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04 Mar, 2007

Olympus C-770 ultra zoom

I bought one of these off ebay and all I can say is it rocks!! The 10x zoom is excellent as is the picture quality, if you're looking to get into digital photography and would like manual control features that a standard point and shoot doesn't offer then seriously consider this camera! Hope this helps someone.

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19 May, 2010

Canon 500D, good beginner DSLR, but has limitations.

I bought this after rubbing my chin a lot and wondering if I actually anything better than my already very good Canon G7. Well, fact is, I don't need it but I bought it anyway cos I'm a bloke and therefore a gadget fiend and I can't help meself..... Anyway, onto the point. After playing around with the camera for a few days now I'm generally very happy with it. So, live from Planet Farty, the main highlights: 1) Excellent all round (real world) image quality, even in low light situations where use of a flash is ruled out for whatever reason. This point for me is the most important box to tick when buying ANY camera and the 500D gets a 10. 2) Besides fully auto there is an excellent beginner feature in the form of a creative mode which makes for easy and informative tweaks to the exposure and a few other settings, great to play about with this feature to learn a little more about what the camera has to offer. 3) 720 & 1080P HD movie mode, particularly useful in 720P. 4) Very good burst rate for an entry level DSLR, it just keeps churning at about 3-4 FPS for what seems like forever (about 140 frames) at the highest JPEG setting and does about a dozen frames in RAW before the buffer is full. 5) Despite some pro reviewers criticisms, I have to say the standard EF 18-55 IS lens is actually very good, it works very well in real life situations and produces nice clean images. 6) Can exposure bracket 1/3 or 1/2 steps. (set via menu) 7) Excellent battery life. The main ploppy bits: 1) The movie start & stop button doubles as the live view button and is too small for a fat thumb, you have to press it with the side of your thumb to make a positive contact. 2) No constant autofocus in movie mode! You have to press and hold the autofocus button everytime the subject moves or switch to manual focus. This for me is THE biggest single failing of this camera, in fact it's total pants, I've had 50 quid point and shoots that can manage to constantly focus in movie mode, what happened here then? 3) Lowest ISO setting of 100, I would've liked to go down to say, 60 or 80. 4) Tends to overexpose (and therefore wash out) highlights when using evaluative metering, I now use the camera almost exclusively in centre weighted or spot metering. Conclusion: Overall I like this camera and am very happy to live with it's very few shortcomings, for me as a first "proper" DSLR it represents superb value as a second-hand buy, I probably would'nt however have bought a new one, definitely not at full retail price.

19 May, 2010

Canon 500D, good beginner DSLR, but has limitations.

I bought this after rubbing my chin a lot and wondering if I actually anything better than my already very good Canon G7. Well, fact is, I don't need it but I bought it anyway cos I'm a bloke and therefore a gadget fiend and I can't help meself..... Anyway, onto the point. After playing around with the camera for a few days now I'm generally very happy with it. So, live from Planet Farty, the main highlights: 1) Excellent all round (real world) image quality, even in low light situations where use of a flash is ruled out for whatever reason. This point for me is the most important box to tick when buying ANY camera and the 500D gets a 10. 2) Besides fully auto there is an excellent beginner feature in the form of a creative mode which makes for easy and informative tweaks to the exposure and a few other settings, great to play about with this feature to learn a little more about what the camera has to offer. 3) 720 & 1080P HD movie mode, particularly useful in 720P. 4) Very good burst rate for an entry level DSLR, it just keeps churning at about 3-4 FPS for what seems like forever (about 140 frames) at the highest JPEG setting and does about a dozen frames in RAW before the buffer is full. 5) Despite some pro reviewers criticisms, I have to say the standard EF 18-55 IS lens is actually very good, it works very well in real life situations and produces nice clean images. 6) Can exposure bracket 1/3 or 1/2 steps. (set via menu) 7) Excellent battery life. The main ploppy bits: 1) The movie start & stop button doubles as the live view button and is too small for a fat thumb, you have to press it with the side of your thumb to make a positive contact. 2) No constant autofocus in movie mode! You have to press and hold the autofocus button everytime the subject moves or switch to manual focus. This for me is THE biggest single failing of this camera, in fact it's total pants, I've had 50 quid point and shoots that can manage to constantly focus in movie mode, what happened here then? 3) Lowest ISO setting of 100, I would've liked to go down to say, 60 or 80. 4) Tends to overexpose (and therefore wash out) highlights when using evaluative metering, I now use the camera almost exclusively in centre weighted or spot metering. Conclusion: Overall I like this camera and am very happy to live with it's very few shortcomings, for me as a first "proper" DSLR it represents superb value as a second-hand buy, I probably would'nt however have bought a new one, definitely not at full retail price.

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