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Full name: Olympus D-500L
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 1997 · Released about 29 years ago
- Sensor
- 8.8 × 6.6 mm CCD
- Effective resolution
- 0.8 MP
- Lens
- 50 - 150 mm
- Zoom
- 3×
- Weight
- 490 g
- Battery
- AA (4) batteries (NiMH recommended)
- Storage
- SmartMedia
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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
- 11 mm
- Surface area
- 58 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 8.52 µm
- Pixel area
- 72.6 µm²
- Pixel density
- 1.38 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
Rectangles use their physical proportions. Calibrate your display to approximate real-world size.
8.8 × 6.6 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 0.8 MP
- Total pixels
- 1 MP
- Sensor
- 8.8 × 6.6 mm CCD
- Calculated resolution
- 1,033 × 775
- Maximum image
- 1,024 × 768
- Crop factor
- 3.93
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 180–180
- Viewfinder
- Optical viewfinder
- Display
- 1.8 in / 114,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- SmartMedia
- Battery
- AA (4) batteries (NiMH recommended)
Body
- Weight
- 490 g
- Dimensions
- 115 × 83 × 130 mm
- Release year
- 1997
DigicamDB
- Aperture Priority
- Yes
- Battery
- AA (4) batteries (NiMH recommended)
- Brand
- Olympus
- Built In Flash
- ✓
- Crop Factor
- 3.93
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- No
- Dimensions
- 115 x 83 x 130 mm
- Effective Megapixels
- 0.80
- Exposure Compensation
- ±1.5 EV (in 1/2 EV steps)
- External Flash
- —
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- 50 - 150 mm
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- 180
- Macro Focus Range
- 30 cm
- Manual Focus
- —
- Max Aperture
- f2.8 - f5.6
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- f11 - f22
- Max Image Resolution
- 1024 x 768
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/10000 sec
- Metering
- Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
- Min Shutter Speed
- 1/4 sec
- Model
- D-500L
- Normal Focus Range
- 60 cm
- Optical Zoom
- 3x
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 114,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 1.8"
- Sensor Resolution
- 1032 x 776
- Sensor Size
- 2/3" (~ 8.8 x 6.6 mm)
- Sensor Type
- CCD
- Shutter Priority
- No
- Storage Types
- SmartMedia
- Total Megapixels
- 1.00
- Usb
- USB 1.0
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- Optical (tunnel)
- Weight
- 490 g
- White Balance Presets
- 6
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 1997
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