Yep, they might be a bit darker than they should be. > Wondering, Juan, how you feel about the Optio's usefulness for this type > of work, now that you've tried it. Yes, you've shown the results, but > how did you find working with it?
It was interesting :) I set the camera to Tv, and the shutter to 1/125, and later to 1/100 and 1/60 as I run out of light (It was dark out--this explains why some are kind of underexposed, since the lens was full open in those) Two things happen: 1) shutter lag is longer than with a more serious camera, and 2) there isn't a very good positive feedback of when you took the picture--the shutter click is too low to hear it in a crowd. So I would compose (a lot of them through the optical viewfinder, btw) and try to press the shutter a bit earlier than my instinct said. Lacking a time machine, this is hard to do. One good thing is that there is no way to use two hands to hold the Optio, so the left hand is free to do whatever you want. I alternately kept it in my pocket, held a hotdog or a drink, or used it to balance myself agaist a street sign :) In conclusion, I wouldn't use this as my main camera for street shooting. But it is nice to have, I think decent results can be obtained from it. I'll probably try to print one or two of those at 11x14 or so, just to see how well it holds up. j -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog at http://photoblog.jbuhler.com
