Olympus D-460 1.3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

by Olympus

Product Details

Product Manual [198kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 5 x 2.6 inches ; 9.6 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: B00004R8VC
• Item model number: 225150
• Batteries: 4 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,729 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 8, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the almost identical D-450 model, the Olympus D-460L is a user-friendly and budget-friendly digital zoom camera. It offers a maximum resolution of 1,280 x 960 pixels and picks up images with a 0.37-inch, 1.31-megapixel CCD. You can bring objects up to six times closer with the combined 3x optical and 2x digital zoom lens. With programmed exposure control, white balance control, and an automatic through-the-lens contrast-detection system, the Olympus D-460L does all the thinking for just the right exposure and focus. It also features a built-in six-mode flash with red-eye reduction to illuminate a variety of low-light situations.

The Olympus D-460L includes special features such as a 12-second self-timer, date imprinting, and a continuous-shooting mode. While the Olympus D-460L's automatic functions make it easy to take digital images, it also has an assortment of manual options to expand your creative potential. You can manually tweak the white balance, select a film-speed equivalent, or use special settings, such as macro, to achieve precisely the shot you want.

Using SmartMedia memory, the Olympus D-460L comes with an 8 MB card, which is enough memory for 122 normal-quality, 36 high-quality, or 18 superhigh-quality shots. This camera also comes with a software package for photo filing and editing as well as the necessary connectors to hook the camera up to your PC or Macintosh for uploading.

Olympus backs the D-460L with a one-year warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

355 of 358 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High quality and easy to use, April 18, 2000

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John Rofrano (NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus D-460 1.3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I did a lot of research on digital cameras before I purchased the Olympus 460 ZOOM and I am extremely happy with this camera. My criteria were picture quality, advanced features and a price under $500. After a week of taking over a hundred pictures, I'm very impressed with both the crisp quality and true to life colors of each picture. It automatically adjusts to florescent, incandescent, and outdoor light. The selectable ISO settings makes for very impressive low light pictures. The panorama stitching was easy to use and very accurate. This will be great for taking seascapes while on vacation. I'm still on my first set of batteries so battery life is great. I read a lot of reviews on the D450 ZOOM before I purchased the D460 and all the small things that owners complained about were fixed. Olympus really must listen to customer feedback. The menus are easy to use, it remembers settings when turned off, they even ship three manuals in each language instead of one in three languages. I recommend picking up a USB port SmartReader or Floppy adapter. Also get some NiMH batteries and a charger. You're in for some great pictures with this camera.

253 of 256 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Low price for the high quality, let me give a quality review, September 29, 2000

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James E. Dimitroff (Carrollton, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus D-460 1.3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I have been using this camera for about a month now. I did extensive research on the internet for digital cameras $500 and under. The runners where Olympus 360L, Kodak 210, and Olympus D460Z. And it is a very impressive camera overall. The camera itself offers wide angle or zoom 3x shots. It also offers a 3x cropping to bring it to 6x. It's menu is very easy to use out of the box. Has 2 menu modes, one with camera active, one when it's not active (setup mode.) It's auto focus is by holding the button halfway down for a sec, then clicking. It's wide/zoom is a small lever next to shutter button for easy access. You can use it's LCD or to save on batteries it's normal view frame for taking shots. The smartmedia card and batteries easily installs/uninstalls. If offers what they call a Paranormal mode which takes multiple pictures on one frame. It offers a sequence mode that lets you take 10 pictures back to back with for a series shot. You will need to format your SmartMedia card if it's not from Olympus, but it's fast and easy to do. My only gripes are when closing the lens cover, you have to be careful and let the lens retrack first, so you just close it a little, then the rest of the way after lens is back in. The flash flips up, and seems a little clumsey there, but it works fine. You will need to purchase more than just this camera when you buy it. What it comes with is: 2 lithium batteries, a hand strape, an 8meg smart media card. And what else you need would be: a carrying case (est $30), a bigger smart media card (I got a 64meg est $60), NiMH Batteries w/charger(they aren't cheap but worth it est $110), a smart media reader (est $40), and maybe the power adaptor (est $60). With a 64meg card I get 36 shots in sqhq mode. And with my NiMH batteries, after one month of use, I still haven't had to replace them. Normal alkline recharables last maybe 30-40 shots, the NiMH last more like 300-400 shots. I use the lithium that came with it for backup batteries and place them in my case with 8meg memory card. A SmartMedia reader is a must for getting the pictures to your computer. Otherwise you will have to use the serial connection to the camera and very slowly d/l the pics. Which means you'd have to have a power adaptor because it would drain your batteries. With a media reader, it's like using a zip drive, and see the MediaSmart card as another drive, and you just drag and drop your pics to your drive, fast, simple, and very slick. If you choose to purchase this camera, you will be more than pleased that you did. But be aware, you will need to make a few more purchases in accessories to truely enjoy this camera.

130 of 130 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The digital camera that made me take the plunge - finally, August 6, 2000

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Larry J. Clark (Falls Church, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus D-460 1.3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I'm primarily a 35mm and subminiature photographer and was waiting until digital resolution and price met at a nice point. The D-460 did it for me.

First, a couple of warnings: 1) Batteries - Although Amazon lists 4 AA alkalines as the power source, don't count on it. The two included Olympus lithium batteries (which are each the same size as a pair of AAs) are a special high output chemistry. You will be VERY unhappy if you take the camera to an event and only have one set of alkalines. Digital cameras use a lot of juice, especially when you download and when you use the LCD screen. The consumer problem is that the Olympus batteries (CR-V3, or p/n LB-01E) are VERY hard to find. I've not seen any in camera or electronics stores, although you can purchase them for $14 ea directly from Olympus -- and Olympus says you should be able to buy them from several internet vendors, but the only one on their list that even showed the batteries was B&H, and they didn't have any in stock (@ $10 ea.). The next best thing is use rechageable NiMh cells. You can spend a hunk of money and buy the Olympus cell/recharger set, or can hunt around electronics stores and buy something for about half the price -- make sure you get AA cells in the 1400 to 1500 mAh range. 2) Price - The normal street price for this camera is now $399. 3) Downloading Photos - Although you can use the included serial cable, you'll also use a lot more batteries. If you have a USB port on your computer, you should consider getting getting a SmartMedia external drive. They're inexpensive and fast and easy to use.

But to the good stuff. Side-by-side tests against my office's Sony Mavica's give the Olympus the edge at the same 640 x 480 resolution. When you go to the higher 1280 x 960 resolution, I think you'll be pleased with the results. The optical finder makes it much easier to take snapshots, especially in bright sunlight, where LCD only cameras leave you wondering what you're shooting at. The 3:1 zoom ratio is comfortable, and you can do accurate closeups using the LCD screen for a viewfinder. If you go ahead and buy the SmartMedia external drive, you should consider getting an additional 8MB (one comes with the camera) or 16MB card.

I think that for many applications, including some professional use, you will find this to be a good performing camera at a good price.

(The only reason I gave it a 4-star rating is because of the so-so availability of the lithium batteries, and the fact that it took a little more digging than expected to figure out what was really going on with those things.)