any comment on Olympus C750???

[Jester]

anyone have use this camera?
any comment on it, like battery life, pics quality and lag time?

anyone???

It's a good camera. Battery life is great and better than the previous C-7** models. Mind you, I use Sanyo's 2100 mAH.

The shutter lag is minimal. However, picture quality is a little noisy . . .
iso 50 is great.
iso 100 is good.
iso 200 some noise starts to appear.
A little blurry(?)
iso 400 think of a picture sprayed with
pepper.

I try to exclusively stick with iso 50, the images are nice, sharp, and clear. iso 400 is livable but should only be used when necessary.

Of course the 10x zoom rules!

Olympus has created a very nice camera. It's definetly better than the C-740.

Also the support for accessories further increases the usefulness of the camera. C-750 + TCON17 = 17x optical zoom

Try browsing the picture forum . . . some users have posted great pictures using the C-750.

Overall as a high zoom camera, the C-750 is excellent.

If you need a modern 10X zoom camera, then this is the one to get. If you don't need the zoom, then it might be better to get the Canon G3/G5, Sony V1

[jasonwcs]

Hi,
I would like to chk with u guys, what type of tele lens to use on this camera is the best??is the oem vision good enough like the kenko lens,where u can detach the tele lens and use as a mirco too??Price ard $100+ and I saw sombody uses a cannon 250d lens for zooming on this camera too?? is this good ??
sorry I'm quite infact very new in this. Please help me, also is it goodto have hood for the lens or uv filter?? is there a differe nt between this 2??
Hope I'm not too winded
Cheers

[jasonwcs]

Any help frm u guys or anyone??

[NiVleK]

It good to get a lens adapter to fit a UV Filter on to act as a protector at all times...

Speaking of which...got to get my UV filter from MS color tomolo.

[MaGixShOe]

the canon 250D is a closeup filter, not for additional zoom, use for like taking marcos

for more zoom the best is use teleconvertors from olympus like the tcon ones


UV filters a piece of glass, like glasses
lens hood is a piece of plastic or rubber to shed the lens, like a baseball cap


hope u get what i said

[Jester]

anyone try using those normal AA batteries instead of the rechargeable one? wonder how long it can last with normal batteries...

For tele lens I use the Olympus TCON17 (1.7X) + CL4 (lens adapter) to get 17x optical zoom. Cost is about S$200 (TCON17) + S$50(CL4). Note I've rounded the prices up. Should be able to get things for less, but those prices are reasonable and below retail.

Avoid the TCON14, it's not good. Most third party tele lenses don't work well with the C-750. Except for the sony one, but that's even more expensive.

Do not use regular alkaline batteries! You could probably take only 5-10 pictures with them.

[mpenza]

hmm... where did you get the TCON 17?

[jasonwcs]

Quote: Originally posted by the_tick For telel lens I use the Olympus TCON17 (1.7X) + CL4 (lens adapter) to get 17x optical zoom. Cost is about S$200 (TCON17) + S$50(CL4). Note I've rounded the prices up. Should be able to get things for less, but those prices are reasonable and below retail. Avoid the TCON14, it's not good. Most third party tele lenses don't work well with the C-750. Except for the sony one, but that's even more expensive. Do not use regular alkaline batteries! You could probably take only 5-10 pictures with them.

Hi to all,
thanks for all the respone, but need to chk with u Trick, I went to 1 of those LCS(Local Camera Shop) & saw them attach those 3rd party I think u all call OEM type of teleconverter to the c-750 lei, it cos ard $120, and can even ditach the front part and use it as a marco zoom but I did not ask the brand of this lens it's in silver colour and on the len it stated olympus name lei??Saw this at marina square near KFC, the len have a 2.0x zoom , so do u think it's good??

[mpenza]

Go for the TCON17. get any non-camera manufacturer ones and you'll just regret your purchase. Olympus never make any 2x teleconverters and there're many so-called 2x teleconverter which degrade your image quality and perform around 1.3x to 1.5x. Why take the risk?

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza hmm... where did you get the TCON 17?

I purchased it around the first week of June from some place in the Funan mall. I can't remember the exact price but they were at least $10 less than what I quoted. Yes, I've seen the other threads where it's now selling for $150, but I wanted/needed the lens back when I first purchased it.

Is there any particular reason that you ask?

Quote: Originally posted by jasonwcs . . . so do u think it's good??

To tell you the truth, I have no idea.

Based on my research of browsing dpreview forums, rec.photo.digital, and trying some of the tele lens I agree with the general consensus. For the sony f717 and Olympus cameras, the best tele lens is the sony VCL-HG1758 (1.7x). The second best is the TCON17 and it's much cheaper and lighter. You won't be disappointed with either.

For any other tele lens, you should try them and decide if the quality is acceptable. Why don't you take your camera to the store and ask if you can try the lens. Take a few picture, and then decide if it's acceptable.

hee... used energiser ones lasted me about 50-60 shots over 2 days lousy weather so din get to shoot much

[darkness]

Izit true that C750 has a problem with the "refresh rate" on the EVF?

[mfo]

but, looking at the test images from reviews, the noise levels at higher ISOs, the C750uz seems to perform horribly.. the c740uz does much better at higher ISOs... the sole reason why i'm considering the 740uz over the 750uz...

but the 750uz has so much more features that i seemingly think would never use, but would be really nice to have ( hot-shoe, movie+sound, etc.) and not for much more, $150 bucks??