Olympus CAMEDIA C 50 Zoom

...went out and bought an Olympus Camedia digital camera – which was probably the first digital camera that Olympus ever made. That sturdy old workhorse is still in use today (by me, mostly – isn't he nice?). In fact, there was only one reason that he decided to buy something else – the old one was eating up batteries, both regular and rechargeable ones. So, he went out and bought the (then) top of the line Olympus – the C-50 zoom. Let me tell you a ...
...noticed that with the old Olympus camera, if you don't hold it really still, you'll get very blurry pictures. The C-50 however isn't as sensitive and seems to take more focused pictures in similar conditions. For instance, my boss let me use both cameras for my daughter's Bat Mitzvah party and the ones from the old camera came out mostly blurred, while those on the C-50 were much better – even when they were handled by the same person. So the question ...

TheChocolateLady 18.02.2005 (01.03.2005) · Read full review
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I am a complete amateur photographer who is always seeking the perfect photograph, and after many years of trying different cameras (both 35mm & digital) I think I have found perfection. This snappy little camera is very easy to use, it has the capability to point and shoot but has the features available if you want to be a little more adventurous. I must admit I do tend to use the high resolution picture quality and this is probably due to the ...
...have framed, this gives the best results if you want to chop and enlarge. I don't very often actually print in bulk the pictures that I take but instead use them as my screen saver, so that I can look at them over and over again. I have just got back from my holiday and decided that I would print off 50 pictures this time to show family and friends. I received nothing but praise re the quality of the photographs and was asked by several people what ...

tekin21 28.08.2004 (11.06.2005) · Read full review
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This was my first digital camera and it proved to be a good buy! The advantages are: 1) The camera offers a wide range of different environment settings on the back which can be quickly accessed via turning the wheel. Quicker than having to manually scroll through them on a screen. 2)Top quality photos even if you are a beginner (like me) but also offers more advanced settings for more advanced users to set up themselves. The auto setting automatically ...
...make the camera very easy to use providing good quality prints! The drawbacks I have found from my own personal experience are: 1) The video does not record sound, just the picture. It also only allows you to record for 16 seconds no matter how much memory you have left. 2) Once you have taken a photo, it is displayed on the screen for a couple of seconds before going back to the view of the lens. If you want to take another look, you have to ...

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...XD. I believe Fuji and Olympus developed the technology together and at present these are the only two manufacturers who produce both cameras that use the card and indeed manufacture the card. the cards are very small about the same size of a British postage stamp and about 1mm thick. There is also a movie function, allowing short movies to be taken for e-mails etc. It supports Quicktime and JPEG. No sound though which is the only downside. A few ...
...pixel camera with a 1.5" TFT colour LCD display (Approx. 134,000 pixels). Dimensions 99.5mm x 58.5mm x 41.5mm. Brushed steel case. Weight=194g The size of the camera is a factor which should be taken into account. The C50 is samll!! This is fine by me but if you are use to a typical 35mm camera I would suggest going into a shop and handling this camera before you but it on the internet. It is my opinion that this camera is unusual in that it ...

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...the c-50 over another 4mp Olympus camera. I felt the design and build quality made the extra money worthwile. The 5mp means that I can take images and crop them greatly before printing without quality loss. The settings dial on the rear of the camera allows different modes to be selected very easily, and the 'My' mode allows custom settings (shutter speed, aperture size, etc) to be saved and used easily. I believe the main selling point of the ...
...take photos very simply, but allows more experienced photographers to have full control over the settings. The camera is supplied with battery, charger, 32mb xd storage card, usb cable, TV-Out cable and remote control. My only criticism is that the package does not include a case for the camera. With a camera of this quality, users are sure to want a case for protection. ...

johnpuddephatt 19.03.2004 · Read full review
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...My brother had purchased an olympus u400 and that took exceptional pictures and this camera is no different. With 5 megapixel in super high quality mode the detail is excellent. Hower most of the time I just use high quality mode as the picture quality seems just as good to me. The only disadvantage of using the super high quality mode is that it severely restricts the number of pictures you can hold - especially on the 32Mb memory card supplied ...
...in stainless steel silver looks great and it is extremely compact and good for travelling. The camera has been on the market over a year now and represents excellent value as its original list price was £550. When I purchased this one I paid less than £260! As far as features are concerned it has plenty and allows you to take pictures in virtually all light conditions including skiing condtions for which I have found it very good. After taking pictures ...

lorna139 01.05.2004 · Read full review
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i bought this camera a week ago, it is my first good quality digital camera i have bought. 5.1 megapixles, big LCD screen and top quality photos. I recieved it and was amazingly easy to set up. It is simple to understand and easy to use. The picture viewer is of the highest standard. It is also even better when you put them onto a pc, the quality then is superb and the prints are great aswel. The wide range of picture modes means that is is a ...
...focus, background blur. \it goes on. It does also take video clips which is a great bonus and the lengh of them depends on the size of the card. The mamory card is tiny and hold alot of photos of the highest quality. The only downside is that the shutter is quite easy to close and can therefore be closed accidently when in use. However it is easy to get use to this so it does not matter atall. The camera is a great choicde for any one and it supplies ...

