Desert Dave
Sep-26-2005, 09:16 PM
Hello all, first post here but I've lurked a bit and found some great information. If the answer to my question is somewhere else, please redirect me, I did a search and couldn't find it.
For starters I'm a complete digital n00b and am still experimenting with point and shoot cameras.
Here's the story, I got my first digital camera a couple of years ago, an Olympus D-360L, 1.3 megapixel. I was, and am still impressed with some of the pictures I've taken with it. VERY sharp, excellent colors. Of course simple to use, but lack of manual control is both a blessing and a curse. Most of my pictures are nature type scenes, in varying light conditions.
I decieded a few months ago to upgrade a bit. For now I wanted to stay point and shoot. The main features I wanted that I didn't have was an optical zoom, a bit higher megapixel count and some scene selections I could experiment with. I'm already familiar with Olympus, and very happy with my first camera so I decieded on a D-595 Zoom.
Well, simply put, the picture quality is lousy. Pictures in well lit conditions, where my 360 would have taken frame worthy pics, my 595 comes out a bit blurry, especially on large scenes. At first I thought it was my imagination, after all this camera is a step up, right? But after many shots, and many different settings I'm convinced it's not as good. I thought maybe mine is a lemon until I talked to a friend who had the exact same experience! He to had an older 1.3 MP and stepped up to a newer 4 or 5 MP, both Olympus but different models, and described his results as the same.
So my question is, is this a common experience? Are the lenses different ? Or am I just altogether missing somthing?
Needless to say I'm going to buy somthing else, I'm tired of getting home and finding out most of my pics are trash. I'm open for suggestions, but right now I think I'll stay away from Olympus.
I'm really curious as to what's going on here, any input or ideas is much appreciated.
Thanks.
For starters I'm a complete digital n00b and am still experimenting with point and shoot cameras.
Here's the story, I got my first digital camera a couple of years ago, an Olympus D-360L, 1.3 megapixel. I was, and am still impressed with some of the pictures I've taken with it. VERY sharp, excellent colors. Of course simple to use, but lack of manual control is both a blessing and a curse. Most of my pictures are nature type scenes, in varying light conditions.
I decieded a few months ago to upgrade a bit. For now I wanted to stay point and shoot. The main features I wanted that I didn't have was an optical zoom, a bit higher megapixel count and some scene selections I could experiment with. I'm already familiar with Olympus, and very happy with my first camera so I decieded on a D-595 Zoom.
Well, simply put, the picture quality is lousy. Pictures in well lit conditions, where my 360 would have taken frame worthy pics, my 595 comes out a bit blurry, especially on large scenes. At first I thought it was my imagination, after all this camera is a step up, right? But after many shots, and many different settings I'm convinced it's not as good. I thought maybe mine is a lemon until I talked to a friend who had the exact same experience! He to had an older 1.3 MP and stepped up to a newer 4 or 5 MP, both Olympus but different models, and described his results as the same.
So my question is, is this a common experience? Are the lenses different ? Or am I just altogether missing somthing?
Needless to say I'm going to buy somthing else, I'm tired of getting home and finding out most of my pics are trash. I'm open for suggestions, but right now I think I'll stay away from Olympus.
I'm really curious as to what's going on here, any input or ideas is much appreciated.
Thanks.