New Digi-cam, and man alive, I love it.
LanLord
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After using the same old technology camera since 1997 or 98, I decided to jump in with both feet.
I was thinking about getting one of the Digital SLRs but I just can't justify a grand on a camara.
I was also thinking about a Panasonic (I forget the model, but it's been discussed on the forums recently).
But decided (since I'm an Olympus bigot) to get the Olympus C-675 UltraZoom. 10X optical zoom, 2 levels of macro, 7 exposure modes. There are lots more features too. I also added a 256MB and 512MB card for it to get lots of storage.
Here are some of the first pics I took. No special lighting, just livingroom light with auto-white balance.
My favorite eagle
The most awsome bridge I've ever seen
I was thinking about getting one of the Digital SLRs but I just can't justify a grand on a camara.
I was also thinking about a Panasonic (I forget the model, but it's been discussed on the forums recently).
But decided (since I'm an Olympus bigot) to get the Olympus C-675 UltraZoom. 10X optical zoom, 2 levels of macro, 7 exposure modes. There are lots more features too. I also added a 256MB and 512MB card for it to get lots of storage.
Here are some of the first pics I took. No special lighting, just livingroom light with auto-white balance.
My favorite eagle
The most awsome bridge I've ever seen
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<< <i> What type of card does it use? >>
It uses an XD card, which sort of bummed me out at first because it's about twice the price of SD cards.
But I liked the features of the camara and as I said, I am an Olympus bigot.
does the type of card have any effect on the image quality?
<< <i>does the type of card have any effect on the image quality? >>
No. The only difference in different cards are their capacity and speed.
<< <i>does the type of card have any effect on the image quality? >>
I don't think so, I believe the different cards will have something to do with write speed (but probably not overy noticable unless using very high quality mode) and the maximum card size available.
The 765 has a bunch of different quality picture modes, in one, the 640x480 I can store over 1000 images on the 512 card. In the larges image size, uncompressed TIFF file, it'll only store 9 images. Kinda blew my mind. I'll have to shoot one of those just to see what difference that image size makes.
<< <i>By the way, you did mean C-765, right? >>
Yeah, dislexic fingers
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<< <i>does the type of card have any effect on the image quality? >>
I don't think so, I believe the different cards will have something to do with write speed (but probably not overy noticable unless using very high quality mode) and the maximum card size available.
The 765 has a bunch of different quality picture modes, in one, the 640x480 I can store over 1000 images on the 512 card. In the larges image size, uncompressed TIFF file, it'll only store 9 images. Kinda blew my mind. I'll have to shoot one of those just to see what difference that image size makes. >>
On the web, the higher quality settings are useless, monitors can only display images at a certain resolution, I believe it is 72dpi. The only time you want to record images in those higher resolutions is if you are going to have prints made. For showing on the web, the normal setting is fine.
I hadn't even thought about that, but it makes sense.
I also picked up an HP 8150 Photosmart printer, so maybe I'll see if there's any difference in that output.
The printer can do 4800x<something> (I forget the other resolution).
Probably not as high as the equipment at a photolab, but still pretty good.