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Summary: Good things come in small packages!
Review: Although I am a professional photographer, I bought the Olympus Stylus Epic because I didn't want to have to lug all my big equipment to get togethers with family and friends. I have been very pleased with the camera. I recently compared photos taken with a Nikon F100 professional 35mm camera and compared them to the photos I took with the Olympus Stylus. The quality of the Olympus Stylus photos is almost better than the Nikon F100 photos! All images are very sharp and the flash had great coverage. The fact that it has no zoom cabability hasn't been a problem at all! Photos of small and large groups come out great as do landscapes. And it's so convenient to use...it fits easily in a pocket or in my purse. I'm thrilled with my Olympus Stylus! (And I'm not being paid to say this!)
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Summary: Quick and easy back up camera
Review: Bought used: quick and easy to grab and go. Takes good pics for an on-the-go small camera back up camera when size matters- but I wouldn't make it my main camera.
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Summary: SEEMED LIKE A PROBLEM BUT WASN'T
Review: I hope I'm not the only person who's had this problem.I received three of these cameras from Amazon in two months. It was a great testimonial to Amazon's customer service and also a sad commentary on Olympus's dull customer service. My first camera took 20 shots and then, after a remote shot, got stuck in 'red eye flash mode'. Olympus said it sounded like a malfunction so Amazon replaced it posthaste. My second camera took 1 shot and then refused to cycle through any of the flash modes. Amazon again replaced it. My third camera refused to cycle through any of the flash modes from the get-go. In desperation I begged Olympus to review the symptoms and let me know if I was doing something wrong. They obviously didn't read much of my letter, but sent back a polite e-mail saying they would be glad to look at the camera and give me a repair estimate. Suspecting some kind of personal incompetence, I then took the current camera to a repair shop. The shop agreed that the camera was not working properly. But, they didn't give it back to me. They kept poking at it and working the various buttons. Suddenly, the 'flash mode button' began working. It appears that when you use the other mode buttons, the camera can get left in the wrong state. At this point, it refuses to process the 'flash mode button'. This problem is not corrected when you turn the camera on and off, remove the battery, or even whack it a time or two (just kidding). Since I haven't read about this problem in any other reviews, I have to conclude that almost everyone else has better instincts than I do or that few people use the other buttons. Still, I'm writing on the off chance that there is another electronic imbecile out there, about ready to give up on the camera. Try again. Hit buttons randomly but not too hard. Given that the camera takes good pictures once it's in the right mode, I think I like it. I've been working hard on capturing the elusive pre-grimace facial expression. The Epic gives me hope as it certainly readies itself and opens its shutter a lot more quickly than other cameras I've had. My five year old is already used to the long red-eye-flash-flutter.
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Summary: Best Point and shot camera
Review: I bought this camera before leaving for my vacation to Switzerland. I made the decision to buy this one after reading the reviews on Amazon. And I like to thank all the people who help me to decide by writing there reviews. All my pictures came out excellent. Its hard to tell the diffrence between a picture taken from an SLR & by this point and shot camera. I will highly recommend this camera to anyone who is looking for a point and shoot camera for excellent results.
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Summary: great little camera
Review: I have bought four of these little cameras. (for different family members) It is reliable. It takes great pictures. It has the necessary features but not so many that one is overwhelmed. It fits easily in a shirt pocket. It doesn't have a zoom but that is just one less thing to break or use up your batteries. If you want to fill the frame just get closer to your subject. It doesn't have all the whistles and bells of larger more expensive cameras but a camera you have takes better pictures than one you left behind because it was too big or so expensive that you didn't want to risk losing it. I have the usual assortment of larger fully featured cameras as well as the required digital camera but I wouldn't be without one of these little beasts.
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Summary: who really needs zoom, anyway?
Review: It's TINY, and it has an amazingly clear and crisp lens. Take this camera on vacation with you, and some relatively slow film - 100 speed will more than suffice for good daylight shots. Snap away, catching all the shots you would've missed with a bulkier camera. Take it to a quality film processing shop - y'know, a place you'd normally stay away from 'cuz they charge more than $(...) a roll for processing - and ask them nicely to zoom in when printing shots that have a subject relatively far from the camera. I worked at such a shop for a year; believe me, they'll do it, just be nice. The low film speed will translate to a tighter grain, and the blown-up shots will look GOBS better in balance and texture than they would've had they come from a more expensive, bulker camera running 400 speed film, 'cuz any less won't properly expose on a long-zoom camera. For me, it was either this or a Nikon N80 SLR outfit; I chose this 'cuz I ended up spending about a seventh of what a comparably equipped Nikon setup would've run. Granted, I have nowhere near the control over my shot, but I want clarity, not artsy stuff, and the Stylus Epic is impossible to beat for a pocket-sized, super sharp camera.
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Summary: Workhorse
Review: I have the original, black Olympus Infinity Stylus. If this updated model is anything like it, then it is fantastic. I dropped my Stylus--it was in my lap in a minivan, I got out, it went flying, hit the ground and skittered under the minivan--and it was fine! That was over seven years ago and I've taken hundreds of pictures since then. If you want a good, solid workhorse of a point-and-shoot (it'll never do those arty time exposures), this is the perfect choice.
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Summary: the best camera is the one in your hands
Review: and often, the Stylus Epic is in your hands. But more than its pocketability, what makes the Epic click (sorry, bad pun) is the lens. Before the Epic, the only compact 35's with at least 2.8 aperture were what Popular Photography called "posh point and shoots", those pricey, hard to find (mostly discontinued) cameras like the Konica Hexar and Nikon 35/28Ti. Now, the Epic is not a Hexar, but if you want the closest thing to Konica's unique, tour-de-force classic in a price that won't make you gag, the Epic is it. And it has faster shutter speeds and built in flash! then there are the clever touches. ability to detect fluorescent lighting, six flash modes including slow sync (an SLR feature), a spotmeter, weatherproofing. If I have a complaint, it's that the camera resets to all auto when you switch it off. But then, it is a point and shoot, isn't it? It is not without a few caveats: hold it steady, especially when shooting in the Night Scene mode. Not even its speed will compensate for sloppy handling. Also, those suggestions about shooting in spot mode whenever possible are spot-on.
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Summary: GREAT little camera!
Review: Popular Photography recently called this camera "...possibly the best camera in the universe and I agree. It is small, light, it has an *excellent* quality lens. The lens quality is way above the average point and shoot. The lack of zoom is one of the reasons the lens can be *so* good. Maximum lens opening of f2.8 and maximum shutter speed of 1/1000 sec (but no 'manual' setting) It has an 'intellegent' flash that reduces flash intensity for close-up shots (prevents overexposure!) Many different available 'modes' give you great versatlity, including 'red eye' flash mode and a 'spot' metering option. I own 4 of these cameras!
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Summary: best one i used
Review: Best one I used.
Excellent. If you need a simple, easy to operate camera
And you want great results
Buy this one.
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