The Olympus D-435 / C-180 , is available from £119 | $149 - and is a compact 5 megapixel digital camera, with no optical zoom lens and a 1.5″ TFT screen. The camera is enclosed in a compact silver plastic body. The Olympus optical lens is equivelant to 36.7mm lens in 35mm format. It records unlimited 320×240 / 30fps videos without sound. The camera’s size is: 101.5 (W) x 51.5 (H) x 34.5 (D)mm, and the camera weighs 120g (without batteries).
The Olympus Camedia C-180 D-435 scores very highly on ease of use, but unfortunately falls short on image quality, with soft images, and slow speed in use. The lack of optical zoom is a real shame as well - especially considering Olympus offer the 4 megapixel, 3x optical zoom C-480 for around the same price as the C-180, you’d be better off buying a camera with an optical zoom lens. Images do have good colour and this camera may suite those looking for an extremely easy to use point and shoot camera.