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Summary: it's the optical zoom, stupid!
Review: This is a gem! great pictures, good definition... Always get a digital camera with optical zoom, as digital zoom only magnifies pixels, leaving reality untouched. Nice macro-mode, motor drive mode rocks...
One star off for s-l-o-w autofocus... If you like photographing fast moving animals like my cat Sam, you'll be disappointed.
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Summary: Perfect For The Beginner
Review: This camera is perfect for a casual camera user and a beginner. The quality is very good and everything is VERY simple to use. This camera is especially great with Mac OS X. All you have to do is hook it up to your Mac, and iPhoto opens up with all your photos there. It's brilliant! The size of the camera is also perfect and very light to carry around with ease. The battery life is very good as well. No complaints from me.
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Summary: Fragile camera, maybe not for teenagers
Review: I carefully researched digital cameras before deciding on this one. It had all the features I wanted, and the price was right.
Unfortunately, the manufacturers don't tell you how easily these cameras break!
Within the first six weeks, my teenager accidentally dropped it from a height of about two feet, and the zoom lens zammed, making the camera inoperable. It's not covered under the limited warranty, and the repair estimate from Olympus ranges between ...[alot of money of alot more money]!
It's one thing to have a lot of great features, but for many people a digital camera is used by the whole family, and this one may not be tough enough for the job.
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Summary: Right For the Price
Review: I researched every camera on the market before settling on this model for my purchase. The capabilities and price were just right in this otherwise tight market. The camera arrived from Amazon.com in just 4 days and I was up and using it in minutes. If you have Windows XP downloading the photos is simple. The picture quality is the best in this class of camera. I'm very happy with it.
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Summary: Too slow
Review: I had the Olympus D-450 before and I loved it. Now I wanted a 2 Megapixel camera and decided to buy the Olympus D-520. In general it's a great camera - lightweight, great picture quality, easy to use - but what I REALLY did not like (and that's the reason I returned this camera): It takes way too long in between shots. If you use the flash and your batteries are not brandnew (the camera shows them as full) you have to wait approx. 30 seconds, maybe even more until you can make your next shot. Believe me - kids don't hold still that long! I think they sacrificed the speed by using only 2 batteries. Now I will go on the quest to find a faster camera.
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Summary: its amazing!!!
Review: Well I bought this camera after a lot of study about the price/value trade off over the net.finally i had to choose between canon A40 and olympus D520.The two are almost the same.
I gave more preference to olympus camera because of its 2 battery usage and easliy available in a good deal.
I feel the camera is fabulous.Its lightweight,take great pics even in small size,uses 2 batteries....
well there is a slight problem of prolong time between continuous photos..but as some other customer mentions it,its not 30-40 seconds..its about 10 seconds.....
The photographs are very much clear with outstanding colour.Also the photo only gets blurry if u dont take according to the prescribed way to take the photographs...Its always better to read the manual bfore taking the pics...
Some of the other reviewers mentions that u cant have a preview of the last picture without shutting off the camera is absolutely wrong.There is an option in which u can see the last photo taken without shutting the camera off.(its clearly mentioned in the manual)....
well i am a visitor to US.I bought this camera here.I took this camera to New york for my visit and it gave me fantastic results.I have used this camera for around two weeks and I am out and out impressed with this olympus stuff.Just keep in mind read the manual and understand the settings to take the best use.
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Summary: Blurry pictures
Review: I use an Olympus C2000 at work, so thought the same brand and highly recommended camera model would be worth a try at several $$$ less....boy was I mistaken. Actually, the D-520 has some really cool features. The 2 in 1 mode and movie modes are very useful. Unfortunatley I can't find a way to change the shutter speed (even though the manual lists about 5 different speeds.)Way too many of my pictures turn out blurry.This has NEVER been a problem with the C2000...I get GREAT pictures every time. I am returning the 520 tomorrow to Circuit City and will exchange for the latest version of my work camera (C-3020)
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Summary: WARNING! CAN YOU DOWNLOAD YOUR PHOTOS?
Review: The camera works great, but what Olympus neglect to tell you, until you search through the fine print in the manual buried inside the packaging, is that if you have an add-on USB card instead of a built-in, then you CANNOT download your photos except bu buying an $[money] disk drive adapter.
They should have stated this up-front on the package, then I would have bought a different camera......
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Summary: I rate this camera....So So
Review: According to our sales man, this camera was rated by Consumer Reports as the Number 1 Camera under $.... Two weeks after purchasing it, I failed to see why. The limited 2 Megapixels DO make a difference, especially when printing regardless of size. Features I liked: Nightime flash was wonderful! Looked like photos were taken during the day. Very lightweight (although almost seemed flimsy). Superior Lens Quality. Picture Size: even high quality photos were not huge in bytes on the computer. Features I did not like: Cannot View Photos (or even last photo taken) without shutting camera. Prolonged time from taking of one photo to next (I am talking 20-40 seconds! a lot when you see a photo you like). Often "closed" the front panel when grabbing camera from someone to take a photo, in turn shutting it off. Red Eye feature: everyone always blinked after it. In the end, I exchanged it for the D-550 which was much worse (stay away!) and finally got the Sony CyberShots.
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Summary: Seduced by the price.....God do I fell like an idiot!
Review: I bought the D-520 camera because of it's price. ...do I feel like a moron. Let's face it folk...the old adage is correct, you do get what you pay for. To make a long story short, after hassling with the poor photos and quirky behaviour of the D-520 for a few months and losing out some outstanding photos, I decided to schmarten up and sell my D-520 ... I then bought a [different] camera. Well, if a Olympus 3X zoom lens and its peculiar photos is kissing your sister, then the [other] lens and it's razor sharp photos and outstanding colors (at [a higer price]) is like planting one simultaneously on the lips of Monita Rajpal and Zain Vergee (can you think of anything more heavenly?). There you have it in plain English :)
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