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Olympus C8080WZ Pro-sumer Digital Camera

The Olympus C-8080 WZ is a digital camera model manufactured by Olympus. It was first announced on the opening day of the 2004 Photo Marketing Association Annual Convention and Trade Show. As of that time, the C-8080 was set to be Olympus’ first eight-megapixel digital camera for the high-end consumer market. Olympus set the camera's MSRP at $1,149 USD.[1]

One key feature that is described in the name is the optical zoom technique used in this camera. Most compact zoom cameras use the zoom functionality for telephoto work where one details in on a remote subject. This camera allows one to set up the lens to work as a wide-angle lenswhich comes in handy for group or landscape photography. It has a high resolution lens with 5x zoom (7.1 - 35.6 mm) - equals (28 – 140 mm) in35 mm film format - and an aperture of 2.4 for wide angle and 3.5 for telephoto. Focus range: normal 0.8 - inf.; macro 20 – 80 cm ; super-macro up to 5 cm.

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I used mine extensively underwater in an Olympus housing and 2 or 3 strobes (still do!) From new I found it often struggles to focus (and the lens rattles) but is capable of taking brilliant shots at times. Able to store 8 settings menus and really good macro makes it a keeper.