I Know others have said it here but the lense is excellent.
Lense retracts into body giving you a nice pocket size camera.Focusing and exposure are good, though I've noticed very ocassional focus problems with strong back light

Very noticable time lag between pressing the shutter button and the final exposure(just try taking a portrait of a 3 year old; by the time the camera works they have looked around at something else!).
Seemed to be a tendancy for dust to get into the viewfinder, had the lense door jam once and camera had to be fixed

The lense is just outstanding for a camera of this price (1904 or something Tessar design!).The plastic body wears poorly, but that's only cosmetic.Puzzle about the dust ingress though.

Customer Service

Ok unlike the service for its bigger brother the Contax TVS; but they are both fixed at the same place!

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Konica Hexar;Contax T2 and TVS;Nikon 35Ti

Great lens and light weight. It's 35mm not that APS mini-neg format. Waist level finder actually works and is great for kid photo's.

Kinda' big for a pocket camera (my Olympus XA is more portable and feels much more bulletproof)

It works, it survives when I hand it to my kids to use, doesn't scare people like my medium format Mamiya's, and most of all - I carry it so I don't miss the shot! Try one of these with the Kodak VC (vivid color films - wow!)

Customer Service

Haven't used (a good sign)

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Olympus XA
Konica T3

optical quality is unmatched my any other L/S camera

annoying flash reset

this is an amazing little camera, i have several enlargments up to 24X36. i would go larger but i am limmited by 35mm film. cannot be beat for the money

Customer Service

n/a

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stylus epic, rebel 2k, om10

Zeiss Lens
Weatherproof
Compact
Unobtrusive
Fun to use
Good value

Problems with fill flash

A great little camera at a great value. Excellent travel camera. Light, weatherproof, and affordable so you don't worry about it getting ripped off. Sharp pictures. Great metering. The focus is a little touchy. I have no problem with it, but others have trouble sometimes. Fill flash seems to be hit and miss. Many backlit subjects resulted in unwanted silhouettes. I also miss aperture control. I may upgrade to a Leica Minilux.

Customer Service

None

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None

Carl Zeiss
Super Scope
Weatherproof
Fairly accurate metering
Reasonable price

Plastic body

Get this camera! You won't regret it. This will beat any top of the line SLR in wet shooting conditions.

Customer Service

No need so far.

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Canon Sketchbook
Konica U-Mini

Supposedly good Carl Zeiss (labelled) lens. I have major reservations on the quality of this.

cheap, plasticky, BIG shutter lag, unreliable focussing and exposure. not enough useful features.

Poor value for money

Customer Service

Takes too long

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Olympus Stylus Epic, Ricoh R1

Carl Zeiss lens

Cheap design.
Focus ability
Flimsy lens cover

Because of the lens, I bought it. However, be carefull the focus when you shot a small object.
It just looks and fell like a kid's camera

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Fugi DL Super Mini zoom
Prego 90

Great optics, good price.

Poor viewfinder, not small enough, fells too plastic like any other cheap P&S.

Great optics but viewfinder needs some improvement (too small, difficult to see). Its compact but not small enough to fit in my pocket.

Customer Service

Not very helpful about their own product

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Contax T2, Nikon 35Ti, Konica Hexar, Ricoh GR1

-Carl Zeiss lens
-Superscope

-Considered a big P&S
-Construction is average
-Flimsy lens cover
-Expensive (compared to the Olympus Epic)

I admit I was obsessed with the Carl Zeiss lens. If I had another chance, I'd probably get the Olympus Epic instead because of the price and the reliability. I heard a friend of mine had this Yashica camera and also had a lens problem (lens element I believe). Maybe we both are just really unfortunate...

Customer Service

YES, actually I exchanged this camera for a Canon Rebel G (backup to my Elan IIE) because the lens would not zoom out properly when camera is switched on. The camera supposedly should zoom out about 1cm after the flimsy lens cover slides to the side, but the lens cover is slid over but the lens would not zoom out.

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Olympus Stylus Zoom

Excellent all-around camera for everyone.
Lens is superb as is the light meter.

NOne, this is my second one!

Do not be fooled, this is a serious camera in anyone's hands. I also have the Olypus Stylus Epic Deluxe, but the lens and autofocus are not as good! Favorite film for this camera is any 400 & 800 ASA Fuji film, inlcluding pro films, and Fuji Neopan 1600 for B&W.

Customer Service

Unknown

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Stylus Epic Deluxe