450Z

Bill Ellis · Oct 29, 1999

Can anyone give me some insight on the 450Z. This looks very nice and I am
venturing into my digital. Pros and cons would be very helpful.

sharon · Oct 29, 1999

Bill Ellis said:
Can anyone give me some insight on the 450Z. This looks very nice and I am
venturing into my digital. Pros and cons would be very helpful.

I think it's a great camera in the sub $500 price range. Played around with one recently and took some good photos without even reading the manual. Camera has a lot of capabilities like white balance, spot metering, dividing LCD into multiple thumbnail pictures, and the software for loading the pictures to the computer is easy to use. Only criticism I have which I'm not sure couldn't be fixed with some sort of adapter is that the manual says the camera is not compatible with the iMac

. I'm going to e-mail Olympus about it to find out if there is a workaround.

One other nice thing is the way the camera feels in my hands. I'm used to two handed picture taking and this camera is comfortable to hold with one or two hands.

Imaging-resource.com recently did a review of this camera. They liked it. Check it out.
Good luck in your buying decision.

t.messenger · Oct 29, 1999

Member said:
Bill Ellis said:

Can anyone give me some insight on the 450Z. This looks very nice and I am venturing into my digital. Pros and cons would be very helpful.

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I just ordered the 450 after reading about dig cams for a couple of months. I like the color direction of this camera which is more gold, the Nikon is more blue and Fuji more red. Skin tones to my eye look very natural and colors are not overly saturated. Blues are a little flat and greens are a little dirty but easily fixed post camera ( note: this judgment is based on down loaded photos not actual use) . I'm not a real big fan of flash photography and this camera has promise for available light image making. The detail of the images I have downloaded from this camera and resized hold up very well to 6x8"( should be better with uncompressed files). It uses AA batteries and is small enough to carry in a coat pocket.

With the rapid evolution of dig cams I'd rather have a $400.00 out dated camera in a year the an $800.00 one.

Barry Carter · Oct 29, 1999

I have an Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom, the fancy gold model, and I love this little camera! When I went on a cruise last year, the Epic was all I took. It has self timer, remote control optional), and took beautiful pictures. Very compact, I can slide open the lens hood and operate the camera with one hand. The 450Z is the digital cousin of the Stylis Epic, so it must be something good....Barry

T.Messenger said:
Member said:

Bill Ellis said:

Can anyone give me some insight on the 450Z. This looks very nice and I am venturing into my digital. Pros and cons would be very helpful.

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I just ordered the 450 after reading about dig cams for a couple of
months. I like the color direction of this camera which is more gold, the
Nikon is more blue and Fuji more red. Skin tones to my eye look very
natural and colors are not overly saturated. Blues are a little flat and
greens are a little dirty but easily fixed post camera ( note: this
judgment is based on down loaded photos not actual use) . I'm not a real
big fan of flash photography and this camera has promise for available
light image making. The detail of the images I have downloaded from this
camera and resized hold up very well to 6x8"( should be better with
uncompressed files). It uses AA batteries and is small enough to carry
in a coat pocket.
With the rapid evolution of dig cams I'd rather have a $400.00 out dated
camera in a year the an $800.00 one.

eric · Oct 30, 1999

I just bought the "Limited Edition" of the Stylus Epic (no zoom - but it has a F2.8 lens versus 4.0 on zoom P&S's). Nice photos - I think I'll stick with film and my scanner for awhile.

Barry Carter said:
T.Messenger said:

Member said:

Bill Ellis said:

Can anyone give me some insight on the 450Z. This looks very nice and I am venturing into my digital. Pros and cons would be very helpful.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

I just ordered the 450 after reading about dig cams for a couple of
months. I like the color direction of this camera which is more gold, the
Nikon is more blue and Fuji more red. Skin tones to my eye look very
natural and colors are not overly saturated. Blues are a little flat and
greens are a little dirty but easily fixed post camera ( note: this
judgment is based on down loaded photos not actual use) . I'm not a real
big fan of flash photography and this camera has promise for available
light image making. The detail of the images I have downloaded from this
camera and resized hold up very well to 6x8"( should be better with
uncompressed files). It uses AA batteries and is small enough to carry
in a coat pocket.
With the rapid evolution of dig cams I'd rather have a $400.00 out dated
camera in a year the an $800.00 one.

