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Summary: Frustrated parents
Review: ARG! We purchased this camera when our daughter was born due to its size, functions, manual setting features and 5mp res. At first, being a gear head, I thought I didn't understand the features/functions thoroughly enough. SO I read the paper manual, AND the manual on CD (imagine, as a mom with a newborn!) Now after 8 months of disappointing shots, albeit the occassional hero shot, I still want to throw it out the window.WHY?
1. ON/OFF: to turn the camera on you have to slide the lens cover open and wait about 4 seconds (forever) for the lens to extend. The lens will retract and you have to start all over again even if you slightly touch it - which is very easy to do. Bad design. Reviewing captured images is another test of patience. 2. RED EYE: of the hundreds of shots we've taken indoors with this camera, 75% have redeye. You can use the redeye reduction feature (nice) but realize it is "red eye REDUCTION". SUre you can remove it with software, but consider the enormous amt of wasted time. Why did the lens capture it in the first place? 3. SPEED: the slowness of the open AND close, the redeye flash and the battery charge. The amt of blurry shots is staggering. I'm esp. frustrated b/c our baby is now 8 mths old, and numerous once-in-a-lifetime shots have been missed. WE LIKE: the remote control, the sturdiness, the size.
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Summary: decent camera but loses out to competition
Review: pros:
- 5MP resolution in a small, well-designed metal body.
- allows a great deal of manual control.
- good color reproduction.
- higher than expected contrast from tonal balance.
- low image noise with moderate shutter speeds.
- spot metering.
- shooting priority play mode (double press of quick view button).
- good night exposures with automatic noise reduction.
- solid build quality.
- bright, high resolution LCD monitor with anti-reflective coating.
- included Infrared remote control.
- decent battery life (but i'd still recommend getting a spare).
- compact dimensions 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.7 in, weighing 8.0 oz. cons:
- some purple fringing / chromatic aberrations.
- noisy images, "jaggies" visible.
- limited adjustment on image parameters.
- no manual white balance.
- no manual focus.
- some blue cast using the flash.
- no AF illuminator.
- high redeye occurrence.
- poor movie mode when compared to competition.
- manual is on CD.
- LCD not very useful in very low light.
- glacial write times for TIFFs.
- slow image write times.
- RAW format not supported.
- you can't slide the lens cover to turn the camera on and off when mounted on a tripod nor can you change the battery or xD card.
- poor macro ability.
- fastest continuous shooting speed is only 1 fps.
- no histogram display in record or play mode.
- the supplied 32MB xD card is inadequate. be prepared to shell out a few more bucks for more memory.
- the batteries supplied are proprietary so add a few bucks to your budget for a spare. the c-50z is a decent camera with 5MP resolution in a compact package. but there is no manual white balance and no manual focus plus the images compare unfavorably against its competition. at this price point, check out the canon s50. i hope this helps you in your buying decision. peace.
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Summary: Red eye in almost every picture. Ughhh. Do not buy!
Review: I had read so many great reviews of this camera I couldn't wait to get it. I thought it would be an improvement over my 3 MP Kodak DX 3900, which took excellent pictures. I brought it home, took pictures and was disappointed to realize about 80 percent of the pictures had redeye, even when on the redeye reduction setting. And some of the pictures were blurry. Very disappointing for a $400 camera. It gave me a greater appreciation for my Kodak, which hardly ever had redeye. So I took it back and got another one thinking I'd gotten some lemon. But yet again I had the same problem. Don't get me wrong, when there's no redeye the pictures can be stunning and very sharp but having to get rid of redeye in photoshop on every picture wasn't an option. I gave up, took it back and got the Canon sureshot s-50. What a difference. Get redeye only about 10 percent of the time and the quality is excellent. And it uses Compact Flash which is ALOT cheaper than the xd picture card. Well, hope this helps those of you trying to decide amongst 5 megapixel cameras. I really want to love this camera but it let me down!
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Summary: All my research and patience paid off!
