Olympus Stylus 820 Specifications, Tests and Review

Product Type
Digital camera - compact
ISO (Max)
3200
Sensor Resolution
8.0 Megapixel
Sensor Type
CCD
Optical Zoom
5x
Display
2.7" LCD display
Battery Type
Olympus LI-42B Lithium Ion

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DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Olympus Stylus 820
Product Type Digital camera - compact
Height 5.6 cm
Width 9.6 cm
Depth 2.4 cm
Weight 125 g
Body Material Metal
Enclosure Colour Silver | Red
Protection Weatherproof
Digital Zoom 5.6x
Optical Zoom 5x
SENSOR Olympus Stylus 820
Sensor Resolution 8.0 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CCD
Total Pixels 8,500,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 8,000,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size 1/2.35"
LENS Olympus Stylus 820
Type Zoom lens - 5x zoom - 6.4 - 32 mm - f/3.3-5
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 36 - 180mm
Focus Adjustment Automatic
Min Focus Distance 70 cm
Macro Focus Range 3cm
Zoom Adjustment Motorised drive
Lens Construction 6 groups / 8 elements
Features Aspherical lens
FOCUSING Olympus Stylus 820
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
Face Detection Yes
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Olympus Stylus 820
ISO (Max) 3200
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 50, ISO 1600, ISO 3200, ISO auto (50-400)
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, spot
Exposure Modes Programme, automatic
Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, beach/snow, night portrait, landscape-portrait, self-portrait, fireworks, panorama assist, night scene, sports mode, sunset, indoor, cuisine, candle, behind glass, auction, available light portrait, shoot & select 2, shoot & select 1, documents
Special Effects Black & White, Sepia, Frames
White Balance Automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Tungsten light, daylight, overcast, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white)
Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 4 sec
Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
DISPLAY Olympus Stylus 820
Type 2.7" LCD display
Display Format 230,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in
Display Features Display brightness control
FLASH Olympus Stylus 820
Camera Flash Built-in flash
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction
Red-Eye Reduction Yes
Effective Flash Range 0.2 m - 3.9 m
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Olympus Stylus 820
Digital Video Format AVI, MJPEG
Image Recording Format JPEG
Microphone Operation Mode Mono
MEMORY Olympus Stylus 820
Memory Card Slot xD-Picture Card
Supported Memory Cards xD-Picture Card
Image Storage JPEG 3264 x 2448
JPEG 2560 x 1920
JPEG 2304 x 1728
JPEG 2048 x 1536
JPEG 1600 x 1200
JPEG 1280 x 960
JPEG 1024 x 768
JPEG 640 x 480
JPEG 1920 x 1080
Video Capture AVI - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
AVI - 320 x 240 - 15 fps
AVI - 160 x 120 - 15 fps
RAM Installed 47 MB
BATTERY AND CHARGING Olympus Stylus 820
Battery Type Olympus LI-42B Lithium Ion
Details Li-ion rechargeable battery - 740 mAh (included)
CONNECTIONS Olympus Stylus 820
Interface Composite video/audio, USB 2.0
Print Standard DPOF support, PictBridge support, PRINT Image Matching
System Requirements Details Windows 2000/XP/Vista - Pentium III - 500 MHz - 256 MB - 500 MB
MacOS X 10.3 or later - PowerPC G3 - 500 MHz - 256 MB - 500 MB
Connector Type USB
Composite video/audio output
DC power input
FEATURES Olympus Stylus 820
Self-Timer Delay 12sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 7 frames per second
Additional Features Audio recording, built-in speaker, RGB primary colour filter, auto power save, digital noise reduction, date/time stamp, digital image rotation, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, alarm function, cropping an image, resizing an image, saturation control, in-camera red-eye fix, Automatic Pixel Mapping (APM), in-camera film editing, in-camera lighting fix
OTHERS Olympus Stylus 820
Included Accessories Battery charger, USB cable, wrist strap, audio / video cable
Software Drivers & Utilities, Olympus Master
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C

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