Olympus D545 4MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
By: Olympus Average Rating: 3.5 Total Reviews: 6
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 On: 2007-01-08
We bought this camera for our office and have found it to be good. However, the supplied USB cable and the USB port did not match the standard mini-USB found elsewhere and when we lost our cable, we had to go out and find a replacement... couldnt use the tons I have.
On: 2006-06-12
This camera is pretty good. Ive updated mine since because I dont think 4 megapixels is enough, but if its enough for you, good!
The picture quality when I developed them 4 x 6 is good. Its a lightweight camera and very sleek looking. Lots of shooting modes to choose from. Very easy to use. The cd it comes with to play around with your pictures is a nice bonus!
Now on to the bad...no viewfinder so your batteries get eaten up VERY quickly. There also is no sound for the movies, but I never used the movie mode anyway so I didnt care. The main reason I updated from this one is because the lag time when taking pictures is way too long! Mine would take up to 3 seconds, thats pretty slow if you think about it. Just smiling there...waiting for the picture to take...
I like this camera though. If you dont mind the lag time, its perfect!
 On: 2006-04-18
I just test-ran this camera all day:
-Although it managed to take some shots well, the metering is not very good overall. The pictures seem overexposed.
-The menu mode is very basic. (Could be a PRO for beginners).
-There is no viewing prism. It can get annoying to always look at the LCD screen.
-When zoomed in, WITH OPTICAL, the images come out pretty grainy. This is strange with an optical zoom. It should really only be a problem with the digital zoom, since digital zoom just crops and magnifies the image itself, thus losing image quality.
If you just want to take snapshots or are a beginner with cameras, you may enjoy this camera. If you are more serious, this camera will probably be a let-down.
On: 2005-08-22
My husband bought me this camera recently as he was tired of me always borrowing his. I love it. I didnt want too much camera for beginning and this one is so very user friendly. The display is a good size and very accurate. The pictures from using the zoom are not distorted. Downloading the pictures to my computer is very, very easy. I like the various features, and changing them is a two step process, but not difficult at all. The batteries do go down fairly quickly, but no more than my husbands Kodak. I havent used the movie mode at this time.
For an easy to use beginner camera, the 545 is a good choice.
 On: 2005-08-05
I recently bought this camera and I love it. The pictures are awesome quality. I recently took it to a rodeo and using the action photo setting, took several pictures of bull riders and there was no blur. Using the portrait setting, I took several great shots of friends. While you dont get sound with your movie, it still turns out great. I have used this camera so much in the past few weeks. It is small and lightweight. I have a lot of photography experience with advanced SLR cameras and I needed a small point and shoot digital camera for quick pics. I am really impressed with the quality of this camera. I use it much more than my SLR camera now. I dont even have a memory card for it and it stores 13 or 14 high quality shots on it at a time. I am looking right now for a memory card so i dont have to keep uploading pictures, but it is worth every penny. I would recommend getting some rechargable batteries. Regular batteries get drained quickly and that gets costly. I would also recommend a memory card. I am glad i purchased this camera. Lots of people have commented to me on how cool the camera looks too. Overall 5 out of 5. It is a great camera to use. It is foolproof. Anyone could work it. the dial with different settings do the work for you.
 On: 2005-07-04
I just bought this camera today, and I am very disappointed in what I just spent $180 on, plus $50 for the memory card.
It has a movie mode, but NO SOUND! What is the point of making a movie if you cannot hear it?
The much-advertised in-camera help feature is basically non-existant. If you can even find it, it is not much help. Plus, the "basic help menu" the give you in the box is VERY basic, only telling you how to put in the batteries and take a picture. They give you a "advanced help menu" that you much install into your computer. It did not work on my computer, neither did the photo editing software they give you.
I would not reccomend this camera, unless you dont care about anything but taking very simple pictures.
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