Dang, my new camera is frigging awesome for a low-cost point'n'shoot.

[Deja Q]

Olympus SP-310.

I might go back to get the extended warranty... though if I had the dough ($50 more) and if it was available, I'd consider the SP-350. (it has a hotshoe and 8MP sensor, that gives an extra 200 pixels H and 150 pixels V resolution (3500x2450 vs 3200x2300)

But, damn.

I think the auto white balance mode is slightly imperfect as my skin tone was a bit yellow - of course, I was sweating when I took the pic and not feeling well in general... I've since set the settings to what I want. The pic I had taken got the background wall correct, but the top part was a slight yellow tinge from the fluorescent light fixture cover.)

While there's a lot of noise at 400ISO, the noise removal process still makes a usable image. Most P&S digital cameras are typically unusable at 400ISO, but I'd say this one is fairly decent at what it does. (I've yet to test at 64 or 100ISO. but I suspect it's going to deliver quite nicely.)

I wish there was a hotshoe so I could use my own flash, but the in-built one does a very respectable job in low-light conditions. I took a snap of my living room and was floored by the quality. The burgundys, the pics on the wall, it's all highly accurate. I'm floored. Even my purple plush marshmallow peep pillows in the FAR corner came out looking VERY accurate. :wow:

I haven't tested telephoto mode yet, but wide-angle mode has NO PURPLE FRINGING WHATSOEVER. Big plus here! :bounce: :woohoo:

Did I say the colors were accurate and not oversaturated, as is often the case in the lower-cost cameras because the sheeple love overly saturated colors?

I dislike how it uses xD cards instead of SD, but the camera - so far and I let the camera use the lowest possible settings in a dark area - delivers such quality that the extra price imbued in this camera makes the extra cost worthwhile. (go mail order and settle for a high capacity module like 1GB and be done with it. Don't piddle with many small capacity cards.)

More to follow, including screen grabs...

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Man, I REALLY wish I understand that language...

:rofl: It sounds cool, whatever it means.

[F.Gordon]

3. So do I

I think HypnoToad is talking about being nervous that a bunch of white folk were listening to some new rap song called ISO400 and H-Toad wanted to get everyone jammin' to ISO100. Apparently it was a nicer tune. Some of these white folk started changing light bulbs and painting the living room. HypnoToad wasn't happy about this.

Later they removed the purple fringe around the pillows on the sofa. HypnoToad seemed pretty excited about that.

I think the rest of it is just jibberish. Over-saturation. Sheeple. It could be a reference to Faux News. Maybe someone turned off the ISO400 CD and put on Faux News. Not sure on that one.

[CC]

4. Laughing too hard here.

Can I get you to translate some stuff for students? Might stop them from crying when photoshop won't work for them they way they think it should instead of how it was made to work. :rofl: Midterms and students are having meltdowns.

[BamaGirl]

5. Lol

:rofl: Great translation. I don't shoot digi, so it helped. Really. ;)

[intheflow]

2. Strong words!

For someone who didn't even post a freakin' photo! :spank:


:P

[CC]

6. Can I just say

I think we are no longer waiting patiently for photos but waiting impatiently? I am really glad you are happy with you camera and will keep this filed should any one ask about a good point and shoot camera, and they do ask. And great detail as to what you looked at and why. I'll have to save both your explanations and Gordon's translation. But I really have been checking back for pictures. Can't wait to see some.

[Deja Q]

7. I opted to return the camera... here's why:

Too pricey and I needed to spend $100 on a memory card (xD).

The model I am fiddling with now was $60 less and uses my existing SD cards... I'll have pics from that today, but if you saw my pic in the lounge, that's a pic of me cropped from the original and reduced 55%.

I will make a new thread for it; seems more apropos.

[Touchdown]

8. Quit teasing.

Show us some shots, and prove it!:P