Olympus Camedia C-1000L

ALTHOUGH THE NAME OLYMPUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST IN CAMERAS,I FELT REALY LET DOWN WHEN I PURCHASED A C-1000L.MAYBE I WAS EXPECTING TO MUCH? I FOUND IT TO BE SLOW IN RESPONCE,FOCUSING A BIT SLAPDASH AND IN GENERAL NOT OF A STANDARD I WOULD EXPECT FROM SUCH A BIG NAME. ON SEVERAL VISITS TO THE CAMERA SHOP TO SEE IF THEY COULD TELL ME WHAT WAS GOING WRONG WITH MY CAMERA THEY SAID "I CANT FIND ANYTHING THE MATTER WITH IT" WELL ON HAVING DIGI CAMERAS BEFORE IT WAS NOT ME. EVEN WHEN THE MAN IN THE SHOP TOOK PHOTOS WITH IT THEY CAME OUT THE SAME ,OK BUT NOT GOOD.THAT WAS IT FOR ME NO MORE OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAS. ...  Read the complete review

You may have trouble finding one of these now, as they has been replaced by the wonderful, but expensive, C-2500. However, the upside is that there are still a few around for reasonable money (Morgan Computers do them) and they work extremely well. The C-1000 (called the D-500 in the US) has what is now considered the relatively low max. resolution of 1024 x 768, but don’t let that put you off, as this is a proper single lens reflex (SLR) camera that will appeal to photographers rather than computer techies. The lens is the equivalent of 50-150mm zoom, which is longer than most, and allows decent close-ups of faces without the camera pushed up the ...  Read the complete review