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The Olympus Stylus Epic has always been a great deal of a camera. It sports a fantastic 35mm f2.8 lens with 4 elements. Released in 1997 Olympus says that they produced over 3.8million of them so they are easy to find used.<\/p>\n

In 1999 they were available for $89 so you may want to keep that in mind when looking for a used one. They also tend to share a common problem of light leaks around the lens though so buying one may not be enough why not two or three if the price is right. \"OlympusEpicPrice\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Stylus Epic has active autofocus which is very useful in low or no light as the camera sends out a beam of infrared light and then determines the distance based on the delay in its detected return.\u00a0 Other cameras that use a passive phase detection system require a certain amount of existing light to work.\u00a0 This makes the Stylus Epic a great party camera or if you choose to suppress the flash for low light shots it is still able to focus. You just need some way of holding it steady.<\/p>\n

One thing about one camera:\u00a0 The Stylus Epic (The \u00b5 [mju:]-II Compact Camera) has 414 steps to its active multibeam autofocus system between 0.35m and infinity<\/strong><\/p>\n

More of my posts about the stylus epic can be found around my blog Still Epic<\/a>\u00a0 December 2014 <\/a>, January 2014<\/a>, May 2013 1<\/a>, May 2013 2 <\/a>, March 2013<\/a>, September 2012<\/a>, June 2012 <\/a>, March 2011 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t