Olympus Mju Digital
By Aditya Kuber
The Mju series of camera has now gone digital with the Mju 300 Digital. It features a 3.2-megapixel CCD, 3x lens, “all-weather” body design, and a compact size.
The camera itself is no bigger than a tiny cellphone, and features a sleek, curvy design that’s comfortable to hold and easy on the eyes. The camera’s trim, compact dimensions are perfectly suited for shirt pockets and small purses, and the all-weather body means you can take it just about anywhere.
Although the camera is quite small, it fits the hand snugly, and a sculpted ridge on the sliding lens cover makes a worthy fingergrip. Although the camera is protected from the elements, keep it in a soft case to protect its fashionable appearance. The front panel contains the 3x zoom lens, an optical viewfinder window, built-in flash, the self-timer lamp that counts down the 12-second delay before the shutter fires, and the remote control receiver (on the bottom edge). When opened, the cover provides a sculpted ridge near the camera’s right edge, which serves as a grip as your fingers wrap around the camera.
Priced at Rs 22,900 (MRP in India), it’s a rather expensive proposition. Other 3 mp options that can indeed do much more for much less are the Nikon Coolpix 3100 and the Kodak LS420. While the LS420 is a 4mp camera, it is only fractionally costlier than the Mju 300.
(c) The Economic Times, 2003. Article as published in 'ET-Personal'.
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