Two new mass market point-and-shoot digital cameras from Olympus
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by DigiCamMan in Digital Cameras
The compact Olympus VG-160 camera in Black. Image:Olympus
Olympus has revealed their plans to release at least two new point-and-shoot digital cameras for the mass market. The $149.99 Olympus VR-340 and $99.99 Olympus VG-160 are the names of the two newest point-and-shoot digital cameras from the Olympus company.
Both the VR-340 and VG-160 feature things that many non-pro photographers will be looking for in their new point-and-shoot camera this year.
The 10x optical zoom Olympus VR-340 in Purple. Image:Olympus
The two Olympus cameras have high resolution CCD sensors capable of producing 16MP (VR-340) or 14MP (VG-160) resolution images. Each cameras lens offers adequate amounts of zoom for either cameras size, the larger VR-340 offers 10x optical zoom and the smaller VG-160 offers 5x optical zoom. The two also come with 720p High-Definition video recording capabilities out-of-box. Olympus has bundled in Autofocus, image stabilization, in-camera Magic Art Filters for adding some flare to images, and Intelligent Auto (iAuto) which can pick from 29 preset capture modes automatically on each of these cameras.
In case your worried about having to stop at the store for a new set of AA batteries every time you want to use either of these you cameras you should know they both use rechargeable batteries. When you purchase either model you’ll get a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery inside your box.
Other general features include 3.0-inch rear LCD’s, standard A/V cables for outputting images and video to a television, USB out for charging and transferring files to your computer, an SD card slot for storing images (you’ll need one because HD video and high resolution images take up more memory space than either of these new cameras come built-in with).
Olympus plans to offer the $99.99 VG-160 in Black, Orange, Red and Silver color options, and the $149.99 VR-340 is going to be available with Black, Purple, Red, Silver and White color options. The Olympus VG-160 will hit the market first when it’s released in February of 2012, and it will be followed closely by the Olympus VR-340 which will be released in March of 2012.
