My initial impressions of this camera are OK. I’m impressed with the fact that it seems beefier and tougher than its predecessor but controls seem a bit cheesier and not quite as intuitive. I’ll explain more as I use it more. On paper, the features seem to be perfect for what I expect out of a point and shoot camera.
As long as you know what to expect from a camera that slips into your pocket you wont be disappointed with its shortcomings. One of these days…one of these days I’ll pull the trigger a DSLR. Until then…I’m going to beat the hell out of this little camera and take it swimming and take it snowshoeing and take on fishing trips. I’m going to stick it under a waterfall and I’m going to take hi-def video of my sons football games.
I’ll let you know how it turns out…
I gave the Olympus a bit of a workout this morning. We went snowtubing at Seven Springs. I must say I believe I will always have a point-and-shoot camera that I cant pull out and not worry about snow, ice, water, cold, impacts, etc.
Some of the close-ups turned out really nice while the Panorama feature continues to be hit or miss. It gets confused on seamingly uncomplicated pictures.
This was taken on a pretty dreary afternoon at Dolly Sods. The rocks were slick from the rain and the kids were all getting a bit too comfortable for my liking. I find that accidents tend to happen at that precise moment. Anyway, this one particular kid had just been scolded by his father for screwing around on the rocks. Well, I saw the opportunity for a pretty cool picture and not a second after that father-son exchange I asked this young man to find a nice flat area and to jump up as high as he could. He looked at his dad and the dad said “OK.” He found a good, solid spot and jumped a single time. I snapped three or four pics in succession and this one was the best by far.
I’ve been pretty pleased with this camera so far. It most certainly has some serious limitations. Two things I dont exactly like about this one compared to the 790SW include the seeminly slow response in actually snapping a picture and the cumbersome process of taking rapid fire pics. Additionally, the SuperMacro setting seems to be a bit tricky to get dialed in compared to my original camera.