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Summary: Low price for the high quality, let me give a quality review
Review: I have been using this camera for about a month now. I did extensive research on the internet for digital cameras $500 and under. The runners where Olympus 360L, Kodak 210, and Olympus D460Z. And it is a very impressive camera overall. The camera itself offers wide angle or zoom 3x shots. It also offers a 3x cropping to bring it to 6x. It's menu is very easy to use out of the box. Has 2 menu modes, one with camera active, one when it's not active (setup mode.) It's auto focus is by holding the button halfway down for a sec, then clicking. It's wide/zoom is a small lever next to shutter button for easy access. You can use it's LCD or to save on batteries it's normal view frame for taking shots. The smartmedia card and batteries easily installs/uninstalls. If offers what they call a Paranormal mode which takes multiple pictures on one frame. It offers a sequence mode that lets you take 10 pictures back to back with for a series shot. You will need to format your SmartMedia card if it's not from Olympus, but it's fast and easy to do. My only gripes are when closing the lens cover, you have to be careful and let the lens retrack first, so you just close it a little, then the rest of the way after lens is back in. The flash flips up, and seems a little clumsey there, but it works fine. You will need to purchase more than just this camera when you buy it. What it comes with is: 2 lithium batteries, a hand strape, an 8meg smart media card. And what else you need would be: a carrying case (est $30), a bigger smart media card (I got a 64meg est $60), NiMH Batteries w/charger(they aren't cheap but worth it est $110), a smart media reader (est $40), and maybe the power adaptor (est $60). With a 64meg card I get 36 shots in sqhq mode. And with my NiMH batteries, after one month of use, I still haven't had to replace them. Normal alkline recharables last maybe 30-40 shots, the NiMH last more like 300-400 shots. I use the lithium that came with it for backup batteries and place them in my case with 8meg memory card. A SmartMedia reader is a must for getting the pictures to your computer. Otherwise you will have to use the serial connection to the camera and very slowly d/l the pics. Which means you'd have to have a power adaptor because it would drain your batteries. With a media reader, it's like using a zip drive, and see the MediaSmart card as another drive, and you just drag and drop your pics to your drive, fast, simple, and very slick. If you choose to purchase this camera, you will be more than pleased that you did. But be aware, you will need to make a few more purchases in accessories to truely enjoy this camera.
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Summary: Excellent Camera but Maybe One Problem
Review: Overall I really like my D460, but having owned it now for half a year it has one weakness: the lengthy delay between taking consecutive photos. In the medium density "HQ" mode, each photo takes about 2-3 seconds to write to the SmartMedia memory card. This delay can be infuriating. When photographing evolving action, sometimes I take a photo too early - the action gets more interesting and I want to take another shot. But if it is within 2-3 seconds of taking a prior shot, the D460 can't help you. Press away at the shutter button all you want (even with the flash totally off). It is not listening.Frankly, most of the time this is not a problem. But this delay bother me so much that I went out and also bought the Olympus D490 Zoom, which is almost identical to the D460 but adds a RAM memory buffer. Delay between shots is almost zero. Shoot as fast as you want. Another advantage, having tested both of my cameras side-by-side, is that the D490 "boots-up" more quickly and therefore is ready to use just a fraction sooner. Instead of buying two cameras like me, maybe check out the D490 as well. Currently it is... more than the D460, and maybe worth it. Otherwise, the D460 has been a work-horse. I've shot about 1,000 images and surprisingly the TFT LCD display on the back of the camera has turned out to be quite scratch-resistant. After 6 months and a trip to Italy, it looks just as pristine as the LCD display on my new D490. Both fine cameras (though wish I owned only one).
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Summary: Problems After a Month of Very Limited Use
Review: After only having it for one month and using it for fewer than 80 pix, I had to send my D-460 Zoom Digital Camera for factory service. It put a green line down the middle of all my pix, starting with the group of pix of my mom who has terminal cancer (thanks, Olympus!). So I finally get my camera back three weeks after I sent it for repair, and guess what?! I can't even try it out because my batteries are included in an envelope that says, "Dead and must be replaced" ... they weren't dead when I sent them in!!! I am awaiting a response from Olympus for some working batteries. I can't even say if the camera is fixed yet because I have no batteries. Needless to say, I am unhappy with both the camera and Olympus' service.
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Summary: Great Camera--30 bucks too expensive
Review: I bought this camera from Costco cheaper than Amazon.com. Amazon.com is way too expensive. This is a great camera. I also bought an accessory called Flashpath which allows you to transfer the photos effortlessly to the PC using your 1.44 floppy drive. I highly recommend it, however, search the internet for the lowest prices, because prices vary greatly.
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Summary: GREAT CAMERA FOR THE MONEY
Review: GREAT CAMERA USER FREINDLY AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES EASY TO USE SOFTWARE GREAT FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS. YOU WANT BE DISAPPOINTED
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Summary: Great Camera!
Review: I was very happy with this camera, it has nice features, nice quality photos for the price, however - do not buy the SanDisk reader as you may run into problems. Found the rechargeable batteries to work the best with this camera - will save you a lot of money!
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Summary: If you want a digital this year, buy this camera!
Review: This is a great camera for the money. I have really enjoyed mine. It has all the resolution I need for email. If you are thinking about paying more for extremely high resolution, wait until next year. The new CMOS technology is suppose to yield resolution better than 35mm film at a drastically lower price.
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Summary: Excellent Camera, Easy to Use !!!
Review: I'm pretty satisfied with this camera. I originally was going to buy the 360, but I switched to this one because it includes the zoom The Olympus D-460L is very easy to use, and produces great shots even in normal quality. Battery's life is OK for me. Perhaps the only complaint is that it doesn't include a purse that allows to protect it
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Summary: Great camera....great shots....simple to use!
Review: Camera is very easy to use, and produces great shots. Even at its lowest resolution, the files look good and are very compact (~50K) and so are ideal for uploading onto websites. The camera really is very inituitive to use. My only 2 minor whinges are: 1. When my camera arrived, I found it abit larger than I thought it would be! 2. Its a bit slow downloading the files through the supplied serial cable. All in all a great feature packed camera. Looking back I would definitely re-buy this one!
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Summary: Olympus 460Z Digital Camera
Review: I research 12 digital camera over a three week period. I am a technical specialist for major aerial film and image processing lab in Ohio. The Olympus was worth the time to research. I have had the camera for two months. It is compact and offers many easy to use fearures. My wife, a novice, found the easy to understand and operate. We use the fine quality (SHQ) setting with 32 MB card. The download of images to the PC through the serial port is efficienlt quick We have printed several 8.5"x11". I have printed to 13"x19" on the HP 1120cse printer with excellent results. All images are in the camera jpg format and written to CDs. This allows us to work with the images in PhotoDraw, PhotoShop, and PowerPoint. I have recommended this camera to our company president.
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