On Aug 4, 2006, at 5:00 AM, AG Schnozz wrote:
>> However Olympus recently released the 7.1Mpix mju 720sw, which
>> is a compact, cute, shock and water-resistant lil' digicam,
>> that should support up to 3m depths.
>
> Which is about as far as I'll go under water. Could I just use
> the camera as-is for snorkeling?
>
That's what the advertising says, yeah. But you're missing out on a
lot of stuff by not going just a bit deeper and staying longer than a
breadth-full of air.
That said, the 3m-thing for snorkeling is interesting.
>> Anyone who's got some good or bad things
>> to say about the OM compact digi's in general, and of course
>> the 720SW in particular?
>
> I spent a few minutes playing with Joel's C8080. It's
> unfortunate the 2/3" 8MP genre has fizzled. That is one of the
> finest cameras around--of any category. I think that in 10
> years it might be considered a "classic" along with the E-1.
> For professional use, the camera lacks some walk+chew
> cababilities like my A1 has, but it's a camera I could
> comfortably use as my primary walkabout camera.
>
> The biggest advantage I see to Olympus compact digitals is the
> live-view monitor. It looks great and it has little to no
> perceptable delay.
Good points. My P*ntax compact is not good in this respect.
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