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| Announced: | Jan 26, 2006 |
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Opinion: The new Olympus SP-320 is a well made pant-pocket size camera that features a large and excellent display, AF assist beam, optical viewfinder, a variety of verstaile shooting modes and it uses "ordinary" batteries.
I have owned the new SP-320 for about three weeks. It differs from the earlier SP-310 and SP-350 in several ways including:
(1) It has a faster processor so it not only accepts the new high speed Type H cards but it writes about twice as fast as the earlier standard or Type M cards. I clocked the write time of a RAW photo at about 7 seconds with the Type H card and about 14 seconds with a standard xD card. While viewing photos, the recall interval seems to be the same.
(2) It features a "Image Stabilization" feature which is somewhat useful especially in low light
(3) It features an ISO of 800
I find its ability to resolve details in shadow areas to be truly exceptional. It's 2.5" display is very pleasing and its optical viewfinder, while small, is especially useful in low light situations.
Given that the processor is built into the camera, I suspect that most of the entire xD Olympus Digital Camera line will follow the same upgrade path as the SP-310 to SP-320.
Regards,
PaulBG
Piedmont, CA
Problems: I qualify "ordinary" because even though it features "long battery life" it performs poorly with alkaline (like the SP-350) and only resasonably well with NiMH batteries. As with most digital cameras, it seems to be very voltage sensitive. However when I use it with rechargeable CR-3V (RCR-3V) lithium ion batteries I get better economy and over 300 pictures per charge as compared with about 50 with NiMH and maybe only 25 with alkaline batteries... Neither alkaline nor NiMH batteries can recover from the current drain imposed on just two "AA" batteries so the camera goes into a premature "low battery" conditon. Lithium-ion provide incredible voltage stability and exceptional shelf life and are the battery of choice for digital cameras by a wide margin.
Given its size, I wish Olympus would offer a thin leather glove/case for it for carrying in your pocket.
Opinion: The new Olympus SP-320 is a well made pant-pocket size camera that features a large and excellent display, AF assist beam, optical viewfinder, a variety of versatile shooting modes and it uses "ordinary" batteries.
I have owned the new SP-320 for about three weeks. It differs from the earlier SP-310 and SP-350 in several ways including:
(1) It has a faster processor so it not only accepts the new high speed Type H cards but it writes about twice as fast as the earlier standard or Type M cards. I clocked the write time of a RAW photo at about 7 seconds with the Type H card and about 14 seconds with a standard xD card. While viewing photos, the recall interval seems to be the same.
(2) It features a "Image Stabilization" feature which is somewhat useful especially in low light
(3) It features an ISO of 800
I find its ability to resolve details in shadow areas to be truly exceptional. It's 2.5" display is very pleasing and its optical viewfinder, while small, is especially useful in low light situations.
Given that the processor is built into the camera, I suspect that most of the entire xD Olympus Digital Camera line will follow the same upgrade path as the SP-310 to SP-320.
Regards,
PaulBG
Piedmont, CA
Problems: I qualify "ordinary" because even though it features "long battery life" it performs poorly with alkaline (like the SP-350) and only reasonably well with NiMH batteries. As with most digital cameras, it seems to be very voltage sensitive. However when I use it with rechargeable CR-3V (RCR-3V) lithium ion batteries I get better economy and over 300 pictures per charge as compared with about 50 with NiMH and maybe only 25 with alkaline batteries. Neither alkaline nor NiMH batteries can recover from the current drain imposed on just two "AA" batteries so the camera goes into a premature "low battery" condition. Lithium-ion batteries provide incredible voltage stability and exceptional shelf life and are the first of choice for digital cameras by a wide margin.
Given its size, I wish Olympus would offer a thin leather glove/case for it for carrying in your pocket.
Opinion: The new Olympus SP-320 is a well made pant-pocket size camera that features a large and excellent display, AF assist beam, optical viewfinder, a variety of versatile shooting modes and it uses "ordinary" batteries.
I have owned the new SP-320 for about three weeks. It differs from the earlier SP-310 and SP-350 in several ways including:
(1) It has a faster processor so it not only accepts the new high speed Type H cards but it writes about twice as fast as the earlier standard or Type M cards. I clocked the write time of a RAW photo at about 7 seconds with the Type H card and about 14 seconds with a standard xD card. While viewing photos, the recall interval seems to be the same.
(2) It features a "Image Stabilization" feature which is somewhat useful especially in low light
(3) It features an ISO of 800
I find its ability to resolve details in shadow areas to be truly exceptional. It's 2.5" display is very pleasing and its optical viewfinder, while small, is especially useful in low light situations.
Given that the processor is built into the camera, I suspect that most of the entire xD Olympus Digital Camera line will follow the same upgrade path as the SP-310 to SP-320.
Regards,
PaulBG
Piedmont, CA
Problems: I qualify "ordinary" because even though it features "long battery life" it performs poorly with alkaline (like the SP-350) and only reasonably well with NiMH batteries. As with most digital cameras, it seems to be very voltage sensitive. However when I use it with rechargeable CR-3V (RCR-3V) lithium ion batteries I get better economy and over 300 pictures per charge as compared with about 50 with NiMH and maybe only 25 with alkaline batteries. Neither alkaline nor NiMH batteries can recover from the current drain imposed on just two "AA" batteries so the camera goes into a premature "low battery" condition. Lithium-ion batteries provide incredible voltage stability and exceptional shelf life and are the first of choice for digital cameras by a wide margin.
Given its size, I wish Olympus would offer a thin leather glove/case for it for carrying in your pocket.
Opinion: One of the excellent diigital camer in 2006!!!
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