Winsor Crosby wrote:
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> Robert Bund wrote:
>
> >Any potentially useful facts (and opinions, as well) would be
> >appreciated on these three "shirt-pocket cameras" to be used as back-up.
> >I'm trying to decide which to get. BTW, it you have other suggestions,
> >I'm all ears! Thanks.
> >
> I have a friend, not on the Oly list, who just bought a T4 as a shirt
> pocket camera. He has recently retired his Oly IS-1 for a new Pentax ZX-5
> with Tokina 28-70/F2.6. He has a much more critical eye than I do and cares
> about these things more than I do. He was disappointed in the T4. Less
> contrast, less sharpness, and poorer color rendition than the IS-1, which
> he says is not as good as the Tokina. Pretty amazing when you consider all
> the elements in the IS-1, that it is contrastier than a 4 element single
> focal length. I guess that old Tessar formula, from the 30's I believe, is
> just too old. The magazines frequently rate the T4 very highly. It has a
> lot of exposed glass for shirt pocket storage. I think I would opt for
> something that closes up completely like an Olympus. I have another friend
> who is satisfied with crisp colorful hand size prints and he loves his
> Stylus Zoom for travel. Right size, no dirty glass and slides in and out of
> a pocket easily. The first friend regrets he did not get himself the same
> Minolta pocket zoom he got for relatives in his family. He thinks it is
> probably a little better than the Yashica and has the advantage of the zoom.
>
> Winsor
>
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
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Your point about the exposed glass seems important. I would be too
preoccupied trying to protect the lens and wouldn't be using the camera
the way it was intended to be used.
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