Hi Rich,
I've been experimenting with them quite a lot lately. I have the
greatest experience with the older 35-70 zoom. My wife has used it for
years and is very good with it, though it took a while for her to get a
handle on the zoom lock. I just bought a used one for my daughter's
upcoming birthday and another as a backup for my wife's stalwart one.
Within its limitations, it is very good. Its limitations are that you
are stuck with program mode and a function of shutter speed and stop
trade-offs that get you a "perfect" exposure but you have literally no
control of DOF. But those are things you use your real camera for. The
lenses are very slow and narrow -- something like f4.5 to f11.5. They
are nice and sharp and have excellent contrast within that range though.
The flash options can work very well. Red-eye reduction can be useful.
The fill flash capability is very fine. Some of the Stylus zooms have a
spot mode which sort of confines both exposure setting and focus to a
narrower area of the FOV. Useful, though will your wife bother with it?
Do you even really need it with contemporary color print films?
I have just followed my own recommendation to another list member and
purchased a Stylus 100 Wide. That looks like an interesting camera. I
don't feel like I need a longer lens than 100mm with this kind of
camera, and it's the only Stylus that goes as wide as 28mm. Most of
them are more like 38mm at the wide end.
Anyway, my experience with the Stylus zooms are that they are quite
flexible and very good. I would recommend you give one a try.
Joel W.
> -----Original Message-----
> I'm looking at the point and shoot options for my wife, she
> shoots only prints. I know the Epic Stylus is highly
> regarded. She wants something with a zoom capability, does
> anyone have any expierence with the Epic Stylus zooms?
> benefits?, faults?
>
> Rich
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