Editorial Review:Product Description:Its 5x SportZoom lets you discover every detail. Its 2.0' LCD keeps subjects and menu options in full view. Its appealing ergonomic design means every feature - both automatic and manual - is just a click away. With 15 shooting modes. A 5.1-megapixel CCD. An anti-shake function for steady movie recording. And just about anything else you could want.
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Abrogates Previous Digital Camera Limitations
This camera met our needs. Our Nikon Coolpix had two major problems common to many digital cameras: Inadequate zoom, and too short battery life. The 5x zoom is a great improvement over the common 3x. The camera takes 4 AA batteries instead of 2, and we rarely have to change to the spares if we start with the batteries in the camera fully charged.
Picture quality is fine, there's several resolutions, and download is easy; I didn't bother with the s/w; just use it like a USB drive.
Great camera, particularly for the price.
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Broke just before the warranty
This camera broke just before the 1 year warranty was up. By the time I sent it in, the warranty expired. Olympus wanted a flat rate of $141 just to look at it. They wouldn't quote me a flat rate until I mailed it in. If I had known they wanted that much to look at it, I would have just thrown it away.
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Excellent Digital, but a battery drainer!
COMPARED TO other cameras - this digital camera sucks your batteries dry after a few uses (or not uses). This Digital Camedia NEEDS LOTS OF battery power to function! We found that if you take a few pictures (1-10)- your battery will last up to 2 days. If you are planning a birthday, or any other all day event - take extra and extra batteries - because within the hour - the batteries are drained! Rechargeables, are highly recommended. Otherwise, you'll be spending a few bucks on batteries every week just to keep the camera usage powered up. Excellent digital though, but horrible on battery usage!
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Definitely worth every penny!
I got this camera for my birthday last year and it's fantastic. This camera is the perfect example of Olympus' ability to integrate several useful functions into one handy unit, just as the average consumer would expect any leading manufacturer to do.
- The zoom on this camera is AMAZING. I took a photo of one of the Bahamian islands from a plane and it looks like a professional aerial photograph.
- The multiple modes are ingenious. Some of them include the night mode, snow mode (great for winter), portrait, auto (for the everyday shot), night mode (for low lighting), and movie mode (when you think the picture alone won't capture the essence of the moment...on the other hand, THIS camera just might!)
- Extremely powerful flash. My friends and I were taking shots one night with about 10 different cameras. The lighting was pretty dim so we all had to use flash to take the pictures. My camera was the only one that took the picture bright enough for the contents of the photo to be properly visible.
- The movie mode is useful and so much fun. I love nature photography, and one day found a lovely aquarium but didn't want to just take a picture, so I used the movie mode. With the combination of the movie mode and the incredible zoom (and I wasn't even using the maximum zoom), the movie was utter perfection. It was so good, you could hear the bubbles from the water filter, see ever scale on the fishes, and it all looked so real that some people even said they felt like they were inside the aquarium. Of course, they weren't really inside the aquarium. Ah, the joys of zoom.
- Battery power usage. Compared to other cameras which suck your batteries dry after just a few uses, this camera uses much less battery power to function. I bought some rechargeable batteries for $[...]and a charger for $[...] right here on Amazon. The first time I charged them and put them in the camera, it lasted about a month and I had taken over 200 photographs!
- Ease of use. The software that comes with the camera is very simple and can be used by anyone. Just connect the camera to the computer via the USB port, click "PC" on your camera and the software pops up on your screen (after you install it of course!). Then just select the photos you want to transfer, where you want them to go (desktop etc) and click "Transfer". The photos are rather large, so you might want to store them on a disc or flash drive. It's that simple!
- Efficient shipping and great service from Amazon. I received the camera 4 days after the order was placed, and I have NEVER had any problem at all with it.
- Finally, the price. This is one of the less expensive cameras on the market and may be a little steep for some, but you get the best price here on Amazon. Compare it to Best Buy and Circuit City if you need to see it for yourself. It came with a rebate, and when you sign up for the Amazon card you get it even cheaper. The memory cards are also on Amazon and cheaper than most other places as well.
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This Camera is a Great Value.
Had it for about 2 months now and have really been working it out. I've used it in many different lighting conditions and have taken quite a few short movies with it. Overall I'm extremely satisfied with the results and general ease of use.
Keep in mind that like most cameras in this price range, it performs better in good lighting conditions and starts to get grainy in lower light (at least without the use of the flash). Startup speed is excellent. Burst mode works very well. The preset modes are usually spot on for their indended uses. I'd suggest getting a nice set of rechargables as it will go through double-A's in a hurry. I've also seen XD memory cards getting much more affordable so go for the biggest you can get. My 512 gets me about 12 minutes of video or over 400 pics.
This camera is a nice bridge between higher end/higher dollar SLR-like cameras and the 3x zoom drop-in-your-pocket convenience cameras. At a steadily decreasing price it's becoming a better value all the time.