Yashica T4 Compact 35mm Camera w/ Zoom Kit

Rating:
Summary: Great Camera
Review: This is a great camera. I looked around for a while for a 35mm point-and-shoot camera that took great outdoor pictures and was durable enough to go with me hiking. This one fit the bill. The Zeiss lens takes excellent photos. It is handy and durable. The indoor pictures are less desirable -- if you want a small size, very good pictures indoors and outdoors, but less durable, try the Olympus Stylus Epic. Yes, I also have a digital camera, but it stays home during vacations and hiking (there are many reasons). My longest period of shooting was a 23-roll set at Disney and all the shots turned out very well. Very impressed with this camera.

Rating:
Summary: What's the Big Deal?
Review: Yes, it's nice to have a 28 mm lens on an auto-everything camera, but other than that, I don't really understand what the big deal (the raves of other reviewers) is with this camera. The pictures are not any sharper than with my Olympus Stylus Zoom, the exposures are not that great under many conditions, it is very difficult -- if not impossible -- to stop the zoom where you want to in the middle of its range, and -- worst of all for me -- the camera comes pre-set with a printable (wrong) date, that unless you reset or erase it will ruin all of your photos!! I stupidly took this camera on vacation without testing it first and shot eleven rolls of film with it. I sure wish I had taken my Olympus instead.

Rating:
Summary: What's the Big Deal?
Review: Yes, it's nice to have a 28 mm lens on an auto-everything camera, but other than that, I don't really understand what the big deal (the raves of other reviewers) is with this camera. The pictures are not any sharper than with my Olympus Stylus Zoom, the exposures are not that great under many conditions, it is very difficult -- if not impossible -- to stop the zoom where you want to in the middle of its range, and -- worst of all for me -- the camera comes pre-set with a printable (wrong) date, that unless you reset or erase it will ruin all of your photos!! I stupidly took this camera on vacation without testing it first and shot eleven rolls of film with it. I sure wish I had taken my Olympus instead.