Olympus Reviews

With the exception of the remote shutter control, this collection of accesories really doesn't add any unique functionality. You can buy the battery almost anywhere, the case is nice but unexceptional, and the tripod won't fit into the camera case -- a logical place to carry it.

Of the three pieces (I won't comment on the battery since it's just a Duracell CR123 that you can buy anywhere), I use the case the most, the remote shutter release occasionally, and I've never used the tripod. I have a feeling your mileage won't vary. :-)

I must say, not exactly the best lens I've seen but the remote control makes a nice accessory if you are tired of taking pictures of family, but not the WHOLE family because you are taking the picture? The tripod is sort of flimsy, but I do like the carrying case indeed!

Other than the remote, the other accesories in this pack are not to die for. The base is dinky, the battery you can get at any drug store and the case, while it is very nice, can not hold the remote or the base (really dumb marketing move).

When I decided to buy these they had a 3 star rating so I thought to myself, "How bad could they be?". My opinion? Worse than 3 stars.

I couldn't focus onto an image clearly at 10x zoom and at 30x it just gets worse. And even at 10x zoom, the field of view is very small so tracking an object can be difficult. If the sun isn't out and the day isn't clear, the image through the binoculars at full zoom is dim at best.

Olympus should have thought a little more before they released these. I'm going back to Canon optics.

For its price, it's a very nice 10-30x25 zoom binocular. At 10X, clarity and brightness is not much diff. than comparable fixed mag. 10x binocular. At 30X, the distortion and brightness are comparable to low-end fixed mag. 30x binocular. To change zoom while maintain targeting, I have to learn to focus with my left hand while zoom with right. It's different than my other binoculars but I get used to it after some practices. The twist up/down eyecups are a bit of annoyance.
Note: Be realistic in what any 30x25 binocular can do for you. Don't expect it can be held steady nor track object at 30x.

I want to purchase this product but I can't find the shopping cart on any other way to buy.

I started with a Olympus 400Z I think. 1280x960 still printed great 8.5x11 on my photosmart. Now I've got 3.3 mega pixels, and I can't wait to print one of those at that size.

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Things I love:

Quality of photos

3.1 high resolution photos/second, to capture the action. I took some pictures of my daughter whipping a bubble wand around in a circle. With a regular 35mm camera I would have wasted 10 shots using the same approach. I got some spectacular action shots which you can see at ..., userid=jpayne.

Takes great indoor pictures. No problems with red-eye, and I am pretty sure I haven't even been using red-eye reduction. The Nikon Coolpix cannot be used for indoor pictures, if you believe the reviews.

QuickTime movies are a great way to share an experience with loved ones. I use the 320x240 (I think) resolution with sound. 75 seconds of that produces about a 24Mb .MOV file, which QuickTime 4+ can read and play back. In order to share that with my family on the east coast, I had to fork our $29 to apple to get the quicktime pro, which allowed me to compress that movie. That quality goes down, but I was able to produce a decent movie with a size of 1Mb instead of the original 15Mb (this was a 45 second movie). Awesome. The fact that sound is part of the movie is critical. The Nikon Coolpix 990 doesn't have sound with its movies.

I copy the images to my laptop with a PCMCIA card. I just plop the smartmedia card into the PCMCIA card that's already inserted, and the "Removeable Disk" appears in Windows Explorer, and I can copy megabytes of data/second onto my hard drive. Don't waste your time with the FlashPath floppy adapter.

I manage my images with ThumbsPlus by cerious software (...). For $75, this is a dream come true for photo management software. In addition to all the image manipulations you could ever want, it also allows you to (a) apply a similar operation to a whole set of images at once, (b) associate keywords with each image, (c) allows you to associate user-defined fields to each image. The result of which, you can perform queries of the form: "Find all imagines with Mom, Dad and Madeline, in Hawaii, out doors, in 1999". Up pops a slice of your image database in seconds. Sure beats combing through photo albums (that I never get around to putting together anyway!)

I like the panoramic mode very much. The software does a good job of stitching the images together for you. You need the olympus card, though - the feature is disabled without that card.

The camera is nice and small.

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Things I don't like:

The lens cap doesn't automatically come off, so you MUST remember to remove it before you turn the camera on, or else you will hear a grinding noise as the camera lens tries to extend. I am already over this.

You cannot zoom when you make QuickTime movies if you are recording sound. When you try to zoom, it does a digital zoom instead of an optical zoom. Why bother?

The speed at which the camera copies images and movies to and from the smartmedia is less than inspiring. SO you will take a QuickTime movie for 75 seconds, and then wait another 45 seconds while the movies is copied to the smart media. Then when you want to play it you will wait another 45 seconds while it's copied back into the 32Mb internal buffer. I usually just play the movie back on my laptop, which can copy to/from the smartmedia in seconds (actually, it just plays the movie directly off the smart media card).

Previously I had mentioned I had trouble with 128Mb smart media cards, but it turned out to be the card. I wasn't able to determine the brand of that card, otherwise I would warn y'all about it

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You can go to ... and look for albums from userid=jpayne to see some of the photos I have taken with the camera. The pictures are all taken in the highest resolution, and most of them are taken at highest quality as well.

This camera is incredible! With all the features it's one of the lowest priced and versitile camera's I've found (and I did alot of research before purchase). It's got BW, sephia, white board, black board and normal modes. You can adjust white balance, flash intensity (it also has an external flash output), shutter speed, ap. opening, picture format (HQ JPEG, SHG JPEG, TIFF, etc), etc. It's got a movie function that will record high quality video (better than my Sharp 8mm camcorder) and audio for upto five minutes! It's very easy to attach things like a wide angle or telescopic lens with a tube adaptor. It's a 3.3 megapixel camera, but Olympus has a better quality 3.3 than other cameras (I know, 3.3 is 3.3, but the pictures speak for them selves). It's got a tripod mount, timer, red-eye reduction, and remote control (that's right, it's got a remote control). It's got 3X optical zoom (meaning it uses lenses to zoom) and 2.5X digital zoom (meaning it blows up the image losing resolution). On top of all this, mine has taken a helluva beating (extreme cold, droppage, even mud), but there's no stopping it! You will love this camera!

I was planning to upgrade my C-3040 and tried different 5 megapixels cameras, such as Canon G5, Nikon Coolpix 5700 and Olympus 5050. C-3040 made better focus pictures than G5 or Nikon 5700!!! Olympus 5050 made identical pictures and although it had more features and accepts more card formats I was not able to justify the upgrade.
This showed me I made a right choice purchasing this camera.

If I have a chance to give a title to "Olympus Accura View Zoom 80QD 35mm Camera"I would name it Model "C.C.C".
These 3 C's stand for Cost effective,Customer/User friendly & Charismatic.This Camera has all latest features & it is fully automatic with considerable zoom.
It caters to the needs of wide range of users from beginners to professional.It has no complex feature to learn yet gives clear & sharp pictures.
Its sleek & smart design is easy to carry as well as it looks trendy.

This camera can placed between the category of high end camera
with bigger zoom & digital technology && low end camera with basic features & negligible zoom.
I think this what I was looking for...

This camera is awesome! It is easy to use, takes great pictures and is very affordable. This camera takes better pictures that cameras costing 2-3 times as much.