My first digi cam - the Olympus C770UZ

[C770]

Hi everyone,

I am new here. Just bought my first digital camera, the C770 from Sim Lim 2 days ago. I had in mind to buy a cannon (A75/85/95) but walked away with a C770 instead. I must say that I didn't regret a bit. So far I am quite pleased with the pic quality. Still learning the other funtions of the C770 and also CAMEDIA Master 4.2- can be quite tricky indeed.

Camera + free 128xd - $699
Upgrade to 256xd - $80
Extra batt - $40
Tripod - $60
Olympus xD Card Reader/Writer - $40
Adobe Photoshop Elements - Free
2 years Olympus Warranty
(Prices exclude GST)

Not so sure whether I got a good bargin. But I understand that retail price for the C770 is $899 at Harvey/Best Denki etc.

Any other C770 owners out there?

[C770]

Check my test shots with the C770. Free to comment
Iskandar


http://community.webshots.com/user/yiskbs

[erictan8888]

felt that pay $80 for the upgrade from 128 to 256 might be a bit on the expensive side...

anyway, sharp pics you have there....
but the zoom on the bird seems a bit on the blur side...
did you use digital zoom ?

[C770]

Originally Posted by erictan8888 felt that pay $80 for the upgrade from 128 to 256 might be a bit on the expensive side... anyway, sharp pics you have there.... but the zoom on the bird seems a bit on the blur side... did you use digital zoom ?

Yup, perhaps its a little expensive, the upgrade..they always give a littlle here and take a little there...But overall I think I am paying the present market rate...no special bargains.

I used the 10x optical zoom..shaky hands likely. ANyway it was an edited picture..removed most of the background.

Thanks for your feedback..appreciate it.

[thheng71]

[quote=erictan8888]felt that pay $80 for the upgrade from 128 to 256 might be a bit on the expensive side...
QUOTE]
paying $80 to upgrade to 256MB not worth...
try this website www.eastgear.com or other website...
shld be able to find much better offer!

[C770]

[quote=thheng71]

Originally Posted by erictan8888 felt that pay $80 for the upgrade from 128 to 256 might be a bit on the expensive side... QUOTE] paying $80 to upgrade to 256MB not worth... try this website www.eastgear.com or other website... shld be able to find much better offer!

yah man..i think i kena con there.

How come they selling cheap at east gear? I went around sim lim..and other places..the price of the 256 xd card is abt $150. Have u purchased from east gear? can it be trusted. How is the payment and delivery mth? thks man. luckily u tell me before i kena con further

[thheng71]

Originally Posted by C770 yah man..i think i kena con there. How come they selling cheap at east gear? I went around sim lim..and other places..the price of the 256 xd card is abt $150. Have u purchased from east gear? can it be trusted. How is the payment and delivery mth? thks man. luckily u tell me before i kena con further

yup! i brought from them the kingston 128MB thumb drive & the Sanyo batteries from them. Well so far so good...
Me still wondering to get myself another 256mb / 512mb xD card.
mayb wait nxt mth the price might drop further.

[Jayan]

Originally Posted by C770 Hi everyone, I am new here. Just bought my first digital camera, the C770 from Sim Lim 2 days ago. I had in mind to buy a cannon (A75/85/95) but walked away with a C770 instead. I must say that I didn't regret a bit. So far I am quite pleased with the pic quality. Still learning the other funtions of the C770 and also CAMEDIA Master 4.2- can be quite tricky indeed. Camera + free 128xd - $699 Upgrade to 256xd - $80 Extra batt - $40 Tripod - $60 Olympus xD Card Reader/Writer - $40 Adobe Photoshop Elements - Free 2 years Olympus Warranty (Prices exclude GST) Not so sure whether I got a good bargin. But I understand that retail price for the C770 is $899 at Harvey/Best Denki etc. Any other C770 owners out there?

Thinking of getting this to replace my aging C-2100UZ.......

[Xpose]

Originally Posted by Jayan Thinking of getting this to replace my aging C-2100UZ.......

no IS, cannot mount external flash, abit on the difficult side leh

[bariq]

Originally Posted by C770 yah man..i think i kena con there. How come they selling cheap at east gear? I went around sim lim..and other places..the price of the 256 xd card is abt $150. Have u purchased from east gear? can it be trusted. How is the payment and delivery mth? thks man. luckily u tell me before i kena con further

Nice shots, very natural. hey dont think much about the price you paid for the mem card, it only makes you feel bad well see this way that you captured some very cute moments with ur kids and some where down the lane u look at these pics and say those are my kids when they were soo young tats wat photography is all about FREEZE THE MOMENT. Happy shooting

[C770]

Originally Posted by bariq Nice shots, very natural. hey dont think much about the price you paid for the mem card, it only makes you feel bad well see this way that you captured some very cute moments with ur kids and some where down the lane u look at these pics and say those are my kids when they were soo young tats wat photography is all about FREEZE THE MOMENT. Happy shooting

You are very right Bariq. I don't feel bad about paying extra actually. I am quite pleased that now I know where to get my accessories at a fair price. Thank you for looking at the pics and the comments. Appreciate it. Anyway just posted a new album of my new born baby - born on 29 Dec at TMC.

[C770]

Originally Posted by Jayan Thinking of getting this to replace my aging C-2100UZ.......

Yes...I don't tink you would regret getting the C770UZ...it has served me well so far and I am very pleased with the pics. However, the lithium batts runs out quit fast. I've got 1 extra batts and tinking of getting another one soon.

[C770]

Originally Posted by Xpose no IS, cannot mount external flash, abit on the difficult side leh

yes the C770 has a slot for you to mount external flash, mic..etc. Can also screw in additional lens in front for wide angle..extra zoom..filters etc.

[BlueStone]

Yes the C770 also has a extended optical zoom that allows you to zoom up to 14x optically at 2 mega pixels!...not to mention that it's the only camera in Olympus range that has MPEG4 movie capability (that can record movies at twice the frame rate speed making smoother movies and also uses up only about half the memory capacity in the media card doing so...double the benefit!).

Cheers

[macross]

Originally Posted by C770 yah man..i think i kena con there. How come they selling cheap at east gear? I went around sim lim..and other places..the price of the 256 xd card is abt $150. Have u purchased from east gear? can it be trusted. How is the payment and delivery mth? thks man. luckily u tell me before i kena con further

I got 256xd for $95 at sitex2004. At that time Eastgear was selling at >$100.

[fukeong]

i got mine for $799

[C770]

Originally Posted by fukeong i got mine for $799

You must have bought it some time ago. Harvey/Best etc is now selling at $799 inclusive GST. But the + point is that you can pay up to 36 mth of installment at 0% interest.

So how is your experience so far?

[fukeong]

Originally Posted by C770 You must have bought it some time ago. Harvey/Best etc is now selling at $799 inclusive GST. But the + point is that you can pay up to 36 mth of installment at 0% interest. So how is your experience so far?

$799 inclusive of a free tripod , 16mb ,128mb, and a 256 mb Xd card...some CDs also and a workshop...and think ard some free print of size 8r

[C770]

Originally Posted by fukeong $799 inclusive of a free tripod , 16mb ,128mb, and a 256 mb Xd card...some CDs also and a workshop...and think ard some free print of size 8r

rite..cool deal..where did u get it from?

[raihan]

Yo. C77oUZ was my first digicam too!! Was just shooting with simple p & s cameras before. I liked the lcd screen with the aperture and shutter speed and ev compensation info easily viewed. And the super macro setting!! Wow.
But have since sold it and trying my hand at dslr. But still, im gg to miss the c770