Olympus VG-120

alaTest has collected and analyzed 234 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviews about the low light performance and screen are overall positive. The battery and image quality also get good views. Some have doubts about the features and viewfinder.

usability, image quality, battery, screen, low-light

stabilizer , viewfinder, features

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Compact Cameras the Olympus VG-120 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 87/100 = Very good quality.

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This Product Is Amazing

 

Overall This Product Is Fantastic With The Cheap Price Of £89.99 And Takes HD Recordings.

It Has A Brilliant Auto Focus And I Like The 5x Zoom On It. It Is Very Light And Thin

It Feels A Bit Cheap And Plasticy

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This Product Is Amazing

 

Overall This Product Is Fantastic With The Cheap Price Of £89.99 And Takes HD Recordings.

It Has A Brilliant Auto Focus And I Like The 5x Zoom On It. It Is Very Light And Thin

It Feels A Bit Cheap And Plasticy

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Amazon review summary for the Olympus VG-120

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 41 user reviews of the Olympus VG-120 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

usability, value for money, portability, flash, build quality

68% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Outstanding camera at a great price.

 

Bought this camera for my wife. She loves the camera. I still use an older Olympus. The only shortcoming the new camera has is that it doesn't appear to be as well built as the older one, more plastic and such. The pictures are as good or better than...

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DO NOT BUY THIS DAMN CQMERA

 

Battery that comes with TO BIG Sd card will not fit Piece of junk ".............l. .... DO NOT BUY THIS DAMN CQMERA. DO NOT BUY THIS DAMN CQMERA. DO NOT BUY THIS DAMN CQMERA

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olympus vg-120

 

This is the second compact Olympus camera I bought in the last 3 years. Unfortunately, I will not be buying another Olympus camera. The last one, VG-120 died after having it for about 10 months. The power indicator light will come on for a couple of...

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Olyimpus Camera VG 160 purchased through Amazon

 

It takes beautiful pictures, but for a very senior citizen it is a fully packed computer. It takes a lot of patient reading and testing. It is working well, but I expected something a little less complicataed. Eileen

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Great camera for the price.

 

I bought this for my daughter who needed a new camera. I have a less expensive model which my company bought me for work. She has only very positive things to say about the camera. It does not suffer from the "lag time syndrome" of a lot of inexpensive...

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Great for a "take everywhere, do anything, and not worry about the cost of it" camera

 

Hey, for $79.98 this is a great no worries camera. Yeah, the casing feels a little cheap, it's lacks the heft of more quality cameras, but when you just want a small point and shoot to capture the random things that happen in life, this suffices. Like...

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5 stars

 

I love this little cam. It takes pics better than my old JVC and I like that its rechargeable. I recommend this one for anybody who just needs a simple, good quality camera.

Product Specifications

Configuration

Autofocus: Yes
Built-in Flash: Yes
Changeable Lens: No
Image Stabiliser:Electronical Image Stabiliser
Integrated GPS Module: No
Touchscreen: No
View Finder Type:LCD Monitor

Connectivity

Bluetooth: No
HDMI: No
HDMI Interface: No
PictBridge: No
WiFi Connectivity: No

General Features

3D: No
Bridge Camera: No
Chip Type:CCD
Product Type:Compact Camera
Sensor Size:1/2.3' / 1/2.3''
SLR / Compact:Compact Camera

Lens

Longest Shutter Speed in s:1/2
Shortest Shutter Speed in s:1/2000

Memory

Compact Flash Card: No
Memory Stick / Memory Stick Pro: No
Memory Stick Duo / Duo Pro: No
Memory Type:Internal + External
Micro Drive: No
Multimedia Card: No
SDXC Card: No
Secure Digital Card: Yes
Secure Digital High Capacity Card: Yes
XD Card: No

Power Supply

Battery Model:Olympus LI-70 B
Battery Type:Olympus LI-70B

Recording

Aperture Priority: No
Face Detection Mode:Face Detection
Movie / Voice Recording:Movie
RAW Format: No
Serial Shot Mode: No
Shutter Priority: No
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