Got one myself.  I have no complaints.
There are plenty of manual settings on the camera for you to get the best
out of it.
I can only suggest that you experiment with the settings if you are unable
to get what you want..
Tom

"tom" <tjtomik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Got my wife a C-750 UZ a couple of weeks ago.  Seems to be a very nice
> camera.
>
> Answers to your Qs:
> 1.  Equivalent means you'll get just about the same viewing angle as
> the "equivalent" 35mm lens.  If you were to compare a picture taken
> with a film 35mm lense and the C-750 UZ set at it's widest it would
> look the same.
>
> 2.  My wife hasn't had too much of a problem with focus.
>
> 3.  A 10X zoom sounds wonderful, but think of what you have.  You have
> a fiarly smallish camera with a very long zoom (350 mm).  In order to
> get any kind of good picture you'd better be able to produce a really
> stable "platform".  A rule of thumb would be not to take a picture
> with the shutter speed less than 1/350 second.  (not too hard in
> daylight, but almost impossible in doors).  The minimum focus at 350
> mm is probably around 15' to 20' (5 to 7 meters).  Therefore, zooming
> in on the mole on granny's check from one meter is out of the
> question.
>
> First thing I bought for my wife (after the 256 MB memory card) was a
> monopod so she could hold the camera steady at big zooms.
>
> It does produce some reasonably good images.  The quality of the
> pictures is entirely dependent on the photographer, not the camera.
>
> Good luck.
>
> "Nippywiffle" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi,
> > Does anyone have an Olympus C-750 or atleast know a bit about it? I'm
> > thinking of getting one. The main thing that drew me to it was the 10x
> > zoom - I can't find another cam with that kinda zoom, at that size and
price
> > range - why does no-one else do one?
> >
> > Couple of questions:
> > 1. Does the fact that it says 6.3 - 63mm, (35-350mm equivalent) mean
that
> > the image starts off smaller than a normal 35mm anyway? or does it mean
that
> > it will be the same as a 35mm zoom? ie. will an object 1m high be the
same
> > size on the C-750, as on a normal 35mm camera?
> >
> > 2. Does the absense of an AF Assist light REALLY make a difference?
Surely
> > itll still be ok for indoor pics with a little light etc. ?
> >
> > 3. What is people's general opinion on the camera? I'm not a camera
> > enthusiast or anything, I just want a camera which can be used normally
on
> > holidays etc, but I really like the idea of the big zoom.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Daniel