on 6/12/02 7:32 PM, Curtis P. Hedman at Curtis.P.Hedman-1@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Anyone have any opinions about the APS Olympus Centurion? I've recently
> gotten it into my head that I'd like one of the 'little brothers' of my
> IS-3... bid on a couple on e*ay with no success. I want the original Black
> Centurion, not the newer silver Centurion S - am I making a mistake there?
> Or should I forget APS entirely and put the $ toward another OM-mount lens,
> or a T-32, or something else along that line?
>
> Any comments or thoughts will of course be appreciated!
>
> Curt
I have the black Centurion, and its a neat little camera. The 25-100 zoom
range of the lens is pretty broad for APS, you have to go to the high-end
APS format SLR's to find more lens versatility. As a snapshot camera, its
quite nice, very small and well-shaped. It makes the IS-3 seem like a giant
by comparison.
The only difference between the black Centurion and the silver Centurion
that I know of is that the silver offers 'mid-roll rewind', which in APS
means you can rewind the roll, use a different film, then reload and finish
the previous roll without losing any shots. Careful rewinding of 35mm film
you can do the same thing, but I usually go a couple frames past the old
frame number to be sure of not overlapping.
Downside to the Centurion is that there is essentially no manual control,
its auto-everything all the time... again, this is OK for a snapshot camera,
and you do have some exposure compensation for 'creative opportunities'. APS
film is mostly prints, although I have heard that a slide film is available
in Europe I've never seen it around here... The negatives are small, but
I've gotten some good scans from them with my SprintScan 4000, the lens is
quite good.
As a casual walking around snapshot camera, the Centurion is pretty good. I
like the smaller form factor compared with the IS-3 and IS-30, and it feels
more hand-friendly than a 'conventional' configuration point-and-shoot i.e.
Stylus 140.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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