Olympus D-560 Review

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Olympus D-560
3.8 stars
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Geo Silver.'s Review of Olympus D-560

8th Jul 2003

Overall Rating

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

Ease of use for photo taking, mostly point n shoot.


Bad Points

Poor focus capability with low light such as indoors an in heavy woods.
Low Battery cutoff set to high, affects USB readout.


General Comments

Purchased in early May 2003.
Camera photos are good, optical performance is as desribed in reviews.
Connecting to USB 1.1 (as rated) however, to read the in camera xD-CARD results in a Camera Power Down. the Camera has been tried in the ON mode, the View Mode and in the Off mode with View button depressed after connection to the USB. Same result..
Same with Alkaline, NiMH and the Olympus CR-3V LiON Battery. Repeated connections some times 8 or 9 are needed to get readout function to work.. Needs Electronic design review and corrective action.

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Members' Comments onGeo Silver.'s Review

  • Bob. on 13th Jul 2003

    I agree that this camera can be infuriating when trying to focus under low-light conditions, especially because you can't manually override the auto-focus. It's far less of a problem if it's on a tripod.

    However, I have to say that I've had no difficulty at all interfacing it to my P4 PC running Windoze 98SE, and I've only ever read one review where someone else had problems. It seems to me that this is likely due to a software conflict in your PC, not an indication of a need to redesign that aspect of the camera's electronics.

    What does need to be redesigned is the power supply circuitry so that it efficiently uses all the energy in Ni-MH batteries, without giving false low battery warnings and sometimes shutting the camera down before it should.

    Having owned one since May 2003, I'm still impressed by the stunning quality of the pictures this compact little camera is capable of producing, and I'd recommend it to anyone.
    Some of its photos can be seen at http://bob.parker.web1000.com/photos.htm if you're interested.