
Quick facts
Full name: Olympus C-820L
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 1997 · Released about 29 years ago
- Sensor
- 4.8 × 3.6 mm CCD
- Effective resolution
- 0.81 MP
- Lens
- 36 mm
- Zoom
- No
- Weight
- 340 g
- Battery
- 4x AA
- Storage
- SmartMedia
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What to check before buying used
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 6 mm
- Surface area
- 17 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 4.62 µm
- Pixel area
- 21.33 µm²
- Pixel density
- 4.69 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
Rectangles use their physical proportions. Calibrate your display to approximate real-world size.
4.8 × 3.6 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 0.81 MP
- Total pixels
- —
- Sensor
- 4.8 × 3.6 mm CCD
- Calculated resolution
- 1,039 × 779
- Maximum image
- 1,024 × 768
- Crop factor
- 7.21
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 100–100
- Viewfinder
- Optical viewfinder
- Display
- 1.8"
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- SmartMedia
- Battery
- 4x AA
Body
- Weight
- 340 g
- Dimensions
- 128 × 65 × 45 mm
- Release year
- 1997
Wikidata
- Aperture Priority
- No
- Battery
- 4x AA
- Brand
- Olympus
- Built In Flash
- ✓
- Crop Factor
- 7.21
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- Yes
- Dimensions
- 128 x 65 x 45 mm
- Exposure Compensation
- ±1.5 EV (in 1/2 EV steps)
- External Flash
- —
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- 36 mm
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- 100
- Macro Focus Range
- 20 cm
- Manual Focus
- —
- Max Aperture
- f2.8
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- f20.2
- Max Image Resolution
- 1024 x 768
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/500 sec
- Megapixels
- 0.81
- Metering
- Centre weighted
- Min Shutter Speed
- 1/4 sec
- Model
- C-820L
- Normal Focus Range
- 70 cm
- Optical Zoom
- No
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- —
- Screen Size
- 1.8"
- Sensor Resolution
- 1037 x 780
- Sensor Size
- 1/3" (~ 4.8 x 3.6 mm)
- Sensor Type
- CCD
- Shutter Priority
- No
- Storage Types
- SmartMedia
- Usb
- —
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- Optical
- Weight
- 340 g
- White Balance Presets
- 5
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 1997
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