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Olympus C-8080 8MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical The following report compares gadgets using the SERCount Rating (base on the result count from the search engine). |
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POPULAR HAT - 2006-02-13 11:19:00 | © Copyright 2004 - www.hat.net () | sitemap | top |
The 8080 I've been using for about three months. It takes excellent pictures and the 8mp resolution lets you crop and enlarge far beyond what my 2020 could. This is not, however, a 'point and shoot' camera for most pictures. If you enjoy the more technical approach to photography you might enjoy this camera.
It's good points have been well covered by other reviewers... read them as I agree with most of them. What I find less than ideal are the 'power zoom'... manual zoom would have been a much better choice for battery life (which I have found disappointing) as well as speed of zooming and tight control of zoom. Power zoom seems a great waste to me.
There is no reasonable warning of end of battery life. When the warning sounds you better be nearly finished for the day because you are going to need either an electrical outlet and several hours of charging or a very expensive back-up battery ($80). I like the 2020's four AA rechargables better.
The electronic viewfinder is over crowded with so much "information" that it detracts from composing your picture. . The brightness is adjustable but that's a pain and under many lighing conditions the electronic viewfinder is too dark and needs adjusting. My 2020 is better in this respect.
The lack of a seperate LCD to display much of the information that crowds the viewfinder is regretable. Of all my personal dislikes the view finder tops my list.
The lens hood fits poorly... it is so loose it flops around and seems about to fall off. I can't help but wonder how well the two converter lenses fit as I expect they use the same mounting.
The menu system is not easy to use in my opinion. It is very "powerful"... you can adjust just about anything you can imagine with the menus. But that takes lots of time and the learning curve is steep. The included printed manual is not a lot of use... the one on the CD is better but not very convient when you are out in the world without your PC.
To sum up... this IS an excellent camera and it does take bueatiful pictures. But it doesn't rate among the top because of the things mentioned above. I also think a digital SLR such as the Nikon D70 or Canon Rebel should be carefully considered before deciding on the 8080. Try out as many as you can before you invest your grand. My 8080 is currently back at the Olympus Service Center for a view finder problem not included in my above comments. I'll go back to my C 2020 and to be honest I'm not going to be too disappointed. That says a lot.