Olympus Stylus 400 Digital Camera

Outstanding compact digital camera

By typicalthought  Dec 27, 2003 | 28 out of 28 found this Olympus Stylus 400 review helpful

Pros: Compact, easy to us, great pics, versatile

Cons: Larger zoom would have been nice

I have had this camera over a month and it is excellent. I use professionally a Nikon D100 but this is not a camera you can carry around with you 24/7. The Olympus Stylus 400 is a camera which can be carried on your belt (purchase the accessory kit -... has a $30 rebate on it until years end - provides an extra battery, a card reader for USB computer transfer, and a great carrying case for your belt - it is worth the money). Sold the small xD card that came with the camera on Ebay and purchased two 256 MB xD cards on ecost.com for only $88 each. This allows you to take over 500 pictures; more than enough for any trip and you can do so with the two batteries fully charged. This camera is so easy to use, you can use all its functions without reading the instruction manual (which is always a major advantage of any device since it means it is simple to use unlike the D100 Nikon). Pic quality is excellent for this type of camera. The night mode works great as does all the other functions this camera overs which are many. Even the remote control is very nice so you can take photographs which you can be in as well without running because of some timer (need a tripod or a steady surface for this and the often the night mode as well). Others have remotes that allow you to change the zoom at a distant but for the price this was a great surprise to find a remote packaged with this great camera. It is a well made camera and seems to take weather as well as the bounces a digital camera needs to take to survive longer than a few months. I have this camera with me all the time so there is never a moment or a photograph I have to miss. From the protective sliding cover to the excellent display screen this camera is every thing you would expect from a high quality digital camera. You will not be disapppointed unless you expect every camera to be a D100. The best cameras and the most used cameras are those trimmed to the most necessary features and are easy to use. The Olympus 400 is exactly this type of camera and I will use it for hundreds of photographs I would otherwise never have taken. Read more Less