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Summary: biggest bang for the bucks!
Review: After literally days of research (reading reviews and specs) while looking for a digital camera in Toronto, the C-3000 has truly won my heart, and I'm sure I speak for many who bought this camera.As I've been an active amateur photographer for 20+ years, I really appreciate the versatility the C-3000 comes with and yet it allows me to fully engage my shooting with manual settings like using my SLR. It is a great piece of gem as an upgrade replacement to my older point-and-shoot digital camera that I bought years ago and now I always carry it around with my SLR. Many good things about this camera have been said here and so I try to be concise. For less than $..., you get:
1. Great optics and resolution: 8 elements in 6 groups, aspherical lens equivalent to 32-96mm zoom lens on 35mm camera, f2.8-11; 3.3 megapixel CCD producing image resolution up to 2048 x 1536 (Olympus always has excellent optics and image reproduction)
2. 1.8" LCD display and optical viewfinder
3. Macro mode for close-up shooting, minimum range: 0.8"
4. Supports Panoramic feature (w/ Olympus SmartMedia only)
5. Supports full program, aperature priority and shutter priority auto exposure as well as manual exposure; auto exposure bracketing; spot metering; exposure compensation
6. Allows manual focusing
7. Able to capture QuickTime movie (15fps) with sound
8. IR remote control
9. aluminum casting! A few features that I wish it had:
1. a faster lens ... like f2.0 in the C-2040 or the f1.8 in C-3040
2. a larger memory buffer to allow a faster shooting sequence and a longer movie capture time
3. a bigger memory card! the 8MB card that it comes with is nowhere near sufficient!
4. a more standard lens diameter ... the 43mm threaded lens mount (w/ the CLA-1 adapter) is such an odd size! and you can't put a filter right on the CLA-1 adapter because the lens tube will hit the filter when the camera is powered up!
5. a better design: the extended lens with a step-up ring and filter will obstruct the object from the viewfinder!
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Summary: Windows ME - Read this before you panic!
Review: Another reviewer wrote: ""Warning to Windows ME users November 6, 2000 I have not used this camera, rather the D360L. However, when I upgraded to Windows ME (to take advantage of "My Pictures" and the built-in digital camera stuff), my camera wouldn't work. It wasn't in the driver list, so I contacted Olympus. This was my response (read - "doesn't work - we're not doing anything abount it")"" My answer for Windows ME Users: DO NOT ATTACH THE CAMERA TO THE USB PORT UNTIL YOU INSTALL THE SOFTWARE. After the software has been installed, shut down the computer and connect the camera. Turn the camera on to the "display Pictures" setting and then start up the computer. Windows will detect new hardware and attempt to install the driver. Choose the Windows 2000 Professional driver (Not Windows 98). Once the driver has been installed, each time the camera is connected and turned on the system communicates just fine through the Camedia program. Enjoy. I received one of these cameras on Dec 8th and WHAT A CAMERA. Pics are sharp and clear plus very easy to use. After reading all the way through the 200 page manual I realized that I learned enough in the basic functions section to let the camera handle most situations automatically.
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Summary: C3000 for an over average photography knowledge person
Review: Things I like:
1) The 32mm lense, so you can get more into your picture. MOst DC have 35mm, and lots of zoom. I don't need that much of zoom personally.
2) Full manual control, great! Just like the SLR old days.
3) Very nice colors, especially when developed by better equiments, I assume shutterfly.com has better printer than I do.
Things I DON'T like:
1) The lense cap is very easy to get lost
2) The LCD has no automatic brightness control, so in a darker room, you see darker image, which is not qhat you really want to see.
3) Sequential, panoramic modes can only work with olympus brand SM! This makes my 128M card not useable for these features!
4) Optical paralax
5) Easy to get scatched LCD
6) Big!
Still I like the camera, don't take me wrong. It is in several ways better than the 3020/3030 models.
