Thread: 5x broad zoom with Olympus VG-130

Declared earlier this year, the OlympusVG-130 is a cheap ultra-compact digital camera boasting a14-megapixel sensor, a 5x broad zoom lens, a adjust of “MagicFilters”, a handy panorama assist way and a metal body. Otherspotlights have a 3-inch LCD display and a dedicated Movie Recordbutton that enables one-touch video recording in HD standard. TheOlympus VG-130 arrives in a selection of silver, black, red and pink.


The Olympus VG-130 is a neat littleDigicam that's about the similar size like a typical smart phone.Amazingly for a camera of this class, the outer shell is produced ofmetal, which lends an air of sophistication to what is specificallyan entry-level product offered at an entry-level price.The plan of the camera is easy, almostminimalistic. The lens, which sits down completely retracted into thebody when the camera is not in apply, resides nearly the completeright half of the face plate.

Spanning a 35mm tantamount focal scopeof 26-130mm, it goes broader as compared to most compress cameralenses, which again is a nice touch at this price point. Its maximumaperture is a fast f/2.8 at the broad finish but a disappointinglyslow f/6.5 at full telephoto. The rest of the front plate boasts twopinpricks denoting a built-in microphone bottom left of the lenssurround, a sliver of a window for the on-board flash and AF assistlamp. The top panel offers even less in the way of controls, boastsjust a small on or off button and a well-placed and adequately sizedshutter free.


The rear of the camera is prevailed bythe three-inch rear display, whose result of 230,400 dots is a bitwith the low slope for a display of this size. To the right of thismonitor, we detect a cluster of controls that have a couple of zoomrockers, a red Movie Record button that enables you to begincapturing a video clip anytime you watch few thing worth beingfilmed, a Playback button that can be configured to act as asecondary power button when everything you expect to do is review thepics and videos stored with the memory card, a standard four-waynavigation pad, add a Menu and a Camera Guide button.


Remarkable by absence is an exposurerecompense button and a direct-access button to ISO sensitivitysettings. Both of these vital operations are buried in the menu, likeis the AF mode, self-timer, macro and flash mode and white balance -everything of which tend to be mapped onto the four-way pad with mostother compact cameras. Therefore, the function of the Olympus VG-130is nearly completely menu driven.