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Terry Loftus · Nov 8, 1999

T.Messenger said:
Member said:

Bill Ellis said:

Can anyone give me some insight on the 450Z. This looks very nice and I am venturing into my digital. Pros and cons would be very helpful.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

I just ordered the 450 after reading about dig cams for a couple of
months. I like the color direction of this camera which is more gold, the
Nikon is more blue and Fuji more red. Skin tones to my eye look very
natural and colors are not overly saturated. Blues are a little flat and
greens are a little dirty but easily fixed post camera ( note: this
judgment is based on down loaded photos not actual use) . I'm not a real
big fan of flash photography and this camera has promise for available
light image making. The detail of the images I have downloaded from this
camera and resized hold up very well to 6x8"( should be better with
uncompressed files). It uses AA batteries and is small enough to carry
in a coat pocket.
With the rapid evolution of dig cams I'd rather have a $400.00 out dated
camera in a year the an $800.00 one.

S. LeBaron · Nov 9, 1999

Member said:
I've had the 450Z for about a month now, It is a great Digi-cam, The quality of the pictures are really phenomonal. I Bought a Casio QV120 when it first hit the market a couple of yaers ago and ther is no comparison.

The Zoom on the 450Z is one of the main reasons I went with it, instead of the competition. For the money you can't go wrong with the 450Z

Stephen Tupaj · Nov 9, 1999

Member said:
The Zoom on the 450Z is one of the main reasons I went with it, instead

Member said:
of the competition. For the money you can't go wrong with the 450Z

I too am in the market for my "next" digital camera. I've owned a D-320L for 14 months and feel it has served me well. I "jumped in" at just the right time for this model I think, and I want to "succeed" again ... so I have come to the conclusion to AVOID the temptations of the 450Z.

Here's why... The 450Z stops just short of being a "photography" camera. And models like the 2000Z (which is what I'm eyeing now) are starting to fall in price ... most recently I hear that for $675, you get rechargeable batteries and a charger thrown into the retail bundle of the 2000Z. That alone closes the gap by an extra $50. So assuming you get the 450Z for $425, the gap is only $200, which can be argued as sizable, but wait until you see what happens after this current shakedown that we are in.

I predict that by February (dare I even hope for a Xmas present!!), you'll find the 2000 breaking the $500 barrier (especially with the introduction of the 2020), and you'll find a 450Z still selling for around $350. Now the gap is $100 with the charger factored in, and that is too small a price to pay for avoiding falling FULLY short of having a camera that I can do some real photography with. It's BECAUSE the 450Z comes SO close without crossing over to the "better" side that it needs to be avoided.

For those Mac folks out there, it's like buying a IIsi or a IIvx because the price/performance seemed SO good at the time.

Barry Ward · Nov 9, 1999

The 450 may fall just shot of being a "photography" camera, but it falls right into a shirt pocket. That can be a pretty nice advantage.

Stephen said:
S. LeBaron wrote:

The Zoom on the 450Z is one of the main reasons I went with it, instead

of the competition. For the money you can't go wrong with the 450Z

I too am in the market for my "next" digital camera. I've owned a

Member said:
D-320L for 14 months and feel it has served me well. I "jumped in" at
just the right time for this model I think, and I want to "succeed" again
... so I have come to the conclusion to AVOID the temptations of the 450Z.

Here's why... The 450Z stops just short of being a "photography" camera.

Member said:
And models like the 2000Z (which is what I'm eyeing now) are starting to
fall in price ... most recently I hear that for $675, you get
rechargeable batteries and a charger thrown into the retail bundle of the
2000Z. That alone closes the gap by an extra $50. So assuming you get
the 450Z for $425, the gap is only $200, which can be argued as sizable,
but wait until you see what happens after this current shakedown that we
are in.

I predict that by February (dare I even hope for a Xmas present!!),

Member said:
you'll find the 2000 breaking the $500 barrier (especially with the
introduction of the 2020), and you'll find a 450Z still selling for
around $350. Now the gap is $100 with the charger factored in, and that
is too small a price to pay for avoiding falling FULLY short of having a
camera that I can do some real photography with. It's BECAUSE the 450Z
comes SO close without crossing over to the "better" side that it needs
to be avoided.

For those Mac folks out there, it's like buying a IIsi or a IIvx because

Member said:
the price/performance seemed SO good at the time.

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