Hi Bruce, Well, what bothered me was a strange unanimity in various reviews:
>From Dpreview: "On the other hand it can be really, really annoying to use; by today's standards shooting feels slow and unresponsive, and has a screen that can't be seen at all in bright weather. Throw in the dismal battery life and total unsuitability as a social 'party snaps' camera and you'd think this was a camera you'd only recommend to someone with a masochistic streak, or someone you really didn't like." >From DCResource: "Camera performance is undoubtedly the A10's weak spot. The camera is slow to start up, there's noticeable shutter lag (especially with flash shots), and shot-to-shot speeds are below average. Focusing speeds were about average, and low light focusing was good thanks to the A10's AF-assist lamp. The camera's continuous shooting mode was especially poor. While it will keep shooting until you run out of memory, the 0.5 fps frame rate and blacked out LCD make the feature almost useless. Battery life was well below average." >From Steves digicams: "Bottom line - While the Pentax Optio A10 offers some appealing features (8-megapixels, Shake Reduction, etc.), the overall performance of this camera in all areas was disappointing. It does have the ability to capture pleasing photos that have enough resolution to create poster size prints. However, its poor movie mode results and extremely slow shooting performance really bring the model down." After this I concluded that performance was a real issue with this camera and, thus, that it should be addressed in its replacement model. That is why I was disappointed when Margus mentioned that the A20's was 'a little slow in operation'. Anyway I am glad to hear that, from your actual experience, you don't find it that slow. Regards, Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- De: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Enviado: viernes, 3 de noviembre, 2006 18:44:42 Asunto: Re: Compact point and shoots - Optio A20? Hello Jaume, I'm curious - we have an A10 (my wife's) and have had many other P&S digitals from several manufacturers. When compared with an SLR - they are all poor performance. Can you specifically tell me what bothers you about the A10 vs many other compacts? -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, November 2, 2006, 1:44:19 PM, you wrote: JL> So, they didn't address the A10 poor (slow) performance issue? JL> Shouldn't be that difficult... JL> ----- Mensaje original ---- JL> De: Margus Männik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JL> Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> JL> Hi, JL> I reviewed A20 for our local photo/computer magazine last month. It was JL> a sort of head-to-head test versus Olympus mju: 750. Pentax wins hands JL> down. JL> What's about A20... it's a bit slow in operation, but image results are JL> very good. Good noise, which is easily repairable with post-processing JL> software ( I do use NeatImage). But if you can find Optio A10 somewhere JL> on good (i.e. significally lower) price - go for A10. You will not get a JL> better resolution with A20. JL> BR, Margus JL> Leon Altoff wrote: >>Hello all, >> >>I am currently looking at compact point and shoot digitals. >>Specifically I am looking for one that can do movie clips in macro mode >>(or even super macro mode if it has it). >> >>It will also be used as a camera by my wife who has decided that she no >>longer wants to carry around an SLR. >> >>Of course I am looking at the Pentax range (as well as others), and was >>considering the Optio A20. does anyone out there have one of these and >>can tell me if it is possible to take movies in macro mode? Does anyone >>have any other suggestions for good compact point and shoot cameras? >> >>All replies appreciated. >> >> >> JL> -- JL> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List JL> [email protected] JL> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net JL> ______________________________________________ JL> LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. JL> Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. JL> http://es.voice.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net ______________________________________________ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
