Reviews Written by louise jayne

Olympus 710- PERFECT!

Pros: Very fast 'snap' of image, BIG screen, little sized camera-classy style, quality of photos!, GREAT macro &supermacro settings, great self-portrait option too, battery life not too bad

Cons: Hard to see screen on bright day, no cropping on camera

This was my very first digital camera- I was very fond of my little Olympus Mju/ Stylus (different name same model from 1999)- so it was a big thing to look at digital- and do I stay with Olympus or get sucked inot the 'canon' vaccum- like so many other people??? WELL I am sooooooo glad I stuck with the proven name of Olympus- I have the same lens as I had in my old one- and the MANY benefits of digital! Im a real convert (this camera made it an EASY transition!)- its been SO easy to use! Small enough to take whereever I go- and very sturdy- easy to keep (scratchresistant) screen clean! I brought the camera on appro- but COULDN"T go without it after just one week.
It takes great pictures- impressive on macro and then has supermacro setting as well to choose from!! And none of that nasty 'icey/ 3Dimensional/cut-out' look some digital cameras seem to have- espically seen on people a t times. It was very important to me that the camera take photos quickly- so as to miss no moments. Also the 'lag' between being able to take pitures isn't too bad either. I am really quite pleased with the battery life- takes 4-5 hours to charge I think - and goes a suitable amount when I take pletny of pictures- flash use makes a big difference. It captures movement CLEARLY even on portrait setting! had NO blurry pictures yet! Great little musically enhanced 'slideshow' option too. Impresses everyone with my photos- mainly of landscape, closups, and people. ONLY thing it doesn't do is cropping in camera- but Im sure the great support programme disc it comes with would allow that- my computer is too oldfashioned to use this! Great forgiving to a beginner I think. Its a quality point-and-shot- with a decent zoom too.
My advice- spend what you have to to get what you want- and this camera is WELL WORTH IT! (Though a cool $649.00 in New Zealand!!!!!) ...