o0o INDIVIDUAL CAMERA o0o (Olympus µ[MJU:] Mini Digital)

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Product:	Olympus µ[MJU:] Mini Digital
Date:	01/06/06 (49 review reads)
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Advantages: Design, picture quality, zoom, size, price: Ticks all the right boxes!!!

Disadvantages: None that I can think of except for the quality in low lighting

What can I say? Its individual design, small price tag and great picture quality have all made this the camera of my dreams!

The design itself is so unique that it has won awards (not sure which, read it on Olympus' site) and the full metal body were two requirements that needed to be met before I purchased a camera recently. I like the fact that it is black and not the standard silver that is smart, but too familiar. The full metal body and 'weatherproof' casing make this digital device suitable for use in all conditions (nearly).

The price, when I bought it in March, was about £130, a bargain for 5MP and optical zoom. Cameras of a similar calibre could have set me back almost £250!! However, now the price may have risen, I don't know.

The 5MP camera really does live up to expectation. Although not providing pictures as crystal clear as those from a higher standard 7 or 8 megapixel camera, this little gadget gives pictures of the highest quality that can be expected from a 5MP camera. Now you may say "Well of course" but this is not the case. Some cameras claim themselves as say 4MP but the standard it takes pictures at could be 3MP.

The zoom on this camera is excellent for my needs. True, it doesn't zoom in so far you can see someones nose-hair, but in all honesty why would you want to??? it only goes to 2x optical zoom, when most cameras go to 3x, but this isn't a drawback at all, as I find it OK to use like this anyway.

The size!! The size is something that originally drew my attention to it! It's so small!!! Now, this could be good or bad depending on who you are, but its so small it could fit in your back pocket! On the other hand it's not that small that it could be easily lost, like some mobile phones invented in the past.

The only disadvantage that springs to mind is the fact that the quality of picture is much lower in low lighting. NOT BEING A VERY TECHNICAL PERSON this is probably because there is some kind of setting I haven't gotten around to discovering for this situation yet.

The other settings, like flash/ no flash etc. are easy to find and adjust, even for those of us who have more than once gone within 5 feet of a computer just to watch it explode in front of you! (only joking, but it really is a miracle I managed to navigate the computer enough to find this website AND manage to find a way to sign up and get to this point without something going seriously wrong or me banging my head against the desk...) So really, THIS CAMERA IS SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS ALIKE as if both myself and my brother (a self-proclaimed tekkie) can use it without finding it exasperatingly too difficult/ easy to use, then it really is suitable for anyone.

Summary: This individual camera is the best I have ever owned. Highly recommended for EVERYONE.

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