These are pages devoted to the C-30x0Z cameras from Olympus: C-3000Z, C-3030Z, C-3020Z, and C-3040Z, all being modifications of basically the same design. Most of the contents is also applicable directly to the C-40x0 series.

These cameras were made in 2000 (C-3030Z, C-3000Z) and in 2001 (C-3040Z, C-3020Z, with the last model reaching into 2002. The articles here are, however, not just of historical significance; as of this update (2006) many of them are still being used, providing very good results. And they will continue for some time to come.

The Articles:

• The 30x0 Series: similarities and differences between the models;
• A technical review, mostly based on the C-3000Z, but addressing all models;
• Image samples (just two, big deal!) from the C-3000Z;
• Accessories: a brief note on some basic and not-so-basic necessities;
• Depth of field in digital cameras, plus C-30x0 tables;
• Almost-infrared photography with the C-3000Z.
• Pictures from the C-3000Z: Polish Tatras and Tatra Foothills in my Gallery section.

Note: The original write-up of the C-3000 series (posted here in June, 2000, and regularly updated in the following two years) has been recently (August, 2005) split into three pages (the first ones on the list) for better readability, with no new contents added.

Web resources

• There is a gold mine of digital photography information, much of it specific to the 2000/3000 series, at the dpFWIW, or Digital Photography for What It's Worth site by Jeremy McCreary.

  This is the No. 1 Olympus C-30x0Z resource I was able to find — and one of the very few where original contents prevails over form.