| Model name: |
Olympus E-20P |
| Product type: |
Digital SLR camera with 4.5 cm/1.8 inch colour TFT LCD monitor. |
| Effective pixel number: |
4.95 million pixels. (Approx. 2.5 million pixels in progressive scan mode.) (The actual number of pixels used in image processing.) |
| Memory: |
3V (3.3V) SmartMedia (SSFDC) card (4, 8, 16, 32, 64 and 128 MB).
One 16 MB SmartMedia card is supplied with camera.
CompactFlash Type I/II (up to 1 GB possible with Flash Memory Microdrive*). |
| Recording system: |
Still image: JPEG (DCF: "Design rule for Camera File system"), TIFF (non-compress), DPOF support, RAW data (Camera ships with Photoshop plug-in for RAW mode). |
| Image size: |
2,560 X 1,920 (RAW, TIFF, SHQ, HQ, SQ)
1,792 X 1,344 (SHQ, HQ, SQ)
1,280 X 960 (SHQ, HQ, SQ)
1,024 X 768 (SHQ, HQ, SQ)
640 X 480 (SHQ, HQ, SQ) |
| Number of storable pictures with 16 MBSmartMedia card: |
Approx. 1: RAW 2,560 X 1,920
Approx. 1: TIFF 2,560 X 1,920
Approx. 4: SHQ 2,560 X 1,920
Approx. 10: HQ 2,560 X 1,920
Approx. 52: HQ 1,280 X 960 |
| Image pickup element: |
2/3 inch CCD solid-state image pickup 5.24 million pixels.
RGB interlaced scan. |
| White balance: |
Full-auto TTL, pre-set manual (3000, 3700, 4000, 4500, 5500, 6500 and 7500 °K) "one touch" manual. |
| Lens: |
Olympus 4x zoom lens, 9 – 36 mm F2.0-2.4, all glass zoom lens with one ED and two aspherical lens elements (14 elements in 11 groups).
(Equivalent to 35 – 140 mm lens on 35 mm camera).
Optional 0.8x (wide) 1.45x, 3x (telephoto) and macro extension lenses. |
| Filter size: |
62 mm. |
| Light metering system: |
Digital "ESP" multi-pattern metering system, centre-weighted average metering and spot metering. |
| Exposure control: |
Programmed auto exposure.
+/- 3EV by 1/3EV steps exposure compensation. AE lock possible.
Auto bracketing: selectable from 1/3EV, 2/3EV and 1EV; 3 images. Aperture priority:
Wide: F2.0 – 11.0; Tele: F2.4 – 11.0, 1/3EV steps. Shutter priority:
Interlace Scan mode: 2 - 1/640 sec. (used with mechanical shutter), 1/3EV steps.
Progressive Scan mode: 2 – 1/4,000, 1/18,000 sec. Manual exposure:
Shutter speed; bulb (up to 8 min), 60 sec. – 1/640 sec. (Interlace Scan)
Shutter speed; bulb (up to 8 min), 60 sec. – 1/4,000, 1/18,000 sec. (Progressive Scan mode)
(1/18,000 sec. shutter speed in Progressive Scan mode is possible in Manual and Shutter priority exposure mode) |
| ISO: |
Auto, user selectable (80, 160, 320 equivalent ISO). |
| Focusing: |
Dual AF active and passive TTL system autofocus (contrast detection system) with focusing range: 0.2 m – infinity (step-less).
Manual focus (setting by gauge) with focusing range: 0.2 m – infinity (step-less). |
| Working range: |
Standard mode: 0.6 m – infinity;
Macro mode: 0.2 – 0.6 m. |
| Viewfinder: |
Optical SLR viewfinder with 95% viewing field. (Full Information/Mode/Aperture/Shutter Speed/Metering/+/-/AF/Flash/AE lock/WB.)
Focusing screen (shows focus). |
| LCD monitor: |
4.5 cm/1.8 inch wider angle colour TFT LCD monitor with 118,000 pixels
(made from low-temperature poly-silicon), brightness adjustment is possible.
LCD can be tilted down 20 and up 90 degrees (click stops). |
| Flash guide number |
Approx. 13 (ISO 80). |
| Flash modes: |
Built-in Flash:
Auto (low-& back-light), Red-eye Reducing flash, Off, Fill-in.
External terminal: (hot-shoe): FL-40 control available.
(x-synchronisation): ON
Slow synchronisation (First-curtain / second-curtain synchronisation effect). |
| Flash working range: |
Wide: 0.6 – 8.9 m (auto ISO).
Tele: 0.5 – 7.4 m (auto ISO). |
| Shutter release time lag: |
Approx. 60 msec. |
| Battery charging time for flash: |
Less than 7 sec. (at normal temperature with new battery). |
| Sequence mode: |
Interlace Scan (IS) mode: Approx. 2.5 frames per sec. up to 4 frames (up to 3 frames in RAW data mode),
Progressive Scan (PS) mode: Approx. 4.5 frames per sec. up to 7 frames. |
| Quick shooting: |
Approx. 1 sec. shot to shot or faster at all times up to 4 frames (IS), 7 frames (PS) |
| Self-timer/remote controller: |
12 sec. delay / 2 sec. after optional remote controller operation. |
| Setting memorisation: |
Possible. |
| Outer connector: |
DC input terminal, USB AutoConnect interface (Storage Class). Video output terminal (PAL), external flash terminal for FL-40 (shoe type connector), x synchronisation socket, remote controller jack. |
| Operating environment: |
Temperature: 0 – 40° C (operation), -20 – 60° C (storage).
Humidity: 30 – 90% (operation), 10 – 90% (storage). |
| Power supply: |
Main power source: 2 x lithium battery CR-V3 / LiPo battery with optional grip / 4 x AA Ni-MH batteries / 4 x AA Ni-Cd batteries / optional AC adapter.
(Zinc carbon (manganese) and AA lithium batteries cannot be used.) |
Date/Time/
Calendar: |
Simultaneous recording onto image data. |
| Automatic calendar system: |
Up to year 2030. |
| Dimensions: |
128.5 (W) x 103.5 (H) x 161 (D) mm (excluding projections). |
| Weight: |
1050 g (without lens cap, batteries and storage media). |
