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From: "Hans van Veluwen" <HVeluwen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 4:01 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] OM:Point and Shoot
> Is the Centurion completely discontinued, or just in Sweden? It is still
> present on the Oly sites in Europe and US...
AFAIK it is not discontinued, at least not the S version. It just seems Olympus
Sweden stopped importing it this year (i.e. they withdraw it from their price
list). It is very unfortunate also because the last two years or so the
Centurion/S/ has been sold at a very favourable price here in Sweden (~2500 SKR
at
photo mail order stores).
> Btw, I've already found a couple of interesting add-on options to increase
> its usability. The macro lenses for the iS-1000/2000 can be used with a
> 46->49mm step-up ring. This works, as long as the AF sensor cooperates (no
> MF override). The same ring can be used to attach the hood of the Zuiko
> 24mm/F2.8, or 49mm filters. I have two 46m threaded video converters (wide
> and semi-fisheye) that add super wide to the Centurion.
>
> Things I like about the Centurion: its size, weight, ease of operation (even
> my girlfriend, who knows nothing about SLR, shutter speeds and apertures
> could understand and handle it), LED panel illumination and AF. Its AF is at
> least as fast and accurate as the iS-3000 and maybe even a bit faster. Oh
> and it is really a quite camera.
I presume you mean "quiet" Hans? Or was it "cute"? ;-)
I guess the chance is Centurion is about as quiet and smooth in operation as the
iS-300.
> One thing I don't like: the flash being used as an AF assist light. It is
> annoying when you aim it at people.
Exactly how does this work Hans? This may seem like a stupid question, but I
mean,
are you told by the camera to engage the flash when there's insufficient light?
Hopefully the CMOS sensor is rather light sensitive (as in iS-300) so that the
assist light doesn't have to be used very often. Anyway, this must also be the
way
the simple line iS cameras work.
Per Nordenberg
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