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Summary: A Great beginning digital camera....
Review: Easy to use, a great first time camera......if you are an experienced digital user, this may not be the one for you...go up to the 5 series.....batteries don't last in this bad boy, therefore consider nicad out the door....also, a larger storage bucket....gave this one to a friend who was non tech plus and she loves it.......
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Summary: Defective camera; do not trust Olympus brand!
Review: I bought a D-390 15 months ago. After 3 months of light use, the card had to be replaced. Another 11 months of light use and the camera actually shorted out: utterly dead and two brand-new batteries too hot to touch. When I talked to customer support, the guy even said that he's seen a lot of similar problems with the D-series cameras.
I thought Olympus would have eliminated defects in the manufacturing process long before now, but I was wrong. I would recommend that prospective buyers not trust Olympus entry-level digital cameras.
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Summary: Olympus bad choice
Review: I bought the D-390 version. It worked great for a year and 2 months. Then it stopped. Everything was black. When I called Olympus they said I was out of warranty and out of luck. I wanted a camera that would last a little longer or I at least would like to do business with a company who would stand by their product a little better than that.
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Summary: Olympus D395 Camera sucks battery life.
Review: I can put batteries in my Olympus camera, take 1-30 pictures, and the next day the batteries are drained. What's interesting. Is when I recharge the batteries (sets of 2), one battery will recharge 3 times faster than the other. I'm beginning to think that only one battery is running the camera.
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Summary: My new digital!
Review: I got this digital camera about a week and a half ago, and I love it :) It takes great quality pictures, and good video, plus it's really easy to connect and download pictures to my PC. All I have to do is plug it in to the USB cable and it pops up a window giving me the downloading options.
The only problems I've had with it are that it eats up batteries pretty fast, and if you take pictures without the flash or from really far away in low light conditions, the pictures can be a little fuzzy. However, they still show up.Overall, I'd reccomend this camera :) It's great, and I can take it anywhere.
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Summary: Not a great camera, but not a bad camera either.
Review: I just bought this camera. I compared a few and this was the best value I found. The pictures come out clear in all modes and the flash is acceptable. It is a bit slow, but so are all of these small cameras. I've used a Ricoh and a Nikon in the type and price range before and this is the best out of the three. The movie setting is unimportant to me, but the quality of the videos is very poor. If you want to take movies, buy a movie camera. This unit is very easy to use, simple on screen settings, easy fast download via the included USB cable. I do suggest getting rechargeable batteries, but I suggest that for all of these types of cameras. All in all, the camera is small and light, easy to carry, easy to use and takes great photos for the format of camera that it is. If you want to do fine photography you must buy top of the line equipment as none of these little cameras will take those kinds of pictures. There is more to it than just mega-pixels!
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Summary: simple user friendly camera
Review: I just bought this camera;after buying, two negative reviews came out on amazon.This happened before I recieved the camera;worried I tried to cancel but the camera was in the shipping process.Boy am I glad I didn,t cancel;the camera works good for me.I bought it to take fish pictures;I also have a olympus 5050(top of the line camera 5mp)so I know what a good camera can do.I also know what to expect from a $130.oo camera.This camera is good for snapshot I don,t get redeye with the flash;the movies look better than my Olympus 5050;the color is fantastic.The olympus d-395 is small light(fits in your pocket)shoots good right out of the box.I can't stress this enough,if you like simplicity and want a simple camera that shoots good with no adjustments this camera is it.The display is 120000 pixels and looks as sharp and clear as my Olympus 5050;this makes it easy to check the sharpness of your pictures(you can zoom your picture in when displaying the picture on the lcd to check them)The camera is slow shot to shot but so are most cameras in this price range.The 395 also download you pictures without software with included USB cable.I prefer to back my exposier off -.5 when shooting in bright sunny outdoor conditions.I also turned down the LCD brightness 2 clicks.If you want simplicity,easy downloads,good picture on auto,fantastic LCD resolution,compactness and OLympus quality then buy this camera.
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Summary: Use and study before buying!
Review: I now own three Olympus digital cameras. The D-395 was my third and most disappointing, but it won't by my last Olympus because I made a consumer error when I purchased this camera....ASSUMPTIONS! I was looking for a replacement for my older Olympus D-380 because I had proudly given it to my significant. A good performer and reliable the D-380 was. I assumed that the newer D-395 would be at least as fast as my older D-380 when actually taking the desired photo after the shutter release was pressed. Wrong! Be prepared to limit your candid shots because you'll 'miss the moment'. Stills and portraits are fine though. I assumed that it would have as fast a flash recharge time as fast as my older D-380. Wrong! This is another 'miss the moment' issue. I assumed that it would be able to take as many and as fast of pictures in the continuous drive mode as my old D-380. Wrong! I assumed that it would charge up as fast when I first turn it on. Wrong! Yup, more of the same. I assumed that the display would be as clear. Wrong! I assumed that the flash would work as well in low light conditions. Wrong! As I mentioned before I made several assumptions when it came to these details. I am very pleased with my other Olympus products. So, be sure you know what you are buying and don't assume that just because you are purchasing the same brand AND upgrading in model number that you are upgrading the camera! Wrong!
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Summary: a good camera for casual users
Review: i purchased this camera for my mother who is a real estate agent. she uses it to shoot photos of the homes, and for nights out with her friends. not being a technological genius, she needed a simple camera. for her, this camera is perfect. as mentioned in some of the other reviews, its a touch slow, but she never finds it to be a problem.
we didnt even know about the 2 in 1 and auto-stitching-panoramas that the camera/software bundle create - so that was a wonderful surprise when we discovered them.
because of its slowness in focusing and actual capturing, i wouldnt recommend this camera to anyone who needs to do anything really quickly - but for some people, like my mother, this camera is exactly what she needed.
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Summary: Disappointed - can't recommend this camera
Review: I was looking for an inexpensive digital camera for my daughter, and the Olympus D-395 seemed to fit the bill. We ended up returning the camera, however, because it had some serious flaws:
- changing camera settings (picture quality, etc.) resets to the standard setting after turning the camera off. This means if you want pictures at a lower quality, you have to set this every time you start up the camera.
- the battery life is poor. Standard AA's don't last long at all (we did not try NiMH or other rechargeables).
- the response time from depressing the shutter to taking a picture is longer than any other digital camera I've tried.
- the on-screen menuing is very confusing and not intuitive. We always had to consult the manual to figure out how to do simple things like erase all pictures on the camera.
So even though the price is right, the camera is not, and I suggest you look at something a little more expensive and more capable.
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