David Oswald wrote:
Brian Walters wrote:
I must have missed the earlier posting - I tested mine on the DS last
night - big grin here, too!
The 90WR was a real "impulse buy" - the price was good but I never
really anticipated putting more than a roll or two of film through
it.
The IQZoom90WR was a pretty good camera for a P&S. If I recall, it
does double-exposures, and interval exposures (one shot every xx
seconds/minutes/hours).
It also does long exposures that you can set -- unlike any SLR I've ever
owned -- meaning you can, for instance, set a shutter speed of one
minute, or five minutes, or ten minutes (that sort of thing; I don't
remember all the available ones.) I think they call that feature Bulb
Timer. I used that to shoot the Cumberland Falls moonbow in 1998, when I
didn't yet own an LX.
And it's just about the most weatherproof P&S zoom out there (at least
a few years ago it was). You can carefully operate it underwater (I
know; I've done it), but don't zoom it whilst underwater. It can
withstand one meter submersion for 30 minutes, if I recall. But be
sure it doesn't turn itself off or zoom while underwater as that will
suck water into it. Obviously it's not marketed as an underwater
camera, so attempt this at your own risk! ...but it's been done. The
front element is supposedly a scratch-resistant glass, and I have
found it to be quite durable. If there is a weakspot its that the
remote can be dislodged with a little force.
Shutter lag, for a film camera, is a bit long, and there's no exposure
compensation.
For a rough-and-tumble camera that can operate under the worst
weather/dust conditions, the IQZoom90WR really is something.
Definitely.
- Re: *istDS & Zoom 90WR remote E.R.N. Reed
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