Olympus IR-500 4MP Digital Solutions Camera with 2.8x Optical Zoom (Includes Docking Station)

by Olympus

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 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: B0007R75NG
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,960 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 14, 2005

Product Description

Style: IR-500 Camera

Olympus IR500 Digital Camera is compact, powerful, and simple to use. Four megapixels. 30x total zoom. Cool flip style 2.5" Semi-Transmissive LCD. And the ability to directly connect with Olympus's optional 4"x6" dye-sub printer and/or 40GB hard drive for high-quality photo printing and increased storage capacity from wherever your creativity may take you. Includes an Album and Calendar function so you easily manage your images and view your precious moments right from your camera. You can also upload folders from your PC to an xD-Picture Card and turn your IR-500 to a digital photo album Easy to use scene mode dial 19 selectable shooting modes so you get optimum results in various shooting situations TV quality VGA QuickTime Movie mode with audio TruePic TURBO Image Processor increases speed of camera functions including a faster camera start-up time and less shutter delay along with helping provide higher image quality The IR-500 is able to directly connect to any PictBridge enabled printer so prints can be made quickly and conveniently no computer necessary xD-Picture Card Type-H, Type-M and Standard compatible (16MB card included). Accepts xD-Picture Cards available in capacities up to 512MB (We suggest the option of buying at least 256MB for practical use of the IR500) USB Auto-Connect means simple connectivity with virtually any solution/computer with a USB port without the need for any software installation Integrated multimode Electronic-Flash / Flash Working Range Wide - 1.0ft (0.3m)-14.1ft (4.3m), Tele - 1.0ft (0.3m)-8.2ft (2.5m) Unit Size 3.74 in. x 2.79 in. x 1.05 in. / Weighs 5.5 oz

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst camera EVER, November 30, 2005

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O. Abbasi "Audiofile" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus IR-500 4MP Digital Solutions Camera with 2.8x Optical Zoom (Includes Docking Station) (Electronics)

Okay, ive had an HP, Kodak, and Canon camera in my past. All were low budget decent quality cameras. Canon and Kodak excelled at colors while the HP one actually came free with a printer and did a decent job, although it was nothing spectacular.
This camera on the otherhand, is HORRIBLE. Dont be fooled by all the options that olympus throws in, like the "scene" modes. Most are novelty and some are just horrible. The indoor scene mode makes the shutter speed slow down to a ridiculous degree where you have to sit there and hold the camera motionless for a solid 10 sec after pressing the button just to get a somewhat blurry, oversaturated picture. Also, this camera is NOT compact. It is about 1.5 in thick with the screen folded. Thats actually pretty thick ifyou compare it to other compact cameras on the market now.
The flash: I HATE the flash. Never have I seen a flash that so badly washes out all natural color from a picture. Also, if you put it on "filler" mode, it still comes out as bright and ruins the pictures. Without flash the camera is nothing, it cant focus, it cant capture anything.
The docking cradle: Why in the world did they add this? Its completely useless. Its som sort of bulky docking cradle that you MUST use in order to load pics onto your pc.
Overall, DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA YOU WILL REGRET IT.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent go-anywhere camera, June 7, 2006

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John A. Miller - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus IR-500 4MP Digital Solutions Camera with 2.8x Optical Zoom (Includes Docking Station) (Electronics)

Bought this for my wife for a when she went down to assist in the Hurricane Katrina cleanup in Sept. of 2005. Everyone in the family loves this camera. It is small, lightweight, takes very nice pictures and has a huge screen. The battery lasts much longer than many digital cameras I have used.

It is not a pro camera, but it doesn't cost what a pro camera costs!

Actually, we may buy a second one!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Product, March 29, 2007

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German L. Rueda (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus IR-500 4MP Digital Solutions Camera with 2.8x Optical Zoom & P-S100 Digital Photo Printer (Includes Docking Station) (Electronics)

This camera is so good thet in my family 5 member have already bought one

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