Bill,
I would pay especial attention to the viewfinder. The C-5060WZ is capable
of taking very fine photos in all of its modes. RAW mode is much faster
than I expected. I detect some noise at 400 ASA but not really at 200 ASA,
which is sort of my all purpose speed with this camera.
But I can rarely use the viewfinder for anything but snapshots that I know
will have to be cropped. If that's all she will do, then maybe that's
OK. But if that's all she will do, maybe a simpler, easier camera is
better, especially if it has a more WYSIWYG viewfinder.
My brother bought his wife one of the 10x optical zoom Olympus
digicams. It's a nice camera and the viewfinder is fine. My beef with
that camera is that most users don't understand that you can't handhold a
camera at the equivalent of 380mm focal length and get good results for the
most part. Her results make that camera look bad. I also think wider is
more useful than longer.
Good luck. Not sure what I would do in your shoes at this point.
Joel W.
At 08:53 PM 9/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>The bane of any small digital camera is digital noise. The smaller the
>sensor the higher the noise. This has two effects. It means that
>frequently the only usable ISO is really low which restricts the use of
>the camera. That camera has a 1/2.7" sensor which is tiny. There are
>cameras of a similar size with 1/1 1/8" sensors that with a 4MP count
>can produce stunning images under a wider range of conditions. Most of
>Oly cameras of that sensor size are 5 MP. Plus super long zooms are
>very slow to focus and she will have difficulties capturing the antics
>of children. Why don't you look at something like the C-50. I have a
>friend with one and she loves it. It fits in her purse and she gets
>great shots of her little dog. Or a c-5050 which is a little bigger but
>was action capable enough to get a photographer the annual magazine
>photographer's award in Iraq.
>
>The C-5060W, its successor with a welcome wider lens, is available here
>for less than $500:
>http://butterflyphoto.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=C5060
>
>C-50 for $300: http://butterflyphoto.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=C-50
>
>If you want to go afield you have lots of choices and even though I am
>not a Sony fan they new ones are very capable in the shutter lag and
>focus departments. The Canons seem to please people most who do not
>want to futz with the images in the computer at all.
>
>
>Winsor
>Long Beach, CA
>USA
>On Sep 13, 2004, at 5:50 PM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >
> > Let me start by saying I have neither died nor joined the foreign
> > legion,
> > but have just been busy the past few months.
> >
> > I am going to buy one of my daughters a digital camera and want to
> > keep it
> > under $500. The C-765 seems like a possible Olympus choice. What
> > opinions are
> > floating around out there about this or other options. Maximum
> > enlargements
> > of about 8X10 and mostly capturing photos of her 2 and 4 year old
> > sons as
> > they grow up. She creates magic with her scrapbooks and many of her
> > images will
> > end up there.
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