Olympus Stylus 800 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Average customer rating: 4.0

Good Camera
Olympus Stylus 800
Unreliable
An improvement ...
Very poor picture quality

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Olympus Stylus 800 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Manufacturer: Olympus
Product Group: Photography
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0009N4OPK

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Take high quality picktures with this 8 megapixel camera. Take it along with all your travels with it's compact size, blur protection and 24 shooting modes. It's splash resistant so you can take pictures in almost any type of weather condition. And when skies are cloudy and dim you can feel confident with BrightCapture Technology for improved previewing and shooting in low light situations. With a new Help GUIDE function, the Stylus 800 makes every last one of its features accessible, even to novice users. By simply pressing the GUIDE button on the back of the camera, users can access images and brief descriptions of each of the camera's functions and scene modes. And the new Shooting Guide serves as a quick reference, walking users through the camera settings with explanations of which features should be used for the situation, along with instructions for how to make the necessary adjustments. There's 19MB internal memory plus ability to use optional xD-PictureCard for up to 1GB storage. It's also PictBridge compatible for making prints without a computer. TruePic TURBO image processor Calendar function PictBridge compatible Multilingual menu Sensor 1/1.8 inch Type CCD Still File Formats - JPEG Movie - QuickTime Motion Sound - Wave Spot metering Shutter speed - 1/2 - 1/2000 4 secs in night scene Scene modes - Portrait, Landscape with Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Scene, Night Scene with Portrait, Night Shoot, Cuisine, Beach and Snow, Self Portrait, Self Portrait and Self Timer, Indoor, Behind Glass, Document, Candle, Sunset, Fireworks, Shoot & Select 1, Shoot & Select 2 Continuous shooting 4 fps up to 10 secs Auto Flash, red-eye reduction, on - off LCD monitor - 2.5 inches TFT LCD at 215,000 pixels 19MB internal memory Rechargeable lithium-ion battery LI-12B Weight (with no battery) - 182 g (6.4 ounces) Dimensions - 103 x 58 x 33 mm (4 x 2.3 x 1.3 inches)

Customer Reviews:

Good Camera.......2007-02-13

I have to say, after reading some of these reviews I don't agree. This is a great size camera that takes nice pictures. Toss it in a bag and go. I don't know of any Digital Camera that works like we ALL expect them too. This is a good camera for the money as well.

Olympus Stylus 800.......2007-01-19

VERY pleased with the product. Light weight, thin, not too bulky, large viewing screen, rechargable battery out lasts regular batteries, great pictures and movies with good sound. No problems, highly recommend. Decent price. Consumer Reports recommends as a "Best Buy".

Unreliable.......2007-01-18

The first Stylus 800 I got was defective, when powered on it went straight to an error screen. The merchant replaced it for free.

I've had my second Stylus 800 for 10 months. For the last couple months the lens cap has required coaxing to open or close. Last weekend it stopped opening altogether and I had to permanently remove the lens cap. So much for its water resistance, and I wonder how long the lens will survive with no protection.

Additionally, if I try to zoom, then it goes to an error screen and I have to cycle power to get it to work again.

Sometimes it takes photos at a lower resolution than I have it set to, I'm not sure why.

I also have difficulty pressing the power button when wearing gloves. A minor irritation.

An improvement ..........2007-01-16

... over the Stylus mu 410 and C-5500. As light and watertight as the 410, but with twice the resolution. Easier, far lighter, and with a better choice of automatic shooting programs than the C-5500, and with 60% higher resolution. This is our new hiking camera for 2007. The drawback: downloading into the nice, old Camedia program doesn't work well on a Mac G4, works more or less ok on PC with Windows XP. In both case you have to download 'from media' with camera attached. With the G4, high resolution doesn't go via email, necessary to scale down to 2500x2000 pixels. With a new Intel based MacBook Pro emailing via Camdeia was impossible in all cases, but when I installed the new software (Olympus Master) downloading was extremely fast (the PC can't keep up), and one can email the highest resolution photos quickly via Mac's Mail program, to which the new Olympia Master connects automatically (everything goes here via hi speed DSL, of course).

Very poor picture quality.......2006-12-15

I got this camera more than a year ago and the picture quality was so bad I took the camera back after a month. Pixilated, smeared, unsharp images is what I got. The camera store checked it (I bought it at their recommendation)and found it equally appaling. The gave me a replacement immediately. Although slightly better - it is still very poor and I have barely used the camera - finding the Panasonic FZ20 5 megapixel gives me far better results. I will never even consider an Olympus again.

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