May 19th, 2005
- Olympus America Inc. has today announced major
price reductions on select Olympus Camedia consumer digital cameras,
including a dramatic $300 CDN price drop on the 8MP Olympus
C-8080 (now down to $799 CDN).

Olympus
Camedia C-8080 Wide Zoom Digital Camera
Update:
May 20th, 2005. While supplies last, you can now order the highly
rated 8MP, 5x optical wide zoom, Olympus C-8080 digital camera for
only $579.99 US through Amazon.
(US residents)
Some
of the other Olympus digital cameras reduced in price today, include
the; Olympus C-7070 Wide Zoom (7.1MP) , Olympus C-7000 Zoom (7.1MP),
Olympus C-770 Ultra Zoom (4MP), and the Olympus C-5500 Sport Zoom
(5.1MP).
All
the Olympus Camedia digital cameras that have
been reduced in price and their new Canadian
MSRP's are further outlined
below.
|
Camera
|
Features
|
New MSRP
|
Old MSRP
|
Price Reduction
|
|
Olympus C-8080
|
8MP, 5x optical Wide (28mm equiv.)
|
$799
|
$1,099
|
$300
|
|
Olympus C-7070
|
7.1MP, 4x Wide (27mm equiv.)
|
$599
|
$749
|
$150
|
|
Olympus C-7000
|
7.1MP, 5x optical lens
|
$599
|
$629
|
$30
|
|
Olympus C-770
|
4.0MP, 10x optical, MPEG4 movies
|
$479
|
$529
|
$50
|
|
Olympus C-765
|
4.0MP, 10x optical zoom lens
|
$379
|
$449
|
$70
|
|
Olympus C-5500
|
5.1MP, 5x optical zoom lens
|
$349
|
$449
|
$100
|
|
Olympus D-595
|
5.0MP, 3x optical zoom lens
|
$279
|
$329
|
$50
|