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Olympus Stylus  Zoom 140 QD CG Date 35mm Camera

Olympus Stylus Zoom 140 QD CG Date 35mm Camera

List Price: $299.99
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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: If you get a black stripe in your prints....
Review: ... just open the back of the camera and put the little, black plastic doohickey back in it's place. my european vacation prints were ruined cuz you don't know this has happened till you print them out. clerk at photo store said this happens with other cameras too. no need to ship camera and pay bucks to fix this.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good zoom bad mechanics
Review: A large zoom range. Most others don't go as high as 140 for the price. I did not shoot photos with it because I was put off by the noise of the zoom lens. The camera was not as small or balanced as I had hoped. Plus the zoom is not continuous. It jumps to preset settings.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good zoom bad mechanics
Review: A large zoom range. Most others don't go as high as 140 for the price. I did not shoot photos with it because I was put off by the noise of the zoom lens. The camera was not as small or balanced as I had hoped. Plus the zoom is not continuous. It jumps to preset settings.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great camera but...
Review: After comparing our previous camera to our digital it became clear our 35mm needed help. So we focused solely on picture quality with our Olympus Zoom140 camera. The pictures turned out very clear, and the zoom is one of the easiest and most accurate I've seen. I have only two complaints. First, the price is a little high. And second, it doesn't do very well reducing red eye.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: CAMERA
Review: CAMERA WAS EVERYTHING THEY SAID IT WOULD BE. ARRIVED ON TIME.GREAT DEAL FOR THE MONEY.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Review after ST. LUCIA vacation
Review: Disappointing picture quality. Grainy, dull colors compared to my previous Minolta camera that I have had for several years but is starting to break down (my fault). Not worth the money. Close ups were clearer. Not good with distant, scenic shots.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: A Poor Showing By Olympus
Review: Disappointment is the best word to use in describing this camera. It has nice features with the zoom, self-timer, red-eye reduction, etc., but in the end cameras need to take good photographs and this one doesn't. I found the picture quality to be quite poor-- the colors are dull, not vibrant, especially when taking outdoor shots. The zoom lens also is a bit too much-- when you go to 140, the picture tends to blur. And I should add that the camera shutter speed is slow so you better have steady hands if you buy this one.

This camera was a major shock to me. I purchased an Olympus SR70 (I think that's the model) back in 1991 and I never had a problem with it. Plus it took fantastic shots. After 11 years, it still takes better pictures than the Stylus Zoom.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: VERY SHARP PICs
Review: Easy to use. Much better pics than our 1995 Pentax IQ120. We've put through 1 roll and are very satisfied. It is showing subject eye clarity that our old camera did not. Really is a decent camera and the price is reasonable... considering the market relatives.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Amazon survivor!!
Review: From May to June I went to the Peruvian Amazon for a course. I decided to buy the Olympus Stylus Zoom 140 camera, because it was for all weather and I heard that the zoom was good. The Amazon is a very hot and humid place, so be prepared! The interesting part of this is that the camera actually fell in the Amazon river, and it dived in it's case. The boat turned back to rescue it, and it was recovered working as new. Since that my camera has been working perfectly. That camera is really weather resistant and it is an Amazon survivor!! The only thing I don't like about it is that some objects are hard to focus when you get too close, but I am still very hapy with it.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Unreliable
Review: I bought my Olympus in August 1999. A year and 8 days later, the slide cover jammed rendering the camera unusable. My camera shop sent the camera back to Olympus for repair and it was fixed for $120. Olympus noted that the one year warranty was barely expired but made no accomodation. One year later, in August 2001, my camera jammed again in the same way. I returned to the camera shop and explained my predicament and displeasure and they sent the camera to Olympus who responded with an estimate for $112. Who needs a camera that costs $100 plus every year beyond the initial cost. Not to mention being caught on vacation without a camera.

Beyond the repair issue, I found the picture quality to be mediocre; worse than the Nikon that was my previous camera or the Olympus's that I owned before that.


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