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Summary: Olympus C-2040 Digital Camera
Review: This is my third digital camera - and I absolutely LOVE it. I'm not going to go into how great it is, because you can read that anywhere... There's just one or two small things that I would like changed about this camera. The first is one I didn't read anywhere - the lens cap. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE IT OFF BEFORE SWITCHING THE CAMERA ON!!! Otherwise the lens will try to extend and not be able to, and it will make a horrible noise that sounds like the camera is being damaged - and for all I know, it might be. Also... it EATS batteries, and they don't tell you what its AC power consumption is so you HAVE to but their ($) AC adapter, instead of using one you probably already have. Also, it's difficult to find a suitable camera bag as it's an unusual size and shape. But despite all this - I still think it's a great camera - the best I've owned so far.
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Summary: Works like a Dream
Review: This is our first digital camera. (...)we researched a lot of cameras over the last 3 weeks and picked the 2040. It works as well as advertised, with picture quality as we expected. The picture quality was the deciding factor, and I think it can be attributed to the 'Super Bright' camera lens. Low-light pictures are excellent, in fact better than my SLR (this may say more about my photographic skills, but you get the idea). We also decided on sticking to cameras in the 2 megapixel range. For those who are new to digital camera, 2 megapixels will allow you to print photo quality pictures up to 8x10 inches. This is adequate for most people.Pros: * Super Bright lens works as advertised - low light and natural light pictures are excellent.
* Picture quality is superb - most of our pictures have been taken with the 3rd highest quality mode and look great. This allows for 128 photos on a 64mb memory card.
* Can be used as a point-and-shoot or fully manual camera.
* Flash has degrees of brightness you can manipulate.
* Photo transfer with USB port is quick and easy - the camera appears in My Computer as a Removable Drive, allowing you to look into the camera like any other folder, copy and paste the images and even delete them from the camera. Cons: * USB link has not worked as advertised in Windows 2000 but works like a dream with Windows 98. I went to the Olympus website, where there are NO troubleshooting recommendations for Windows 2000 - just Windows 98. So I emailed tech support, and he writes back with copies of the Windows 98 instructions I found, obviously not paying attention to the fact that I designated my OS as Windows 2000, had specific questions, AND that I had sent the link of the instructions I had found - the same information he emailed to me. I asked for further assistance, and that was a week ago (the first response took 2 days).
* Remote not included ... The timer can be used in the meantime.
* No 'sepia' mode. (You can tell we're trying to find faults...) This camera is probably the best bang for the buck out there. ...All in all, an excellent first camera and a true value.
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Summary: I love this camera
Review: This was my first experience with a digital camera. I'm not very electronic/camera savey, but I love to take photos-scenes, grandkids,,everything. I wanted something that gave me the chance to use black and white as well as color. Altho I still need to refer back to the book at times(which is small enough to be carried in my purse) I found the various settings somewhat easy to use. All in all, I like this camera.
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Summary: very cool
Review: Wow is this camera cool. Honestly I have never even owned a camera before because I was just to lazy to deal with the hassles of getting film developed, I always borrowed a relatives. However, the picture quality is just intense and I am thrilled to death by it. The camera is also small and lightweight which was a major buying decision. Also the fact that it only uses double AA batteries was also great, since I didn't want to worry about finding special batteries when traveling. It did take me an hour or so to get it set up, but's that probably because I am a novice when it comes to cameras, but within an hour or two I was taking great pics and using the quicktime feature for short animations. If you haven't stepped up to a digital camera your missing out, just the money I saved in one day from taking pictures nearly paid for the camera itself in film developing costs. Right now I am snapping pictures of everything, the trees, the dogs, the little elves on the front lawn, I could never afford to do this with regular film...is it cool!!!!!
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