Compact size, extremely fast lens, contrast and saturation are excellant

The shutter release is real sensitive..the slightest touch sets it off..okay once you get used to it but I still fire off the occasional shot accidentally.

I don''t have much to say as all the great things to say about this little gem have already been said. I bought this camera to take on holidays instead of my SLR because ofhow much of a pain it is to carry an SLR around. I found that with the Slr hanging over my shoulder that I was pretty much constantly looking for things to photograph rather than just enoying the scenery etc, and I wanted to get away from that. On a recent trip to Europe, I had my Canon SLR along with their top of the line 28-105 zoom lens and my wife had her old Olympus Stylus ( the original version ). She took far fewer pics than I did because with the camera constantly tapping me on the shoulder, my trip became about taking pictures. When we got home and had the films developed I was amazed at how good hers were, especially in comparison to mine. There were of course photos that we would not have gotten with her camera because it has no zoom but coincidentaly we had taken a few pics of the same thing from the same location at the same time and to my surprise hers, although perhaps technically not as good, were nostalgically identical, and nostalgia is what you take holiday pics for. I decided to try hers out, being carefule of how the camera worked and discovered that it just plain took incredible photographs. I went out and bought the Olympus Stylus Epic ( the original has been discontinued), based on what I had heard about it and it went with me on this years trip to St. Martin......well, I took fewer pictures than normal, because I didn''t have the camera nagging me all the time, it was in my shorts pocket and only came out when I actually came upon something spectacular to take a picture of, and the photos were incredible. The lens on this camera is magnificent..contrast and colur saturation are spectaculer, better than my Canon 28-105 USM lens. The spot meter is special, and fairly easy to activate once you get the hang of it. Add to the mix that it is "weatherproof" ( we were on a beach holiday ) and it''s incredibly small size and you have one very special holiday camera. Feed this little jewel a diet of 400 ASA Fuji film and you will never want to take anything else on holiday with you again. Don''t bother with a zoom lens, it will be much slower, the f2.8 in the stylus epic is phenomenal..... Anyway, to make a long story short, I sold my SLR..

Customer Service

Never needed customer service, and for the price of this camera, why bother..If you buy the non DLX version, it is just over $100.00

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Canon Sure Shot( the very first one, single focal length) Olympus Stylus 80 Wide DLX Minolta Freedom III

Excellent, fast, contrasty lens. Pictures look like postcards on ISO 400. Weatherproof, spot meter. Tiny and light.

Flash is a bit hot in the center. Try not to have a reflective subject at the center to compensate.

This has got to be one of the biggest bargains in the business. The lens is excellent with high contrast. Top shutter speed is 1/1000 sec. Tiny (fits easily in a shirt pocket) light, weatherproof, and with its sliding front cover it''s pretty rugged and damage resistant. I''ve lugged mine all over the world on travel. But do use ISO 400 film. It improves depth of field and useful flash distance. Also gives excellent available light with the f/2.8 lens. There is a pretty good, but a little fussy to access, spot meter. My only complaint is that the flash is a little too hot in the center. My Pentax UC-1 is much better in that respect. Even uses the larger CR-123A cell for better battery life and faster response. For $89 how can you beat this? The lens is good enough for 8" x 10" prints, honest! I don''t shoot slides, but a friend who has one does and gets great results on ISO 160 or 200.

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no problems after several years. three of my friends have them, and they have no problems either.

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Pentax UC-1, Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80, Ricoh TF-500D, Nikon L35AF

Clear viewfinder, easy to use, accurate focussing, decent lens, simple operation, very light and compact. One of the few pocket cameras which actually fits in your pocket.

No manual control over focus, shutter sped or aperture. No indication of distance, aperture or shutter speed in use. Lens a bit soft at the edges.

Possibly the best value camera on the market today. An extremely well designed very compact little camera which takes quite decent pictures.

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Not needed

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Several 35mm compacts, from Nikon, Konica, Contax.

Size, outdoor shots

Everything else

I bought this camera to replace a stolen Olympus Superzoom. This camera is mainly used for quick candid shots (of the kids) around the home. Outdoor shots are good. Indoors? Forget it. Flash is way too harsh. Red eye reduction is useless. Spot should be the default here. I am disappointed in every roll that has been developed. Out of a 24 exp. roll I may get 10 to 12 images that are decent enough to keep. I''m not a pro and I know the role of this type of camera. I don''t have an expectation of portrait quality shots. I''ve had three previous point and shoot cameras that never gave me this much grief. I''m not Olympus bashing. I''ve owned a previous model and bought my mother a Infinty years ago that she still uses with terrific results. Look elsewhere.

