Olympus µ[MJU:] 840

I bought this camera myself after having a 730 series on the recomendation of my brother, who saw it in an airport in Spain on a family holiday and as he is a little more technical minded than I am, I took his recomendation ( as did half of the group we were with, so they sold 9 in all!!!! all their stock in fact !!!!) It was offered at a bargain price, with a few extras thrown in and I have to say it is the easiest camera in the world to use, if I can use it and produce some pretty amazing images then anybody can use it. It has some great features on, which are quick and easliy accessable to use in amy suituation, which is wonderful for people like me, ...  Read the complete review

I was given the pink Olympus 840 as a birthday present, after the death of my other camera. The first thing I noticed was how slim and light the camera is - it's tiny compared to my other one but the zoom lens is fantastic. I tried it out photographing jewellery, as this is my main use for a camera. At first, the pictures I took when zooming in on a bracelet were blurred, when I didn't use a flash it was blurred and when I did it flashed off the metal. In the end, I managed to take a perfect photo by taking a photo not zoomed in and then cropping it on the computer, the resolution is good enough to be able to do this. I've found trouble taking sharp images without using ...  Read the complete review