Think of the Olympus C-211 as either the best Polaroid instant camera you could ever own or as a quality 2-megapixel digital camera with a built-in printer. Olympus designed this camera for on-the-job use by realtors, insurance adjusters, law enforcement personnel, and anyone else who needs both the flexibility of a digital camera and the ability to instantly print photos.
As a digital camera, it's similar to the popular Olympus D490, with 1,600 x 1,200 pixel output, 3x optical/2x digital zoom, self-timer, macro, multimode flash, and movie mode. Users compose and review images on the camera's 2-inch LCD screen (the camera lacks a traditional optical viewfinder), and pictures are stored on SmartMedia cards. To quickly transfer files to your computer, the camera features a USB port.
The printer can be used to make instant Polaroid pictures from any file in the camera's memory. Simply choose the photo you want to print, zoom, crop, brighten, and sharpen it as you see fit, and press the big green Print button. In about 20 seconds, the photo will pop out of the camera. The image begins to materialize almost instantly, and takes approximately two minutes to finish. The camera uses standard Type 500 Polaroid film.
Product Description:
If you're interested in saving time, saving money, and making your day on the job a bit easier, then the new Olympus C-211 Zoom Digital Printing Camera is for you. That's right, the C-211 Zoom is a digital camera that you can actually make prints from...anywhere and anytime you want! You will cherish the capabilities of this landmark digital product which combines many of the great features that have made Olympus a world leader in filmless digital cameras with the unique new Polaroid instant printing technology. Now you can take photos with your Olympus digital camera, review them on the LCD panel, and produce digital prints on Polaroid instant print film with the touch of a button, all without the use of a computer. You'll no longer have to wait to get back to the office to download and print your photos, you can do it right then and there. Plus, by reviewing your photos before you print, you'll be able to select only those photos you want in hard copy thereby conserving the amount of film you have to buy and use. The combination of Olympus and Polaroid technologies lets the C-211 Zoom be utilized for a number of purposes. The options are almost limitless! Of course, being a digital camera in addition to an instant printing camera, the C-211 Zoom provides a number of features to provide great digital images as well. The C-211 Zoom also includes some of the advanced features which have become a standard in Olympus digital camera models such as sequential shooting mode where you can shoot up to 45 shots in SQ (standard-quality) mode at 1.3 photos/second and the QuickTime Movie mode. The QuickTime Movie mode captures motion video in HQ (high-quality mode) at 320 x 240 pixels at 15 frames/second for up to approximately 15 seconds. There's even an Edit function included with CamediaMaster to edit the movie if you desire. Besides, it includes one Pack Polaroid 500 Film for 10 pictures, a built-in Polaroid 500 Print Engine and Polaroid Type 500 Film.