C720 photos

Suzy Q15 · Jun 9, 2002

Here are a few of my first pictures taken with the C720. Almost all taken in Auto. I will posting results using other settings tomorrow, including auto mode for comparison for those interested in the camera.

http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

Bradly · Jun 9, 2002

Thanks for the pics.......... been wanting to see more from the camera.

Susan Watling said:
Here are a few of my first pictures taken with the C720. Almost
all taken in Auto. I will posting results using other settings
tomorrow, including auto mode for comparison for those interested
in the camera.

http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

Daniella68313 · Jun 9, 2002

You have nice photos. I would suggest that you use SHQ quality instead of HQ because the level of .jpg compression is a bit too high i think.

ISO 200 seams to be less noisy in the C720 that it is in the C700, which makes me wonder why they removed the ISO 800...???

Susan Watling said:
Here are a few of my first pictures taken with the C720. Almost
all taken in Auto. I will posting results using other settings
tomorrow, including auto mode for comparison for those interested
in the camera.

http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

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Juli Valley · Jun 9, 2002

Since Daniella didn't make her usual comment, she recommends you shoot in program mode not auto and set ISO to 100 for most situations. You are off to a good start.

Suzy Q15 · Jun 9, 2002

You're right. For some reason, when you turn on the camera it defaults to HQ. I wasn't used to the camera and hadn't used it enough to have my previous setting saved. I seriously doubt that I'll be shooting in Auto mode again - for outside pictures Aperture priority mode appears to be the best way to go for me. More about that later when I get test results. Wish I had the tube for teleconverter already so I could try out my other lenses.

Daniella said:
Daniella68313 said:

http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

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Jerry Rosen · Jun 9, 2002

I have one of these cameras. I agree with the comment about using P mode and not auto on any digital camera. However, the A and S modes should be used whenever possible and P use for quick shops that you don't have time to think, just shoot.

I disagree with the comment about using shq instead of hq unless you want max detail for an 8 x 10 photo that you want to print and hang on the wall. Shq takes a 128MB card down to 57 images as compared to 176 images. If the developers thought that shq was better, they would not have set the defaut to shq. Just my opinion, for whatever it's worth.

Jerry

Portland, Oregon

Juli Valley said:
Since Daniella didn't make her usual comment, she recommends you
shoot in program mode not auto and set ISO to 100 for most
situations. You are off to a good start.

Suzy Q15 · Jun 9, 2002

Another point of view. You never know when you will accidently snap a perfect picture that you want to print out in a larger size. I don't mind only having 60 or so shots to a card. It only takes a couple of minutes for me to download to my image bank - I put a 30gig hard drive in it. I can do that while walking around taking pics on a backup 128mb card, as it can be fastened to a belt or strap.

Jerry Rosen said:
I disagree with the comment about using shq instead of hq unless
you want max detail for an 8 x 10 photo that you want to print and
hang on the wall. Shq takes a 128MB card down to 57 images as
compared to 176 images. If the developers thought that shq was
better, they would not have set the defaut to shq. Just my opinion,
for whatever it's worth.

Jerry

Portland, Oregon

Juli Valley said:

Since Daniella didn't make her usual comment, she recommends you
shoot in program mode not auto and set ISO to 100 for most
situations. You are off to a good start.

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Firebat101226 · Jun 9, 2002

Suzy Q15 said:
http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

It seems for me C-720 suffers from CA not less than C-700

I think it's due slight lens redesign(comparing with C-700)

Jerry Rosen · Jun 9, 2002

I stand corrected. SHQ is the best way to go. This is my first digital camera using smart media. My other two cameras use cf cards. On cf cards the resolution and the quality of the image are separate settings, Not so with smart media. I get 76 images on a 128MB cf card setting it to the second best quality and hightest resolution. On smart media it's 56 images.

Also on a camera using cr cards I can use a 256K card or a 1 gig microdrive. On a camera using smart media, I'm stuck with 128. So either I buy more cards, lug my laptop around with me or shoot at a lower quality.

Comments are welcome.

Jerry
Portland, Oregon

Susan Watling said:
Suzy Q15 said:

I disagree with the comment about using shq instead of hq unless
you want max detail for an 8 x 10 photo that you want to print and
hang on the wall. Shq takes a 128MB card down to 57 images as
compared to 176 images. If the developers thought that shq was
better, they would not have set the defaut to shq. Just my opinion,
for whatever it's worth.

Jerry

Portland, Oregon

Juli Valley said:

Since Daniella didn't make her usual comment, she recommends you
shoot in program mode not auto and set ISO to 100 for most
situations. You are off to a good start.

Click to expand...

