Olympus mju III wide 100

The Olympus μ [mju:] -III Wide 100 is a 35mm compact camera.

Features

It has a wide angle lens which zooms from 28 to 100 mm in 12 steps. This means a 3.6x zoom and a wider angle lens than most compact cameras which are usually no wider than 35 mm. It also has an 11 point autofocus system. The camera is almost entirely automatic, but it does allow spot metering, 6 flash modes and infinity focus. It has an infra red sensor to allow it to be used with a proprietary remote control. It also has a self timer. The manufacturer claims an all weather design, and this is written on top of the camera, by this they mean it is splashproof. It is still vulnerable to damage from direct sunlight and extremes of temperature (below -10 and above 40 degrees Celsius). It has a sliding lens cover, which acts as an on/off switch. It also blocks the viewfinder when closed, so the viewfinder can only be used when the camera is on and the flash charged, meaning the battery is being drained. It accepts film speeds between ISO 50 and 3200 using DX coding. It uses one lithium battery size 123A.

Flash Modes

It has the following flash modes:
*Automatic
*Red eye reduction - this camera uses a series of low power pre-flashes rather than a separate bulb
*Flash off - This will cause the camera to automatically use a slower shutter speed necessitating the use of a tripod or similar
*Fill-in flash
*Night scene flash - This also uses a slow shutter speed and is incompatible with spot-metering mode
*Red eye reduction night scene flash

Flash distances

The manufacturer claims the following flash effective distances:

*At ISO 100:
**Wide Angle: 0.6 to 4.6 metres (2.0 to 15.1 ft)
**Telephoto: 0.8 to 1.8 metres (2.6 to 5.9 ft)

At ISO 200:
*Wide Angle: 0.6 to 6.5 metres (2.0 to 21.3 ft)
*Telephoto: 0.8 to 2.5 metres (2.6 to 8.2 ft)

*At ISO 400:
**Wide Angle: 0.6 to 9.2 metres (2.0 to 30.2 ft)
**Telephoto: 0.8 to 3.6 metres (2.6 to 11.8 ft)

Date Function

There is also a quartz date model. This allows the user to imprint any of the following in the bottom right hand corner of the photograph:
*Nothing
*'yy-mm-dd
*mm-dd-'yy
*dd-mm-'yy
*dd hh:mm