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Summary: Expected more from Olympus
Review: I was very happy with the Olympus D-380 I had for two years. When I bought a 395, I thought I would get all of the 380's great features plus better resolution, but instead found that they had stripped out much of what I liked in the 380 in order to make it 3 megapixels.
Another review has a good catalog of the 395's faults: slow start and recharge, etc., but what I really miss is the spot metering and the ability to have the display off as a default. I suppose they wanted to simplify it, but they really dumbed it down.
And to make matters worse, it takes lousy pictures. The exposure never seems to be right. The 380 got it right nearly every time.
The whole family hates this camera.
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Summary: Great camera---read the manual first!!
Review: There IS a spot metering mode and there IS a way to start the camera up without the monitor being on....to the person who wrote the last review...read the manual: I got this camera 20 minutes ago and already know that much! Anyways---I think this a great camera for the price...I have a Fuji also and like this the same but clarity is better on the screen. As with ALL digital cameras, the batteries go quickly so get rechargeable ones!! But one question-- does anyone have trouble with the playback mode of pictures-do they appear fuzzy for like 3 secs then appear clear?? Thanks.
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Summary: Pass it on
Review: This camera was a big disappointment for me. The pics are really grainy and low budget looking. The camera does not respond well at all to low lighting and the flash discolors everything. The body is really cheap and the lense is hard to clean. I've used the Canon 60 and Nikon Coolpix 2100 and the pic quality was soooo much better. I did not purchase it from Amazon, but I will be returning this camera and getting something here instead.
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Summary: Perfect starter digital camera
Review: This is the perfect digital camera for first time users like myself, takes good pictures and has a simple menu system. Ignore the bad reviews here, the pictures are fine and I suspect the photographers are to blame not the camera!
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Summary: Not a bad camera
Review: Was given a used D395 by a friend and have made good use of it since. Not evident problems, and picture quality seems quite adequate.
Rating: 
Summary: Some major problems here,
Review: While the quality of photos I printed are good, even at 8x10, my problem is elsewhere. Anytime the photo isn't in bright sunlight, the photo is garbage. With the flash on the background all but disappears in blackness. Without flash the image appears like a multiple exposure (fuzzy outlines). Action shots are also problematic because of the delay from pressing the button and time until the photo is actually taken. Outside of those problems the camera has held up well to my constant abuse and the short battery life is solved by turning off the auto-display of each picture after you take it & by using rechargeable batteries.
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