Olympus IR-300 Point and Shoot Digital Camera, 5 Megapixel, 3x Optical Zoom, 4x Digital Zoom, 2.0" LCD, with Docking Station

The Total Imaging Solution Series IR-300 Digital Camera show's consumers a revolutionary way to experience digital photography. Rather than involve a PC in the digital imaging process, the Total Imaging Solution enables users to take, organize, print, and store photos quickly and hassle-free virtually anywhere with compact, high-performance components.

The Olympus Total Imaging Solution line consists of several products sold separately including digital cameras, a DVD Reader/Writer, Hard Drive Storage System, and a Digital Photo Printer.

All of the components in the Olympus Total Imaging Solution are distinguished by their sleek and pearl white design - projecting an image of premium style, ease-of-use and high performance. Place either IR camerain its cradle and it will work together with any component, or connect components independently with other Olympus products via an adapter.

The S-DVD-100 DVD Reader/Writer is the first device in the world to allow digital photos to be stored on DVD or CD media directly from a digital camera. This is ideal for people who are not computer-savvy, and DVDs are great for storing and sharing digital images because of their high storage capacities, long storage life, and portability. Just take photos with the IR-300, connect itto the S-DVD-100, burn images to disk, and send your friends home with a DVD of images.

the IR-300 has an ultra-slim 0.87-inch thick durable die-cast magnesium body. It features a 2"anti-glare LCD for easy viewing even in bright sunlight, 5.0-megapixels, a 3x optical zoom lens (f3.3 - f4.0, 38mm - 114mm equivalent), and 12x total combined optical-digital zoom. The camera offers a choice of 19 selectable shooting modes for photography in a wide range of conditions.

Simply select a shooting mode and the camera is ready to photograph the situation at hand with the optimum aperture, shutter speed, white balance, color saturation and flash setting. In QuickTime Movie mode, a camera shake function has been incorporated to reduce image unsteadiness and allow more carefree movie shooting.

The Album Function on the IR-300 allows users to organize images into photo albums on the camera's xD-Picture Card from the images taken by the camera, or even those transferred to it from a computer. Users can create up to 12 separate albums of 100 images, sort them as they chose, and access them conveniently.

The built-in Calendar Function automatically organizes and recalls images by specific dates. If users desire to transfer images to a computer, they can do sowith the Auto-Connect USB 2.0 full speed that does not require software drivers (for most computers/operating systems), enabling hassle-free, full-speed image downloads.

Beyond the S-DVD-100 DVD Reader/Writer and IR-300 digital camera, other components compliment the Olympus Total Imaging Solution and work with each other or with any camera with USB Mass Storage Class ability.