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  | 60% Recommended by our customers. Manufacturer: Olympus Catalog: Photography Media: Electronics Includes batteries: 1 DVD aspect ratio: 1.33:1 Model: 720 Ultra Zoom Box size: Medium Size Ean: 0072874309558 Upc: 072874309558 Floppy Disk Description: None Special Features: DPOF, Macro, Mini-Movie  Tip: compare prices with similar cameras |
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Compatible with: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 4, Windows NT 5, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Macintosh, PowerMac, Mac OS X, Mac OS 9 and below |
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 Written on February 2, 2003 Summary: A camera with many flaws! I got this camera as a gift, and let me tell you I was excited when I got it, who would not be Olympus makes great products, right? But all I ever had with this Camera is problems! First of all it is not compatible with Windows 95 or Windows 98, to upload your pictures, you have to use a wire that came with the camera to connect to your computer, hoping that the "removable drive" appears in Windows explorer, if not keep trying to get it to work, it took me several trys just to get my pictures on my 2 year old Windows 98 computer. Second the biggest disappointment was that every picture I took has a pentagon or octagon shape towards the top of every picture I took, I called Olympus to find out what that is, and of coarse I got no where with them! So now I have a brand new digital Camera that works awful, does not work on my computer well, and damages every picture I ever took. Finally the LCD screen is way to small, as compared to previous Olympus Digital Camera Models. I would pass on this one.  Written on February 1, 2003 Summary: Not for moving objects!!! My husband purchased this camera for me for Christmas. I'm sure it has some excellent features, but I can't get past the slow auto focus. I mainly used it for taking pictures of my 2 year-old twins and I've missed some really cute shots because of the slow focus. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING!!! I will be returning this camera tomorrow. Written on January 30, 2003 Summary: Poor Focusing I have a three year old Olympus Camedia C-2020 Z, with 2.1 MP and a 3x optical zoom. It is a fantastic camera!! Hoping to get the same quality, but with a better zoom, I purchased a C-720. In fact, I went through two, because the quality of the zoom on the first one was so bad that the retailer thought that maybe it was broken. The retailer did tell me that they had heard of focusing problems with this camera. If the subject you are zooming in on is stationary (like a house), you can get a good picture. But if it is moving at all (like a person), the auto focus zoom struggles terribly to get a clear shot. I could not get one in- focus shot of my son ballroom dancing, even with a tripod, and trying the 'sports' action setting. While in zoom, the camera sometimes cannot handle certain light angles and takes a very dark picture. The viewfinder also looks like you are looking through a screen, and the media card is hard to remove. Neither of these were issues with my C-2020. Bottom line, I returned the camera and will wait until Olympus puts out a decent quality product again. Written on January 22, 2003 Summary: Nothing but Problems I did extensive research before purchasing this camera and ultimately chose it because of the zoom. It took awhile to adjust to using a digital camera, but once I did, I was enjoying it. Suddenly, about a month after purchasing the camera, all of the images (through the viewfinder, on the display screen and the words of the menu options) became reversed as if through a mirror. I spent hours on the phone with Olympus customer service and no tech could figure out how to remedy the problem. I ultimately had to send the camera to Olympus for repair, where it has been for 4 weeks. They say a part has to be ordered. I think this is outrageous for new camera and if I had it to do again, would not have purchased the C-720.  Written on January 3, 2003 Summary: Thorough interface and power for each user group I own the 2MP version of this camera and the user interface is at once both simple and powerful (there are aperture priority and shutter priority as well as full manual menus as well as lanscape, portrait and action full auto settings). The important thing about this series of cameras is the optical zoom (note: this is NOT DIGITAL ZOOM - digital zoom simply pixelizes and eliminates original information). The more optical zoom you have the better for your composition. My earlier version of this camera has 10X optical zoom and I use it ALL THE TIME. It was the difference between capturing my son's first time on stage at his Christmas play and just having crowd shots! Don't get another camera. This (and anothr Olympus at 10X) are the digital cameras to have under $[money]. |
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