The Olympus C-730UZ is a digital camera manufactured by Olympus. It was first released in 2002.

C-730 Ultra Zoom
Overview
MakerOlympus Optical Co. Ltd.
TypeStill image camera with motion capability
Lens
LensPermanently attached 10X lens
F-numbersf2.8/f3.5 – f/8
Sensor/medium
Sensor type0.37 in (9.4 mm) Digital CCD
Sensor size3.2 effective megapixels
Recording mediumxD Picture Card or SmartMedia card, removable
Focusing
FocusAutomatic, Manual
Shutter
Shutter speeds1/1000 s–16 s

Features and lens

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The UZ in the camera's name refers to Ultra Zoom; 10 times zoom being a significant increase over the more standard three times zoom capability of standard digital cameras. The lens is an Olympus aspherical glass zoom lens 5.9–59 mm. The 10x zoom is equivalent to 38–380 mm in 35 mm photography. The specifications describe it as a "multivariator 2 aspherical glass 10x zoom".

Flash

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The camera has a built-in manual pop-up flash.

Movies

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Movies can be recorded with sound and the recording time is dependent on the memory card capacity. They are in QuickTime (.mov) format.

Power source

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The camera can use AA batteries (4) including rechargeable batteries. Alternatively it also takes two LB-01(CR-V3) lithium batteries.

Images

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Sample Images

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References

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  • "Archived Products > C-730 Ultra Zoom Specs". Product specifications. Olympus America. Retrieved 2007-06-12.