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Accura Zoom 80S Summary: I love Olympus cameras in general, and the Accura 80 is a very nice instrument. While it's not supersharp, supersmall, or fast-lensed (like the Stylus Epic) it's a very good camera of its type. Strengths: My wife has an Accura Zoom 80 - not the 80S, but no doubt very similar. It is a capable zoom p&s, and has produced excellent images under a wide variety of situations. And you can use two AA batteries OR a Lithium cell - a nice convenience. Weaknesses: Two things I don't like:
The press-the-button-to-actual-firing delay is VERY long. I'm used to manual cameras, and my ability to capture the decisive moment is severely hampered with this camera. Even when I try to compensate by estimating the delay and aiming "forward" of where something is, I still miss. (And with the red-eye reduction flash, the syndrome is far worse.) Truth be told, most P&S zooms are like this.
Close focus when zoomed in to 80mm is iffy. Attempts at closeups of flowers and such often come out totally out of focus, despite the focus lamp indicating that the distance is okay.
And generally: as you would expect, the zoom lens is NOT as sharp as a fixed lens, and it's so bloody slow (f/4.5 to f/9) that fast film and frequent flash are pretty much a given. Similar Products Used: assorted P&S cameras going back to the first Nikon One Touch (a GREAT camera!) Customer Service: While still under warranty, I had a problem and sent the camera back. They couldn't find anything wrong, but it came back quickly and has been working fine ever since.
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