Olympus IR-300

I bought this camera in around November 2005, and have given it a lot of use since then. The best thing about it is its size - it easily fits in your pocket and doesn't weigh you down. The image quality is generally very good to excellent in daylight. In lower light it gets a bit grainy, due in part to the small flash. I suppose the manufacturers had to make a compromise between the size of the camera and the power of the flash. It's not much good for taking pictures of bands with - I'd ...

Every year I shop for a new digital camera for one of my family members. This time it's for my wife's christmas present. I looked high(not slr) and low. I went to at least 5 different stores, talked with the sales people, played with various models(samsung, ricoh, nikon, canon, olympus, and panasonic), read the reviews on dpreview, and checked out the prices. I found, I wanted the functionality of the Canon S2 but needed something that could easily be taken along. So it wasn't going to be ...

I was disappointed from this little camera. My in laws asked me for a small and nice camera - and since I own the C5050 i thought that this camera has something from the Olympus line. So I got it and tested it and the images were so bad. huge noise problem and the poor WB was annoying - almost every picture came out with under saturated colors. The zoom is 3x and 4x digital - and it is not useful. I know how to use the camera and what to expect - but this one was bad. I was hoping that the my ...

I bought the IR 300 a couple of weeks ago and have been pleasantly surprised. I actually went in to the store to buy the Canon IXUS 50 (or SD 400 as it's known in the States) but it was a little too pricey for me and I saw the IR 300. Not that "looks" matter AT ALL, but it's a sleek white colour and only 1mm thicker than the Canon and about 9 mm longer but it actually felt lighter. It's PERFECT for just putting in your pocket. Although it is quite small, it feels solid in the hand and ...

See my images to assess for yourself. I am very happy with this camera. http://mikese-1.freeservers.com/photo.html I bought this camera to be a permanent fixture in my pocket. I have an Olympus E-1 dslr and wanted a very small camera for the times that the pro camera was too much of a hassle. I have a sony W-1 but consider it too heavy for a shirt pocket and it's like a brick in the trouser pocket. It's early days with the little ir-300 but I must say it seems to be as I expected in terms of ...