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Olympus Camedia C-150 |
| Date: |
16/03/06 (146 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: view finder & removeable memmory card
Disadvantages: eats battery for dinner rubbish flash
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
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When chooseing a digital camera there are lots of choices you will have to make and just like all technologe things change so often that one minute you will think you got a really good deal or the best camera around and the next you will think other wise but we all have to make choices and in the pertect world we could have a test run on them before we buy,but we dont so we have to choose as wisely as we can.
One of the things to look out for in digital cameras is there zoom capabilety ,the older optical camera's had just one one type of zoom but in digital cameras there are two types optical and digital,only look at the optical zoom when looking at the specifications, I say this because digital zoom is very low quality and reduces the size of the picture your takeing and this can be done very simpley in a basic paint program.
There are so many camera's available its crazy from 1 MILLION MEGA Pixel's to a 21.8 MILLION MEGA pixel, it really is crazy but in the end its all a case of money and what do you really want the camera for,of course nights and day's out with the family dont really need anymore than 2 MILLION MEGA pixel's for a good picture ,but again this all depend's on how big your print's are going to be printed at the bigger the picture the more pixels you will need to keep the picture clear and crisp,
Another thing to look out for is,does the camera has a memmory card and if so is it a recognised format and how big is it,the bigger the card the more pictures you can take.
WHY I MADE MY CHOICE
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When it was my time to pick a camera I did'nt have the internet to look around at different makes and models at the time so I could'nt really see what the main differences were at the time from one to another, so at the time my choice was a bit of a hit or miss.
I picked an OLYMPUS camera from the CAMEDIA range,this seemed like a good all in one choice for a first digital camera,as it had a flash plus 2 MEGA pixel's an XD memmory card as well as haveing all the software for uploading an downloading pictures with out haveing to go to the shop and getting the needed cables,at the time of purchase I did buy a memmory card reader tho as I was told downloading the pictures straight from the camera runs the batterys out very fast and I soon found this out a number of times,the resolution on the phone were also one of the reasons I chose this camera from the othere's these ranged from 640x480 to 1600x1200 with different image qualitys available for you to choose from.
SPEC'S OF THE CAMERA
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2.0 million pixels for image processing
Bright F2.8 5 mm Olympus lens
(equivalent to 38 mm on a 35 mm
camera) plus 2,5x digital zoom
TTL autofocus plus centre-weighted and
spot light metering
Easy operation thanks to full
auto program and four scene programs
Multi-language menu
Large 1.8 inch LCD monitor
Quick Time Motion JPEG for
movie recording
Accepts the ultra-compact
xD-Picture Card
USB AutoConnect and video out
weight = 215 grams
WHAT IT FELT LIKE AFTER PURCHASE
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At first I was happy with the purchase I had made I took lots of different pictures out side in the garden and of my big pussy tat silvester then downloaded them to my pc were I cut some of them down to size then eventualy printed them off on a friends pc ,all the cables were easy to use and all the drivers installed first go I was also happy to find free image processing software with the camera which had some brilliant special effects you could use to make your pictures stand out.
The following weekend I took the camera for a night out with my friends I always used desposable camera's on on nights out in the past but thought it try it out,the first thing I noticed was the flash took a while to go off this was'nt that much of a problem at first as it was the start of the night but as the night went on it started to really bug me,also after 18 pictures the the duracel m3 batterys disided to run out on me and as this is a digital camera it car'nt be used with out batterys so i wished id taken out one of my many spair disposible cameras instead.
The memmory card can fit around 26 pictures at a high resolution on its 16mb which is the same as most 35mm cameras which is;nt that many but enought for a small night out,I think if it was'nt for the bad points of this camera it would have been a good purchase as it does take good pictures in the day,its the cameras night photo takeing that really does let it down and the batterys.
FACTORS FOR
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LCD screen makes picture takeing alot easyer than is was in days gone by ,this is becuase the picture you see on the screen will be the same as you will get on you final picture that is taken,XD memmory card is easy to remove and put into your card reader thus not running the battery down on your camera as it would useing the USB cable,great software and drivers means no buying software straight away after purchase also there is included a very last instruction booklet for people arn;nt are technologe friendly,also checking your pictures you have already taken is very easy all you have to do it press one button and you can view them all in a simple menu.
FACTORS AGAINST
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Very poor battery life meaning you use far to many AA battery's takeing pictures,no recharge able batterys included plus the batterys available specialy for the phone are far to exspensive ,a Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery plus the charger cost you £27.50 which is far to much money,flash takes far to long to take pictures meaning people are standing around for far to long looseing the mood,camera is not suitable for takeing out on night out as its far to bulky for a pocket or a handbag,silver plastic on the case also scratches very easyley,digital zoom is a useless add-on which does nothing more than the software on the included cd does,
OVER ALL
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This camera is is not suitable for night use and would only be recomended for day pictures,I was'nt happy with this purchase as i wanted a good camera for night and day picture,this camera may look cheap at first but buying a larger memmory card plus a card reader and recharge able battery soon add to the price by around
£60 meaning this camera is'nt as cheap as you first thoughi would'nt recomend this camera unless you only want to take daylight picture really as it is not sutable for anything more the software is good tho shame the red-eye fixer does'nt work well but for adding special effects and lightening your picture its good enough plus there is no optical zoom on the camera either over all i thing this is a camera that could have been made alot better if more time was spent ironin gout its problems
THIS REVIEW WAS ORIGINALY WROTE BY MYSELF (FUTURENOIR) FOR CIAO AND IS ALL MY OWN WORK.
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timmah10 - 16/03/06 nice review, very thorough, sounds like this camera would be no good for me. |
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