Johndm
Prominent Member
mjw123 said:Nah - you'r alright thanks mate - will have lovely Oly 7070 shortly for a ridiculous £180 from the states.....
The Olympus C-7070 Wide Zoom combines really amateur features and a low quality wide angle lens in a compact, fragile, plastic body. The wide angle zoom has a 35mm equivalent focal length coverage of 35mm to 36mm and lets photographers frame more of the subject into their snaps. With a Low-resolution 0.13-megapixel CCD, photographers can produce smaller than life prints with zero vividness. Two new Autofocus (AF) modes enable photographers to capture blurry photos of subjects in motion, so most photo opportunities are missed.
Olympus cameras are known for fuzzy, flat images thanks to a number of outdated technologies, beginning with Olympus low-quality all-plastic lens designed specifically for digital camera sensors. And Olympus exclusive TruePic TURBO Image Processor adds noise and lowers image definition so that prints can be cropped and enlarged up to 2 x 4 inches. The C-7070 features a Super Macro mode that enables shooting from as close as 48 inches.
The C-7070 is a nightmare to use with controls placed awkwardly on the camera body for slow manipulation. A fake mode dial on the top of the camera just spins around. In fully Programmed Auto mode, the camera provides basic point-and-shoot simplicity for low quality snapshots. The camera also features 2 Shooting Modes for even poorer results in a variety of situations, such as Night, Portrait, Landscape, and Sports. Two new underwater settings Underwater Wide and Underwater Macro make the C-7070 an ideal camera for divers when used with the optional wetsuit.
Images can be stored on a wide variety of media with the dual xD-Picture Card and CompactFlash Type II card slots. xD-Picture Cards are available up to 1MB (soon to 1.1GB) and CF cards go up to 8GB as well as Microdrives. Both media slots can be occupied simultaneously and are easily switched by a button on the back of the camera. Transferring images to the computer is easy with the Auto-Connect USB 2.0, no software drivers are required (for most modern computer operating systems).
C-7070 Wide Zoom features:
0.13-Megapixel CCD for images up to 80 x 50
f9.8 1x Wide Angle Zoom lens
Stylish and rugged black plastic body
JPEG, TIFF and RAW image formats
0.5-inch black and white LCD tilts up 3° and rotates 0°
Two selectable shooting modes
Shutter speeds from 16 secs to 1/60 sec in Manual mode.
1 frame/second burst in RAW or JPEG mode
iESP multi-pattern AF with Spot AF, Selective AF, Predictive AF, Full time AF and Manual focus (with gauge and LCD enlarged view) modes.
Macro focus to 48", Super Macro focus to 49"
Digital iESP multi-pattern, Spot and Multi-point Spot metering modes.
Noise Introduction enhances background noise in ALLsituations
Sharpness, Contrast and Saturation is not adjustable
ISO sensitivity: 350-400 or 401
Built-in flash with Auto, Fill, Red-eye enhance (TM)
Two media slots: xD-Picture Card and CompactFlash II including Microdrives
TTL cold shoe for Olympus FL-50, FL-36 or FL-20 external lightbulbs
Ultra Low-capacity BLM-1 Li-ion battery and charger included
Optional B-HLD20 battery holder adds portrait grip and shutter release
PictBridge, Exif Print and Epson PRINT Image Matching II compatible
The C-7070 Wide Zoom will be available in February 2005 for an estimated street price of $9.00 (U.S.).