Review: Pros: Ultra compact, five megapixels, manual exposure options, Compact, high resolution, razor sharp, bright LCD, Small, lithium ion battery/charger, picture quality, compactness, easy to use, loaded with advanced features yet point-and-shoot simple on automatic, multiple resolution options, including uncompressed TIFF, compact and light. Cons: No LCD screen cover, no AF assist light, questionable low-light capabilities, many settings, price, uses new xD picture card, Poor LCD viewing in very low light, extremely slow save for TIFFs, occasional image noise, works poorly with a tripod. Summary: I did quite a bit of research before deciding on the Olympus C50. I wanted a small digital camera that had some manual controls. The camera also had to feel sturdy and have a menu system that was intuitive for me. The C50 won out over my other choices hands down (Minolta F100 and Nikon CP4500). Overall, I'm happy with my purchase and can live with the little quirks I've read about with this camera. The remote comes in handy when displaying your pictures on TV. Also, the battery life on this little guy is quite good -- much better than the Kodak I had. Olympus could have done a better job on the printed manual. The manual on CD is much better and they should have just printed out that manual in the appropriate language for the countries they ship to.
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Summary: POS
Review: I bought this thing six months ago and I must say the quality of the photos and the duribility of the c-50 was horrible! Get this, I just returned it because it broke and it has been discontinued. SIX MONTHS AGO THIS WAS THE SHING DING. Olympus makes a great product and I exchanged it for the c-5000, 5 star for that one. Please stay away from the c-50, it has been discontinued so if it breaks and no warrenty, SOL.
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Summary: Necesito Informacion
Review: señores Amazon
Yo deseo comprar la Camara Digital Olympus C 50 5MP, yo vivo en Cali - Colombia y quisiera saber si ustedes me envian a mi ciudad Cali la camara y si tiene algun costo el envio. Agradezco su pronta respuesta. Mil gracias Juan Carlos Chemás
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Summary: Olympus Camedia C-50
Review: I have been a serious amateur for 30 years, starting with Nikons and moving through a number of other mechanical SLRs. I was impressed with this camera. To a few who critize battery life I offer the following advice: read the instructions when all else fails! The battery must be removed when not in use. An unfortunate need as it affects convenience, but documented in the instructions nevertheless. A small demand apparently will drain the battery over time even when turned off. Olympus should fix this with a switch or timer of some sort to break the connection...easy to do. The pictures I have taken so far are equal to my Nikon and pentax 35mm stuff. I took a test shot out of the box of a bouquet on our table before even charging the unit and my wife made it the wallpaper for our computer. Shots like that. The resolution was incredible too. Took a close shot of a friend and was able to zoom in on the computer until he and I discovered he had a rye seed stuck in between his teeth which was not otherwise noticable to either of us...amazing resolution IMO.
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Summary: Awesome little camera!
Review: This is an awesome camera! I am not a technical guru, and found it very easy to learn and use! I have taken many great pictures on it over the year that I have had it. My outdoorsman husband has recently learned to use it and has taken numerous pictures while out horseback riding and hunting and he is thrilled with the quality! I wanted something small I could throw in my purse (use protection for the LCD) and I hardly know I am carrying it around. This is a great buy!
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Summary: Incredibly Disappointed
Review: Just have to express my opinion about this camera. I have been an Olympus fan since buying my first OM1 SLR in the 70's. Despite some negative reviews in this forum, I bought this camera thinking that it would rise above the negative comments that are made for almost every product reviewed. It has turned out to be the most extremely disappointing camera I've bought. I have read the instructions in the manual and referred to the CD. I made a reasonable effort to learn the camera. To my frustration, I have found that even taking a simple snapshot from a few feet away is problematic. Exposures are erratic, most are blurred, and I can't count on what's going to be recorded. I sure hope that Olympus gets their act together on this or I will never buy a product from them in the future. Unfortunately I also bought an extra battery and larger memory card thinking I would eventually find this camera satisfactory. Money down the drain. I would not advise that anybody buy this camera.
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Summary: Professional Camera - not great for beginners
Review: Olympus has proven to be a worthy competitor in the camera industry. Today we take a look at one of their newer 5.0 megapixel cameras, the C-50 model. The camera packs many features that make it a perfect choice for aspiring professional photographers. The picture quality is quite good. The camera packs a handy 12x zoom (3x optical and 4x digital) and will take pictures at a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels! In this review we will take a look at how easy it is to control the cameras advanced and not so advanced features, the quality of images produced, the movie capture mode, some very advanced technical specifications and, naturally, talk about how this camera stands out from the rest. (find the full review @ bytesector.com)
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