I bought this camera to be my travel companion, and it has since been all over the world with me. Together we've taken some great pictures, that print up to A4 brilliantly, and in fact I've just had a 16x20 printed, and it still looks great.
I had previously been using pro spec 35mm kit, and found the transition to this little box remarkably easy. It has the usual point and shoot program modes, but also, shutter and apperture priority, and fully manual mode, which is a major bonus, as is the ability to shoot in RAW.
It feels just right in the hand, with all of the controls easy to access, and although it's small, nothing seems to be fiddly.
It has a decent zoom range, although the optics aren't brilliant they are are still pretty good for such a tiny little lense. There is the option to set the ISO speed, although this could do with a wider range. The menu structure is fairly friendly, although it could be better, and I sometimes find myself trying 2 or 3 times to do something, because I either forget where in the menu to go, or push the wrong thing.
There are far more features on here than there should be at the price (I don't remember what I paid, but it was worth every penny), and plenty to keep the average fiddler happy. You can set the white balance to a number of presets or to a custom setting. The camera is set to use auto by default, but this really needs to be changed if you want to get the best from it.
Battery life is good, and charging time is short. Mine will go from flat to full in less than an hour and a half.
I really can't fault this camera. It has all the functionality of a DSLR, but fits quite nicely in your pocket.
The supplied software is pretty good too, and the RAW conversion tool does an adequate job.
If you want to see what it can do, go to www.20cities.com and check out some of the pictures. They were all taken on this little camera.
The camera comes with a 32Mb XD memory card which is completely inadequate, but I guess I should be grateful it comes with one at all.
It has a movie mode, which produces ok little movies, but unfortunately the zoom doesn't work while recording. The microphnoe is a little weak as well. The whole movie mode kind of feels like it was added on as an after thought.
Would I recommend it. Without a doubt. If you're a first time digital user, put it in Program mode, and read the manual, and some great pictures will follow. If you're an advanced user, read the manual, use it how you feel, and some great pictures will follow.
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Olympus are very good, I've reviewed the C-2, this review has a fair bit of detail but people will want to see more.
sam1942 27.06.2006 14:40
I've jumped from two enormous, heavy and very old SLR Minolta's to a digital that is the size of a matchbox and as light as a feather! Never got around to trying Olympus camera's. It certainly sounds great for a digital camera. Good work xx
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