Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 09:11:07 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Digital cameras (was [LIB] New Website
At 04:55 PM 4/04/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:49:33 -0800 (PST) >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Digital cameras (was [LIB] New Website > > > OK you got me curious ... why is the LACK of a fast lens an advantage? > > Lots of depth of field with slow lenses, thus no worry or thinking at all >about is that in focus or what f/stop do I use. Can't do it = don't think >about it = less to think about in the field. OK lemme get this right in my head because now I'm starting to get confused ... heh. A slow lens means you need to use either a slower shutter speed or a larger aperture. But doesn't a larger aperture mean LESS focusing depth? > > Whilst we're on the topic ... anyone got any opinions on the cheaper > > digital cameras? Specifically the Olympus C-200 (the D-510 for you > > NTSC'ers) and the Minolta Dimage X (that really tiny, thin one)? > > see www.dpreview.com and www.imaging-resource.com reviews. > > Minolta X would have been a killer for me if the lens wasn't so blurry and >soft. Can't even beat my FujiFilm 40i in picture quality.... > > Olympus is a basic, starter good for most people. Nice thing is most > Olympus >digicams have big, powerful flash. Thanks for that ... my friend is actually looking for one for his wife and has asked me to give him some advice (I've got the Olympus C-200 myself, it seems to do a good enough job) so usability and 'style' are certainly as important as image quality. What sorta camera would YOU recommend in the same price range as these 2 cameras (about the $300-$400USD range)? What exactly do you (and the review sites) mean by the lens being 'soft'? Would you really notice it if you never enlarged the photos to more than say A4 sized? I notice plenty of 'blurriness' in some of the shots I take with the Olympus (most of them being dim light shots) but I put that down to either an unsteady hand (as it gets fixed if I put the camera down on a hard surface) or the camera having a hard time focusing (as it gets fixed if I lock focus first). - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
