The Olympus Superzoom 700XB seemed like an ideal birthday present for my better half. A decent looking camera with lots of listed features from an established name. However upon trying to use the camera we found a few problems. The first is in loading the film. Due to the confusion about whether the film had loaded properly or not we accidentally fully-wound a film back into its case – one film completely wasted. The film has to go in upside-down and the catch to wind it on does not reassure you that it is completely working. Then there is the film counter. It is a manual dial, which looks ...
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