Expert: John Oliverio - 6/8/2004

Question
Hi John,

I've been looking around for a good point and shoot camera, and after some research have settled on an Olympus Mju II zoom 80 (Also know as Olympus Stylus Epic in America). The problem is that I now hear that the zoom versions of the Olypmus mju II have light leakage problems. Have you heard anything similar about this camera? Is this a problem that plagues all the zoom versions of this model? I'm very keen on a zoom so this is a bit of a dampener! Also, could you suggest any alternative to the Olympus mju II, a camera that's convenient, not too complicated, yet delivers good picture quality? Do let me know!

Thanks in advance.

Mark.


Answer
Mark,

I think your fears are unfounded.  I've been selling Olympus Sylus cameras for years and have never had one returned, or even sent in for repair because of a "light leak".  I guess it is possible that there could be a bad "lot" out there somewhere.  But I've not heard anything.

John