Mike, I've had a 430 on loan from my employer for a year (almost), and I'm only moderately impressed with the image quality. There's a bit of a blur in the lower left corner at the widest angle setting ( =>38mm in 35mm film).
On the mechanical side, the viewfinder deliberately snicthed a hair from my eyebrow on the first day of use, and kept it right in the middle of the viewfinder...:-) And lately, a piece of white dust has appeared inside the glass plate on the LCD preview screen. It's currently away for service, hopefully under warranty. Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:41 AM Subject: My comments on Optio 430RS > Well I have been playing with my new toy for a couple weeks now and overall > I am pleased with my purchase. I particularly like the intuitive controls > that seem to be a Pentax trademark, and I like the solid feel and overall > quality of this digital P&S. Image quality is good and I really like the > skin tones it produces. > > On the down side, the optical viewfinder seems to show only about 70% of the > image. I guess for critical framing, such as in macro work, I will have to > use the LCD screen which shows a true image and for everything else I can > crop tight and know I am not cutting off heads or hands etc. My other > complaint is the camera wont auto focus in the subdued light of my living > room at night. No problem with the MZS, but we are comparing apples and > oranges here and I think I will simply have to manually set the focus to an > appropriate distance and rely on DOF to do the job. > > > Any one else have any observations on the Optio series .good or bad? > > Cheers, Mike. >
