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Summary: fantastic except for 128Mb smartmedia
Review: The camera is fantastic. Takes great indoor pictures with no red-eye problems. It takes great action shots with the 3 shots/second (at high resolution). Amazing!Just three weeks into it, my 128Mb smart media card stopped working, however. I cannot get the camera to use that card, even though my laptop can read/write/format it just fine with my pcmcia card adapter. So, I am disappointed with that, but thrilled with the camera in all other respects.
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Summary: Amazed at the sharpness and resolution
Review: I'd been waiting for affordable digital cameras to get good enough to give me better pictures than my scanned 35mm negatives. Obviously I've waited long enough because this camera more than meets the test. There is a learning curve if this is your first digital camera--I recommend reading the manual--but the full complement of modes has not limited anything I've wanted to do. The macro focusing distance is close enough for normal flower shots--roses, lilies--and the camera fits my slow, cautious shooting style very well. I find the monitor easy to focus with, even with my post-middle-aged eyes. I can even use my reading glasses if I have too. The telephoto is long enough to be useful; shots from plane windows came out well. The f1.8 lens is great for indoor photography. If you're tired of futzing with film processing, dust&scratch cleanup, negative and proof storage, it's time to go digital! If you want to see your shots as soon as you take them, go digital! On my iMac, all I have to do is connect it, turn it on, and it looks like a drive. Copying 35 shots takes about two minutes. Get the rechargeable battery kit, have AA's for backup. With a 128MB card I get 55 shots at max resolution in the SHQ jpeg mode, and no file so far has been bigger than 2.1MB. Wow. Now all I need is a great photo-vacation!
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Summary: Fantastic Camera
Review: I had been using the Olympus D-460 Zoom the past six months and was very pleased by the quality and ease-of-use provided by the camera. It was time to upgrade, so I picked up the 3040 and was immeadiately impressed. The picture quality is absolutely stunning, and the huge array of options and features are great. If you're looking for a high-quality, reasonably priced 3 megapixel camera, this is the one.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This is an awesome camera! It is light weight, easy to use, and takes fantastic pictures. It is very user friendly and you don't have to be a genius to use it. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Wow!!
Review: Nothing is perfect, so no 5 stars. I waited to buy a digital camera because of cost and perceived low quality. Well, they are still expensive, but boy was I wrong about quality. The quality of this blows away my Minolta 35mm. I still prefer the control of an SLR camera, such as the perfect timing of a shot, zoom, etc... I just wouldn't pay 3-5k for a digital SLR. So I bought the c3040 and I will use it until the price for a digital SLR comes down to earth. The picture quality is absolutely amazing! The only problem I have had is with a viking 64mb card. The camera couldn't format it. Other than that, I love it. I highly recommend it for those who want quality pictures and don't need all the control that and SLR offers.
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Summary: Great camera even for a beginner
Review: This camera is great right out of the box. The lithium batteries that came with it worked fine, but buy the rechargeables. I used this camera at my wedding and the pics were almost as good as the professional photograpers. The only difference is that he used filters on his 35 mm and all that was used on this 3040 was the default settings. However, when printed on the Epson 870 with good Epson paper. You can barely tell any difference. And if you touch the digital photos up with some editing software, they are much better than the professional's photos. If you are in the market, buy this camera. I love it and have never changed any of the settings or added any periphals other than a larger memory card. By the way, the great wedding pics did not even use the highest resolutions setting and were still great. I REALLY LOVE THIS CAMERA. I use the USB cable plugged directly into the camera and it is very fast. The QuickTime movie feature is great too for uploading clips to our website.
