Olympus IS-5 Deluxe 35mm Autofocus 28-140mm SLR Camera

Olympus IS-5 Deluxe 35mm Autofocus 28-140mm SLR Camera
Manufacturer: Olympus
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Take the creative helm when you're feeling inspired, or coast in confidence with the advanced automatic Olympus IS-5 Deluxe. A sleek, compact body makes it easy to capture great shots. You'll find yourself bringing home "keepers" with greater and greater frequency. Dioptric adjustment Spot metering & exposure compensation Quartz Date back with 4 Date/Time imprinting formats Uses two 3V CR123 lithium batteries 3.4H x 4.9W x 4.8D

Average customer rating:

Love it!!!, a little complicated but thats ok
35 mm film camera comeback
Great camera
Great Camera!!!
This Camera is most definitely an SLR

Olympus IS-5 Deluxe 35mm Autofocus 28-140mm SLR Camera

Manufacturer: Olympus
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

Kodak High Definition 400 Speed 24 Exposure Film (3-Pack)
FujiFilm Superia 110 200 Speed Film (2 Pack)
FujiFilm Super HQ 200 Speed 48 exp Film (2 Pack)

Product Features:

Powerful, versatile 28~140mm 5x zoom lens with ED glass elements (f4.9-6.9; 15 elements in 10 groups) makes toting a bagful of replacement lenses a fading memory
Advanced twin flash system with Intelligent Variable-Power Flash control provides appropriate light under a variety of scenarios ? automatically
Auto Color-Balancing detects artificial & fluorescent light sources, determining appropriate flash settings for complex lighting situations
Flash synch at shutter speeds to 1/2000 second
Multimode Programmed Auto Exposure, plus Manual, Aperture & Shutter Priority Exposure Modes provide fullest creative range

ASIN: B00006I5KN

Product Description

Take the creative helm when you're feeling inspired, or coast in confidence with the advanced automatic Olympus IS-5 Deluxe. A sleek, compact body makes it easy to capture great shots. You'll find yourself bringing home "keepers" with greater and greater frequency. Dioptric adjustment Spot metering & exposure compensation Quartz Date back with 4 Date/Time imprinting formats Uses two 3V CR123 lithium batteries 3.4H x 4.9W x 4.8D

Customer Reviews:

Love it!!!, a little complicated but thats ok.......2007-05-13

I love this product. Exceptional picture quality. Go for it

35 mm film camera comeback.......2006-07-10

I had a digital camera that burned through batteries. This Olympus camera was the best I have ever seen for vacationing and, of course, other uses. The camera is ready to go at a moment's notice and quickly changes from 28 to 140 mm at the press of a button. I don't have to worry about batteries or a long lag time while the camera gets ready to shoot. Also, there is no lag after the shutter is clicked as is true of digital cameras. The shutter speed goes up to 1/2000 th of a second so pictures of widely varying light content and speed are possible. The camera is compact and lightweight and self contained so you don't need a camera bag with a bunch of lenses.

Great camera.......2006-03-18

Excellent features, very fast, perfect focus, great zoom... Nothing you can find yet in digital !

Great Camera!!!.......2005-12-02

This is our third "IS" Olympic camera and is replacing a broken "IS 2". My wife is the primary user and she loves all of them but especially the "IS 5". For the past month she has been using a good Nikon pocket camera with a view finder (not "through the lens"}. She couldn't wait for the new Olympus TTL. Using the IS 5 will absolutely spoil you against smaller "point and shoot" cameras. I own Nikon F and Olympus OM cameras and use IS 5 90% of the time because of ease and quality of photos. We travel all over the world and find the IS series of cameras from Olympus to be the perfect travel camera for us.

This Camera is most definitely an SLR.......2004-10-19

I beg to differ with bcook. I don't know what definition of SLR he is using. But interchangable lenses and hotshoes have nothing to do with whether a Camera is an SLR (Single Lens Reflex) or not. What determines this is whether or not you view through the same lense used to capture the image. Since there is only one lense on the IS-5 it is by definition a Single Lens Reflex.

As alternatives to SLRs, cheaper film cameras and all but the most expensive digital cameras used rangefinders or a second much smaller lense for viewing and more expensive cameras such as the Rollei used Twin Lens Reflexes (the expensive Leica and Contax used rangefinders too).

It is true that SLRs are ideal for interchangeable lens support. But this is a strong point of SLR design not a requirement for it.

I have owned Olympus cameras since the OM-1 (the first camera to challenge Nikon's total domination in the field of photojournalism). I also owned the IS-1 which is the first of the IS series of "all in one" film cameras. The IS-1 had a problem focusing in low and moderately low light, but otherwize was a great camera. Olympus has solved the focusing problem since the IS-2 and the IS-5 is cheaper and far better and provides one of the most convenient film cameras available. With built in flash, and a very high quality wide to telephoto zoom lense in a compact package, it's all the film camera most people will ever need.

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