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Olympus C-370 Zoom Reviews

A good starter camera
Apr 22, 2006 04:15 PM3202 Views

The Olympus C-370 is a three megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom lens. The zoom is equivalent to a 38 - 114mm lens in a 35mm film camera. The entry level C-370 is likely to prove attractive to anyone who is looking for a relatively simple camera that is easy to use and can handle all the standard photo opportunities that you are likely to come across on holiday, at social functions and those that make up the family album.


Image Quality :


I would say that the camera makes a pretty good fist of taking photographs. It produces high resolution images.


The outdoor shots produced are of fairly standard quality. I do feel though that the skies could have been reproduced with more colour. There is a small loss of detail in the darkest areas of the shots, but this is a common problem with digital cameras especially at the lower end of the spectrum.


The indoor shots are better than those produced by a number of other cameras I have used. They do come out on the dark side and in low light conditions the C-370 does have a minor problem focusing perfectly. Again this is a fairly common problem with this type of camera.


The macro shot is impressive too.


Features:


For composing images and accessing the menu system there is a 1.5'' LCD screen. The C-370 does not have a viewfinder, which I think is not necessary.


The flash modes available to use are automatic, always on, always off and red eye reduction. The maximum range of the flash unit is 3.8m. This drops down to just above 2m when the optical zoom is fully extended.


Close up photography is catered for by two macro modes. The main mode allows you to get in as close as 20cms away from the subject. Super macro brings you in to 2cms away. The optical zoom lens is backed up by a digital zoom facility that gives you a further 4.1 times zoom power.


To assist the C-370 for potentially challenging shots there are four pre programmed scene modes. These are for Portrait, Self Portrait, Night Scene and Landscape. To help you get in the picture as well there is a self timer with a twelve second delay.


Short movies can be shot as well. These last until the memory card is full. There are two resolutions you can shoot at: 320 x 240 and 160 x 120 pixels. It doesnt record sound


All the necessary cables and software are supplied by Olympus to connect the C-370 to a computer, television set and a PictBridge compatible printer.


More advanced features include Centre weighted metering, shutter speeds between 2 seconds and 1/2000 seconds, exposure up to +/- 2 EV in 1/3 EV steps and sensitivity between ISO 64 and 250.


This camera operates with 2 AA (Alkaline) Batteries.


The camera has 12mb inbuilt memory and has a card slot for expansion.


Ease of Use:


The biggest selling point of the C-370 is the fact that it is very easy to use. It is a very straight forward digital camera, with a basic set of features that you cannot get lost in.


Summary:


Overall, this camera is a winner. It is really good for starters. It is affordable as well. But being 3.2 megapixels, I feel many dont opt for this. As far as I am concerned, I think the image quality and resolution of images from this camera are too good and I dont require a camera with higher resloution. It records movie till the memory card is full (128 mb card can record upto 30 min). This I think is more than enough for a short outing.


If you are looking for a camera with higher Megapixels, consider Olympus FE-115 / FE-110, which are similar to this but with higher MP.


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