Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom

I've had my C8080 for nearly three years, and have had three of Fuji's top end bridge cameras in that period, but keep going back to the faithful Olympus. You only have to hold the camera to know it's quality, it feels good in the hand, so well balanced and solidly constructed. The manual functions give you all the control you could wish for, and the auto operation is there to back you up when speed is foremost.

I will probably always stay with this camera as my prime, reliable work horse, hoping that it's build quality will last out my love of photography

Overall, the Olympus C-8080 is easy and a joy to work with.

The Olympus C-8080 digital camera is the best non D-SLR on the market! The lens is excellent, and it has great batter life. It is also great for use underwater.

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Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom - I have been using this camera for over a year. I have had some wonderful images come from it. It is eight megapixels and when I used to work in wide format I was able to print some of my images up to 36 inches wide. Those were images that were shot in Tiff mode not compressed.

For the most part I have been very happy with this camera.

It comes with a battery charger and the camera itself. What it does not have is a cover. I would recommend buying a camera bag if you purchase this camera.

The software that comes with the camera is okay. I prefer to use Photoshop to edit my pictures.

I did not have much sucess shooting in RAW mode and would recommend using Tiff mode for large format pictures and one of the Jpeg formats for others.

Compare the quality in different modes to see which suits you best.

I've had my camera for almost a year now, and I must say that this is the best digital non SLR that I've tried.

The liberty of having access to manual settings in this degree is awesome..

If you fail using this camera, you haven't read the manual properly in my opinion.

The only complaint that I have, is that sometimes the autofocus fails when using the camera in low light. And I would preffer a tiny bit more zoom... Otherwise it works perfectly. I have done a lot of photojobs for magazines and private customers, and never ever had nothing but good reviews.. ;)

Despite the three white pixels and surprisingly loose lens barrel the Olympus C-8080WZ is a magnificent beast.

I bought this to replace my ten year old Nikon F601 + 35-70 + 70-210. Prior to this I had a Nikon FT2 and a Nikon F301 so I have been used to top notch quality for over 30 years.

I am very pleased with the results, they are comparable with 35mm at least up to A4. I don't know yet about 30x20's which from 200asa 35mm film have proved entirely acceptable. I think I will have to manually touch up the white pixels before going beyond A4 and then with raw file sizes or some 30MB. My computers hard disk is rapidly filling up! This is clearly the best prosumer camera on the market. The SLRs at twice the price offer nothing more except the abilty to change the lens. With this you don't need to. The 28-140 optical zoom extends to 420mm with the digital added in at the top end and still with 2.7 Mpix resolution results are still Ok up to 7X5. At 210mm equivalent its still giving 5.3 Mpixel resolution so even A4 is good.

I purchased the C8080 as a second camera. I chose this camera over the latest digital SLRs, as it offers a good all in one package for a lot less than the price of an SLR system. The camera feels moulded to my hand, all functions are close to hand and the menu system is simple and well thought out. Start up is the fastest I have ever seen, you can turn on and be ready to shoot in under a second! It really is a stunning camera, it can be used as point and shoot or allows you to get creative with the various settings. The best thing about the C8080 though is the lens, apparently it's based on the "E" system lenses used on the top of the range Olympus E1 and you can tell. I have used Canon manual and digital equipment in the past including "l" series lenses and the C8080 lens is on a par to them, serioulsy. It is a stunning piece of technolgy.

I bought this Olympus C-8080WZ digital camera to replace my Canon S40 Powershot and to move up a gear in my photography (plus my daughter has started eventing horses seriously). So I needed a camera with a reasonable zoom, quick response and a good image in, mainly, outdoor conditions.

I had the good fortune of being able to play with a friends Canon D10, a few days before. I decided that as much as I liked the Digital SLR route, the all in 1 camera was (for now) for me.

I compared the 8080 with the Nikon 8700, and the startup time (1 second) just made the Nikon look as though it were standing still.

To compensate for the difference in zoom I have bought the Olympus 1.4X extender lens and this works great.

I have taken a few hundred photos in the 2 weeks since I've had it and generally the results are fantastic. The colour in the images is very accurate and the 8M pixel capture reveals so much detail.

I would firmly recommend this camera.