Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 QD CG Date 35mm Camera Review

A manual settings snob I was... my 20 year-old Minolta had a light leak.Too late to get a repair before a trip to Alaska I bought a point andshoot. I bought this brand because Olympus have glass lenses. But thedesign is what really sold me: the camera is "splashproof", thelens cover ingenious, and the small, very lightweight oval fits in yourhand like it belongs there.
It has trekked with me across Alaska,Florida, fell in a fountain in Savannah, been on a beach too many times tomention and has bounced off airport restroom floors more than once. Itsurvived being thrown 20 feet into the street when my bag was grabbed andthe camera flew out of it. It has gone fishing with me and even scooted offthe face of a glacier once.
And you know what? Besides being moredurable than I could ever imagine, it takes great pictures.
Two yearsand 100 rolls of film later I have had 3 bad pictures. All because I wastaking low light shots without a tripod -- my hand jiggled the camera. Lastmonth, we were on the beach at midnight with a full moon out. I placed theOlympus on stairs and set the timer so me tripping the shutter wouldn'tjiggle things. Beautiful shot of the ocean, the moon and unbeknownst to usuntil the photos came back... a sea turtle coming ashore behind us.
Ihave taken the Olympus places I would of never taken the expensive (OK!!OK: and clunky and heavy) Minolta. The Olympus fits in my pocket. It is notan ordeal to get it out and determine the lighting, put on the right lensor even to load the film.
I miss the Minolta when I have a beautifulsunset to shoot and know what it would look like with a polarizing filterand ASA 100 film. And, when I was set up with it I could actually focusfaster than the autofocus on the Olympus. But three bad shots out of 3000?I can stand a nanoseconds delay.



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