Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!honnetnews!news.gw.fukushima-u.ac.jp!news.tains.tohoku.ac.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsrout1.ntli.net!news-in.ntli.net!newspeer1-win.server.ntli.net!newsfe5-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Howard Funnell" Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras,fj.comp.dev.digital-camera,rec.photo.digital References: <91c6534c.0405211408.5d6099b0@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Olympus Stylus MJU 400 / 410 Lines: 19 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 09:25:01 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.3.228 X-Complaints-To: http://www.ntlworld.com/netreport X-Trace: newsfe5-gui.server.ntli.net 1085217897 62.252.3.228 (Sat, 22 May 2004 09:24:57 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 09:24:57 GMT Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.dev.digital-camera:1588 Thanks for the reply The Olympus C-5000 looks a lot bigger than than the MJU 400 "Paul W. Ross" wrote in message news:91c6534c.0405211408.5d6099b0@posting.google.com... > I just purchased a Olympus C-5000 a couple of weeks ago. I would > probably classify myself as "advanced amateur," having done > photography (film) for 50+ years on all sorts of stuff. The C-5000 has > a lens cap, but allows you to do fully automated, or over ride with > whatever degree of manual control you wish, so you can run it like a > "real" camera. I haven't tried it in low light conditions, but there > is a "noise reduction" mode -- increased shutter speed -- that might > address the issue -- I bet it "averages" the value of a pixel. > > I got mine from B&H photo in NYC. I do need an extra memory card, and > a spare battery, as I'm taking a trip to Europe shortly.