Peter, I think some of it is in the user adjustable sharpening/contrast. I like the Optio S4 and just bought an SV for $261 with a $50 rebate yet to come. Go for it. Bob S.
On 8/23/05, Peter Smekal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > I've been thinking about buying a small pocket digital camera for those > situations when a DSLR is too inconvenient. As old pentaxian (ME-sup, LX, > Pz-1p, *istD) I would of course rather go for a Pentax, but the reviews > (dpreview, imaging-resource, steves digocams, etc) mostly grade Pentax > Optios far behind the Canons, Sonys, Fujis Finepix' etc. espcecially when > it comes to image quality. Is it really that bad? Any experience from ... > let's say the new Optio S5z? It looks nice, is small enough for a shirt > pocket, but what about image quality? Thanks for any advice! > Peter, Sweden > > >
