The Olympus C-1 has all the key functions of a brand-name digital camera, but at a price previously reserved for imitations. Olympus was one of the first companies to see the potential of digital photography and now has a wide range of cameras from fully-professional SLRs down to happy-snappy cameras like the C-1. You can liken the C-1 to a typical compact 35 mm film camera, the type you might take on holiday with you to capture the best moments with the minimum of setting up.

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Styled to look like a baby S602, the 3.2 Megapixel S304 digital camera offers 6x optical zoom and a large 1.82 inch LCD. Being a 3 Megapixel camera with a street price of under £300, this is a good alternative to the Ultra Zoom range from Olympus, as well as, being a good value 3 Megapixel camera.

On the rear of the camera, the lack of buttons can be slightly worrying, and where most manufacturers are adding as many as possible, Fujifilm has scaled it down to only a few, mainly one to a..

Olympus has squeezed a lot of good features into this 7.5x zoom digital camera, but still manages to keep the price attractive. Olympus has used the same design for its digital cameras for the last couple of years, so the Camedia C-220 Zoom doesnt appear that different from earlier models. It still looks like a compact 35mm camera, with a lens guard which also acts as a power switch.

Slide it open, though, and an Olympus auto-focus zoom lens telescopes out of the front. A miniature flash hea..