Olympus Stylus 840 8.0 Megapixels Digital Camera - Black
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I had a hard time justifying buying this camera because I already own a couple of very nice cameras. However, I often find myself wishing I had a camera that was compact enough to carry with me where a full blown camera and bag was just not practical or outright difficult. When the impulse side of me won out, I went to the store and started comparing small compact cameras. I wanted as much zoom and quality in as small of a package as I could get. The sales person and I ended up on the floor with several cameras out of the boxes comparing the different features. The Olympus Stylus 840 won out for several reasons but the surprise was when I got it home and got to play with it for a few days. Photography was my father's hobby and he spent many years trying to teach me the ins and outs of f-stops, shutter speeds, etc. I understand the concepts but was never any good in practice. When it came to shooting a real event (not just playing with the camera), I always went back to the automatic
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I should put in the disclaimer that I am a big fan of Olympus products and hold a fairly heavy bias towards them before I write this review. My experiences with Olympus cameras has always been very good except for one FE170 that I gave away (it was a piece of garbage).
I just purchased this little Olympus after much research because I needed a compact "snapper" that I could easily take to parties/ social events etc. where a larger camera (I have an Olympus SP550UZ that I love) would be too cumbersome. Having said that, I still need it to take very nice photographs as I am not willing to sacrifice image quality for compactness. I already owned a Panasonic Lumix TZ3 that was supposed to serve this purpose but to be completely honest I wasn't entirely happy with that camera. It is a little larger and heavier than what I needed and photos weren't up to scratch a lot of the time. They always seem a bit washed out/ pale and colors seemed sub-optimal/ inaccurate.
I was tossing up between this
I just purchased this little Olympus after much research because I needed a compact "snapper" that I could easily take to parties/ social events etc. where a larger camera (I have an Olympus SP550UZ that I love) would be too cumbersome. Having said that, I still need it to take very nice photographs as I am not willing to sacrifice image quality for compactness. I already owned a Panasonic Lumix TZ3 that was supposed to serve this purpose but to be completely honest I wasn't entirely happy with that camera. It is a little larger and heavier than what I needed and photos weren't up to scratch a lot of the time. They always seem a bit washed out/ pale and colors seemed sub-optimal/ inaccurate.
I was tossing up between this
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I purchased the Olympus Stylus 840 for my wife's birthday in anticipation of an upcoming vacation. It is a replacement of a Cannon Powershot that was purchased in 2002. While still functional and taking better than adequate pictures, the Powershot was getting long in the tooth.
Before purchasing it, I consulted with the husband of one of my colleagues who happens to be a professional photographer. When I detailed what I wanted: small form factor, high quality lens, optical zoom, and quick image capture and recovery, he immediately pointed me toward Olympus.
Since giving the camera to my wife, the camera has made a trip out to Seattle. It's size proves to be one of it's greatest strengths as it easily fits into one's pants pockets or into my wife's handbag. This was something that neither of us liked to do with our old camera. Because of this, I think we are far more likely to take the camera with us and will be far more likely to take pictures (as evidenced by the 70 some shots
Before purchasing it, I consulted with the husband of one of my colleagues who happens to be a professional photographer. When I detailed what I wanted: small form factor, high quality lens, optical zoom, and quick image capture and recovery, he immediately pointed me toward Olympus.
Since giving the camera to my wife, the camera has made a trip out to Seattle. It's size proves to be one of it's greatest strengths as it easily fits into one's pants pockets or into my wife's handbag. This was something that neither of us liked to do with our old camera. Because of this, I think we are far more likely to take the camera with us and will be far more likely to take pictures (as evidenced by the 70 some shots
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A good value for around $200.00. The 5 optical zooms allow for image stabilization and not just digital correction after the fact. There are plenty of manual, as well as automatic, settings that give you many picture options, including getting the colors that you want. It is small, light and portable but like any zoom camera, optical or digital, don't drop it.
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After much debate as to which Olympus digital camera to replace my old one with, I selected the Olympus Stylus 840. I am happy with it, in that it has enough options to satisfy the "advanced" amateur photographer in me, a great zoom capability, and it's also Super easy to use. I haven't gone through the instruction manual completely, but I have gone through everything by using the camera's "on screen menu" method. I find it's menu far simpler to navigate than with my previous Olympus (which was ironically a much lesser quality camera overall.) Additionally I love it's tiny, compact size, and it's stylish black color, which was my first choice and had the added bonus of being a few dollars less in cost than the other 3 available colors. Picture quality (the biggest deal of all) will have to remain to be seen; I have only played around with it at home so far, but it's going to Bermuda with me in 3 days! :) One thing that might be helpful to know is that this comes as a brand new boxed
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This is not only a REALLY cute, sleek designed camera, but it also offers WONDERFUL picture quality and great features. I am so glad I waited to purchase this until after I further researched. I receive many compliments on the appearance, and I love the fact that it is so small and compact. It fits in my purse and it is ready to take pictures at any time. Big LCD screen is very nice to review your snapshots. This camera is very simple to use, with the exception that I have not figured out how to use the feature which allows you to take 3 or 4 pictures instantly to capture the best motion shot. This feature would be great during sporting events so that you don't miss that 'special' shot (the perfect hit during a baseball game). Otherwise, I would HIGHLY recommend it.
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I too, paid full blown retail at BB. I knew the price would drop soon, but I wanted the camera at the time. No regrets.
BTW, this camera DOES take SD memory, the Micro kind. I returned the weird Olympus memory once I found out the camera takes a MicroSD chip. I bought a 2GIG for 15 dollars. The nice thing about the MicroSD is that you do not need to tote your camera to an internet cafe to DL pictures when you are on vacation.
Just slap the chip (with the supplied adapter)into a Kingston Data Traveler Reader (20 dollars, and it is a stand alone 2GIG thumb as well!). No need for any software. Just use Windows. Microsoft has a cool free (and small)utility called Power Toys Image Resizer that installs on any PC with XP. Just right click on any image (or hold shift key and click for a series) and "Bob's Your Uncle", all your pix are resized to email to friends or blogs.
I love the camera and the extra optical zoom available. The Super Macro mode is incredible for a compact camera. Extremely
BTW, this camera DOES take SD memory, the Micro kind. I returned the weird Olympus memory once I found out the camera takes a MicroSD chip. I bought a 2GIG for 15 dollars. The nice thing about the MicroSD is that you do not need to tote your camera to an internet cafe to DL pictures when you are on vacation.
Just slap the chip (with the supplied adapter)into a Kingston Data Traveler Reader (20 dollars, and it is a stand alone 2GIG thumb as well!). No need for any software. Just use Windows. Microsoft has a cool free (and small)utility called Power Toys Image Resizer that installs on any PC with XP. Just right click on any image (or hold shift key and click for a series) and "Bob's Your Uncle", all your pix are resized to email to friends or blogs.
I love the camera and the extra optical zoom available. The Super Macro mode is incredible for a compact camera. Extremely
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