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Summary: fun shoot
Review: I recieved this camera as a Christmas gift, as many may have. So far this camera has amazed me. This is my first digital camera (not a bad way to start). The picture quality is great, now I will have to upgrade my printer to get the most out of my images. The panoramic mode is awesome. Just shoot the picuters and let the software mend them together. Also the RCA jack to hook up to a TV is also very handy to display your pictures to your friends. The menu drivin modes is very easy to use, however don't leave home without the instruction manual, you will probaly need it to get the most out of the feature and relying on your memory may not cut it. The downsides are minimal. The lens cap thing that others have written about is true, hang on to that thing. It has a little trouble working in a cold environment. Get a battery charger! The 8mb card is not enough, I would recommend a 32mb. Plan on spending a couple hundred more in accesories. Overall I love the idea of saying goodbye to film and developing time and costs. The USB downloads very quickly but use the AC adaptor when doing this, the batteries will thank you.
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Summary: Great Pics !!!! Excellent Camera !
Review: The Olympus C-3000 (now priced ...) is a wonderful buy. In its league it is by far the best digital camera. Its got a resolution of 3.34 MP. Other camera's with the same resolution cost a lot more. This camera is easy to use, and prints wonderful pictures. I had an HP C315 xi and I was disappointed because the pictures looked grainy but not in this one, the pics in this one are better than a film camera. This camera also does MPEG movies with sound. I love that feature. It has pretty decent LCD. Watch out though, though ! If you buy this camera from not a reputed store, you might find a couple of dead pixels on your LCD screen. Buy it from a reputed store such as AMAZON or (...)so that you get value for your money. This camera comes with the cables that let you connect it to your television and view a slide show of all the pictures. It does not come with a carrying case. It comes with a remote control that allows you to be part of all the pictures you are taking (which is a good thing !). You can connect this camera to your USB port of your computer (make sure you've got a USB port in your pc and you've got Windows 95 b, otherwise this may not work for you. It comes with the Camedia Software which although not the best, will do okay. I recommend buying a memory card of atleast 64 MB. (Try (website) for a cheap card). This helps a lot. The card that comes with the computer is only 8 MB. You'll run out of this easily. There are other cameras which are very expensive and I do not recommend those. I think this camera is simply wonderful. One more thing, you will definitely need rechargeable NiMH batteries and a recharger, the batteries provided run out sooooooo easily.
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Summary: Takes great pictures!
Review: I bought this camera before going on a family trip to Alaska and was able to take some really amazing crystal clear pictures of glaciers, cravasses and mountains. This camera is absolutely incredible. * Be sure you have a USB port in your computer before getting this, as this is the only way to connect this camera to your computer---which is much much faster than a serial port connection. * The software comes with Quicktime so that any "movies" you take with your camera can be .mov files---they come out great, awesome sound. * There's a 3x zoom which works great...plus 2.5x digital zoom which zooms much further but might sacrifice a little bit of quality--great to know that one has this option * pretty compact and looks like a normal camera instead of other bigger, hunkier digital camera models. * shutter speeds from 16 sec. to 1/800 sec. * 1.8" wide LCD monitor in the back for auto viewing * remote control Overall, this is a really great camera if you're willing to spend the money. Considering how much of a photo freak I am, it's worth it.
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Summary: best camera I reviewed, bought and swear by!
Review: I reviewed many camera's for months before i purchased this camera. I have been using this camera for two years and counting without a problem. I think the picture quality is excellent and this camera is very durable. I have used most of the features and found it to live up to all my photography needs. The only negatives are the len cap needs to be removed before powering up the camera and the 16meg smartmedia that comes with it is way to small in size for multi picture taking. But still a great camera.
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Summary: Workhorse!
Review: I've clicked away through Costa Rica, Ireland, Lake Tahoe (skiing - finally lost the easily popped-off lens cap) and many other places. Excellent camera - sometimes need to "touch up" photos, but overall sturdy, great image quality and full of features. I am extremely satified with Olympus cameras - both film and digital (I also use Pentax film and Canon ELPH digital).
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Summary: GREAT CAMERA
Review: Bought this camera 15 months ago. First attempt at digital photography. There are not enough words to describe this GREAT Camera. Only down side is the lens cap. Yes, I have lost mine. Someone could make a fortune selling lens caps.
Battery life is great. Photos are out of this world, sharp, clear, absolutely incredible.
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Summary: This Camera Rocks
Review: For those of you not very familiar with all the technical madness of digital cameras,like me =).Buy this cam its worth every dollar. It really captures the moment. Buy yourself some good rechargable batts, and your on your way to clicking great pics.
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