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Summary: cheaper elsewhere
Review: GReat Camera,,,, but you can get it about $80 cheaper than target$399 if you go to amazon site. I got the exact same camera for $313 and free shipping....shop around
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Summary: Hard to pass up at this price!
Review: I am new to the digital photography world, yet consider myself fairly well adept at picking up digital devices if provided with good information and clear instructions. After researching and test driving most major brands and models of 5 MP Digital Cameras recently, I kept coming back to the Olympus C-5000Z and simply could not pass up all the features of this camera when all was said and done. Especially at the price that I did not see even remotely matched by any of the other big brand manufacturer's. However, if size is an issue and a compact, lightweight camera is a priority, you will probably opt for something else. Auto feature allowed me to literally put the battery and memory into the camera, shoot pictures indoors and out, and download to my laptop, even email the photos to anyone in my address book - without one hassle or hitch. It does seem to do better in brighter or well lit areas versus darker, primarily indoor environments. I also learned when I went to purchase the camera there was a $50 manufacturer rebate available, effective through 3/30/04 (I believe)? The rebate and most every other basic feature necessary for the beginner-to-intermediate digital photographer, made the Olympus C-5000 Zoom extremely hard to pass up. Thus far, I have been completely satisfied with the camera and have no regrets with my decision whatsoever.
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Summary: Prosumer quality at consumer prices
Review: I am very impressed with the high quality of pictures the camera produces. It captures great detail and the photos look very good in print 5x7 as well as on the screen. Positives:
Great price for 5 mpx
Controls are easy;
operates like a point and shoot;
lightweight;
many shooting modes;
panaroma mode - excellent for 180 deg views of landscapes Negatives:
a. Boot up time : about 45 secs to 1 min
b. Battery
1. Propriety size battery : expensive to replace ($50 US)
2. Life of battery : Not in line with my expectations
3. Battery life remaining indicator: Not accurate, misleading.Jumps rapidly from full charge to no charge.
c. Focusing close subjects a problem sometimes Overall its a great camera with these small problems.
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Summary: Great Little Camera
Review: I bought this camera about 2 months ago and as far as I'm concerned it's a great little camera. I don't understand some of the other comments that give it a low rating. But in my experience I've taken my camera on field trips, weddings you name it and the pictures came out great. The quality of the pictures are excellent indoors and outdoors. The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have audio on the movies. Other than that this camera is terrific. Some of these people need to get a life.
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Summary: Easy to use and great photos!
Review: I bought this camera almost a year ago. I have used it constantly since. They battery has a great life... I don't have to charge it very often. It's relatively simple to use and master. I love the black and white setting. Overall, this camera takes excellent pictures that look like studio quality.
I'm planning on buy the underwater housing (PT-019) before our next vacation.
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Summary: Best Value
Review: I did a lot of research before I decided on this camera. I was going to Europe and I wanted Digital, but I'm a broke student. I wanted something that would be good for awhile, but wouldn't put me completely in debt. Technically, I am still paying this off, but it was totally worth it. Great quality. I can take a picture, zoom in on it, and still blow it up to 8 x 10 photo quality. Plus, it's really easy to use. I mean, it has all the little special features if you want them (and I wanted them), but if you don't, it's just point and shoot. Then, plug in the attached cord to your computer, click the copy photos button, and you're ready to print or email or whatever. And it doesn't have that "waiting" problem that you'll get with a lot of digital cameras. It has all the positives of a 35mm and all the positives of a digital. I am completely satisfied with my choice. If you're willing to spend a bit more, I'd still recommend staying with this Olympus series. It's the best you can get.
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Summary: You cannot record movies with sound!
Review: I thought my camera was faulty after the first video taking, never had I thought that anybody would like to record videos without sound. Yes, it is mentioned ONLY in the reference manual. The camera is very good overall, except that there isn't any built-in microphone, therefore, when you record video clips, they become silent movies! DON'T buy this unless you don't mind silent clips.
Usually, batteries in the camera will be taken out after use to avoid leakage, but the date setting will have disappeared when it is used again. So far, I have not seen any camera comes with small battery that can keep the date setting after the big batteries have been taken out.
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Summary: What a Great Camera: And Why all the Negativity?
Review: I was initially attracted to the Olympux C-5000 by the terrific Amazon price - $310 or so. This was my first venture into digital photography: I wanted to migrate from loyal old familiar 35m equipment but at 5MP. and when the price was right. Only after purchasing the camera in May did I read some of the reviews and the negative comments alarmed me. Had I bought a discontinued dud? Absolutely not. It's a superb camera. Very ergonomic, easy to use and wonderful picture quality. The automatic setting is so reliable that I've been lazy so far in exploring the range of manual options but look forward to it. A very sophisticated little machine.
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Summary: Great camera
Review: I've had this camera for a few days now and it is awesome. It takes great pictures and has a lot of options. I don't have a detailed review since I've only owned the camera for a short period of time but when I was trying to decide which camera to purchase some of the reviews for this camera said it took poor indoor pictures...this is not true. I've only taken pictures indoor and the quality is above most cameras.
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Summary: DIED
Review: my olympus c-5000 died exactly a year and 10 days after owning it. I didnt use it that much and it worked fine, but when i started using it alot about 2 weeks ago, the thing died and when i charged the battery it still didnt work, then i gave it one more try and it started beeping loudly and i smelt burning rubber coming from my camera! it fried after about a year of owning. never buying olympus again
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