How Well Do The Olympus Digital Cameras Work.?
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I’m looking at the Olympus Stylus tough-600 with tap control. How well do these cameras work. I went to Best Buy and played with one and i really like it. The girl at Best Buy said they don’t work well in low light and they don’t recover from a shot as fast as Cannon or Sony. Is this true, how well do they work.
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They work well, but there aren’t many people who, in the end, liked tap control very much. However, it’s a matter of taste, so nothing conclusive here.
Compact cameras don’t perform well in low light by design. It doesn’t matter much which brand we’re talking about, it’s just a matter of physics: very tiny sensors and way too much photo sites (mega pixels) crammed on them.
If shooting in low light is something you would like to do, a compact camera isn’t such a good choice. According to reviews, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 is one of the few compacts capable of reasonable results when light is less than perfect. However, it still can’t compete with an entry level DSLR, such as the Nikon D40. Pricewise, the latter may even be cheaper, depending on where you live.
In this area I’m pretty much MrSony but I actually like the Olympus compacts.
Olympus compacts work as well in low light as any of current compacts (the as yet unreleased Sony’s are supposed to be far better in low light and as Nikon use Sony sensors they’ll probably follow soon too), and the flash recharge time is not significantly worse than the average for a compact.
The killer feature of most of the Olympus range is their “show me how” feature that sets up both YOU and the camera to take specific types of shots. There is no better hand holding capability on any camera I’ve seen. Oh and the fact that the camera is literally tough!
If you are sure the camera has the features you want I’d go for it!
I have no experience with Olympus digital cameras – film yes, digital no.
I do know this though – Canon and Nikon are the world leaders in this technology – in that order. I think your money would be better spent on one of these two brands.
These companies sell more cameras that anyone else on the planet for a good reason.
Just an opinion.
I work in a photo lab, and I would recommend the Stylus 600 to all my customers. I actually have several friends that plan on buying it, and my apartment is decorated in photos I took with this camera and an older, 35mm model (Stylus 150). I took down my posters because my photos are that great. The best deal I found on this camera was on Amazon herehttp://www.amazon.com/Olympus-Stylus-Dig…
I love this little camera. I have just come back from a trip across four continents, and I can tell you that I could not have wished for a better camera. Now, I don’t want to mislead you, the photos will turn out blurry at first. If you use the anti-shake feature, you are limited in HOW the photos come out (resolution, megapixels, color). My advice to fix that problem (if they are blurry, then it is the PHOTOGRAPHER’S problem, not the camera) is to follow the camera’s suggestion on how to hold it. It really does make a difference.
I only put the camera in my pocket a few times, and never had any problems, though I do know that cracks are a possibility with this camera. Most of the time, I put it in a camera carrying case, which with the camera, a spare full battery, and an extra memory card, it was all able to fit in the palm of my hand. I don’t remember what the brand of the case was, but it’s probably nylon and I bought it at Target.
The screen is pretty amazing. It’s 2.5 inches, which is really great and easy to use. You are not squinting like you would with other cameras. In fact, the resolution on the screen is less thant that of the camera’s abilities. Yeah, it’s that great! Just about everybody on my trip this summer wanted my camera — they spent their money on Kodaks and Sonys, but my photos came out the best, and my camera was ALWAYS ready to be used. Yes, it is hard to see in the daylight (most of the time in the desert it was hard to see), but that has got to be expected in the bright sunshine. Especially if your back is to the sun.
The camera is All-Weather (I think all Olympus brand cameras are). In my travels this summer, I was able to use it flawlessly in the pouring freezing rain, in the snow, and in the desert. It has it’s temperature limits, but chances are you’ll be within them. They are wide.
As can be expected because it is a longer exposure time, the night mode can be difficult to use, especially without a tripod.
For batteries: buy ONLY the Olympus and Maxell brand batteries. I got an average of 500 photos on each (though Olympus lasted a little longer), and that was with looking through the photos several times. People will say that with these being rechargeable batteries, you shouldn’t buy, however, they last SIGNIFICANTLY longer, and will be cheaper in the long run. Especially since this is a camera without an optical viewfinder, using alkaline batteries would be absolutely foolish, and lithium would be good but the same performance would not be gained.
So far, I have taken about 5500 photos and it’s working just as great as it was when I took it out of the box.