I have it. It isn't bad at all for a $160 camera. The main image quality problem is I think the jpeg compression--when combined with the sensor noise, it can make some nasty artifacts that are hard to get rid of, even with NeatImage or Noise Ninja. I wish these cameras had a raw mode, it seems to me like it would be a free option to offer.
I used the Optio to do some street shooting a while back. It's slow so you have to try to anticipate when to press the shutter, which adds quite a bit of randomness in the process. Here is a Flickr set of some pictures I shot. Processed to B&W and cropped to 3:2 aspect. You can see the full res images by clicking on "all sizes" on each picture page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbuhler/sets/1610069/ hth, j On 3/1/06, Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know the Optio60 ain't got SMC. My guess > is that it is sluggish and slow. JPG only, etc. > But it's small, has an optical viewfinder, and > might be good enough to produce nice CRT-only > shots. Cheap, too. Comments? > > -Lon > > -- Juan Buhler Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com
