Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I want a small, compact, yet superb quality camera with >Leica-comparable optics. i think the jury's actually back on that one. as far as point and shoots, the olympus stylus epic is head and arms above the others, including the stylin t3. you can get more than ten of them for the price of a minilux and keep one in each coat pocket, one in your brief case, one in your glove compartment, one on the back porch, etc. the stylus has a 35mm f2.8 fixed focal length lens, fast AF and brilliantly computes fill flash with chromes. i've made 16x20 enlargements from mine with excellent sharpness and contrast results. word of warning, one of the PLUGgers has the zoom model and it BLOWS. i don't know if it's just that particular camera, but the results are unsharp. no leica user in his right mind would get a camera with a zoom anyway, so what am i talking about? if you're set on a yuppie-class point and shoot, i'd say just pick the style you like the best. your results will be similar with any of them. my .01, priced at what it's worth. kc