maxi-zoom point and shoot

I'm looking for point and shoot digital camera with at least a 10X
OPTICAL zoom. Reviews I've read of Panasonic /Fuji etc aren't all
that great. Any comments /observations 10X zoom in point and shoot
/ non - SLR type cameras?
Thanks

wrote:
I'm looking for point and shoot digital camera with at least a 10X
OPTICAL zoom. Reviews I've read of Panasonic /Fuji etc aren't all
that great. Any comments /observations 10X zoom in point and
shoot
/ non - SLR type cameras?

Olympus C-750/C-755. I bought mine on sale a few months back for $350
through Fry's online. A colleague just bought the same camera on sale
for like $300. 4MP. Good camera. I bought it specifically for the 10x
optical zoom. I have yet to need the 4x digital zoom. I actually used
the darn thing for months until I realized that I did not even have the
dzoom activated.

Here is an example of it. The first photo is taken from the middle of
Lake Tahoe, looking towards Heavenly Valley (ski area). The second is a
max optical zoom of the mountain peak. I had this on a fast shutter
speed, but keep in mind that this is on a boat moving to the left of
the picture orientation at a few knots, as well as bobbing up and down.
It would probably be sharper on a tripod.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...74679449QiEgSf

10x optical zoom photo. And this was hard to keep in the frame, moving
boat, like I said, so it would probably be sharper if taken from a
stationary position. I also reduced the image size (therefore
introducing more pixelation) before I posted it.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...74682619fyltUl

I like my 4MP (new ones are now 5 MP)
DX6490 Kodak........
I have a few good examples of the 38/380 zoom if you email me for a link

Howard

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I'm looking for point and shoot digital camera with at least a 10X
OPTICAL zoom. Reviews I've read of Panasonic /Fuji etc aren't all
that great. Any comments /observations 10X zoom in point and shoot
/ non - SLR type cameras?
Thanks

The newsgroup rec.photo.digital.zlr has been set up for the high-end
SLR-like fixed-lens cameras. You might want to ask in there for comments.
The image-stablised Panasonic FZ20 gets many favourable comments.

I'll cross-post and set follow-ups to that group.

Cheers,
David

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I'm looking for point and shoot digital camera with at least a 10X
OPTICAL zoom. Reviews I've read of Panasonic /Fuji etc aren't all
that great. Any comments /observations 10X zoom in point and shoot
/ non - SLR type cameras?
Thanks

I am a pretty rank beginner. But since I like wild life and wildfowl I also
wanted a 10X.
I have a minolta dimage Z2 and I like it and have had decent success with
it for what I was after. Many of the pictures on these two pages were taken
at up to 10X, plus some of them had added from 1.5 to 4X digital zoom.

http://terraholm.com/photos/page4.htm

http://terraholm.com/photos/page5.htm


--
Laurel T
Terraholm Border Terriers
www.terraholm.com

Dekko wrote:
wrote:
I'm looking for point and shoot digital camera with at least a 10X
OPTICAL zoom. Reviews I've read of Panasonic /Fuji etc aren't all
that great. Any comments /observations 10X zoom in point and
shoot / non - SLR type cameras?
Thanks

I am a pretty rank beginner. But since I like wild life and wildfowl
I also wanted a 10X.
I have a minolta dimage Z2 and I like it and have had decent success
with it for what I was after. Many of the pictures on these two pages
were taken at up to 10X, plus some of them had added from 1.5 to 4X
digital zoom.

I took some zoom samples today and put them up for you
http://terraholm.com/photos/zoom.htm

Check out one of these 10x mutliple zoom cameras -- reviewed at
Review-Center.com:

Olympus C765:
http://digital-camera.review-center....SIN=B0001DKQXM

Canon Powershot S1:
http://digital-camera.review-center....SIN=B0001G6U52

Minolta Dimage Z2:
http://digital-camera.review-center....SIN=B0001G6UB6

I'm looking for point and shoot digital camera with at least a 10X
OPTICAL zoom. Reviews I've read of Panasonic /Fuji etc aren't all
that great. Any comments /observations 10X zoom in point and shoot
/ non - SLR type cameras?

It's hard to manufacture a quality 10X optical zoom lens, so anything
you get in a P&S will offer only mediocre quality. I think you'll be
better of buying a camera with more resolution (pixels), and
cropping. In other words, an 8Mpix image cropped will probably offer
better quality than a 4Mpix camera uncropped but using a longer lens.

-Joel

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I'm looking for point and shoot digital camera with at least a 10X
OPTICAL zoom. Reviews I've read of Panasonic /Fuji etc aren't all
that great. Any comments /observations 10X zoom in point and shoot
/ non - SLR type cameras?

"It's hard to manufacture a quality 10X optical zoom lens, so anything
you get in a P&S will offer only mediocre quality. I think you'll be
better of buying a camera with more resolution (pixels), and
cropping. In other words, an 8Mpix image cropped will probably offer
better quality than a 4Mpix camera uncropped but using a longer lens.

-Joel"
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Is any digital camera that allows YOU the options of settings considered a
P/S?

My DX6490 4 MP Kodak 10x optical has a 3 separate ( I choose) zone auto
focus, but allows me to set anything else I desire.
My reason for this post is the part about a P/S lens that has a mediocre
lens.
I do not feel that the DX6490 is "merely" a P/S camera. although it can be
used as such.
Have you actually worked with and printed out or have printed 8x10 photos
using a 10X digital at full extension?
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h