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Olympus Stylus 840 8.0MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Dual Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) | 
| Brand: Olympus
Category: Photography
List Price: $229.99
Buy New: $184.94
You Save: $45.05 (20%)
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 8888
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 5
Digital Zoom: 6
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 2.7
Battery: 1 Li-ion Rechargeable Battery (LI-42B)
Maximum Focal Length: 32
Minimum Focal Length: 6.4
Maximum Resolution: 8000000
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 0.9 x 2.2
nv:Sensor: 8.0 Megapixel
Size: 1/2.3-inch
Image Resolution: 3248 x 2436
Movie Resolution: 640x480
Movie Resolution: 320x240
Memory Included: 14.8MB Internal
Storage Media: xD-Picture CardTM (1GB, 2GB)
Compressed Format: JPEG
Movie File Format: AVI motion JPEG
Optical Zoom: 5x
Digital Zoom: 5.6x
Combined Zoom: 28x
Focal Length: f= 6.4 32.0 mm
Focus Mode: iESP Auto, Face Detection AF
Focusing Range: Normal mode: 27.6" infinity (0.7m infinity)
LCD Monitor: 2.7-inch
LCD Pixels: 230,000 pixels
MPN: 226255
Model: 226255
UPC: 050332162563
EAN: 0050332162563
ASIN: B0011E870Y
Release Date: February 11, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 8.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints | | • | 5x image-stabilized optical zoom; Face Detection | | • | 2.7-inch HyperCrystal LCD | | • | Perfect Fix in-camera editing; includes Olympus Master 2 software | | • | Stores images on xD Picture Cards (not included) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
8-megapixel effective recording * 2-11/16" color LCD with 5-level brightness adjustment * 5X optical zoom (5.6X digital/28X total zoom) * 35mm equivalent lens focal length: 36-180mm * top JPEG resolution: 3248 x 2436 * Sensor-Shift image stabilization counteracts camera shake for clear shots * face detection automatically focuses on faces in your frame and adjusts exposure for better portraits * shadow adjustment technology for more detail in back-lit and dimly lit photos * multi-frame LCD preview shows the effects of various settings and lets you select the best version * in-camera panorama mode takes three successive shots and stitches them together *
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 Love this camera! September 24, 2008
Kerri L. McDonald (Oklahoma, USA)
I love, love, love this camera. It takes GREAT photos! I have been amazed! It's fun to experiment with all the extra settings but works awesome on automatic. A friend purchased a similar camera the same time I purchased this one. We compared photos and features and she immediately returned hers and traded for this same camera. I highly recommend it!
Great Camera for the money August 17, 2008
Explorer Chick (Westchester, NY)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I recently bought the Olympus Stylus before a trip to Europe. I needed to replace an old SONY camera that had issues holding a battery charge (it took AA rechargeables, which was a nice feature). It was time for an upgrade anyway, so I did a lot of research, wanting to have a balance of price and features. What's great about this camera is its optical zoom (5x). It's also great that there are many features (including a panoramic feature-- it takes a bit to get used to).
Some negatives:
1) The battery life runs out pretty quickly (didn't last more than 3 days). This depends partially on the features that you use (it seemed to run out faster when I took panoramic shots or used the menu to adjust the brightness of the shot), but I would advise buying a second battery or have an electricity converter if traveling abroad. One battery, charged once, will not be sufficient. The camera is probably average in terms of battery life, but I had higher expectations.
2) Sometimes the camera takes blurry shots when indoors, if you're trying not to use the flash (there's a menu that adjusts the brightness- super cool!). This is the only time I was really frustrated with the camera, as a flash sometimes washes out the photo subject. There may be a way to fix the issue, but as the camera is new, I've not yet discovered it.
Overall, I would recommend this camera. It takes great fast-motion action pictures, has brilliant colors in outdoor lighting, and provided for a great way to preserve memories of my trip. Love the 5x zoom. Love the video feature (has sound, which my old camera did not). Love the multitude of features and possible settings.
My wife is happy August 15, 2008
I. Farago (Croatia)
I bought this one for my wife. 5 stars I give here is a measure of her happiness :)
What I noticed and don't like is when you set video recording to highest setting (VGA @ 30 fps) it can record only 10 secs.
Other than that, my wife is happy. Have a good day :)
Great camera! August 10, 2008
J. Griffin (Colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This camera is great! It takes nice quality video, very good pictures all in a very small package that even looks good. The quality of sound (as others have mentioned) for video is minimal so obviously if you are recording something other than the family vacation you should go to a true video camera. Its very easy to use as well, reading the book was hardly necessary for me. One thing to watch out for is the optional muvee software you can buy after putting the included software on your computer. Think you can edit a "movie" with the "muvee" software? Wrong. All it does is string pictures and sound together for slide shows and it costs 29.95 (I'll consider that money wasted). Olympus has really done a great job with this camera and I think it is a great pocket video/picture taker that I am very happy I bought.
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