Any dissapointed C-5050 owners?????

Charles Collins · Jul 30, 2003

I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5, Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures. And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

iamphil · Jul 30, 2003

It can go up to 1/2000 but that is only in P or A mode when the aperture gets closed down all the way.

Charles Collins said:
I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5,
Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little
with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the
shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast
shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what
I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take
very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures.
And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share
any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

five-OSquare · Jul 30, 2003

Disappointed with the barrel distortion if all other C5050 are the same.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=5622669

The Antagonist said:
Charles Collins said:

I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5,
Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little
with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the
shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast
shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what
I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take
very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures.
And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share
any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

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Dimitrios · Jul 30, 2003

Charles Collins said:
I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5,
Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little
with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the
shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast
shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what
I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take
very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures.
And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share
any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

Charles, if max. shutter speed under bright lighting isyour main concern with C5050, it could be easily resolved by a uniform neutral density filter.

The slowest speed for C5050 is 16 sec in manual mode. There is no "bulb" mode as that of Nikon's.
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Dimitrios
Olympus C-5050 & Minolta Dynax 7xi SLR

James_C5050 · Jul 31, 2003

The Antagonist said:
It can go up to 1/2000 but that is only in P or A mode when the
aperture gets closed down all the way.

The available F8.0 with 1/2000 setting is pretty much useless! What lighting condition would require that exposure setting? I mean it'd be much more useful if F1.8 with 1/2000 were available...

James

iamphil said:
Charles Collins said:

I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5,
Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little
with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the
shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast
shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what
I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take
very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures.
And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share
any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

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Andrew Mitchell · Jul 31, 2003

FWIW:

The G3 (and many other Canon cameras) have strange skin tones compared to the 5050 (my Olympus 2100 also gives superb skin tones). Looks like a brick, too, with hand grip.

I've never bothered with the Nikons as the 5400 has no focus assist light, which makes it useless for low light photography (which may or may not be important to you)

The V1, although rather nice, is really not in the same league as the 5050. It's autofocus and shutter lag are superb, though. Definitely the achilles heel of the 5050. However, the media (I have lots of SM), price of CF (cheap), batteries (a houseful of NiMHs), and battery chargers (3 or 4 of them), quality of the pics, made the 5050 too good to pass.

BTW, when would you ever need to use more than 1/1000?

Check out this site for lots of info on the 5050

http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/c5050/index.html

Just my opinion as a recent 5050 buyer.

Andrew

Charles Collins said:
I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5,
Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little
with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the
shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast
shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what
I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take
very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures.
And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share
any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

--
Andrew (in Taiwan)
C-21OOUZ, C-5O5O

iamphil · Jul 31, 2003

Andrew Mitchell said:
BTW, when would you ever need to use more than 1/1000?

Shooting at any time of the day from about noon to 16:00, f/8.0 and 1/1150 on my C-2100 often isn't enough. At times I wouldn't want to shoot at such a small aperture either.

Andy Landfather · Jul 31, 2003

The Antagonist said:
Andrew Mitchell said:

BTW, when would you ever need to use more than 1/1000?

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Shooting at any time of the day from about noon to 16:00, f/8.0 and
1/1150 on my C-2100 often isn't enough. At times I wouldn't want to
shoot at such a small aperture either.

As far as I know the 2100 has a min iso of 100? The 5050 has iso 64 which would reduce the shutter speed.

Still I agree, I don't want to stop down to f-8 to avoid overexposure, f-8 reduces resolution a bit...not as sharp as f-4, my sweet spot.

I have "my mode" set up to start at f-4 and have for a long time and very rarely does the shutter speed get too high.

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eL47288 · Jul 31, 2003

The c5050z produces the most professional looking matt i850 prints I've taken. It's quality and features ended the desire and need to own more for a while. This is why I rarely post results and never enter posting contests.

The good things:

Focuses in dim light.
Has good battery power.
Excellent custom menu features.
Allows reasonably priced 512 CF memory cards.
Excellent metering and colour capability.

I don't see better image quality from Nikon or Canon. You will notice noise is appearing more often in all the latest camera releases.
Sony probably has the edge on quickest focusing.

The c5050z colour, sharpening, and contrast are easily adjusted and programmed if required. As mentioned excellent custom menu features.

In bright sunlight increase the LCD intensity ahead of default which will throw off expected colour. Don't worry and just trust the shots are good as you will see on a proper monitor. As mentioned the metering is excellent.

The Camedia software is usable, but only average. You need to own a copy of PhotoShop Elements for best post processing to print or email shots.

Get the CLA-1 Conversion lens adapter, step up ring 43-55mm (SUR4355), and TCON-17. Then you won't worry about the lens or lens crash. Get a 55mm UV filter and lens cap.

