Olympus Digi Cameras any good?

bikes · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:52

Never bought a digi camera before, so basically I'm after a fairly cheap but decent one. I can get a Olympus FE-100 locally for 70 quid and was wondering if this would be handy for taking the odd family pics etc.

DarkShadow · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:53

Wrong forum section?

bikes · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:55

dark_shadow said:
Wrong forum section?

So kindly move it

bikes · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:26

Cannot belive that nobody has opinions or knowledge of Olympus cameras

Lostkat · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:31

Review

Looks alright for an entry level digicam and seems to produce decent images. Start up time and shutter lag are a bit pants, but for £70, it's a good little cam.

bikes · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:41

Thanks for the input Lostkat, startup and shutter lag mean nothing to me LoL, I just needed a bit of advice if it would be worth the money or if I shoild be looking at a different make but shelling out a similar amount of money.

Lostkat · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:47

Start up = time it takes to spring into life after you've pressed the ON button
Shutter lag = time it takes to take a photo after you've pressed the shutter

Olympus are a decent make of camera, and for £70 it looks fine.

bikes · 26 Apr 2006 at 21:49

Cheers mate

SteveOBHave · 27 Apr 2006 at 10:55

Hi there, my two cents would be - Olympus while having some nice ideas about the ruggedness of a camera, fall over often in the optics department. But for £70 you can't ask for too much and I suspect that if that is what you are willing to spend on a camera, then you won't be asking too much of it

Will probably be a fairly reasonable point and shoot! Personally I'd advise saving up a bit more and going for one of the more refined brands such as Sony, Nikon and Canon. I would go with one of the Canon Ixus compacts as I have had great experiences with them. I think the mentality of taking photos is that your keeping memories and they are nicer when they are clear

Good Luck

bikes · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:17

Thanks for your input Steve and I can understand what your saying, and somewhat agree, but as regards clear pictures etc, I would have thought that any digital camera today produces clearer/nicer pictures than on any 70's/80's cheapo cameras of the past that I have had

As I said, I'm not into photography in any big way at all, just want to be able to take some fairly decent Family snaps etc.

rickyt · 28 Apr 2006 at 19:05

I think it's a bit of a mine field buying a digi camera unless you want to spend some serious money.We have a few at our local school where I work and most are simply awfull at taking any sort picture with movement or low light. If you slightly move when pressing the shutter , you'll get a blurred image.We have 3 fuji cameras , excellent outdoors in good light but otherwise poor.I have to resort to taking my Minolta Dimage 7 camera for sports day and indoor work.This is indeed an old camera now but takes very good pictures for a 5mp camera .I once saw a good tip on TV for buying a digital camera, when your in the shop trying them out as you press the shutter , drop a set of keys in front of the lens .On preview , if you can see your keys ,it has a fast shutter , if not ,put the camera back on the shelf and try another .Go try that out this weekend at Curry's or Dixon's . :-)

konicky · 28 Apr 2006 at 19:23

Digic II

I am currently in the market for a £100 ish camera for my daughter, and am leaning towards the Canon A410 at around £95. This features the same DIGIC II processor as their more expensive models so it should be quick enough.

Olympus make some great cameras, I have the C8080, but I don't think their budget models stand out from the crowd. £70 is a good price though, so if that is your limit I would go for it!