{"id":4340,"date":"2011-03-02T18:41:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T08:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2011-03-02T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T08:45:14","slug":"new-olympus-compact-super-zoom-with-the-lot-well-almost-a-glimpse-into-a-future-micro-four-thirds-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=4340","title":{"rendered":"New Olympus compact super zoom with the lot &#8211; well almost &#8211; a glimpse into a future Micro Four Thirds camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympus has announced their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/news\/1103\/11030211olysz30mr.asp\">SZ-30MR<\/a> &#8211; an interesting 24x optical super zoom compact camera with a few new features which I suspect will be incorporated into the next Oympus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?page_id=1510\">Micro Four Thirds<\/a> body.<\/p>\n<h3>Dual TruePic III+ image processing engines:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>multi-recording &#8211; records full-resolution, 1080p HD video and 16-megapixel  stills at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>record two different  movies at once:\n<ul>\n<li> in wide-angle and close-up ( presumably via digital zoom)<\/li>\n<li>full  HD and lower resolution, or<\/li>\n<li>original and filtered (using one of the  SZ-30MR\u2019s seven Magic Filters for movies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1080p HD video<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>most current Olympus cameras are not full 1080p HD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>9 frames per second in full 16-megapixel resolution:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>this presumably needs a global sensor to do 9fps using an electronic shutter<\/li>\n<li>Micro Four Thirds users are eagerly awaiting this technology to make its way to them, but I would be surprised if it does this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Art Filters:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Watercolor <\/strong>&#8212; transform your       images with a finish like that of watercolor paintings;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sparkle** <\/strong>&#8212;       shoot photos with the luxurious feel of twinkling lights;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Punk <\/strong>&#8212; create two-tone images full of  rock-and-roll spirit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3D still image creation via panning:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>automatically produces an industry standard .mpo image file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Smart panorama mode:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>automatic panoramic stitching while just panning the camera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Beauty mode:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>automatic applies filter to smooth skin<\/li>\n<li>also a manual in-camera blemish removal tool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Eye-Fi SD card compatibility:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>allows immediate upload of image file via WiFi to a computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympus has announced their SZ-30MR &#8211; an interesting 24x optical super zoom compact camera with a few new features which I suspect will be incorporated into the next Oympus Micro Four Thirds body. Dual TruePic III+ image processing engines: multi-recording &#8211; records full-resolution, 1080p HD video and 16-megapixel stills at the same time. record two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[18,14,101],"class_list":["post-4340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-olympus","tag-super-zooms"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}