Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
Stylus 840
Olympus
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 8 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.35" (5.76 x 4.32 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 3248 x 2436
- ISO
- Auto (64 - 1600), 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 36–180 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F3.5–5
- Optical zoom
- 5×
- Manual focus
- No
- Macro focus range
- 3 cm (1.18″)
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 1/2 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Aperture priority
- No
- Shutter priority
- No
- Built-in flash
- Yes
- External flash
- No
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 640 x 480, 15 fps, (for 10 sec), 320 x 240, 15 fps, (for 29 min)
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- None
- Screen size
- 2.7″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- xD Picture Card, Internal
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion (LI-42B) & charger
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 170 g (0.37 lb / 6.00 oz)
- Dimensions
- 96 x 57 x 24 mm (3.8 x 2.22 x 0.94″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
- Remote control
- No
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03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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