The Olympus Camedia C-700 Ultra Zoom is a digital camera manufactured by Olympus. It was first released in May 2001 and was manufactured in Korea. The lens is an Olympus aspherical glass zoom lens, 5.9 mm to 59 mm focal length, f/2.8 to f/3.5 aperture, 10 elements in 7 groups. The 10× zoom is equivalent to 38–380 mm in 35 mm film photography. The working range of the lens is 23 inches (0.58 m) to infinity in standard mode, 4 inches (0.10 m) to 23 inches (0.58 m) in macro mode. The Camedia C-700 also has a 1-2.7× seamless digital zoom. Combined with the optical zoom, the total zoom range is 27:1. The Removable image storage is provided by a 3.3V SmartMedia Card, in capacities of 8, 16, 32, 64 or 128 megabytes. The camera is equipped with an Olympus exclusive miniature 4-contact USB jack. A standard UNC 1/4-20 tripod thread is provided on the bottom of the camera body. An electronic self-timer is built in, and a flashing red (LED) on the front of the camera indicates automatic shutter status. The camera has a built-in manual pop-up flash. The flash operates in automatic, red-eye, forced and slow synchronization modes. A 5-pin jack for an external flash cable is provided. Still images are stored in a TIFF (.tif) format, or JPEG (.jpg) format. The camera supports pixel resolutions of 640x480, 1024x768, 1280x960 and 1600x1200. The camera can be powered by four (4) AA alkaline batteries, four nickel-cadmium (NiCd) AA rechargeable cells, four nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) AA rechargeable cells, or two LB-01 (CR-V3) lithium cells. You can also use an external AC power adapter in the DC-in (5.0 to 6.5 volts) provided socket on the side.