Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

The Olympus D-425 is on the low end of an already affordable D-line of digital cameras. The 4-megapixel camera has a cheap plastic body and no optical zoom. It could be useful for taking pictures that don't need to be high-resolution, such as items to sell on EBay. The camera has a 4x digital zoom lens and will be available in February or March 2005. The D-425 retails for $149, which means it will probably end up under a hundred bucks on the street.
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Connectivity
Software
Olympus Master Software comes with the D-425.

Jacks, Ports, Plugs
There are two port doors on the D-425; one on each side. The left side has a rickety loose port door to a USB and DC IN jacks. On the right side is a plastic door to the two AA batteries that power the camera and the slot to the xD-Picture card. The D-425 does not have a video-out cable, which is unfortunate because it does have a movie mode. Clips can be transferred to a computer with the USB cable, but they cannot be transferred directly to a VCR or television.

Direct Print Options
The Olympus D-425 is PictBridge compliant and will work with any PictBridge enabled printer.

Memory
The D-425 has a slot for an xD-Picture card next to the batteries. The camera does not ship with a card, but accepts cards up to 512MB.

Other Features
There is a self-timer that delays the camera by 12 seconds before it captures the shot.

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