To get here I've used a cp-e995, cp-e5000, cp-e4500, A20, G2-b, s-230.

I give a brand 3 chances to improve. Looks like I'm due for 2 more future Olympus cameras. I'm not in a rush though.

Charles Collins said:
I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5,
Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little
with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the
shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast
shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what
I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take
very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures.
And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share
any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

--
eL

Steven Smith104807 · Jul 31, 2003

eL,

I too have an i850 and would like to know what paper, printer settings, etc. you use to make your matt prints using a C5050.

Thanks.
Steven

eL said:
The c5050z produces the most professional looking matt i850 prints
I've taken. It's quality and features ended the desire and need to
own more for a while. This is why I rarely post results and never
enter posting contests.

Framer · Jul 31, 2003

Charles Collins said:
I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5,
Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little
with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the
shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast
shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what
I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take
very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures.
And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share
any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

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Pov · Jul 31, 2003

My only complaint so far is the low battery warning. Once it starts flashing you have about 30 seconds before the camera dies (just a slight exaggeration). One should get more warning than that.
Charles Collins wrote

Charles Collins said:
I'm in the search for a 4 or 5 MP. The C-5050, Canon G3 or 5,
Nikon 5400, and Sony V1 all seem competitive. I've played a little
with all of them and the 5400 seems to have the most control of the
shot. I like the wide angle, timed exposure ability, and fast
shutter speed ability. But I don't like its slow apature or what
I hear about its low light focus ability. The C-5050 seems to take
very sharp pictures, but not sure how it does with timed exposures.
And I think it only goes to about 1/1000 of a sec. Please share
any experience you might have with the C-5050. Thanks

Framer · Jul 31, 2003

Pov,

What batteries are you using? With the 1850mah Energizers I use I can shoot about 10 frames before I have to change the batteries so either that was a huuuggge exaggeration or your batteries are shot

eL47288 · Jul 31, 2003

I've used Epson's matt and Canon's matt (which is whiter). They both print well.
i850 Printing Preferences....
Media: Photo Paper pro (comment: provides best colour reproduction).
Print Quality: High
Colour Adjustment: Manual, Enable ICM
Effects: Only Vivid Photo & Photo Noise Reduction both checked on.

Steven Smith said:
eL,

I too have an i850 and would like to know what paper, printer
settings, etc. you use to make your matt prints using a C5050.

Thanks.
Steven

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eL

camoly · Jul 31, 2003

+ great color and detail, fast lens, powerful flash, super macro

slow power up, slow response time when steping through menus to change settings, shutter lag, my 'display' button doesn't always work

Karen Stuebing · Aug 1, 2003

..he did say 10 secs was an exagerration but I have to agree that you don't get much time and I sure don't get 10 more shots. But I always carry spares because I've been caught running out of power with the lens extended.

Karen

framer said:
Pov,

What batteries are you using? With the 1850mah Energizers I use I
can shoot about 10 frames before I have to change the batteries so
either that was a huuuggge exaggeration or your batteries are shot

Steven Smith104807 · Aug 1, 2003

eL said:
Steven Smith said:

eL,

I too have an i850 and would like to know what paper, printer
settings, etc. you use to make your matt prints using a C5050.

Thanks.
Steven

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eL

James_C5050 · Aug 1, 2003

I agree. Once you see the red flashing battery low sign, you'd better change batteries real quick

James

Karen Stuebing said:
Karen

framer said:

Pov,

What batteries are you using? With the 1850mah Energizers I use I
can shoot about 10 frames before I have to change the batteries so
either that was a huuuggge exaggeration or your batteries are shot

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Olympus Camedia C-5O5OZOOM + Olympus TCON-17 1.7X Tele Conversion Lens
New gallery of photos from China: http://xjin.instantlogic.com/

Pov · Aug 1, 2003

Framer, I'm using the Olympus batteries that came with the camera, and another set of 1950 mah, but I don't recall the brand. I was exaggerating, but I certainly don't get 10 shots after the indicator comes on. My point was that once it does, you're just about finished and you'd better replace the batteries fast.

framer said:
Pov,

What batteries are you using? With the 1850mah Energizers I use I
can shoot about 10 frames before I have to change the batteries so
either that was a huuuggge exaggeration or your batteries are shot

Gordon Uchenick · Aug 1, 2003

While it's true that you don't get much warning of impending battery failure, don't lose perspective that this camera has excellent battery life, at least for me. With a freshly charged set of 1850 mah batteries, I can shoot over 300 images with normal use of flash and LCD screen for review.

Pov said:
framer said:

Pov,

What batteries are you using? With the 1850mah Energizers I use I
can shoot about 10 frames before I have to change the batteries so
either that was a huuuggge exaggeration or your batteries are shot

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