Olympus Stylus 760 7.1MP Digital Camera with Dual Image Stabilized 3x Optical Zoom (Pink) | List Price: $269.99
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Brand: Olympus
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2007-03-20
Features: - Includes - Stylus 760 Digital Camera, LI-42B Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery and Charger, USB Cable, Audio/Video Cable, Wrist Strap, Manual and CD-ROM Olympus Master Software
- 7.1 Megapixels, Up to 3072x2304 Resolution (stills); 640x480 Movies at 15 fps - J&R recommends purchasing an optional 1GB xD Picture Card for practical usage
- 3x optical, 5x digital zoom with 6.5 - 19.5mm lens 6 lenses in 4 groups, 4 aspherical lenses
- Aperture Range - f3.4-f5.7
- 2.5-inch Wide-View 230K LCD
A Step Backward in Camera Technology [Posted on 2007-09-14]
I had high expectations for this camera that were not realized when I began using it. This was an emergency replacement camera replacing our fantastic Fujifilm Finepix camera that is not being made anymore (it fell into a pool and cameras don't like that). The Olympus appears to be fairly well made and looks good in the ice blue color. But that is about where the good stuff ends.
Pros:
1. Camera functions are fairly easy to use. The custom photo settings (i.e. "sunset", "portrait", etc.) actually work surprisingly well. Like more and more of these cameras, a viewfinder has been eliminated, a big irritant when shooting in very bright light situations.
2. Picture quality is very good. We don't usually print our photos, instead we just look at them on the computer and send them around to friends and family. Even set at lesser megapixels the pictures are fine.
Cons:
1. The stupid - no ridiculously ignorant - way to charge the camera's battery. You must take the battery out of the camera and place it into a huge (bigger than the camera) plastic box that has a mile-long electric cord on it to charge the battery. I hate this most of all about the camera. If Olympus couldn't have come up with any other way to charge it, at least the charger module could have been made more compact and have a flip-away plug that would plug directly into the wall without a cord. The current charger feels like a big empty plastic box designed to take up too much room in your luggage. Our old Fujifilm FinePix camera had a drop-in cradle to both charge the battery and download the pix without having to deal with cords, chargers, etc. I now know how much of a great set up this was.
2. Battery life is poor to miserable. If you choose to use the anti-shake system of the camera, the battery will not last even one day of reasonable use. We turned it permanently off and it still didn't last as long as any of the older digital cameras we've owned, but at least we got one or two days of use out of it. On a vacation this is very irritating.
3. Customer service is non-existant. I sent Olympus a simple question about the camera ("Does the battery trickle-charge when the camera is plugged into a computer via the USB cable?"). I got the immediate electronic confirmation that my question is "so very important to us" and "will be answered within XX hours". This was over a month ago and I never got a response. Oh, I figured out that the stupid camera does NOT charge the battery when plugged in. In fact the opposite occurs, it drains it even if it is not turned on! Yet another engineered irritant about the camera. My Palm PDA and cell phone both trickle charge when connected to a computer. Stupid, stupid and more stupid.
I just wish I hadn't thrown away the original box. I would have returned this camera after our vacation, but alas now I'm stuck with it. Hopefully it will get stolen or I "accidentally" drop it in the pool so I can get a new one without feeling guilty about it.
My First Digital Camera [Posted on 2007-09-18]
I love this camera!!!!! It is great because it is small, easy to use, and easy to connect with my computer. I have taken great pictures and even a few short video's with it. I also love the fact that mine is Pink :) I would deffinatly purchase another Olympus camera in the future.
great easy to use camera [Posted on 2007-12-31]
This camera met all my needs for an easy to use point and shoot camera. I like the fact that it has its own on board rechargable battery. no need to keep feeding it batteries. I like the many different settings it has for the environment of your subject. Has a very light and compact design. It's a good price for the amount of features. This camera is water resistant and pretty durable.
Great Camera for the Money [Posted on 2007-12-31]
The Amazon website was the only place where I found this camera at such a great price, I was looking for a digital camera that was over 7 megapizels and had a rechargeable lithium battery, as cameras that use double a batteries tend to eat them up too quickly. The camera arrived very promptly with no problems, and I had no problem charging the battery and inserting the memory card. I bought it for my boyfriend who tends to rough up electronics, so that is another reasoon why I chose this camera, as it advertises being weather proof (to a certain degree obviously) and reinforced a big more securely than other cameras, including the Sony digital camera I own. It takes great pictures and the battery is very long lasting. I was very pleased with my purchase, and so is my boyfriend. Thanks!
A fuzzy camera [Posted on 2008-02-28]
An unwise purchase. I bought this for a specific use: to shoot pictures on mountain bike trips, and was attracted by the shockproof/splashproof/size features. My 14 yr old son had one of these, and was raving about it. Unwisely I did not look closely at the images he was taking. So when it arrived and I tried it out, I found it gave unacceptably fuzzy scenery images, with unexciting colours, and moving targets also were fuzzy. Thinking it defective, I then did a close comparison with the results of my son's camera, shooting the same photos on each. Same result. I tried with and without image stabilisation, auto ISO vs fixed ISO etc, to no avail. So now am trying to sell/return the camera, and at same time telling our son it's just my camera that is a dud.
As a family we have had many digital cameras. Mainly Canon Powershot (3 in last 10 years), also 3 Panasonic Lumix (2 large, one pocket) and a Sony. These are more expensive, but considerably better quality, and the cameras we now use normally are both Lumix. This is our comparison, and I at least expected the Olympus to take good quality pictures. For scenery neither of our two 760s do, and seem to go back to the quality of mid-1990s digitals.
My last 2 Canon Powershot both stopped working because the sensors died, after 4-5 years. I took the latest, a 2003 Powershot S400, into repair just now and was quoted an impossible $300. But while there I saw and checked out the bottom range Canon A460, for $99 on Amazon approx. Certainly without the size or robust features of the Olympus, but the picture quality seemed very good in comparison. At half price, I think this will be a better bet for mountain biking!
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