Thanks a lot Joel. I had thought of asking you direct what conclusions
you had reached in your informal testing of the Mju/Stylus range. Am I
am right in thinking that the Mjus are the best when it comes to speed
of zoom lens? I will go for one of the cameras with a spot function,
now that you mention it.
I note your points on coaching your wife ;-). I borrowed a MjuII to
show my wife and the main problem was that she wears spectacles and
finds it difficult to frame shots; she has an Infinity Twin which I
bought her in San Francisco in 1989 and which poses her less of a
problem. Have you any suggestions to resolve this problem?
Cheers
Chris
On 3 May 2004, at 19:38, Wilcox, Joel F wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I shall also buy her an Olympus Mju 80 or Wide or something
>> like that;
>> I shall have to ignore the fact that the widest aperture at the
>> telephoto end is something like f11 or 13!
>>
>> Films: PanF (with tripod?) and HP5+, Provia 400 (Ireland doesn't need
>> the saturation of Velvia ;-)) and Fuji Superia 400 for the slow Mju
>> lens.
>>
>> Chris
>
> Probably a good idea on the 400 film for the Mju, especially since
> there
> are such good ones around. Even with a possible f11 or 13 (does it
> even
> stop down that far?) you might not get there if the camera doesn't
> sense
> enough light to get the shutter speed up to its predetermined threshold
> to prevent camera shake. I wonder if there is a published table on
> program mode in these cameras at specific EV? In my recent tests using
> 100 ASA slide film, I was constantly having to turn off the flash, even
> outdoors with "plenty" of light (from my point of view). I did get
> some
> evidence of camera shake, but most shots turned out OK. But I don't
> like coaching my wife through all that stuff any more than she likes me
> doing it, so the faster film keeps us both smiling.
>
> It's too bad the zoom 80 dropped the spot mode feature (not that I'd
> coach my wife through that either). Do coach her through using the
> fill
> flash feature for the people shots (when appropriate). That is a
> wonderful feature.
>
> And have a wonderful time. :)
>
> Joel W.
>
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