| A | is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of digital cameras. |
| B | means they are good, with some standout features. |
| C | means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth. |
| D & F | mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs. |
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- 31st of 51 in SLR/Professional
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(Derril Jones - 6/7/08)I am a semi pro, that is I took a 3 yr course, not a university degree course. I have owned a number of 35mm cameras, my favorite 35mm was the Nikon FM, but used, borrowed, and owned many others.
Med format I have owned Hasselblad, Rollie, Minolta, and Fuji. My favorite to use was the Hasselblad, my favorite for image quality, Minolta (a pig to use).
Digitally I have owned Kodak, Nikon, and Olympus. The Nikon D70, Nikon Coolpix 3200 (drowned)
My favorite to use was the D70, best image quality is the Olympus. But not totally, the standard image is quite un-sharp unless modified in setup. Then the sharpness still does not match the Nikon even though the Olympus is 10 mpixles and the D70 6 mpixles.
The color rendition is a different matter. The Olympus, both in the E410, and Stylus 790 SW have excellent color.
Yes! as has been said before, the pre flash is annoying for studio lighting, but you do have manual setup. A straight flash position for all point and shoot would be great for advanced amateurs and pros. We all need a small camera at times, and could benefit from
Perhaps two manual settings of say one f5.6 @ 1/125th and two F11 @1/250th, keeping the ISO as a manual variable.
The pre-flash understandably is for accuracy, due to the limited dynamic range of digital sensors, compared to film.
I am not sure why the image sharpness on both Olympus cameras is less sharp and natural than Nikon, Kodak or Canon, perhaps Olympus would like to respond on this.
I will keep this camera for its fine color, but I still miss the D70.
Also digital camera manufacturers could I believe, find a good balance by remembering the options and controls on manual and semi auto cameras. I still tend to fight the menu’s
Attempting to operate it like a manual camera. Manual focus on these lenses leaves a lot to be desired, and auto focus is a problem under some conditions. For those sunny days maybe two fixed focus positions 5’ and 20’ this would cover for most times on the beech
Or basic scenic’s.
