Two years have passed since I purchased my Olympus Camedia C-830L and it is still flawless and takes abfab pics. I paid nealy £400 for it and it has been well worth the investment. I was looking for a camera to take digital photographs for building my own website to sell antiques collectables ... Read review
Advantages: good quality build Disadvantages: delay
...passed since I purchased my Olympus Camedia C-830L and it is still flawless and takes abfab pics. I paid nealy £400 for it and it has been well worth the investment. I was looking for a camera to take digital photographs for building my own website to sell antiques collectables and curios. Also I required pictures to post to ebay auction site. At first I was just going to buy a cheapy at around £150 but was talked out of it by a good salesman...I ... ...
So, if you see one of these cameras or a similar model in the Olympus range for sale I would highly recommend it either new or second hand. Two years on they are selling at about £150~200 new. ... more
Two years have passed since I purchased my Olympus Camedia C-830L and it is still flawless and takes abfab pics. I paid nealy £400 for it and it has been well worth the investment. I was looking for a camera to take digital photographs for building my own website to sell antiques collectables and curios. Also I required pictures to post to ebay auction site. At first I was just going to buy a cheapy at around £150 but was talked out of it by a good salesman...I am sure glad I listened to him. The quality of the pictures at 1.3 million pixels is excellent even at todays standards and the camera has paid for itself over and over with superb shots of items for sale on the web.
The camera is robust and extremely well built and has sustained some real punishment from me, I was dubius obout the strength of the flimsy looking plastic flip-lid cover over the video out ports but this was unfounded. It came with Camedia imaging software and Camedia photoalbum software and a 4mb smartmedia card containing software for panoramic imaging and capable of storing 43 standard quality pictures each around 50~60kb. On the high quality setting it is capable of 12 pics 175~200kb or 6 super high quality at around 350~400kb. I have bought some higher capacity smartmedia cards that are now so cheap...an 8mb card holds about 120 standard shots.
It is so easy to use...for standard shots just point and click....but beware of the slight delay...one of the only drawbacks, the shot is not instant when you hit the button...but just keep hitting it over and over, as you can immediateky delete unrequired shots using the built in colour viewer. I find most useful the self focusing macro image setting for extremely close up shots....excelent for revealing detail to a prospective purchaser.
Other useful features are anti red eye, timer, zoom, manual flash over ride,rapid sequence shots...for moving objects video out to your tv for both stills and as a video camera.
It uses 4 AA batteries, I use rechargeable ones keeping a set on standby at all times. I have both cheap "value pack" rechargeable batteries and expensive nickel hydrides and cannot notice any distinguishable difference in performance.
I have no need or desire to upgrade yet, there are only two slight disappointments one being the affore-mentioned delay and the other that the photo album software is not windows XP compatable (but what is?)XP has it's own slightly laborious programe that does the job.
So, if you see one of these cameras or a similar model in the Olympus range for sale I would highly recommend it either new or second hand. Two years on they are selling at about £150~200 new.
Advantages: Ease of use Disadvantages: Battery life
...an excellent camera. This Olympus is very easy to use with a simple point and click system. It comes with an in built flas and useful finger guard to stop you from obscuring the lens.
1.3m pixels meant nothing to me, but it is certainly high enough resolution for my needs. There are three different quality levels. The highest only allows three shots per memory card, but is certainly up to SLR standard. High quality gives 6 shots, and standard allows ... ...to your pc.
The Olympus does eat batteries, and you should always carry 4 spare AA batteries with you. You can extend battery life by not using the viewing screen.
I have dropped the camera several times, and it withstood all surfaces. It is bigger than my old compact Olympus SLR, and is too heavy for anything other than a combat pants pocket.
I would certainly recommend this camera to the novice user. ...
gollygumdrops 22.06.2000
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Advantages: easy to use good results Disadvantages: could be a little smaller I like the mini size but it really isn't large
I wa very aprehensive about buying this camera as I bought it on an online auction for £181.00 Although I knew it was under the retail price I was still buying a sight unseen product. i had been researching for an upgrade of my camera and had seen this one on the net, whe I saw it in auction I took a deep breath and a risk and bid. WOW am I happy I did. Fantastic photos, batteries last a long time, multiple modes, I got an 8 meg card instead of the ...
sandylandsebony 26.07.2000
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Advantages: ease of use Disadvantages: battery life poor
...a short report on the Olympus camedia C-830L digital camera. Free with certain computers such as Tiny, or buy it new for around £150 (and dropping!). The camera has 1.3 million pixels and the picture quality is as good as you would want from any camera. Easy to use and with the program supplied is very easy to download the photos onto your computer. What fun it is as you do not have to worry about paying to develop films etc. The quality of the end ... ...photo quality paper can work out expensive, so try out your pictures on a cheaper paper, to ensure you really want to print that picture. The down side to the camera is that the batteries last no time at all, if you take the camera out with you make sure you have plenty of spare batteries. ...
willsmj 04.02.2001
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Advantages: Price, Ease of use, Savings on developing. Disadvantages: Usually comes with a 4mb memory card you need 8.
I bought my new Camedia 830L Digital camera, from a british based on line auction for £161.00, what a bargain! I did my homework and looked at a number of different quality cameras but at the price and for taking what in essence are family snaps this is the camera for me. It is so easy to use even the wife and kids can use it, and you can take as many pictures of the same thing as you like, then quickly review them through the LCD display on the ... ...like. Your almost gauranted a master piece each time you use it. I used to only get a couple of decent picture out of each film with my slr camera, and it cost me a fortune in processing. Thats all a thing of the past, you can really have some fun with this camera, its not too complicated yet produces brilliant pictures in all sorts of conditions. If you get one its worth buying the 8mb memory card, otherwise youll soon be full up. Downloading is ...
cagney15 11.07.2000
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Advantages: Easy to use, no unneccessary butons to confuse as all functions are accessable from an onscreen display, good battery life and good value all round Disadvantages: Zom features are limited to 2x
...the proud owner of this Olympus Camedia for just under a year now and I'm delighted with the results! The camera is compact ad easily fits in to a hand bag or pocket for easy transportation. The camera has a 2x zoom on it, which is more than ample for a basic point and shoot digital camera. Battery life on the camera is extremly good, althought this is greatly reduced when using the LCD sceen when viewing images. The sotware provided with the camera ... ...uploads very quickly and is compatible with most VCR's for transerring images to video tape or creating a slide show on your TV screen. The camera as no unneccesary confusing buttons yet has all the functions of the most expensive digicam. The only draw backs with the camera is that you don't gete a camrea case, although the camera will fit comfortably in any standard camera case. You can choose picture quality greatly by easily increasing the number ...
wingbat 08.10.2001
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Connections
Connector Type
1 x composite video output
1 x DC power input
1 x serial
Expansion Slot(s)
1 x SmartMedia Card
Manufacturer's product description
The C-830L is the perfect solution for amateurs and professionals available on the market. Not only is the optical system the lightest of its kind, but it delivers exceptional image quality. The camera has a 1/2.7 inch CCD with 1.3 million square pixels. The C-830L has been engineered specifically for improved performance while taking pictures. Taking the pulse of the response to earlier CAMEDIA models, Olympus engineers refined the design to raise image quality and ensure accurate color reproduction. A complementary-color filter has been added to the C-830L, while the processing performance of the original Olympus algorithm has also been enhanced. The easy operation and portability of the C-830L reflect Olympus' long-standing expertise in designing 35 mm cameras. With its sliding lens barrier doubling as the power switch, the camera offers trim good look and worry-free portability.
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