Oh, another thing. The shutter lag is abysmally long, and if you use the flash there's a red light beside the viewfinder that flashes - right into your eye.
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > We looked at the Optio 410 - the 4 megapixel camera. I can't speak for > Juan, but I was surprised at how small and compact it was, and how > simple the controls seemed to be. It seems like a nice little camera > for people who want to make little snap shots, and may be a nice > alternative to a P&S. However, Mike Johnston raved about the Optiio > 310, and, based on what we saw with the 410, which has h higher number > of pixels, these cameras are useless for prints about 8x10 or larger. > We looked at a couple of 8½ x 11 prints and there was obvious > pixilization (if that's the right word) in shadow areas and where light > and darker areas met. For example, the line where an arm ran alongside > a little girl's dress was jagged and of a darker color than the areas on > ether side of the line. > > Now these were prints made specifically to show off the qualities of > these cameras, and they were terrible. If this is any example of normal > quality from these cameras, they're not ready for prime time yet. It'll > be a l-o-n-g time before I give up my Pentaxes and Leicas for this kind > of quality. > > I'd like to know how it is that someone like Mike can gush lavish praise > over these cameras when the results I've seen are so poor? Is there a > way to get better quality from them, or is 8X10 about the limit that > they'll go? -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
