Olympus SP-310 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)

Olympus SP-310 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)
Manufacturer: Olympus
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Creative control or simple use. SP310 is for you. 3x Optical Zoom 8.0 - 24.0mm (38 - 114mm equivalent in 35mm photography), 6 lenses in 5 groups, 3 aspherical lens with 4 surfaces / 5x Digital Zoom 7.1 Megapixel effective, 7.4 megapixel gross, 1/1.8 CCD for stills up to 3072 x 2304 resolution PictBridge technology means you can connect directly to any PictBridge-enabled printer, anywhere Display an image on the camera's LCD and print it with the one-touch EASYPRINT button (w/printer connection) Erase an image on the LCD with the press of a button See via the LCD or shoot the traditional route via the optical viewfinder One-touch AEL button lets you quickly and easily lock the Focus on a subject Zoom in using the 3x Optical zoom for greater detail Shoot as close as 2cm/0.8 from your subject with Super Macro mode Edit pictures right in the camera including removing red eye QuickTime movie mode with Audio is a great alternative to still image capture to VGA Turn on the Movement Compensation during movie Recording to reduce blurring of the subject Take photos of a flower bud opening or the sun rising in manually set intervals with the Timelapse feature Set the camera to shoot using your own customized settings every time with My Mode Take impressive pictures of underwater scenery - in the ocean or in the pool - with 3 available underwater scene modes (in conjunction with the use of the optional underwater housing) Power Supply - CRV3 or 2 AA Batteries Unit Size - 3.92W x 2.56H x 1.38D (99.5mm x 65.0mm x 35.0mm) Weight 6.35 ounces (180 grams) without battery and media card

Average customer rating:

Good camera
This camera is junk
Great Camera
Poor battery life
So far not happy...

Olympus SP-310 7.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)

Manufacturer: Olympus
ProductGroup: Photography
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Product Features:

7.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints
3x optical zoom; 2.5-inch LCD display
Add optional conversion lenses to the camera's threaded barrels (not included)
30 selectable shooting modes, including 27 creative scene options
Powered by CRV3 battery (included) or two AA-size batteries; stores images on xD-Picture Cards

ASIN: B000A7B9YO
Release Date: 2005-10-15

Product Description

Creative control or simple use. SP310 is for you. 3x Optical Zoom 8.0 - 24.0mm (38 - 114mm equivalent in 35mm photography), 6 lenses in 5 groups, 3 aspherical lens with 4 surfaces / 5x Digital Zoom 7.1 Megapixel effective, 7.4 megapixel gross, 1/1.8 CCD for stills up to 3072 x 2304 resolution PictBridge technology means you can connect directly to any PictBridge-enabled printer, anywhere Display an image on the camera's LCD and print it with the one-touch EASYPRINT button (w/printer connection) Erase an image on the LCD with the press of a button See via the LCD or shoot the traditional route via the optical viewfinder One-touch AEL button lets you quickly and easily lock the Focus on a subject Zoom in using the 3x Optical zoom for greater detail Shoot as close as 2cm/0.8 from your subject with Super Macro mode Edit pictures right in the camera including removing red eye QuickTime movie mode with Audio is a great alternative to still image capture to VGA Turn on the Movement Compensation during movie Recording to reduce blurring of the subject Take photos of a flower bud opening or the sun rising in manually set intervals with the Timelapse feature Set the camera to shoot using your own customized settings every time with My Mode Take impressive pictures of underwater scenery - in the ocean or in the pool - with 3 available underwater scene modes (in conjunction with the use of the optional underwater housing) Power Supply - CRV3 or 2 AA Batteries Unit Size - 3.92W x 2.56H x 1.38D (99.5mm x 65.0mm x 35.0mm) Weight 6.35 ounces (180 grams) without battery and media card

Customer Reviews:

Good camera.......2007-06-16

The only flaw in this camera is the hook for the battery compartment. It is fairly small and plastic, and it takes very little to make it useless.

However, with that said.. the sliding action of the battery compartment cover still keeps the battery in and functioning.

I was very pleased with the quality & relative simplicity of this camera, excepting the flaw noted above.

This camera is junk.......2007-04-27

Barely after 1 year of ligt use, the lens got stuck (closed) one fine morning after replacing batteries. The lens won't come out. Kept displaying "Zoom Error" and auto-shutting-off. I gave it a real good whack and voila.

Stick with other brand names... I heard good comments about Olympus. Personally I will never go for anything other than Canon or Nikon in future.

Great Camera.......2007-03-28

Just takes a little getting use to it.I like all the features of my old 35mm
SLR which used real film.

Poor battery life.......2006-12-06

The camera has a complete feature list and good image quality. Unfortunately, battery life is so bad it's almost useless. I rarely get more than 25 shots from a set of freshly charged AA rechargables.

I sent the camera to Olympus to have the firmware updated, but it didn't make any discernible difference.

So far not happy..........2006-10-21

I bought this Olympus camera to update my older Olympus camera. I stayed with Olympus becasue my former camera was such a workhorse. I took tons of picture with it and it took a beating here or there and was dropped a few times. After much research, I went with the SP-310. I was happy with all the features and like that fact that you could do some limited manual settings, such as sperture and flash speed...although I am an amateur so I don't know much about these things. However, one thing I don't like is that in fully automatic mode the camera resets the resolution each time you turn it off and on, which is soemthing the old camera wouldn't do if you turned off the "All Reset" feature. This camera has the same feature, but it doesn't seem like the resolution is part of what is NOT reset??? Maybe I am doing something wrong???

But, my real problem with this camera is the short battery life. No joke, I can take from 10-25 pictures only with new rechargeable NiMH batteries. I know there is a firmware update for this, which I tried but didn't resolve the issue. I just received my camera back from Olympus after the second time of sending it to them, so I will see if anyting has been fixed.

Perhaps, I have a lemon, but the fact that a firmware exists leads me to believe that there is some type of issue with this camera or perhaps a certain amount they have built. Olympus customer service has been so-so, although the last person I talked to from corporate "took care of business."

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