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BOXED OLYMPUS CENTURION APS CAMERA KIT WITH WIDE ANGLE
LENS AND 4 ROLLS OF APS FILM BARGAIN FOR GREAT KIT VGC
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jul0808 Store BOXED OLYMPUS CENTURION APS CAMERA KIT WITH WIDE ANGLE LENS AND 4 ROLLS OF APS FILM BARGAIN FOR GREAT KIT VGC Centurion & Centurion S The Olympus Centurion and Centurion S cameras are APS (Advanced Photo System) cameras based on the simple line of the iS Series. The APS film type, launched in 1996, is slightly smaller than 35mm film (30.2x16.7mm vs. 36x24mm) and has an additional magnetic recording area next to the photo sensitive film emulsion, on which various information can be stored. The most basic information, recorded by all APS camera, is Print Format. Three formats are defined: H (HDTV), C (Classic) and P (Panorama).The fact that the Centurion uses a smaller film format is most obvious when you hold it next to an iS camera (or any other 35mm SLR camera for that matter): the Centurion is much smaller and lighter. Smaller SLR cameras with such a zoom range simply don't exist. The tiny one and the big one. Left: Centurion. Right: iS-3000 Olympus also made the Fujifilm Fotonex 4000ix SL camera, based on the Centurion and with almost identical technical specifications but within a slightly different shaped body. Centurion vs. iS The 25~100mm zoom length of the Centurion is comparable to the 28~110mm range of the iS-100(s)/200/300 models; it is the equivalent of 31~125mm for 35mm film. Its user interface with Direct Program Mode Selection without shutter speed or aperture value indication is also very similar. The buttons and the LED panel have been moved from the top of the camera to the back. From the iS-300 it borrows the fast, sensitive AF, Super FP flash in Portrait Program, Diopter Correction and Exposure Compensation (although in a simplified form: only as +1.5EV Backlight Compensation), and the very quiet shutter.From the iS-100 it unfortunately borrows the rather weak (GN ~14m), single-tube flash. Stripped, compared to the iS cameras, are the Long Time (L.T.) Mode, Aperture Preferred Auto Exposure, and Spot Metering: only the five Program Modes are available.Just like all iS cameras the Centurion has ESP available light metering and IVP flash control.New compared to the iS cameras is the LED illuminator and, obviously, APS related features.The Camera Features Table contains the main specifications of both the iS cameras and the Centurion cameras.APS Support The Centurion has a rather basic support for the various features that are defined for APS. Besides Drop-In Film Loading and H/C/P Print Format Selection, both available on all APS cameras, the original black Centurion only supports iX Date & Time Recording. The Centurion S adds Mid Roll Change (MRC) to that. Besides this, the Centurion S differs only from the original black Centurion in its silver color (hence the "S").The reason for omitting APS features like PQI (Print Quality Improvement), FTPM (Fixed Time Printing Mode), PQ (Print Quantity) and Enhanced Backprinting can be that they would require extra buttons and thus complicate the user interface, and thus would bypass the philosophy behind the Centurion. Centurion Accessories There are only three accessories available for the Centurion (S): the Centurion Lens D-1.45x H.Q. Converter, the Action Case 1, and the 46mm Lens Cap. The latter obviously always comes with the camera but can be ordered in case it gets lost. The Action Case 1 must be ordered separately. The teleconverter is not only available separetely, it is also sold together with the camera in a kit. Specifications: 3 elements in 2 groups, length 39mm, diameter 61mm, weight 105g. It is a clip-on type teleconverter: it is mounted while pressing its two buttons, with the side labeled 'top' on top, then rotated clockwise to make a tight fit. This construction allows very fast attachment and detachment. The resulting focal length corresponds to 180mm on 35mm film. Minimum focusing distance is increased to 2m and the built-in flash should not be used. Macro Capabilities There is no special Macro Mode, but its close focusing distance of 60cm already gives nice results in the tele position of the zoom lens. It coveres an area of about 13x8cm. For higher magnifications close-up lenses can be used. These can be off-brand 46mm threaded lenses, but when a 46->49mm step-up ring is aquired, the iS/L Lens A Macro Converters can also be mounted. It all depends on how Auto Focus cooperates with the subject on close distance because the Centurions have no Power Focus. This step-up ring is obviously also very economic because it allows sharing filters with the OM System lenses.Flash Capabilities The flash is of the same IVP type as the iS cameras. It is a single tube flash with limited power. The flash range is 6.2m in the wide position and 4.9m in the tele position for 200 ASA film (8.8m / 7.0m for 400 ASA film). The flash can also be used for Focus Assist with a range of 5m (obviously independent of film speed).The supported flash modes are: Auto, Red-Eye Reduction, Fill-In (only available in Full Program) and Super FP (only available in Portrait Program). The Super FP flash range depends not only on film speed but also on the amount of available light (which influences the selected shutter speed):
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