-310 Digital Camera - Blue (14MP, 3.6x Wide Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD Is it easy to use? Once you get used to it, it is easy to use. I took it to some social events and my friends immediately got the hang of the camera. For an example of what can be achieved in difficult lighting conditions, see image at http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Oxford-First-Tuesday-4th-Oct-Meeting.html . Is it as tough as it looks? Overall, it feels solid; as an energy journalist who often finds himself visiting rigs in the Siberian Arctic or in the Gulf of Mexico, I found it a nifty hardworking tool for aiding my reporting on today’s energy issues. However, I would have appreciated if the buttons had been a bit bigger, so it would be easier to use when wearing winter gloves. Does it take good pictures? Having an ability to take 14 megapixel pictures, enables it to take good quality outdoor pictures in auto mode, which is what most users want. Nevertheless, I did appreciate its features like its face detection software, which makes it great when editing automatically isolates images of people in a crowd within a picture. The software also enables you to organise images by person, location, event, or even place. In addition, its ability to take 720p HD movies and record sound at 30 frames per second is impressive. What ’s more, I can download my home movies to my laptop or television. In addition, its intelligent Auto Mode and AF tracking all help the user to take great pictures, which makes it is great for taking pictures at a parade, fair or village fete. Photo editing For those that use social networking sites like You-Tube, the software makes it very easy upload images after editing. Like most photo editing software it has all the usual magic filters for adjusting images from converting photos into drawings to pop art images. However, there does not seem to be a function to email images using the Olympus photo editing software. Most photo editing software includes an option as standard to send photos directly by email. Therefore, my solution was to upload images from the Olympus TG-310 to my regular software. Conclusion Even so, the Olympus TG-310 will join my other bits of essential journalist’s kit for such journeys I take on my travels. £125-20. Product Features and Technical Details Product Features New Waterproof to 3 m, shockproof to 1.5 m and freezeproof for worry-free use anytime anywhere Hard glass lens barrier for extra-tough lens protection Sliding double lock mechanism for optimum protection of battery, card slots and ports Eye-Fi Card compatibility for automatic wireless uploading of images to a website or PC 3.6 x wide optical zoom for shooting flexibility Technical Details Model:TG-310 Colour:Blue Image Sensor:Effective pixels:14 Megapixels Full resolution:14.5 Megapixels Type:1 / 2.3 " CCD sensor Lens:Optical zoom:3.6 x (Wide) Focal length:5.0 - 18.2 mm Focal length (equiv. 35 mm):28 - 102 mm Structure:10 lenses / 8 groups Aspherical glass elements:4 ED glass elements:2 Maximum aperture:3.5 - 5.1 Digital Zoom:Enlargement factor:4 x / 14.4 x combined with optical zoom Monitor:LCD type:TFT Monitor size:6.9 cm / 2.7 '' Resolution:230,000 dots Brightness adjustment:+ / - 2 levels Frame assistance:Yes Protection panel:Yes Focusing System:Method:TTL iESP auto focus with contrast detection Standard mode:0.5 m - ∞ (wide) / 0.5 m - ∞ (tele) Macro mode:0.1 m - ∞ (wide) / 0.3 m - ∞ (tele) Super Macro mode:Closest focusing distance 2 cm Modes:iESP, Face Detection AF, Spot, AF Tracking Light Metering:Histogram in shooting mode:Yes Modes:ESP light metering, spot metering Exposure System:Shutter speed:1 / 4 - 1 / 2000s / < 4 s (Night scene) Exposure compensation:+ / - 2 EV / 1 / 3 steps Enhancement function:Mechanical Image Stabilizer, Shadow Adjustment Technology,Advanced Face Detection Technology, Pet Detection Modes:i-Auto, Programme automatic, Magic Filter, Panorama, Scene modes, Movie, 3D photos Number of scene modes:17, Portrait, Beauty, Landscape, Night Scene, Night Scene with portrait, Sports, Indoor, Candle, Self-portrait, Sunset, Fireworks, Cuisine, Documents, Beach and Snow, Underwater Snapshot, Pet (cat), Pet (dog) Magic Filter:Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fisheye, Drawing, Soft Focus, Punk, Sparkle, Water Colour Sensitivity:Auto:AUTO / High AUTO Manual:ISO 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 White Balance:AUTO WB system:Yes Preset values:Overcast, Sunlight, Tungsten, Fluorescent 1, Underwater Sequence Shooting:Sequential shooting mode (high speed):3 fps / 200 frames (in 5 MP mode) Sequential shooting mode:0.6 fps / 200 frames (Full Image Size) Image Processing:Pixel mapping:Yes Noise reduction:Yes Engine:TruePic III+ Distortion compensation:Yes Shading compensation:Yes Image editing:Resize, Trimming, Correction of saturation, Beauty Fix Movie Recording System:Image Stabilisation mode:Digital image stabilisation Recording format:MPEG-4 Movie quality:720 P Recording time 29 min, VGA Recording time no limit, QVGA Recording time: no limit, (Note: maximum file size 4 GB) Magic Filter:Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fisheye, Drawing, Soft Focus, Punk, Water Colour Sound Recording System:Voice playback:Yes Sound recording:Yes, format: AAC Image footage:4 s Speaker:Yes Memory:Removable Media:SD / SDHC / SDXC Internal memory:19.5 MB Image Size:14 M:4288 x 3216 8 M:3264 x 2448 5 M:2560 x 1920 3 M:2048 x 1536 2 M:1600 x 1200 1 M:1280 x 960 VGA:640 x 480 16:9:4288 x 2416 1920 x 1080 View Images:Modes:Single, Index, Zoom, Slide Show, Event, Photo Surfing Index:4 x 3 / 6 x 5 frames Zoom:Yes, 1.1 - 10 x Image protect mode:Yes Histogram in playback mode:Yes View Movie:Modes:Frame by frame, Fast forward, Reverse playback Internal Flash:Working range (wide):0.2 - 4.3 m (ISO 800) Working range (tele):0.5 - 2.8 m (ISO 800) Modes:AUTO, Red-eye reduction, Fill-in, Off Menu:Menu languages in camera:39 (Japanese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese (BR + PT), German, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovak, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Korean, Simple Chinese, Traditional Chinese,Thai, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian, Indonesian, Hebrew, Malay, Vietnamese) Power Supply:Battery:LI-42B Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery Internal charging:Yes Interface:HDMI™:Yes, Type D* DC input:Yes, (CB-MA3 required) Combined A/V & USB output:Yes USB 2.0 High Speed:Yes Eye-Fi Card compatible:Yes (* "HDMI", the HDMI logo and "High-Definition Multimedia Interface" are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.) Other Features Shock resistant:Shock-proof from heights of up to 1.5 m* Waterproof:Waterproof up to a water pressure equivalent to 3 m depth** Freezeproof:Freezeproof up to -10 °C*** Perfect Shot Preview:Yes In-Camera Panorama:Yes Self timer:2 / 12 s Pet auto shutter Menu guide:Yes In-camera Manual:Yes Photo Surfing Yes Date imprint:Yes (* Equivalent to MIL Standard (Olympus test conditions), ** According to IEC standard publication 529 IPX8, *** According to Olympus test conditions) Size:Dimensions (W x H x D):96.3 x 63.4 x 22.7 mm Weight:155 g (including battery and memory card) | ||
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