"Thanks to the high imaging performance of the digital-dedicated ZUIKO DIGITAL lens and the excellent noise characteristics and rich color reproduction of the newly developed Live MOS sensor, the image signal delivered by Olympus digital SLR cameras is of the very highest quality."
According to Kenichi Onomura, Senior Supervisor of the R&D Division's Electronic Device Department, R&D Division, "As the story of the E-Series entered its second chapter, we developed a new image processing engine -'TruePic III'- specifically designed to enable the image signal to manifest its full quality.
"Building on the proven image-processing technology incorporated in the precedent 'TruePic Turbo' engine, we focused on improvements in several areas, including reducing noise, eliminating false colors, and improving color reproduction. The result is image quality so good, so nearly flawless, that the image is just as impressive even when zoomed to actual size.
Besides improving quality, we also made the processing flow smoother to increase the processing speed. The end result is an engine that is powerful enough to comfortably handle even a high-resolution image over 10 megapixels."

Mr. Onomura enthusiastically continues with his story.
"The Live MOS sensor is excellent in the RGB spectral separation that determines the sharpness of colors. To make full use of the abundant color information,'TruePic III' adopts a color adjustment algorithm capable of control throughout the color saturation range.
Additionally, we also enhanced the gradation adjustment function, which is closely related to the color reproduction capability. This made possible even more faithful reproduction of the subject with colors true to the original.
We also made efforts to achieve compatibility between better noise reduction and finer detail reproduction.
If we considered only noise reduction, you would end up with an unnatural image that is sometimes considered normal for digital images, but TruePic III can accurately separate noise components from the subject structure using an advanced algorithm.
This has made it easy to remove noise that would make the picture look unnatural, particularly the color noise, and to provide natural images with a 3D feeling.
We also added process into reduce false colors and enable fine structures of the subject to be expressed more clearly."Mr. Onomura beamed as he said this, clearly proud of what his team had accomplished.