Olympus camera

muffler

Just spotted this Olympus 14 MP compact digital camera on Zavvi Ebay for less than £50 delivered. The same model is £90 on Amazon so thought it was worth a mention if anyone is interested.

peckerhead

Cheers, I was looking out for a budget compact with very close focusing (needed for a dentistry student) and that has a "Super Macro" mode which lets you go right down to 1cm away at the wide angle setting.

That's quite a decent little camera for £50/€60, what with Dual IS, 12.5x optical zoom (24mm at the wide end is particularly nice), and 720p video recording. Not to mention the metal casing. It's not long since I paid closer to €100 for a Canon Powershot that had none of those featues going for it...

TommyTheGun

muffler wrote: »

Just spotted this Olympus 14 MP compact digital camera on Zavvi Ebay for less than £50 delivered. The same model is £90 on Amazon so thought it was worth a mention if anyone is interested.

Does anybody with and decent photography knowledge know if this is a any use?

Thanks,
Tom

Esel

TommyTheGun wrote: »

Does anybody with and decent photography knowledge know if this is a any use?

Thanks,
Tom

Google for reviews (I did). Serious photographers probably wouldn't rate it (or any similar camera) but for the price it's unbeatable. A well-known brand name; 12x optical zoom with two image stabilisation systems for one thing.

TommyTheGun

Esel wrote: »

Google for reviews (I did). Serious photographers probably wouldn't rate it (or any similar camera) but for the price it's unbeatable. A well-known brand name; 12x optical zoom with two image stabilisation systems for one thing.

I did too :P

But reviews seem to be mixed,

I suppose for the price you're right. I see they are selling the samsung st77 for around the same. might plump for that one for the panoramic setting. I had that on my last olympus camera

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-ST77-Digital-Camera-16MP-5x-Optical-2-7Inch-LCD-Silver-/350799687183

Cheers,
Tom

Esel

^ Would you be prepared to swap the 12x optical zoom for 5x zoom and the panoramic feature though?

Edit: The VR-320 has panorama too according to this page.

TommyTheGun

Esel wrote: »

^ Would you be prepared to swap the 12x optical zoom for 5x zoom and the panoramic feature though?

Edit: The VR-320 has panorama too according to this page.

so it does!

em..... I haven't a clue tbh!,that's why I'm here asking you guys which is best.

I'm no photographer lads, all I want is a camera to get some memories with nice clear shots and vibrant colors, couldn't be too much to ask could it :-)

Esel

TommyTheGun wrote: »

so it does!

em..... I haven't a clue tbh!,that's why I'm here asking you guys which is best.

I'm no photographer lads, all I want is a camera to get some memories with nice clear shots and vibrant colors, couldn't be too much to ask could it :-)

Go for this one so! I'd say you would be very happy with it. Pick up a spare battery or two from Hong Kong / China via eBay too.

TommyTheGun

peckerhead wrote: »

Cheers, I was looking out for a budget compact with very close focusing (needed for a dentistry student) and that has a "Super Macro" mode which lets you go right down to 1cm away at the wide angle setting.

That's quite a decent little camera for £50/€60, what with Dual IS, 12.5x optical zoom (24mm at the wide end is particularly nice), and 720p video recording. Not to mention the metal casing. It's not long since I paid closer to €100 for a Canon Powershot that had none of those featues going for it...

Hi peckerhead,

Did you order one of these in the end? I purchased on September 27th and still no sign of delivery which I think is appalling to be honest

Tom

TommyTheGun

Checked the tracking:

"Fri 27/09/2013 16:19: Your order has been processed at the US export facility. It is now on route to the receiver."


Isn't this advertised as location in UK?

Anybody an ideas or have bought from this seller previously?

Bought this for trip I'm heading on tomoro and no camera. Seriously p!ssed off

Tom

peckerhead

TommyTheGun wrote: »

Hi peckerhead,

Did you order one of these in the end? I purchased on September 27th and still no sign of delivery which I think is appalling to be honest

Tom

No, in the end I held off 'cause I wanted something with a hot shoe for taking a flash. A fortnight is pretty bad, in fairness — have you tried contacting them?

They were all gone for a while, but I see it's back in silver...