Olympus Camedia C-220 Zoom

I brought this camera just so I could have a camera and it was a cheap. It turned out to be the best camera I own even when I decided to upgrade this camera still came out on top. It is simple to use, to turn it on just open the slider and the flash and lense pop out and its ready to take pictures really quickly. There are 6 buttons on the back, you press one to bring up the menu then use four for up, down, left and right and then the menu button again once you've selected what you want to change or do. The other button on the back turns on and off the LCD screen which despite it small size is still very clear both in viewing and taking photos. Of ...  Read the complete review

I bought my C220 with one single purpose in mind - ebay photos. During my first summer on eBay I had been managing quite well with a £10 ebay cheapie - a sub 1mp camera with no flash. But as nights drew in and available light became scarce, I had to upgrade. I chose the C220 on price - at the time the package was a good buy at £250. I see now the auctions on ebay linked by dooyoo are sub £10 with no bids so for a general purpose digital snap camera with useful half-decent zoom the secondhand buyer could grab a useful bit of everyday kit for peanuts. So how did it perform? As a compact digital, the C220 suffered from the faults that all ...  Read the complete review

I've had my Olympus 220 for about three years now - I bought it in a Gatwick duty free shop on the way to Italy. I can't remember exaclty how much I paid for it, but it was in the region of £150. It served me very well on that holiday and has continued to do so ever since. I have been very pleased with the picture quality - it's easy to use and small enough to keep in a pocket or handbag. I am sure that higher quality cameras would be useful, but for simple holiday and family snapping I simply cannot fault the Olympus 220. A full list of features available is: - 2 megapixel resolution - 3x zoom, and a 2.5x digital zoom - Bright zoom ...  Read the complete review