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Olympus, Minolta, Canon

Great build quality, design, pocketability. More-than-acceptably sharp results, sophisticated flash system.

It''s only a compact and is almost fully automated, so will never do what an SLR will. The lense, while pretty sharp, distorts a bit at the edges. It can''t make the dinner.

This is a lovely litle camera, beautifully made and easy to use. The pictures it takes are sharp and well-exposed, although you have to remember that the metering is centre-weighted and will occasionally be fooled. That said, I''ve taken some great transparencies with it. One of its strengths is its flash system - the output adjusts so that close subjects are not over-exposed and the flash is balanced with the available light. It produces really lovely, soft portraits with flash, unlike many compacts. The viewfinder is reasonably bright and clear, given the camera''s tiny size. It even has spot-metering. Although exposure is fully automated (except for the spot mode), there is a huge range of aperture and shutter combinations, making it suitable for use in many conditions. It feels lovely, it''s great fun to use and a refreshing antedote to my large SLR system.

Customer Service

Never needed any, despite having dropped it repeatedly (not recommended).

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The now obsolete Olympus A1 and A1 twin

Small Size, Good Optics, Easy to operate

None I can think of

I do have few SLRs, however needed a small camera small enougth to fit in my pocket shirt for businees trips and social dinners while I was on business trips in Japan. I bougth mine from 10000 Yen at BicCamera store in Yokohama with Japaness instructions!, however did not need the manual since it was easy to master it is few hours.

Customer Service

Never Needed

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Konica, Kodak

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This is a great go-anywhere, go-everywhere camera. Sharp, small, convenient. Especially great for people with active lifestyles, as is water resistant and easy to carry.

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size, weight (or lack of), spot mode

flash must be turned off

A nice street shooter. Underrates as all P&S. light, small, relatively silent.. Used to use only one body/lens I leaving the heavy SLRs at home.

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Small, light, weatherproof, exceptionally sharp lens, very accurate exposures, fast AF. Heck, its just about perfect!

None that I''ve noticed.

This little camera is amazing. The quality of the 35mm f2.8 lens rivals the 40mm f3.5 Zeiss-Tessar on my old Rollei 35 except that the Olympus is smaller, lighter, and has a built-in flash. Sigh... I never thought I''d like a P&S better than my Rollei but I think I do. I got the deluxe version from Adorama for $99.95 which is a great deal.

Customer Service

Haven''t needed it yet.

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Rollei 35, Pentax IQ 90WR, Nikon P&S

Compoact and lightweight. Speedy, simple and quiet. Good optics. Nice vuefinder. Fair price.

No shutter speed in viefinder. Harsh built-in flash.

I''ve bought this camera because my Minox 35GT was dying after 17 years of use. The thing is, apart from my PRO equipment I need a good quality minimum thinking take anywhere camera that you could slip into your shirt pocket and take a photo which will not be an art but will just be a documentation of facts happening during business trip, sudden event seen during our day to day life. Just everywhere the OLYMPUS Mju II (Stylus Epic) appeared to be the best single focal point-and-shot. Moreover, occasionally I tried the Mju I and I was happy with the results. I like the compact body but I dislike its style : being an engineer I prefer regular curves in only minimum quantity - the camera back profiled for the thumb definitely does not match mine - should rather be just flat. After the first trial film I need to say it is a very good camera at its price. The optics is good to very good if compared to the vast majority of cheep compacts. In any case however, do not try to compare the lens performance to that of MINOX (I had two of them : 35G and 35GT) both in terms of contract and resolution. Using good negative on my Minoxes I produced 40x50 cm enlargments. With my Mju II I think 18x24 cm will be dead end. This Olympus has slightly too tiny buttoms operating flash and selftimer. It is however generally quick and easy to operate - you can just shot blind without any presets. Good Minimum Object Distance of 35 cm ( typical in todays compacts). Built-in flash produces too harsh effects - I''ll try to cover the reflector with matt transparent adhesive tape to soften the light - this is definitely not Sunpak. Very practical and effective is the focus/exposure lock. Very good : reasonably big and bright viefinder with close-up markings. This camera deserves shutter speed to be shown in the viefinder - in fact this is the only camera I have that''s not evidencing this basic parameter.

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Not yet

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Minox 35G, Minox 35GT, Carena 35, half a dozen semi-cameras by Kodak