Alan Tyrer
Member
This is my third digital camera and I love it.
The 380mm (eqiv) image stabilised lens is amazing, I would not swap it for triple the pixels.
I can take handheld photos at shutter speeds lower than normal thanks to the IS which makes it great for low light.
Images are sharp, correctly exposed and focused almost all of the time. Images print very well at 8"x10" and portraits can be interpolated to a much larger size.
None of the current five and six megapixel cameras include image stabilisation and such a long zoom, so I am not tempted to upgrade yet.
Problems:
None (touch wood) but would prefer compact flash cards rather than smartmedia.
The supplied software is rubbish IMHO but this doesn't matter if you have a card reader and decent software already.
The 380mm (eqiv) image stabilised lens is amazing, I would not swap it for triple the pixels.
I can take handheld photos at shutter speeds lower than normal thanks to the IS which makes it great for low light.
Images are sharp, correctly exposed and focused almost all of the time. Images print very well at 8"x10" and portraits can be interpolated to a much larger size.
None of the current five and six megapixel cameras include image stabilisation and such a long zoom, so I am not tempted to upgrade yet.
Problems:
None (touch wood) but would prefer compact flash cards rather than smartmedia.
The supplied software is rubbish IMHO but this doesn't matter if you have a card reader and decent software already.