Olympus 5050

[hong]

anyone know the latest price of this camera??? at AP or CP or Ms color??

S$1300 in lucky plaza

[hong]

thanks for the info.. anyone in the forum bought this camera?? care to show some pics and comment on the camera??

I am thinking of getting either this camera or G3

What i found so far for

5050
Bright Lens, but cant used F1.8 most of the time as CA is an issue


G3
Soft focusing
some CA as well
4megapixel only
Same price as 5050

[Minority]

Quote: Originally posted by hong thanks for the info.. anyone in the forum bought this camera?? care to show some pics and comment on the camera?? I am thinking of getting either this camera or G3 What i found so far for 5050 Bright Lens, but cant used F1.8 most of the time as CA is an issue G3 Soft focusing some CA as well 4megapixel only Same price as 5050

BTW can the 5050 support third party flash i.e. Canon flash?

My sister just bought the Olympus C-5050Z yesterday.
Apparently there are two offers on the markets at the moment-
(a) Package A
Camera Set (only) = S$1300
John 3:16, AP
(b) Package B
Camera Set + 5 freebies (tripod, bag, XD reader..) = $1499
CP

1 pros point, metal alloy body, cool!
1 cons point, with the lens adaptor, guess what!, the optical viewfinder is obstructed partly. (similar problem to G3).

A point to note, a picture may be sharper if the camera do some auto in-camera sharpening, @ the expense of more noise. For C-5050Z, it's adviceable to adjust the "default" sharpening option to lower, to reduce the noise. May appear to have a slight softer picture. Anyway post-editing is recommended though.

To be fair, CA, barral distortion etc.. Come on, the lens are not professional lens, can't expect much!

[denizenx]

to be fairer, lens obstruction for 5050 is not an issue when u add WC or TC since the window is no longer accurate..
but the G3 is another thing altogether...
it's like saying I can't run wearing skirts vs I can't run at all.

think package A is B but the retailer keeps the gifts.

[hong]

wa the price is almost similiar to G3 ..

any picture to show us?? especially potrait shots??

how does the camera fare so far???

did you sis encounter serious CA?? any shutter lag..etc

Quote: Originally posted by hong wa the price is almost similiar to G3 .. any picture to show us?? especially potrait shots?? how does the camera fare so far??? did you sis encounter serious CA?? any shutter lag..etc

My sister is in the mist of posting her sample photos from the camera on the "Photo.Net".

So far, she's very satisfied with the camera.

My sister is not knowledgeable about photography although she's a physics undergrad. There's some CA which I can detect, but she's can't. Even I told her about it, she felt no difference. Apparently it depends on individual. This camera is capable of producing consistently good photos if you don't have the expectations of a professional photographer. For me, I felt that the CA is acceptable, taken into consideration that the lens is not a delicated pro lens.

Battery life. Can't compare with Canon's Li-battery. But definitely wothwhile as it uses the long-lasting NiMH batteries. For travel, you sure to appreciate the convenience of getting spare AA power batteries virtually around the world.

I'll say, " Go buy it!"

[e_liau]

Was seriously thinking of whether getting the Canon G3 or the Olympus C-5050Z overthe whole of last month. Finally decided to take the plunge and bought the latter last Friday.

However, need some help from Olympus forum users,
The small white booklet-manual mentioned about the reference manual in CD-ROM for more detail writeups on the camera's function. But the camera CD package only come with a single CD with the Camd master Ver4 software, USB drivers and adob reader. Do you have the reference manual in CD-ROM format bundled with your package?

Thanks in advance.

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Love my Olympus C-5050Z and Canon G2.
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[ghostrider]

The 260++ pages reference manual is in the CD. There should be a Camedia Master 4.0 Pro s/w.

[hong]

thanks for the feedback we need more photos

[e_liau]

Quote: Originally posted by ghostrider The 260++ pages reference manual is in the CD. There should be a Camedia Master 4.0 Pro s/w.

Thanks. I must have got the wrong CD then. When I bought the camera from CathayPhoto last Friday, I found 2 CDs, one in the camera box itself, the other in the quick startup Kit. Both CDs packaging looks the same, with the same covers. I suspect maybe the reference manual is in the CD that's in the camera box. Going home later to check.

Hmm.. Thanks for advice.

[ghostrider]

Both the CD contain the reference manual. The CD in the startup kit box contain the Camedia Master Pro 4.0

[e_liau]

Quote: Originally posted by ghostrider Both the CD contain the reference manual. The CD in the startup kit box contain the Camedia Master Pro 4.0

Oophs, my package is different from yours. The CD inside the startup kit contains the Camedia Master pro.4, but without the reference manual. The similar CD in my camera box contain all the contents in the CD in the startup kit, and include the refrence manaul. Funny hor?

Thanks. Appreciated it.