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Olympus Stylus 300
by madeindevon
have realised that I have owned my Olympus Stylus digital camera for about 8 years now and it is perfect still, obviously it has been surpassed by newer models ( I do have a newer model myself) but I cannot fault my Olympus at all.
The camera cost £250 8 years ago, it is 3.2 megapixels, which has been superceeded by even the most ... basic models, even mobile phones often have more megapixels these days, but having said that the clarity and sharpness of the photos are superb.
I had owned a digital camera before the Olympus, but quite honestly there was no comparison, the quality of the Olympus really speaks for itself. It has a metal case, with a sliding front, which covers the flash and the lense, protecting it from general wear and tear when carrying it round. When you slide the metal cover across the lense automatically extends, ready for use.
There is a viewfinder as well as the 1.5 inch screen, which is clear and straightforward to line up your picture.
There is a 4 x zoom facility, which is very useful
The time and date can be set so that the photos show up with this information on it.
The flash can be set to on, off or automatic - personally I keep it on automatic mode. There is also a "red eye reduction" flash setting too.
When viewing the pictures via the camera, you can edit them, delete them, even change them to black and white or sepia, which is a nice touch.
The camera came with a 16mb XD memory card, which has a panoramic setting, we vtook some amazing photos with this setting, of local beauty spots. We did have to buy another memory card though, as the one that came as standard did not store more than about 20 pictures, if that. These are easily available though, at the time we bought it at Jessops, but Ebay, Amazon etc sell these memory cards at very reasonable prices, under £8 these days.
The camera has a short movie mode, about 20 seconds I believe, although I have never used this setting - I think I should though
The Olympus comes with its own software, Camedia, which is easily installed onto the computer, once the camera is connected to the computer via USB, Camedia opens automatically and the photos upload, without any need for intervention, then you can rearrange the photos, edit them, crop them, delete them if required. You do not have to use the software though, if you connect the camera to the computer via USB, then you can open up the photos from the "My computer" section.
The memory card comes out of its slot easily and can be placed into slots in certain computers for immediate transfer onto the computer, or taken into Tesco/Asda or anywhere that develops photos and the machine in these shops transfers all the photos from the card for you.
All in all, this camera was expensive in its day, however its quality has well and truly stood the test of time, it does not look particularly dated even now, it takes perfect and wonderful photos - I love it still 10/10
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Olympus FE-190
by ContraryMary
6.0 megapixel - 3x optical zoom - 6.4 cm LCD screen - metal body.
I was given this camera as a present a couple of years ago, and find it excellent for a novice user. I have had a Vivitar digital camera previously and this was an upgrade for me. I wanted a camera with a decent macro feature as I mostly use it for taking ... pictures of articles for sale on Ebay some of which are small (although beautifully formed).
It has proved to be worth its price, taking consistently good quality photographs, even when I have had a shaky hand day. It has a simple menu and easy to use buttons. The battery life is fairly good and recharging takes a couple of hours, although its best to remember to check the state of the battery in between photo sessions and not find that you are all set up to take lots of photos only to discover that the battery has about 5 minutes of life left.
The menu of features is simple to use, with clear instructions. It warns you if you try to delete all the photos at once and it is easy to go back to a previous stage.
I haven't made very much use of the zoom function, preferring to get up close and use the macro or supermacro settings. The 6.4cm LCD screen is good for viewing your image and adjusting framing and cropping as you go. It also makes viewing your series of images quite easy, and will display 6 images at a time when you want to select those you wish to keep or erase.
A small quibble is that the clip to hold the battery in place is plastic and broke off quite early in use, so the battery now is only held in place by the outer cover, which sometimes means that it can lose connection during a photo session and needs to be fiddled with to re-connect.
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Olympus Tough-3000
by amy1993
If you're going on holiday this year, then this is the camera for you. Especially if you have kids.
Going on holiday, I knew I'd need a camera I wouldn't leave lying around. I'm also extremely clumsy, so I expected to drop it a few times. I saw this camera and knew it was exactly what I needed.
The camera is ... waterproof to 10ft and shockproof to 5ft, and I can agree with that whole-heartedly. This means the user can take it in the pool, in the sea, to waterparks and drop it every now and then and not a single thing would happen to it, tried and tested. Just make sure you keep the side panel to the charger socket locked.
The camera takes beautiful pictures and videos on perfect quality. The zoom isn't the best, but it isn't a fancy professional quality camera, and you get what you pay for. The battery life is amazing when only taking photos, but taking videos drains it quite quickly. I would recommend buying a spare battery online.
The inside panel has a battery slot, which makes it easy to remove and replace the battery if you keep spares, 1 SD card slot (the bigger card), 1 SDHC card slot (the tiny card), and a usb slot for the charger.
The charger itself comes with a detatchable usb wire, so you can use the usb box on the charger to charge any phones or iPods also.
The product delivered exactly what it said it would, and it was worth every penny of the £110 I paid for it.
Another tip with cameras is to get the memory card (usually SD) online, not in shops. Look for a 16gb card, as you will never fill it up with normal use, but 8gb is usually too small.
If the battery life was better, it would get a perfect 5 star rating, but it will only get a 4 this time round.
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