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Suzy Q15 · Jun 9, 2002

You're right about the CA, but I'm looking into seeing if perhapes correct exposure setting might improve that. Hope so. Also occasionally I noticed a little pincushion effect in a few instances. Nothing that's not easily corrected in editing though.

Firebat said:
Firebat101226 said:

http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

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It seems for me C-720 suffers from CA not less than C-700
I think it's due slight lens redesign(comparing with C-700)

Julio Y. · Jun 9, 2002

LOL!!!

Juli Valley said:
Since Daniella didn't make her usual comment, she recommends you
shoot in program mode not auto and set ISO to 100 for most
situations. You are off to a good start.

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SWVodrey · Jul 7, 2002

Dear Susan,

Haven't gotten to the other photos yet, but am going through all the C720 forum postings right now due to having gotten a C720 today. Just wanted to say thank you for sharing your lovely photos!

Sarah W. Vodrey

Susan Watling said:
Here are a few of my first pictures taken with the C720. Almost
all taken in Auto. I will posting results using other settings
tomorrow, including auto mode for comparison for those interested
in the camera.

http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

--
swvodrey

Trido · Jul 7, 2002

Susan Watling said:
Firebat said:

Suzy Q15 said:

http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

Click to expand...

It seems for me C-720 suffers from CA not less than C-700
I think it's due slight lens redesign(comparing with C-700)

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Great shots SUSAN I sure miss my 700 and right now trying to get rid of my CANON s30 and get a 720 I have to have that ZOOM again.

Jeff

BjarneChr · Jul 7, 2002

jerry rosen said:
I disagree with the comment about using shq instead of hq unless
you want max detail for an 8 x 10 photo that you want to print and
hang on the wall. Shq takes a 128MB card down to 57 images as
compared to 176 images. If the developers thought that shq was
better, they would not have set the defaut to shq. Just my opinion,
for whatever it's worth.

You will NEVER know when you want enlargements. So use SHQ whenever possible. The memory isn't that expensive. If you want to edit the pictures on the PC use either SHQ or TIFF. HQ gives to many jpeg artifacts. I will rather add more compression on the PC than not beeing able to make enlargements, you can take away details but not recreate them.

By the way - nice pictures.

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Jerry Rosen · Jul 7, 2002

PC's are a bad word where I come from. I use a Mac

Bjarne Christensen said:
jerry rosen said:

I disagree with the comment about using shq instead of hq unless
you want max detail for an 8 x 10 photo that you want to print and
hang on the wall. Shq takes a 128MB card down to 57 images as
compared to 176 images. If the developers thought that shq was
better, they would not have set the defaut to shq. Just my opinion,
for whatever it's worth.

Click to expand...

You will NEVER know when you want enlargements. So use SHQ whenever
possible. The memory isn't that expensive. If you want to edit the
pictures on the PC use either SHQ or TIFF. HQ gives to many jpeg
artifacts. I will rather add more compression on the PC than not
beeing able to make enlargements, you can take away details but not
recreate them.

By the way - nice pictures.

--
Bjarne
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Olympus C-700UZ - http://www.pbase.com/bjarnechr

Daniella68313 · Jul 8, 2002

If you power ON and OFF the camera in P mode or Manual mode, and if you turn ALL RESET to OFF, then the camera will retain its custom settings, provided that you leave fresh battery in it. At least that's the way things work with the c700.

Susan Watling said:
Daniella said:

Suzy Q15 said:

http://www.pbase.com/slwatling/summer_2002

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Juli Valley · Jul 8, 2002

If it's similar to the 700, auto mode is not as good as using Program where you can set the ISO to 100.
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Suzy Q15 · Jul 8, 2002

You all are absolutely right about auto mode. After playing with the camera a bit, the results from the other modes are so much better. Everyone has been a big help in learning about the camera.

Suzy Q15 · Jul 8, 2002

Thanks for the comment. It's too bad that most things reset when putting in new batteries. Am I missing something? This I'm not used to as my other camera has a small disklike battery for back up. It retains all the information while reinstalling batteries. The first time this happened, I was surprised, but as with anything else, as long as you expect the results, you can work around it.

Daniella said:
If you power ON and OFF the camera in P mode or Manual mode, and if
you turn ALL RESET to OFF, then the camera will retain its custom
settings, provided that you leave fresh battery in it. At least
that's the way things work with the c700.

Suzy Q15 · Jul 8, 2002

Thanks. I've had fund learning what the camera was capable of. I had almost decided to return the camera before I decided that the camera wasn't as limited as the user. It was time to buckle down and put a little work into the project.

SWVodrey said:
Dear Susan,

Haven't gotten to the other photos yet, but am going through all
the C720 forum postings right now due to having gotten a C720
today. Just wanted to say thank you for sharing your lovely photos!

Sarah W. Vodrey

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