NEED A BETTER DIGITAL CAMERA

[frank_f15]

MIKE: looking at the accessorie book that came with the camera i see where they have different step up rings all stepping up to 55mm. why did they just not make the threads 55mm? guess i will have to call to get it straight. but other than that the C750 is one fine camera. the 10x (optical zoom ) is great. attaching photo of a clear cut in my woods taken with the older digicam at full zoom,(3x optical)the next will be with new camera at 10x optical

 

[frank_f15]

OOPS! forgot ot attach photo #1 /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif doing so now

 

[frank_f15]

this is the same shot taken with the new C750 at max zoom.

 

[MikePA]

<font color="blue"> why did they just not make the threads 55mm? </font>
Good question. I imagine it had something to do with the lens optics or a desire to keep the camera as small as possible? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif At any rate, a 49 - 55mm step up ring solves the problem. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Here's a picture taken with my UZ2100 using no zoom.

 

[MikePA]

Here's a picture taken with my 1.7x telephoto lens with the UZ2100 at 10x. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif The 10x is the primary reason I bought this camera several years ago. There's some blurring on this picture, since in such low light, there's only so much Image Stabillization and ASA 400 can do for ya! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif The only thing I don't like about the latest generation of Olympus high optical zoom cameras is they got rid of Image Stabilization that my UZ2100 has. It's really needed at high zoom, that or the use of a triopod/monopod.

 

[mikim]

I haven't seen a 750 - but my 740 is just like a 730 -- maybe the 750 is totally different. If you go to adorama.com, select digital, and under cameras&accessories select lens accessories, then on the right select olympus & lens adapters - you'll find the tube I'm talking about. I put that on and the zoom moves inside of it and is never exposed to dirt etc & I have a UV on it - but could put any 55mm filter I want on it. The female receptacle it screws into is outside the movable lens ... hope this explains a little better

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

Check this out, just hit the streets this week...

link

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ10 is the industry's first 4-megapixel consumer digital camera with a 12x optical zoom. The high precision Leica 12x zoom is equivalent to a 35 - 420mm zoom with F2.8 brightness throughout the entire zoom range. Panasonic's advanced MEGA O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) enhances the camera's telephoto zoom capabilities, helping to deliver sharp, vivid images even when taking handheld telephoto shots or shooting in low light. This feature uses motion sensors, which detects even slight hand movement and integrally links the lens control to the motion of the camera to reduce jitter.

Incredibly responsive, the DMC-FZ10 captures consecutive shots nearly as quickly as a motor-driven film camera.

Wow so much for lag with a digital!

About $550-600

I think this one just jumped to the top of my list.
What do you think?

 

[frank_f15]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The only thing I don't like about the latest generation of Olympus high optical zoom cameras is they got rid of Image Stabilization )</font>
yeh mike i knwe that before i bought it, don't know why they would have gotten rid of stabilizer? but i found that even tho the camera sheems to shake at 10x if it is not a long ex. u can get a decent photo . nice photos btw.

 

[frank_f15]

mike: know where on the lens or in the specsheet does it give the thread size on this camera, called tech support and they say i need n adaptor CLA-4 which will attach to lens and give me the ability to use any 55mm filter. not sure if i can use a step up ring. that would be to simple /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[frank_f15]

i beleive the C750 i basically the same as yours, just more mp and sone other features(hot shoe for external flash). and the tube u linked for me is the exact one they say i need , my question is that is 45.5mm-55mm, why not just put a standard thread on the camera? unless they need to move the filters out from the lens, so they make u get a tube to extend it out?

 

[Alan L.]

Trescrows, if DVD recorders go down to $175 in a year, believe me, you will get your money's worth out of the $275 difference in that time. I have a Panasonic E60s and its great. I've converted about 80 VHS videos so far, and have recorded about 40 movies off of TIVO. In fact we are watching one of them right now. It is GREAT!!!!!

I paid about $440 for the recorder on the internet. You can get one with a hard drive for about $650, but with TIVO I didn't find that necessary.

 

[TresCrows]

"Trescrows, if DVD recorders go down to $175 in a year, believe me, you will get your money's worth out of the $275 difference in that time. I have a Panasonic E60s and its great. I've converted about 80 VHS videos so far, and have recorded about 40 movies off of TIVO. In fact we are watching one of them right now. It is GREAT!!!!!"

Alan, your logic is similar to that I usually use to convince my wife I need a new toy. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif. So far this time she is holding resolute. I am still working on her. Of course, I could just go get it without her /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif but I find buying things like that much more fun when we do it together /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif.
Yes, in any case, I have a bunch of Lazer Discs and SVHS widescreen movies to convert to DVD. I fear my Lazer Disc player might give out on me or my SVHS player so I use them sparingly for now until I get the DVDR unit. I bought a DVD Sony two years ago and it recnetly went TU. I went and bought another one better than it, also a Sony, and it was half the cost of the first. More than the money I fear the first generation stuff may not be as good as what will come very soon. I hear the current Sony unit does not have the picture quality their standard players have--is this true--how is your picture quality etc. Alan? J

 

[_RaT_]

I have a almost brand new MDP disc player made by Sony you could have for quite cheap. I used it a few times to play cd's. Actually, I also have a Pioneer DVD, Laser Disc player as well.

 

[mikim]

<font color="blue"> they need to move the filters out from the lens, so they make u get a tube to extend it out? </font>
yeah - i guess - When the tube & UV filter are on - the zoom moves back & forth inside the tube - i actually like it that way - protects the real lens and the zoom mechanism from dirt etc

 

[Alan L.]

The picture quality from my DVD recorder is excellent. It is noticeably better than the picture we get when we play DVDs in the Sanyo DVD/VHS combo unit I got at Sam's a year or so ago.

Right now I have made about 160 DVDs, including home movies and movies off of TIVO. We have played them in several different computers, DVD players, etc and they work just fine in all of them. Plus, I can recall only one failure in all of those DVDs.

Now, I am wishing I had gotten the one with the hard drive, so that I could cut commercials out quickly before burning to DVD-R media. Oh well.... I'm still extremely happy with it.