Yo,
on Sat, 15 Dec 2001 12:33:49 -0800, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>All true, but the Stylus includes an electronic flash and a motorized
>winder. If you add those to the other cameras the difference is
>dramatic.
I think so does the Minolta.
Anyway, I've never been really happy with the Stylus product family. I
had a Stylus and a Stylus Zoom for a while, and I presently have an
Epic. True, it is ideal for carrying in a shirt pocket, and it does
take decent shots in many situations, so it has its uses in my
photography, but my XAs beat all of the above-mentioned Styluses hands
down when it comes to picture quality and control. The shots just look
way better, very very close to an SLR with a decent lens. I've had
some of them blown up to 60x40 without any problems; I wouldn't dream
of doing this with any Stylus shots. I also find it quite annoying
that the Epic, when used for available darkness, often exposes the
pictures (or at least tries to) until they have an overall brightness
like regular daylight shots, without any way for the photographer to
control this (unless you use spot metering and find a spot with the
right brightness in your composition). The XA handles this way better,
even allowing bracketting via the ASA selector. Another gripe I have
is that the Epic always switches the flash back on when I re-open it
after having put it in my pocket between two shots. Why can't it just
assume I had a reason to set it the way I did before closing it and
remember and reproduce this setting when re-opened?
So yes, if you need flash the Epic is considerably smaller, but to me
the XA is a vastly superior camera, giving me almost OM-functionality
and SLR-Zuiko-quality (no wonder - its lens _is_ a Zuiko, as opposed
to the Epic's).
MtFbwy,
Volkhart
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