jacjes's Full Review: Olympus Accura Zoom XB 700 Film Camera
We purchased this camera for our recent trip to Walt Disney World we were looking for something inexpensive but reliable with zoom, red eye reduction and that took regular batteries. We went with Olympus because our other regular camera was an Olympus and had lasted ten years. This camera appeared to have all the features we were looking for at the price of $65.00 so we bought it.
The good things about this camera are the panoramic option which is very easy to use, pictures taken outside in bright sunlight always come out great, indoors or not in the best light is another story. It has a 30-70mm zoom which is very easy to adjust with the button right near the shutter button and the viewfinder is large and easy to see through. It feels quite durable and lasted being banged around on our trip.
The bad things about this camera is the noise it makes when it is taking a picture or even just opening the lens it sounds like every motor is working at its highest and loudest level to get the camera to work,I can't imagine taking a picture any where quiet, there is also no way to adjust the flash to stay on every time you take a picture though ironically there is a button to hold down that will keep the flash off, it is supposed to have a light sensor in it which doesn't always work and any picture taken inside or not in the best light risk the flash not working which means the picture comes out dark and shady looking, this happened to us in numerous of our indoor pictures, I almost cried at how dark the picture of my girls and Cinderella is. The shutter button is also very sensitive and went off numerous times when we reached into the bag to take out the camera so if anyone needs the picture of the inside of a bag I have numerous.
This camera takes 35mm film and rewinding it is a piece of cake all you have to do is flip the switch and it goes, no holding the button. It takes 2AA batteries which appeared to last for about 100 pictures or so.
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