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Average rating:
4.21
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Olympus Stylus 410 (mju 410 Digital)3.9 megapixels | 1.5" screen | 35 – 105 mm (3×)
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Average rating:
4.21
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Opinion: I've had this camera for about 3 years now and it is very well built. No problems and it's life has included kid's handling it, beach time, high moisture/rain.
OK picture quality for this type of camera. It's very small and fits well in a pocket, but don't think you can enlarge them more than say 4x5.
Problems: Slow response. If you press the shutter, it doesn't take a picture for a few seconds (or at least until subject has left the scene and you get a picture of a blurry mess)
Lens is too small to get a good image. Forget about megapixels cause if the image going to the sensor is crap, recorded image is crap.
I'm going to replace this camera with a slightly larger camera (Canon S3 or Lumix FZ7) which has a bigger lens and faster response.
Opinion: This camera served me well for 2-3 years with its great image quality, quality LCD and construction (its been dropped, rained on and in dusty situations also) it was easy to use also. I didn't care for the buttons to much and the camera could be slow in terms of recycle times and such.
Even won some contests with it.
Problems: Could be my fault since it saw some rough use but it died going into its third year.
Opinion: I have had this camera for over a year now and have taken upwards of 5000 shots. It really is excellent.
Construction is very solid. Image quality is good and I can take it everywhere because it is so small.
I should point out it's my back up, get me out of trouble camera which is used alongside my main one.
Must be one of the best point and shoot items out there.
Problems: The menu could be a bit easier to navigate but now I'm just being picky !
Opinion: I've had this camera for over a year before giving it to my wife. Since she is non-technical, I thought it would be ideal for her because it is so easy to use, -with reservations (see below). The stylus is perhaps the most solid and well built p/s camera on the market for less then $500.00, -and it can go anywhere, rain or shine. not only is it well built, but it's all metal body looks it, and it's perhaps one of the most stylish cameras as well. It is quick and has long battery life, small enough to put in your pocket, yet not too small that it's awkward to work with. Operational buttens are well placed. This is a very difficult camera not to like.
Problems: And now for my 'reservations': Who's kooky idea was it to have an incompletely written manual were you would have to continuelly refer to it's CD to complete the instructions? It would have been all to easy to just have written everything out in the manual.
Someone reported that the Stylus 500 wasn't as good as the Stylus 410. All that would have to have been done to the 410 was raise the pixel count to five, increased the LCD monitor to 2", leaving room for the view finder and increase that great 215,000 pixels that the 500 has.
Opinion: Takes excellent shots in good light, quality becomes slightly grainy in low light but that's to be expected. Outdoor shots and daytime shots have excellent colouring and crispness, and don't need any pohotoshopping before printing. Indoor shots can come out looking a little funny under automatic setting, but more often than not they are very well coloured and good under the flash also, and improve with tweaking of settings. Feels very solid in the hand, but isnt heavy, just well constructed - you'd feel safe popping it in your bag unprotected. Has a simple yet effective set of modes - there are quite a few modes and options to choose from, but not a lot more than what you would need for taking good scenery and portrait shots.
Problems: The door to the conections is held shut by the dorr 'wedging' into place - it feels like over time this may become looser, perhaps lowering the weather resistance. It seems ok so far, though. A clasp or lock might have been nice.
It is possible to close the lens cap too quickly, such that it hits the lens barrel as it moves out of the way when turning the camera off. This is easily avoided by taking your time ... but I can see the barrel becoming scratched in the future. Still, the cover provides far more protection while the camera is off than other brands.
Opinion: This camera is fantastic, the controls are outstanding, very easy menu navigation.
Opinion: Takes great outdoors pictures.
Problems: There is no memory to store settings such as date when the battery is removed. This means that you must redo all the settings every time after you change the battery, and that is pretty often. I find this to be a large problem, and the manufacturer says this is not a fault in the camera.
Another problem is very slow operation of the "creative mode" selector. I think that is a software bug. However it's not possible to update the firmware of the camera yourself as it is with previous models of that model line. Instead you must send the camera to a repair centre which charges 60 euros for a firmware update.
Opinion: Just to correct something in another review:
"Most annoying is the fact that you are not able to play back the pictures you've taken without turning off the camera first (and thus retracting the lens)."
You can review pictures you've taken with a push of one button - the "Quick View" button - without switching the camera off at all.
Problems: None so far.
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