Olympus Camedia D-370 1.3MP Digital Camera

Olympus Camedia D-370 1.3MP Digital Camera
Manufacturer: Olympus
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The Olympus D-370 digital camera doesn't just let you take and enjoy great images thanks to its powerful optics, AutoConnect USB technology, and multi mode flash, it lets you take and enjoy them longer due to the extended power provided by its newly developed long-life battery circuit. Nothing's impossible.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Olympus D-370 boasts a host of excellent features and a compact, clamshell design. Two features that make it stand out are a superbright viewfinder and a newly developed long-life battery circuit. The battery circuit greatly extends battery life, allowing you to capture hundreds of images during normal operation. This 1.3-megapixel camera produces photo-quality 5-by-7-inch prints at 1,280 x 960 pixel resolution. In addition, the D-370 features a movie mode that lets you capture movie clips in QuickTime.

The Olympus focus-free 4.5 mm lens (equivalent to 35mm in film cameras) has an all-glass element and aperture range of f4 to f8. The camera is capable of a 4x digital telephoto zoom, but like all digital zooms, this increase in magnification comes at the expense of image quality. The Auto Connect USB port allows for easy connectivity to any PC running Windows Me or newer, or any Mac running OS 8.6 or newer, without the need to install drivers. Since the camera is recognized as a storage drive, transferring images is as easy as copying files to a floppy disk. The 1.5-inch color LCD displays your pictures for easy viewing and reviewing in-camera. In addition to accepting SmartMedia removable memory, the camera contains 2 MB of internal memory for capturing pictures.

The built-in flash features six modes: auto, red-eye reduction, off, fill-in, slow synchronization, and synchronization effect with red-eye reduction. With the optional Olympus LB01 (CR3V) batteries, the camera can last even longer than with the standard four AA alkaline batteries. There are several shooting modes including sequence (1.3 shots per second), macro, sepia, and black-and-white. Other features offered are: auto light metering, self-timer, date-data imprinting, and automatic or manual white balance.

Olympus Camedia D-370 1.3MP Digital Camera

Average customer rating:

Great little camera
It Was A Love Hate Relationship
I Didn't Know I Was Buying a $150 Disposable Camera
short-lived
Great for the first year but then spirals to disappointment

Olympus Camedia D-370 1.3MP Digital Camera

Manufacturer: Olympus
ProductGroup: Photography
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Accessories:

SimpleTech FlashLink All-in-One USB Reader
Ceiva Advanced Digital Photo Receiver
Kodak 1124346 Picture Paper, Soft Gloss, 8.5"x11", 25 Sheets
Olympus 16 MB SmartMedia Card
Olympus 32 MB SmartMedia Card

Product Features:

1.3 megapixel sensor creates 1280 x 960 images for prints at sizes up to 5 x 7
All-glass autofocus Olympus lens with 4x digital zoom
Included 2 MB internal memory holds 4 images at default resolution
Connects with Macs and PCs via included USB cable
Accepts SmartMedia removable memory for added storage

ASIN: B00005MEMN

Amazon.com Product Description

The Olympus D-370 boasts a host of excellent features and a compact, clamshell design. Two features that make it stand out are a superbright viewfinder and a newly developed long-life battery circuit. The battery circuit greatly extends battery life, allowing you to capture hundreds of images during normal operation. This 1.3-megapixel camera produces photo-quality 5-by-7-inch prints at 1,280 x 960 pixel resolution. In addition, the D-370 features a movie mode that lets you capture movie clips in QuickTime.

Product Description

The Olympus D-370 digital camera doesn't just let you take and enjoy great images thanks to its powerful optics, AutoConnect USB technology, and multi mode flash, it lets you take and enjoy them longer due to the extended power provided by its newly developed long-life battery circuit. Nothing's impossible.

Customer Reviews:

Great little camera.......2004-12-28

I bought this camera about 2.5 years ago, Have never had a problem with it. Takes great Pictures. I print out 8 x 10 pics all the time (even though it says you can't). My 7 year old daughter uses it all the time, she takes alot of action pictures with it among her friends, they turn out great.

It Was A Love Hate Relationship.......2004-03-06

I purchased the camera last year and for a number of months it worked great. Now it only takes pictures inside. Anything outside is so over exposed it looks monochrome. Half the time the shutter doesn't click so I have to press it two or three times more until it finally works. When I first purchased the camera I would have given it 4 or 5 stars but now I'm in the market for something more reliable. After reading a number of other reviews where people had the same type of problems I'm convinced this camera is quickly self distructing.

I Didn't Know I Was Buying a $150 Disposable Camera.......2003-11-26

Would be a great little camera if it would last more than 15 months. It took great pictures and was very easy to use. I purchased a 64mb memory card (internal memory was useless) and rechargeable batteries (after going thru MANY sets of 4). Right around 9-12 months the camera starting having problems with the LCD not focusing and the camera wouldn't always take the picture while depressing the shutter button. I had purchased the rechargeable batteries thinking that could be the problem. Didn't use it often enough to notice there was a major problem about to happen. NOW AT JUST 15 MONTHS OLD, THE CAMERA DIED COMPLETELY. Just out of the one-year warranty (plus one month grace period) time frame.

I contacted Olympus Tech Support (be prepared to stay on hold a long time on long distance) and was encouraged to send the camera in. I was told they would check it over and let me know what was wrong all for only the charge of insured postage. Then if it needed repairs, it would be a flat $80. I said it wasn't worth the postage sending it in because I wouldn't pay $80 to fix a camera that can be replaced with a newer model for that money. They talked me into sending it when they said it could be defective and the repair would be covered. Another person there said to right a letter and they would possibly do a one time courtesy repair. My letter came yesterday asking for the $80 fee for repair. I called Olympus to ask them what was wrong with it. They said they needed payment first and then they'd hook it to their computers to find out. Big line of BS just to get me to send it in. I should have followed my first instinct and applied my shipping towards a new NON-OLYMPUS brand digital camera.

After investigating further, this appears to be a very common problem with their cameras. Either the LCD or the shutter is giving out on these.

I WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING WITH THE OLYMPUS NAME ON IT AGAIN!!! PERIOD!!

short-lived.......2003-07-27

I just threw away a D-370 that I purchased 18 months ago. It worked great until two months ago, then simply died. This is the second Olympus digital camera that I've purchased that has lasted only a little over one year, then inexplicably stopped working. The camera repair shop says it's less expensive to buy a new digital camera than to repair the old one. Think of this as a pricey disposable.

Great for the first year but then spirals to disappointment.......2002-12-21

This camera worked great for the first year I had it -- then it was all downhill. First the card became corrupt so I thought it was just the card and bought a new one-- and the same thing is happening. I lost some pretty special pictures because of this. Now the display screen does not automatically come on when I turn on the camera -- I have to press the button several times when I want to take a picture.
The flash is also goes off like 5 times rapidly *before* the camera actually takes the pictures. So this problem (1) blinds the person before the picture is actually taken (this is really not a good thing for babies) and also (2) deceives the person into thinking the picture has already been taken when in fact, it has not.

I'm thinking about writing Olympus and telling them what a crappy camera this turned out to be. It was great for the first year - but now - it's just a pain in the ass. Spend the extra [money] and get something else with a 3MP.

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