Olympus C-220 Zoom Review

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Olympus C-220 Zoom
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DigitalWaterfalls.'s Review of Olympus C-220 Zoom

23rd Aug 2002

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    4 stars
  • Image Quality
    4 stars
  • Features
    5 stars
Good Points

Excellent range of features, optical and digital zoom modes, image quality.


Bad Points

Battery life (2 x AA's), have to close shutter to view images in slideshow mode (hence lens retracting all the time).


General Comments

I bought this Olympus C220 digital camera a couple of months ago and have taken it on holiday and to a variety of venues (concerts, outdoors, night time). I've found that the colour range when in bright sunny weather is excellent but degrades more than I would like (by about 10%) when the light level is not quite as good, hence colours aren't as bright as I would like in comparison to the Epson PC600 I'm used to.

The range of features I'm still exploring but the menu system is easy to navigate and the the macro mode is especially good. Sepia, b/w, 2in1, panoramic modes amongst others are available plus multiple shots and movie mode (15 secs at 320x240 at a time, 1 min in 160x120) can also be used.

The battery life is the main sticking point, I have six NiMH's on a constant cycle of recharging (the camera uses 2 at once) as downloading images via USB to the PC seems to hammer them. Must get an AC adapter...
Overall, I great all-round camera that I would recommend to anyone!

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Members' Comments onDigitalWaterfalls.'s Review

  • billy. on 29th Oct 2002

    You don't need to retract the lens to view the pictures - double click the screen button while the lens cap is open and you get the same functionality.

  • Saz. on 14th Feb 2003

    When I bought the C220 Zoom Olympus camera I was also warned by the shop assistant at how quickly it would eat the batteries. But so far I have been pleasantly surprised. I have taken over 30 pictures now at High quality and downloaded all of them to my PC. I have also messed about with the zoom and other functions to get myself familiar with the camera but so far the batteries have shown no sign of wasting. I bought a set of rechargeable batteries when I got the camera as it only came with two very cheap looking AA batteries but so far I have not had to replace the batteries. Overall very pleased with the camera, good value for money compared to some other digital cameras. Although I agree that olympus were a bit stingy with the 8mb card.

  • PA28. on 11th Mar 2003

    Downloading photos to your computer direct from the camera will eat batteries. Invest £20 in a smartmedia card reader which is powered from your PC. Faster and more convenient and your batteries will last a lot longer. I get at least 50 shots from a pair of AA NMh's. My only complaints with this camera at the moment are the time it takes to recharge the flash and the fact that the time and date settings seem to get lost rather more frequently than I'd like. Otherwise great results from a genuinely pocketable camera.