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| Value for Money | 9.3/10  |
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| Overall rating | 9.4/10 |
Full review by
paulbrenda
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on 8th Aug 2007
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Good Points: True Colour representation and sharp imaging make this a must have piece of kit. The 8 MP capture puts the camera into a new class for non SLR cameras. The Lens is produced at the same works as Olympus's best SLR Cameras and it shows.
Bad Points: Cameras generally aren't configured for left hand use, but I am left eyed so some of the controls are awkwardly placed for me, but that's just scraping the barrel to find a bad point. I thought that I would miss a 10x zoom but the high pixel rate and 3x plus does me fine. The really bad thing about this camera is that it's not still available, lots of my friends would love one.
General comments: I've had my C8080 for nearly three years, and have had three of Fuji's top end bridge cameras in that period, but keep going back to the faithful Olympus. You only have to hold the camera to know it's quality, it feels good in the hand, so well balanced and solidly constructed. The manual functions give you all the control you could wish for, and the auto operation is there to back you up when speed is foremost.
I will probably always stay with this camera as my prime, reliable work horse, hoping that it's build quality will last out my love of photography
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Review by
panda1
on 18th Mar 2007
User Rating : 7
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Overall, the Olympus C-8080 is easy and a joy to work with.
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Review by
john nicolson
on 3rd Jun 2006
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The Olympus C-8080 digital camera is the best non D-SLR on the market! The lens is excellent, and it has great batter life. It is also great for use underwater.
Check out http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/ - Great photo's!
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Review by
whitefalcon
on 23rd Jul 2005
User Rating : 9
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Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom - I have been using this camera for over a year. I have had some wonderful images come from it. It is eight megapixels and when I used to work in wide format I was able to print some of my images up to 36 inches wide. Those were images that were shot in Tiff mode not compressed.
For the most part I have been very happy with this camera.
It comes with a battery charger and the camera itself. What it does not have is a cover. I would recommend buying a camera bag if you ...
whitefalcon's full review | 313 words
Review by
Truttakungen
on 25th Jun 2005
User Rating : 10
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I've had my camera for almost a year now, and I must say that this is the best digital non SLR that I've tried.
The liberty of having access to manual settings in this degree is awesome..
If you fail using this camera, you haven't read the manual properly in my opinion.
The only complaint that I have, is that sometimes the autofocus fails when using the camera in low light. And I would preffer a tiny bit more zoom... Otherwise it works perfectly. I have done a lot of photojobs for magazines ...
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Review by
fivish
on 12th Aug 2004
User Rating : 10
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Despite the three white pixels and surprisingly loose lens barrel the Olympus C-8080WZ is a magnificent beast.
I bought this to replace my ten year old Nikon F601 + 35-70 + 70-210. Prior to this I had a Nikon FT2 and a Nikon F301 so I have been used to top notch quality for over 30 years.
I am very pleased with the results, they are comparable with 35mm at least up to A4. I don't know yet about 30x20's which from 200asa 35mm film have proved entirely acceptable. I think I will have to manually ...
fivish's full review | 216 words
Review by
gkelly
on 16th Jul 2004
User Rating : 10
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I purchased the C8080 as a second camera. I chose this camera over the latest digital SLRs, as it offers a good all in one package for a lot less than the price of an SLR system. The camera feels moulded to my hand, all functions are close to hand and the menu system is simple and well thought out. Start up is the fastest I have ever seen, you can turn on and be ready to shoot in under a second! It really is a stunning camera, it can be used as point and shoot or allows you to get creative with ...
gkelly's full review | 210 words
Review by
Steve B
on 7th Jul 2004
User Rating : 10
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I bought my Olympus C-8080WZ to replace a Nikon 995 3.34megapixel camera. I have only owned it a few weeks but the results are just stunning. I even won an award with only my 3rd photo taken with this camera (macro of a flower). The colour accuracy, sharpness and levels of this camera are superb. I have done a lot of reading up on ALL the 8meg compacts and several magazines pitch this at the top. I have tried 3 other makes of 8meg compacts and found this one to more resemble an SLR with good bui ...
Steve B's full review | 272 words
Review by
REByers
on 21st Jun 2004
User Rating : 9
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I bought this Olympus C-8080WZ digital camera to replace my Canon S40 Powershot and to move up a gear in my photography (plus my daughter has started eventing horses seriously). So I needed a camera with a reasonable zoom, quick response and a good image in, mainly, outdoor conditions.
I had the good fortune of being able to play with a friends Canon D10, a few days before. I decided that as much as I liked the Digital SLR route, the all in 1 camera was (for now) for me.
I compared the 8 ...
REByers's full review | 200 words
8-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 16-by-22-inch enlargements5x optical zoom combines with 3x digital zoom for 15x total zoomMovie mode with audio; PictBridge enabled; 1 More...
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