Olympus 8-16 X 40

A poor offering from Olympus

Advantages: Takes AAA batteries and....er.....er...hmmmm.... takes AAA batteries
Disadvantages: Awful screen, not user friendly, feels cheap and nasty, made out of inferior materials etc. etc.

. The picture quality is terrible, even when you do get a reasonable shot, and I have to admit that my other half?s Kodak Easy share, with its massive 6.2 mega pixels, takes better pictures and the quality is not marginally better, it is much better. One thing I found very annoying about the X-42 is the screen. Whilst it is large it is the worst screen I have ever used in my life. Unless the light was perfect it was impossible to see what you were actually taking a picture of, which was made even harder by the non-existent view-finder, and this happened in both light and dark conditions. Trying to shield the screen was pointless as it did little good. My first digital camera, purchased over 8 years ago, was an Olympus that used XD picture cards, instead of the more common SD cards, and I never understood why. I thought that Olympus would ...

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Nikon D40x

Advantages: Quality Pictures, Easy to use, Compact
Disadvantages: Price but still worth it for a decent camera

** Nikon D40x Digital SLR ** This is my first digital SLR camera I really like taking pictures of mainly our families dogs and cars my main hobbies, my other half had previously had been using a digital SLR that belonged to his dad, so we both went a long to Jessops that is well know for selling really good photography stuff. We had a look at various models of camera including the Canon Eos 400d which is one of this cameras biggest rival models, also looked at four or five other digital SLR models. Then eventually we started looking at the Nikon D40x my other half knew someone who had the previous model to this the Nikon D40 which had been really good, the other half had used it previously and found it a really good quality camera. So after a lot of really useful and helpful advice from the shop assistant in Jessops we chose ...

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Olympus 8X25 WP I

Advantages: Image adjustments to give great view, waterproof, adjustable eye-relief
Disadvantages: fixed magnification, average build and design quality

Binoculars are mainly used by bird watchers as to get a closer look at them. Many people also use binoculars for occasions such as holidays where they travel to destinations of natural beauty. Using a binocular enables them to see the scenic beauty from a better and closer perspective. The Olympus 8X25 WPI is labeled professional, but can obviously be used by everyday and ordinary people. These particular binoculars have an 8x magnification ability. This is simply the power of magnification on the binoculars, the 8x magnification means that the object or area you view through the binoculars is going to appear 8x larger or closer. The 8x magnification also means that this is the maximum and minimum magnification power of the binoculars. You cannot view an object or place with a lesser or higher magnification than 8x. If in ...

yassarikhan786 27.03.2008 · Read full review
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