Olympus C-40 Zoom Review

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Olympus C-40 Zoom
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Andrew Kennaugh.'s Review of Olympus C-40 Zoom

8th Nov 2001

Overall Rating

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

Size, specifications, noise reduction in long exposures, ease of use. Excellent digital camera for point and shoot as well as those seeking more control over exposure. Clear, sharp photos. Optical and bright LCD viewfinders.


Bad Points

Not really bad points, but the shutter delay and the front panel opening and closing.... be careful not to bang the lens when closing. Power supply would be useful for indoor situations.


General Comments

Based on a couple of hours playing since I only got the camera today......

This is my first personal digital camera after many years with "real" film though I have used a Nikon coolpix 950 at work. First impressions are of a very small camera with lots of options. Anyone used to a 35mm camera with a variety of exposure options (aperture, shutter, manual, bracketing, compensation) should have no problems using this digital camera.

Menus are fairly quick to get around, once you know where to find the options you want.

Software.... I've got W98SE as an upgrade from W95 and the only way to get pictures is to use the USB autoconnect feature where the camera is seen as a removable drive in explorer. If you've got W98 you need to tell the install program where to find the .inf file. W98SE detects the camera no problem.

The Camedia Master 2.5 software isn't USB compatible with W95, W98 (upgrade from W95), NT4.0 or 2000 standard so files can't be downloaded directly into the software.

Haven't got through the supplied battery yet, so no comment on battery life (with supplied non-rechargable).

Overall, very happy with the camera, a little less so with the software.

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Members' Comments onAndrew Kennaugh.'s Review

  • tom. on 3rd Feb 2002

    the camedia software was always clunky. I have just upgraded from an XGA olympus.
    Now that you can use the USB plug and play, I don't know why they include it. People install it and then wonder why it's bad.
    It would be better to include a customised version of thumbsplus or something like that for archiving.

  • tony. on 28th Dec 2002

    I agree with the review of the camera - it is a great device - But Olympus should be ashamed of their software though. It is so user unfriendly - try to find a saved image to e-mail! They seem to make it difficult to use to make you upgrade - at extra cost of course - to the 'pro' version.