Olympus IS-5 Deluxe 35mm Autofocus 28-140mm SLR Camera

by Olympus

Product Details

Product Manual [2.09mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.9 x 4.4 inches ; 2.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006I5KN
• Item model number: 101770
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,697 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 22, 2002

Product Description

As automatic or manual as you want to make it any particular day / 28-140mm 5x integrated zoom / Built-in flash

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Camera is most definitely an SLR, October 18, 2004

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Terrel Kareem "Keymaster" (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus IS-5 Deluxe 35mm Autofocus 28-140mm SLR Camera (Electronics)

I beg to differ with bcook. I don't know what definition of SLR he is using. But interchangable lenses and hotshoes have nothing to do with whether a Camera is an SLR (Single Lens Reflex) or not. What determines this is whether or not you view through the same lense used to capture the image. Since there is only one lense on the IS-5 it is by definition a Single Lens Reflex.

As alternatives to SLRs, cheaper film cameras and all but the most expensive digital cameras used rangefinders or a second much smaller lense for viewing and more expensive cameras such as the Rollei used Twin Lens Reflexes (the expensive Leica and Contax used rangefinders too).

It is true that SLRs are ideal for interchangeable lens support. But this is a strong point of SLR design not a requirement for it.

I have owned Olympus cameras since the OM-1 (the first camera to challenge Nikon's total domination in the field of photojournalism). I also owned the IS-1 which is the first of the IS series of "all in one" film cameras. The IS-1 had a problem focusing in low and moderately low light, but otherwize was a great camera. Olympus has solved the focusing problem since the IS-2 and the IS-5 is cheaper and far better and provides one of the most convenient film cameras available. With built in flash, and a very high quality wide to telephoto zoom lense in a compact package, it's all the film camera most people will ever need.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great camera!, April 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Olympus IS-5 Deluxe 35mm Autofocus 28-140mm SLR Camera (Electronics)

Although I've only had this camera for 6 weeks, I LOVE it! It's easy to use and the picture quality is quite good.
I purchased this camera after two months of research into all makes and models. I chose this one mainly for the extra zoom and date imprinting feature. I'm still learning to utilize all the features, but I'm VERY happy with it so far.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Camera!!!, December 1, 2005

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WAD (Boone, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Olympus IS-5 Deluxe 35mm Autofocus 28-140mm SLR Camera (Electronics)

This is our third "IS" Olympic camera and is replacing a broken "IS 2". My wife is the primary user and she loves all of them but especially the "IS 5". For the past month she has been using a good Nikon pocket camera with a view finder (not "through the lens"}. She couldn't wait for the new Olympus TTL. Using the IS 5 will absolutely spoil you against smaller "point and shoot" cameras. I own Nikon F and Olympus OM cameras and use IS 5 90% of the time because of ease and quality of photos. We travel all over the world and find the IS series of cameras from Olympus to be the perfect travel camera for us.