Olympus CAMEDIA C 770 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The latest long-zoomed Camedia struggles to outdo its mighty forebear

Verdict: PROS: 10x lens. Compact and fast. Movie options. CONS: No image stabiliser. High price.

Review summary: The Olympus C-770 Ultra Zoom has the oblong, fairly compact body of a point-and-shoot--in fact, it's the smallest Ultra Zoom model yet--together with the advanced controls, hot shoe (for external flash), and large lens barrel of an advanced model. ...

Verdict: Optional accessories for the C-770 include a 0.7X wide-angle lens converter and a 1.7X telephoto lens converter. Adding the latter extends your telephoto range beyond 600mm (35mm equivalent). The wide-angle lens could be the more useful one, however, ...

Review summary: Olympus makes its latest Ultra Zoom smaller and improves its video capabilities.

Verdict: The C-770 is a good choice if you want maximum zoom power in a small package.

Review summary: Olympus Camedia C-770

Pros: 10x Optical Zoom

Cons: 16MB onboard memory means you'll need a new memory card, fast

Verdict: The Olympus C-Series of digital cameras are aimed at what the camera company calls the "advanced amateurs", offering good image quality, a long zoom lens, and lots of features.

Review summary: The Olympus C-770UZ builds upon its predecessors' great telephoto grasp in a fairly compact package. However, we're disappointed to see the Japanese vendor's reluctance to introduce stabilization into the package.

Pros: 10x zoom lens ; hotshoe ; good grip ; higher-resolution viewfinder

Cons: No lens stabilization which results in potential camera shake ; Auto Focus (AF) performance could be better ; chromatic aberration--purple fringing