Olympus mju II

NeoInc · 2nd August 2004

Any user of the above camera to share their pieces of work?

Like to see how good this little camera can be in the hand of a good photographer.

What is the price you paid for this little beauty?

oeyvind · 2nd August 2004

Originally Posted by NeoInc

Any user of the above camera to share their pieces of work?

Like to see how good this little camera can be in the hand of a good photographer.

What is the price you paid for this little beauty?

One I took a few months ago...

handheld, Kodak Supra 800.

StreetShooter · 3rd August 2004

From a roll developed yesterday. Some shots from Koh Samui in June. Trix 400 at 1600. Man I love this film!

igpenguin · 3rd August 2004

can't manually set the aperture but here the dof isn't too bad with the subject in shade...

the spot-metering mode helps out here...

the above on TCN400. i do miss shots with the camera (eg misfocus due to user error) but generally it makes my photography better simply by virtue that I can put it in a pocket and carry it around, and shoot without getting too much attention (than say a SLR).

StreetShooter · 3rd August 2004

The nice thing about the exposure program is that it favours a wide open aperture. ie it will use the largest aperture possible for any situation (and also thereby fastest shutter speed and least DOF).

The sad thing is that flash is set to Auto by default. So every time you start up the camera you have to press the tiny flash button twice to set the flash to "off" (if that is your style). I wish there was a firmware hack for the camera to set the flash to "off" permanently.

zaren · 3rd August 2004

hi neoinc.... i got my like-new oly mju II for $50.

best bang for buck ever....

This shot was taken in Shanghai.

StreetShooter · 3rd August 2004

Brand new should be about $140 if you know the salesman well.

Otherwise maybe $10-20 more.

coreblocksystem · 3rd August 2004

Shot sometime last year in Singapore & Ko Phi PHi

The only thing I detest is the primitive parallax error correction.

NeoInc · 4th August 2004

Didn't expect the many replies...

Good pictures from a little camera!

Thinking of getting one soon...

The lowest price I told by AP was 145 w/o bargaining.

CMan · 12th August 2004

anyone know if can still find the black one around? Thanks.

Feinwerkbau · 16th August 2004

Following the popularity of the original XA and XA-II (grand-daddys of the mju), OLYMPUS (UK I think) once challenged professional photographers to go out and use these diminutive little engineering jewels...and no other equipment.

What they came back with were pictures so pure and stunning, sharp and contrasty that they were fit to be printed as a calender, and that's exactly what OLY did!

This was in the 80's BTW.

d7t3 · 25th August 2004

no black ones unless parallel import or mail order from US

StreetShooter: well said. To go flash-off AND spot meter takes even longer!

dig in my website for mju-II pics (under klang nov 2003)

2nd August 2004	#1
NeoInc Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 51	Olympus mju II Any user of the above camera to share their pieces of work? Like to see how good this little camera can be in the hand of a good photographer. What is the price you paid for this little beauty?

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zaren Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,698	hi neoinc.... i got my like-new oly mju II for $50. best bang for buck ever.... This shot was taken in Shanghai. Last edited by zaren; 3rd August 2004 at 09:02 PM.

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d7t3 Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In the Shepherd's hands Posts: 676	no black ones unless parallel import or mail order from US StreetShooter: well said. To go flash-off AND spot meter takes even longer! dig in my website for mju-II pics (under klang nov 2003) Last edited by d7t3; 25th August 2004 at 09:21 PM.

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StreetShooter Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Katong Posts: 4,702	From a roll developed yesterday. Some shots from Koh Samui in June. Trix 400 at 1600. Man I love this film!

3rd August 2004	#4
igpenguin Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,108	can't manually set the aperture but here the dof isn't too bad with the subject in shade... the spot-metering mode helps out here... the above on TCN400. i do miss shots with the camera (eg misfocus due to user error) but generally it makes my photography better simply by virtue that I can put it in a pocket and carry it around, and shoot without getting too much attention (than say a SLR).

3rd August 2004	#8
coreblocksystem New Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 47	Shot sometime last year in Singapore & Ko Phi PHi The only thing I detest is the primitive parallax error correction.

4th August 2004	#9
NeoInc Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 51	Didn't expect the many replies... Good pictures from a little camera! Thinking of getting one soon... The lowest price I told by AP was 145 w/o bargaining.

12th August 2004	#10
CMan New Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 14	anyone know if can still find the black one around? Thanks.

16th August 2004	#11
Feinwerkbau Deregistered Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 836	Following the popularity of the original XA and XA-II (grand-daddys of the mju), OLYMPUS (UK I think) once challenged professional photographers to go out and use these diminutive little engineering jewels...and no other equipment. What they came back with were pictures so pure and stunning, sharp and contrasty that they were fit to be printed as a calender, and that's exactly what OLY did! This was in the 80's BTW.