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Re: [OM] IS-5

Subject: Re: [OM] IS-5
From: "Titoy" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:21:06 +0800
A pity though that unlike the IS 3, you can't mount an external flash unit
like the G40 which does make a lot of difference.

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Sommerwerck" <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus group" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: [OM] IS-5


> This is slightly off-topic, partly because this group focuses (ar, ar) on
> the OM-series cameras, and partly because everyone seems more interested
in
> digital these days.
>
> I just got a refurbished IS-5 Deluxe for $150, and couldn't be more
pleased.
> Besides the usual IS features, it has a 15-element 5:1 zoom and full
manual
> exposure control -- you can set the shutter speed (from 1/2000 to 30s) and
> aperture wherever you want, guided (or not) by the viewfinder display.
>
> The IS-5 adds shutter-priority auto exposure to the aperture-priority and
> programmed modes of the previous IS-xx models. The spot button also
> "freezes" the exposure in either auto or manual mode, which you can then
> override, with the finder display showing how much you've changed it.
>
> The display now shows a continuous readout of aperture and shutter speed
in
> any mode, as well as a bargraph with the amount of compensation applied,
or
> how far your manual settings differ from what the camera thinks is
"correct"
> exposure. All the controls (except the spot button and zoom lever) are
> grouped on the back and backlit. The time/date clock couldn't be easier to
> set.
>
> Some things I don't like. The power switch is too easily bumped "off". The
> exposure-compensation dial under the mode control has been removed. Both
> exposure-compensation and manual shutter-speed settings require holding
down
> a button on the back while you flick a tiny lever.
>
> The IS-5 is far and away the best P&S SLR I've seen. The IS-50 that's
pretty
> much the same, but drops manual exposure control. Very much worth looking
> at, even if you own an IS-30.
>
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