Olympus's 2002 budget 35mm zoom compact — 38-80mm f/4.5-8.9 lens, sliding-cover body, CR123A power.
The Superzoom 80G was released in 2002 alongside the Superzoom 70G as one of the last additions to Olympus's Superzoom line of 35mm autofocus compacts, announced together in a single Olympus press release. The G-series pairing offered modest 2x zooms in simple, fully automatic bodies at the budget end of the range, with a Quartzdate date-imprinting version also sold.
It carries a 38-80mm 2x zoom with a maximum aperture of f/4.5 at the wide end closing to f/8.9 at telephoto, protected by a sliding front cover that doubles as the power switch and also shields the viewfinder. Autofocus operates from a minimum distance of 0.8m, film speed is set automatically for ISO 100 to 800 films, and a built-in flash and self-timer are included. Power comes from a single CR123A lithium battery, and the plastic body was sold in black and silver finishes.
This is an easy first film compact: fully automatic, pocketable, and cheap to buy, with the short zoom giving a little framing flexibility over a fixed-lens snapshooter. The slow telephoto aperture means the flash does much of the work indoors, and image character is that of a simple consumer zoom rather than the sharper Mju-class lenses.
The camera is entirely battery-dependent, so confirm it powers up on a fresh CR123A, the sliding cover switches it on cleanly, and the zoom and motor wind operate through a full cycle. Check the flash charges and fires, inspect the film-door light seals, and on Quartzdate versions expect the date function's calendar range to have run out.