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We bought the camera for photographing items to sell on ebay and we havent been disappointed. Even though the standard package (more on this later) only supplies a 32mb XD card we have found that the photo quality is so good on the bottom 2 quality settings that we can still get appx 200 photos on the card. A lot of our photos are close ups and the macro mode is excellent at picking out the detail required for our ebay listings. The battery has ...
...recharging it once on a 2 week trip to Jamaica, it is easy to use, and without upsetting the person concerned but in tekin21's review she says that you have to close the lens cover to preview pictures but you dont - just press the preview button twice quickly, and once again to go back to shooting mode. The supplied software isnt the best but it generally never is when its bundled, I find MGI Photosuite very good and i think a basic version is free ...

007mcfod 08.03.2005 · Read full review
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This is a brilliant camera, i brought mine when they were £300+ and i am still excited by it, the pictures are great, the screen does the job and the operation is generally easy and simple. One of the other reasons i chose this camera was for its tough looking case, it looks like the kind of thing you could drop from a plane and still expect to work after it has hit the ground. However there is one part of the camera that they decided they should ...
...someone has already commented you have to close it to view the pictures, so basically this vital part that you use all the time is plastic, and well mine broke. one of the plastic runners snapped, and now it gets stuck all the time, its not really something you can fix, but is one major design fault. Other than that this is a great camera which i would still recomend, especially for the money you can get it for now. ...

Davidthomas19 29.08.2004 · Read full review
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finally olympus have got rid of smartmedia. Smartmedia cards were the first compact storage cards but they have fallen to the likes of compact flash and IBM microdrives and not forgeting the XD range. i love the new camera from olympus for two reasons, the first reason is how easy and stright foward the camera is to use and also its new storage at the moment you can get 128mb cards but in the not to far away future 8gb cards will be on the market ...
...take on holiday, it hasnt got to be setup every time you use it and you don't need a fork lift to carry it around. The style of the camera is a brushed metal affect different to the usual plain designs. the software is good and transfer of pictures to your pc is quick and easy. Now, the usual concern with compacts is that function gets sacrificed at the altar of design. Not so with the C-50, which despite having a tiny body – achieved thanks to the ...

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...long winded and clumsy, and Olympus has cured this problem with the next camera up, the Camedia C 60, but they have also changed the position of the zoom button, which I find more uncomfortable to use! Print quality is fantastic, and if you do not plan to print larger that A4, the quality of the lens, and the specification of the sensor mean that you will get great quality prints. I haven't printed at A3 yet, so I am not going to comment on larger ...
...picture that you imagine, and the Auto mode is as good as any other digital compact. This is a camera that you can learn and grow with, but the lack of a decent printed manual, (its mostly on CD) means that you have to experiment (which is what photography is all about!) ...

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...the c-50 over another 4mp Olympus camera. I felt the design and build quality made the extra money worthwile. The 5mp means that I can take images and crop them greatly before printing without quality loss. The settings dial on the rear of the camera allows different modes to be selected very easily, and the 'My' mode allows custom settings (shutter speed, aperture size, etc) to be saved and used easily. I believe the main selling point of the ...
...take photos very simply, but allows more experienced photographers to have full control over the settings. The camera is supplied with battery, charger, 32mb xd storage card, usb cable, TV-Out cable and remote control. My only criticism is that the package does not include a case for the camera. With a camera of this quality, users are sure to want a case for protection. ...

johnpuddephatt 19.03.2004 · Read full review
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The battery has a long life between charges unlike older digital cameras. But there is a limitation to the number of charges. This is an excellent camera once you have made the initial purchases. The picture quality, using the cameras highest quality settings is as good as a 35mm camera picture. It can be used in almost any conditions as a pocket size "Point and Shoot" camera Easy to use, light weight with good quality pictures The initial 32mb ...

Kennedy47 12.05.2003 · Read full review
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I've had this camera for about two years and never had a problem with it. The battery is very longlasting, it produces lovely pictures, and it is very easy to use. It's smallness makes it easy and convenient to carry anywhere. I love it. Every once in a while the sliding cover will catch, this is a pain but not at all unbearable. You also have to push down a bit to get it to open. The waiting time between taking pictures is a bit long, but that's ...
...durable, mine's been hit with snowballs and splashed all over on rivertrips, and still works dandy. The provided photo editing software is easy to use and quite good. All the general editing can be done there, no need to buy extra software. All in all a great camera. ...

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