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Summary: Resolution 3040 Super
Review: Other consummer reviews I agree with wholeheartedly! Negatives, I feel, not mentioned: 1. Camera does not have a "hand strap". I used the one from my Kodak 260. 2. Lens cap, altho coming now with a "stap" to attach to lens, still must be released manually - would prefer it to release once camera is turned on or at least fall off being held be strap once lens pops open. 3. Windows ME "sees" the Kodak DC 260 if it is attached via the USB cable and immediately brings up thumbnail images for review and download to selected folders with, in my case, Photoshop acting as the default editor. You have to select the "disk" under My Computer, then do 2 clicks of mouse to get to the camera images. Or, as one reviewer stated, you can use an inexpensive Smart Reader, pop the disk out of the camera and insert into the reader for fairly fast downloads. Here again, extra steps that I feel should not be necessary with the 3040. 4. A cover would be nice for the view monitor. Taking the camera out of a pouch can, if not careful, cause finger prints to appear on the view finder as you grip the extruding retracted lens with its cover and a reach over digital where the thumb or fingers finds the view monitor. But resolution? This digital with its f1.8 lens can't be beat. Outstanding!!!
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Summary: Serious photographers will love this camera!
Review: I had the C3030, but sold that and bought this because of the f1.8 lens on it (vice 2.8 on the 3030) which makes an already outstanding camera even better. This camera outstrips the performance of my 35 mm SLR, and after much research, I concluded it outperforms most digital cameras as well. When it comes right down to it, picture quality is what makes or breaks a digital camera. The C3040 sweeps the field. Color quality and sharpness exceeds my 35 mm. I took a face portrait of my son and blew it up to just his eyeball - you could count the tiny veins in his eye. You can easily blow up pictures beyond 8 x 10 and still have sharp pictures. It does a better job reproducing sharp, realistic colors than most Kodak film. I show the pictures to professional photographers using ten-thousand dollar cameras and they are all surprised at how close the performance comes to theirs. Low light capability is very good with the C3040. The menu is easily navigated (although it will take a little study of the manual; the camera has a lot of capability) and the controls are, for the most part, very easy to use. The camera is nicely programmable for those who want to venture there. The memory-buffered multi-picture capability (like a fast motor drive in an SLR) is very handy for action shots. The camera is extremely compact considering its capability and can be carried easily. When taking pictures, it is very comfortable and natural to hold, unlike many other digital cameras. The 3040 improved its interface capability since the 3030 model. You no longer need software loaded on a computer - plug in the USB cable and the camera is recognized as another hard drive for dragging and dropping files (or you can use the included software). I took it a step further and bought an inexpensive Smart Media PC card adaptor. I pop the card out of the camera and into the PC slot and it is a near instant download of 128 MB of pictures! (I purchased the 128 MB card and it holds a huge number of pictures). It uses up batteries, but no more than other digital cameras. I purchased 1400mah NiMH batteries and travel charger...it works great and lasts a reasonable amount of time; hasn't been a problem. I have taken many hundreds of pictures, perhaps thousands, without a glitch. One of my few complaints is the flash performance, but the camera takes such great pictures without the flash, especially with a tripod, I mostly don't use it. Olympus has come out with a new model already to one-up this one. I believe it's the C-4040, at 4.2 megapixel or something. I'm sure that's a great camera too, but you don't need it unless you routinely blow up your pictures to greater than 8 x 10. Bottom line is you will love this camera.
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Summary: FANTASTIC
Review: I used to be a serious camera buff. Loads of Nikon gear, etc. My first shot at digital was the Olympus D600L, a nice TTL digital. Not really comperable to a film camera, but good enough for small time digital only work - still used a couple of film cameras for 'serious' stuff. Just got the C-3040 after looking at its specs and reviews of the C-3030 here on Amazon. Amazon did not have the 3040 yet, so bought elsewhere (NY camera store). The 3040 meets or exceeds all expectations. It is a REAL camera. Compact, light, easy to use for point & shoot yet with almost all the 'serious' capabilties. No wait between shots, low light capable with f1.8 lens and ISO 400 ability. See the reveiws for the C-3030, kick in the added speed, and you know what I mean! Plus the little things - lens cap tied to the camera, ability to use the LCD for framing, index at the back of the manual, easy to understand manual (but too much to remember because of the many, many functions available). Although you need to go through menus for some stuff, most of the commonly needed functions are either on the dial or telephoto control. Can't say enough good about this puppy - it looks like our film cameras are going into early retirement. May seem pricey, but easily worth every cent.
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Summary: When will be available for sale????
Review: I am waiting for this camera to be available...anybody have a date????????? Thanx
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