Olympus Stylus Epic DLX 35mm Film Camera
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- Battery Type: 1 x 3V Lithium Battery (CR123A)
- Film Type: 35mm
- Zoom Lens: Without Zoom Lens
- Zoom Range: 35 mm
- Camera Type: Point and Shoot
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Amazingly tiny 35mm camera with a great lens
Pros
Very compact, inexpensive, sharp lens, f/2.8 aperture (great for indoor / subdued light shooting); 35mm focal length (wide enough for most indoor / party shots, many vacation shots)
Cons
None really
Recommended it?
Yes
From time to time manufacturers get the "magic formula" of a given type item just right, resulting in a product that's priced right, has all the features you want and none of the gimmicks to get in the way, is a joy to use, and produces excellent quality results.
I feel that Olympus Stylus Epic is one of the few such products.
The best part of this camera is its lens. Some people may say "well it is not a zoom". What they may not realize is that to fit a zoom lens in a point-and-shoot camera of a given size and cost, the engineers and manufacturers have to give up a lot - namely lens quality and maximum aperture.
Maximum aperture of a given lens (how "fast" the lens is) determines its light gathering ability. Using flash can't fully compensate for the slow lens some compact cameras have - the flash exposes only the foreground - if the background is very dark and / or far away, you often end up with photos of say people where they are very over-exposed and the surroundings are almost black - a "deer in the headlights" look. As if to add insult to injury, you may also get red eye in those pix.
But this camera has a very sharp and fast (f/2.8, aperture as fast as those found on most professional lenses) lens that helps you minimize those problems.
The focal length of the lens (related to its angle of view) is 35mm, which is about the most versatile single focal length I could think of, good for travel, architecture, indoor/party, family portraits, etc. By contrast, many zoom compact camera's lenses only open up to about 38mm at the widest, which is not wide enough for a number of applications (there's a large difference in angle of view between 35mm and 38mm focal lengths!), so in many situations those zoom lenses end up being more restrictive than versatile.
Another great feature of this camera is that it is light and about as small as a 35mm camera can possibly be. What good would a camera be that is too big to take with you? Not too good. But this little Olympus shines in this regard as well.
Yet another great thing about this camera is its cost. It is very inexpensive at around $100, yet does not sacrifice quality to achieve that. So folks on a tight budget could get this camera because they can afford it, and even serious photographers might want to get one as a just-in-case, carry-always camera for those occasions where the big main camera system is too bulky to take along or not splash-proof or could be stolen.
This camera comes in three flavors: the plain black version, the champagne silver finish version for about $10 more which also includes a velvet pouch, and a limited edition for about another $8 more with a beautiful brown finish, which includes a gold colored gift box and a leather pouch (perhaps making it the best value of the three).
I feel that Olympus Stylus Epic is one of the few such products.
The best part of this camera is its lens. Some people may say "well it is not a zoom". What they may not realize is that to fit a zoom lens in a point-and-shoot camera of a given size and cost, the engineers and manufacturers have to give up a lot - namely lens quality and maximum aperture.
Maximum aperture of a given lens (how "fast" the lens is) determines its light gathering ability. Using flash can't fully compensate for the slow lens some compact cameras have - the flash exposes only the foreground - if the background is very dark and / or far away, you often end up with photos of say people where they are very over-exposed and the surroundings are almost black - a "deer in the headlights" look. As if to add insult to injury, you may also get red eye in those pix.
But this camera has a very sharp and fast (f/2.8, aperture as fast as those found on most professional lenses) lens that helps you minimize those problems.
The focal length of the lens (related to its angle of view) is 35mm, which is about the most versatile single focal length I could think of, good for travel, architecture, indoor/party, family portraits, etc. By contrast, many zoom compact camera's lenses only open up to about 38mm at the widest, which is not wide enough for a number of applications (there's a large difference in angle of view between 35mm and 38mm focal lengths!), so in many situations those zoom lenses end up being more restrictive than versatile.
Another great feature of this camera is that it is light and about as small as a 35mm camera can possibly be. What good would a camera be that is too big to take with you? Not too good. But this little Olympus shines in this regard as well.
Yet another great thing about this camera is its cost. It is very inexpensive at around $100, yet does not sacrifice quality to achieve that. So folks on a tight budget could get this camera because they can afford it, and even serious photographers might want to get one as a just-in-case, carry-always camera for those occasions where the big main camera system is too bulky to take along or not splash-proof or could be stolen.
This camera comes in three flavors: the plain black version, the champagne silver finish version for about $10 more which also includes a velvet pouch, and a limited edition for about another $8 more with a beautiful brown finish, which includes a gold colored gift box and a leather pouch (perhaps making it the best value of the three).
