Olympus Camedia D-370 1.3MP Digital Camera

by Olympus

Product Details

Product Manual [4.99mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 4.8 x 2.6 inches ; 10.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005MEMN
• Item model number: 225290
• Batteries: 4 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,085 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 27, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Olympus D-370 boasts a host of excellent features and a compact, clamshell design. Two features that make it stand out are a superbright viewfinder and a newly developed long-life battery circuit. The battery circuit greatly extends battery life, allowing you to capture hundreds of images during normal operation. This 1.3-megapixel camera produces photo-quality 5-by-7-inch prints at 1,280 x 960 pixel resolution. In addition, the D-370 features a movie mode that lets you capture movie clips in QuickTime.

The Olympus focus-free 4.5 mm lens (equivalent to 35mm in film cameras) has an all-glass element and aperture range of f4 to f8. The camera is capable of a 4x digital telephoto zoom, but like all digital zooms, this increase in magnification comes at the expense of image quality. The Auto Connect USB port allows for easy connectivity to any PC running Windows Me or newer, or any Mac running OS 8.6 or newer, without the need to install drivers. Since the camera is recognized as a storage drive, transferring images is as easy as copying files to a floppy disk. The 1.5-inch color LCD displays your pictures for easy viewing and reviewing in-camera. In addition to accepting SmartMedia removable memory, the camera contains 2 MB of internal memory for capturing pictures.

The built-in flash features six modes: auto, red-eye reduction, off, fill-in, slow synchronization, and synchronization effect with red-eye reduction. With the optional Olympus LB01 (CR3V) batteries, the camera can last even longer than with the standard four AA alkaline batteries. There are several shooting modes including sequence (1.3 shots per second), macro, sepia, and black-and-white. Other features offered are: auto light metering, self-timer, date-data imprinting, and automatic or manual white balance.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

126 of 127 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Camera... But you should know before you buy..., August 17, 2001

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Jason Zagar (Pottsville, Pa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus Camedia D-370 1.3MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

The rating from me is actually 4 1/2 stars. Just because it's not perfect, but VERY good.

First, Picture Quality. Let me tell you that I think that the camera is a VERY good camera. When I first got it I was dissapointed by the picture quality, until I got the hang of using the camera. It seems the pic quality was more due to poor user than poor camera, I needed to learn HOW to take pictures first. Its not that it's hard to do. I just couldnt do it right. :) Now almost all of my pictures come out Crisp, clear and colorful. The camera's pic quality isn't perfect (what camera DOES take perfect pics all the time though?) but it's incredible for the price.

Second(and the thing you should know before buying), The Product specifications for the camera (at least at the time of writing this review) claim that it comes with an AC Adapter. It doesn't. The AC Adapter is sold seperatly. I was very dissapointed by this, and I hope that Amazon.com changes the specifications soon so no one else gets "burned".

Third, The Quicktime Movie mode. It is ok. It is soundless, somewhat grainy, and a pretty small picture, but it does have a nice framerate. The maximum length of the video is 60 seconds (at least on my 16 meg card that I bought for the camera). The video only takes up about 4 megs in size so I assume that this is the maximum length it can take at one time before compressing the video. It's a nice feature, but DONT buy the camera FOR it

Fourth, The battery power. It is VERY good on batteries. Even with the LCD screen turned on. (The LCD screen is bright and colorful in it's own right.) I am still on the set of batteries that came with the camera after 3 days owning the camera and have taken MANY pictures (at least 100) and 5 or 6 movies. I used the LCD screen for all the movies (I dont think you can turn it off when taking movies) and used it for taking about 15 pictures but always use it to review the pic after I take it.

In summary, This camera is great, and MORE than worth what they're charging for it. It's easy to use, takes nice pictures, and doesn't drain your batteries. I suggest buying a smart media card with it so you can take alot of pictures at once without having to empty the camera's memory. I got a 16 meg card and it is MORE than enough. I hope you found this review helpful.

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great buy for the price!, December 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Olympus Camedia D-370 1.3MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

I love this camera. It's definitely worth it for a sub $(...) camera. I agree with the other reviewers - the picture quality is great if you snap a shot correctly. It's very good on batteries. With USB, you can hot swap the camera and get your pictures onto your hard drive in no time. I gave it 4 stars because it would've been nice to have more internal memory. I went and bought myself a 64MB SmartMedia card for around $30. Now, I can take about 197 pictures in HQ mode. Too bad it doesn't have zoom, but we'd be robbing Olympus if it did.

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice for the price!, August 30, 2001

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Grace K. Sheehan "thesilverpennydotcom" (Cape Elizabeth, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus Camedia D-370 1.3MP Digital Camera (Electronics)

I purchased this camera to post pictures on my website and, I must say, I'm pleased. After using another digital camera with only low resolution capability for almost a year, this is a vast improvement in picture quality. I'm not a digital camera or computer wiz, but I can honestly say this camera was easy to learn. Although, I think if I'd never used a digital camera before, I might have been confused when it came to downloading pictures. The instructions aren't as clear as they could be for rank beginners. I had to call the toll-free customer support hotline for clarification and they were extremely helpful and courteous. The manufacturer claims this camera will extend battery life - don't count on it, unless you plan to haul around a case of AA's! After taking less than 10 pictures, the batteries were drained in half! I immediately purchased the charger with four batteries and I expect it will save me a lot of $$ in the long-run. The 2mg internal memory only holds 3 pictures at a time in the HQ mode, which is recommended for web pix. I urge you to purchase a removeable memory card of at least 16mg or higher if you want to spend more time taking pictures and less time reviewing and deleting them. This camera has some very nice features. The color LCD screen is sharp and large enough to be very useful for reviewing your pixs. Downloading is extremely easy if you have Windows 98 or Me, just click and drag into the file of your choice. My 12-year old, who has never used a digital camera, took some excellent pictures her first time out and didn't require any assistance. (She can't wait to shoot a short video to post on the web for friends and relatives.) My husband uses a comparable Kodak digital camera at his office and finds this one much easier to use. Overall, we're very pleased with our purchase.