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Reviewed by UK Guest, 29th Jul 2004. |
| Review Summary: Bargain! |
Overall Score: 5/5
 
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Review: If you're thinking of spending ?200 on a digital camera - don't! - buy this Olympus Camedia C-220 Zoom digital camera and use the rest of the money to buy some spare memory cards. The camera is very compact, simple to use with an excellent 3X zoom lens, and start-up time is quite fast - less than 4 seconds from opening the lens cover. Picture quality in SHQ mode is almost unbelievable for a 2M Pixel camera - images are sharp, with natural colours and compare favourably with many 3+ M Pixel cameras. At this quality the supplied 16M card will store only 9 images but a 128M card costing around ?20 will hold 91 pictures. The camera runs on ordinary AA or rechargeable AA batteries - cheap and available everywhere.
Disadvantages? - it is a bit plasticky, the autofocus is a bit slow in low-light conditions, and the smart media cards are old technology now (it can take 8 or 9 seconds to save a high quality picture), but for this money who cares?
I bought the camera, soft case, two 128M cards, card reader, rechargeable batteries(2 sets) and charger for under ?140 - a bargain. You are unlikely to see value like this for some time, newer models at this price come with digital zoom only and you would need an 18M Pixel sensor to equal this camera's resolution at 3X magnification ! |
Ratings
| Value For Money: |
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5 |
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5 |
| Recommended? | |
Yes |
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Digital Cameras