I am very happy with my Optio S so far. I traded the Altoids tin I used for the fist month for the Pentax case, which hangs unobtrusively on my belt and carries an extra battery and extra memory card as well.
I agree with most of what you have said. I have had no trouble with auto focus on subjects relatively near to the camera, but shots in the far distance sometimes look a bit soft. Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've had one now for 3 days and would like to hear what others who have it > think. I finally got a digital camera b/c I wanted one that I could > easily take anywhere. (the ZX-5n with battery pack and 500ftz could be > obtrusive at times) In the altoids tin it fits neatly in the coin pocket > of my pants. > > Here are my impressions: > Pros > Size...Size...Size > I was very impressed with its macro capabilities. > Exposure and color balance seem to be dead on most of the time. > Decent flash power for its size. > You can hand hold a much slower speeds with decent results. > > Cons > Quite a bit of edge distortion but I was aware of this from the reviews > and was willing to sacrifice this for the size. After use, its not that > bad, and being aware of this, I can compose a shot so that I can allow for > the edges to be cropped out. > > Auto focus seems to be pretty weak, it seems there must be a pretty large > contrast to get a good lock. Anyone else having trouble with this? > > Auto white balance doesn't work very well. Under incandescent lighting it > always chooses daylight. I have set the feature from EV to WB just to > overcome this. It does correctly choose fluorescent light though. Anyone > else have this problem, or did I get a bad sample.
