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Summary: A Great Camera for the Price
Review: I just purchased this camera, and must admit that I didn't do a lot of research before making the purchase. Talk about luck, the C3000 is a great camera and came with more features than I expected. It was incredibly easy to use and the menu system made it easy to navigate.
I'd suggest picking up another memory card, 8mb isn't enough to store more than 4-5 TIFF photos.
A great camera for a beginner!
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Summary: Great camera - have used for 1 year now
Review: I love to take photographs and have used this camera exclusively this past year with great results. Unfortunately, my regular cameras and lenses are gathering dust! I have a Film Reader 4 I use to download pictures to my computer, which is a must. I also have rechargeable batteries - also a must! The red eye feature works very well. The short movies are ok if the lighting is right. I just upload to Ofoto.com and print any pictures I want professionally developed at a fraction of the cost I used to pay, as I only develop the good ones! Also great for e-mailing! I don't use the software that came with it for editing pictures - I find my scanner software more powerful. I have 3 memory cards which are great when traveling!
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Summary: Overall, a great camera for the price!
Review: I got my C-3000 for Xmas last year, and have been using it regularly for almost a year.Some things I like about it:
-It takes very high resolution pictures. This is especially useful if you are a novice such as myself and need to liberally crop to have a nice picture (you won't end up with a grainy mess).
-It's small and easy to hold.
-It has quicktime video (which I didn't think I would use, but certainly has come in handy).
-It is fairly quick to recover between shots.
-It takes AA rechargeable batteries, and standard memory cards- both easy to get and not overly expensive.
-It has a nifty remote control.
-The Camedia software is very easy to use, and I have had no problem at all uploading pictures from the camera using the usb cable included. Some things that I don't like:
-It makes a horrible grinding noise if you turn it on w/o taking the lens cover off!
-It is unwieldy to page through menus to control aperture/focal length settings. Dial control of this (like on regular cameras) would be a huge bonus.
-If you buy the adapter lens kit, you must remove it everytime you shut your camera off (because the fitting is on the retractable lens) Not very convenient at all. Overall, I have been extremely happy with this camera, especially for the price.
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Summary: Cool Camera
Review: After store visiting and on-line reviewing, I decided to buy C3000. I agree with most of the reviewers: it is indeed easy to use and is a great camera. The feature I like the most is its manual operation. The picture info is like a professional coach that guides me in photography! It is this feature that allowed me to take the first successful night picture. (...)
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Summary: Great Quality and Price
Review: I purchased the Olympus C3000Z after recommendation of a friend and considerable research in the <(dollar amount), 3 megapixel range. I've used film cameras, 35mm 2.5x2.5, and point and shoot for years and so far after about month this camera is an excellent choice. I've used the Nikon 990 (about $(dollar amount)at work and the Olympus lens and picture quality seems to be, so far comparable. Downloading with the USB cable and Olympus software is a breeze, but don't expect to do much manipulation of the image with this software. I use Picture IT! software and presently looking at other inexpensive, usable software for an amateur like me. I took note of the problems with the lens cap, dropped mine several times and forgot to remove when turning on the camera, but I visited my local (...) and purchased a "tether" for less than $(dollar amount) that sticks on the cap and connects to the strap or strap attachment. It has become a habit to automatically take off the cap after removing from the camera bag and before turning on the camera. A family picture taken with the camera will be printed with a HP 952C Deskjet on Christmas card paper that will be sent to family and friends. A great bargin. If support and durability are as good as the camera seems to be I will be carrying the C3000Z instead of film cameras.
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Summary: Look no further
Review: This camera has all the features of a 35mm SLR + the ease and convenience of digital photography. Every aspect is 5 star. All the other reviewers seem happy with various functions however they all seem to focus on the lens cap grinding thing. Hey! get the extension tube and put a UV filter on it and get on with life! Forget the lens cap, dust and all the other stuff, it's a [dollar amount] fix.
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Summary: GREAT Camera ... GREAT Price
Review: All I can say is WOW! After arming myself with a considerable amount of research, and the knowledge that my budget was not limitless, I chose the C-3000. It's now about 45 days later and I'm still amazed by the quality. Is the camera perfect? Of course not. Nothing is. But when you combine the amazing quality of the images, the camera's small size, the great features and (the) low price ... this was a no-brainer.
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Summary: Great Value , I love this Camera .. Dave a Pro Photographer
Review: I searched all over the Web, and in stores before I bought my Olympus C3000Z. I can tell you from experience you can look everywhere, but for a great price from a reliable source, just stop here and buy from Amazon. I am a professional photographer who wanted a digital camera for last minute headshots, web use, and to become more knowledgeable about digital photography. I knew that Olympus made excellent digital cameras, so I narrowed my search on their brand. I also knew I wanted 3.3 Megapixles.
I have hade mine for a about a month now, and I'm very pleased. Through a combination of an Olympus accesory cable ( the FLCB04 ) and some wiring of my own ( I'm a techie at heart ) I have used my C3000 with my studio strobes, and also a Nikon SB series flash, with excellent results. I love the instant feedback, and not worrying about how much film I'm using. I know I have only scratched the surface of this cameras capabilities. I do suggest if you buy one that you buy the biggest Smartmedia card you can afford, I plan on getting a 128MB, and that you also buy 2 sets of NIMH batteries and a charger. This camera like all digital cameras will just chew through normal alkeline cells if you use the LCD display for any length of time. When I went to the Photo East Show in NYC this past November, the Olympus rep told me that this camera would not Sync with Studio flash. Well I can tell you Yes it does. I will warn you, you need to use a flash with a low sync voltage or use a Radio slave to protect the sync circuits in the camera, but it does work. For me it has been like discovering Photography all over again. You can do things you just can't do with a normal film camera such as change the speed ( ISO ) for each frame if you want to. Switch on the fly from color, to Sepia, to B&W, and best of all, see right then and there if you got the shot you were after. My only complaints are 1) the shutter lag that is part of all sub $2000 digital cameras, and the time it take to write the file to the card if you shoot in Hi-Res TIFF format. But this is a (...) camera, next year I'll go for the E20. In closing for the amount of money I spent, I have no regrets.
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Summary: Great Camera for an Excellent Price
Review: I purchased this camera about a month ago, and I couldn't be more pleased. It took all of about 10 minutes to get it up and running including installation of the software. One caution about the software is that it won't work on an upgrade of Windows 95 to Windows 98. It will work just fine if you upgraded to 98 SE. I would recommend a higher capacity memory card; the 8MB is not really useable for much. The lens cap, as many other users have reported, is a pain. The best thing about the whole unit is that it is so user friendly. I am truly an amateur photgrapher, and in no time, I was taking great pictures. The menus are easy to understand, and you can quickly make adjustments. By customizing the set-up, you can save some battery life.
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Summary: Very High Quality
Review: This is a great camera. Quality when printed on 8x10 photo paper has fooled professional photographers I've shown them to without them really studying the print. Exceptional sharpness and capable in low light situations without a flash or elapsed time shots. Remote allows shots only when camera is facing you and only has utility if you are trying to get yourself into the photo. 30 second movies are fairly high quality, but just a bonus as few would buy the camera for that feature. Have taken close to 10,000 images with the camera and would replace it with a similar Olympus model if it did finally crap out. Have owned over 10 digital cameras through the last 3 years used for personal and business applications. This camera is the same as the 3030 with half of the buffer memory, but can still fire shots nearly as quickly as you wish. It's withstood several drops while in a case without damage and has performed well.
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