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Olympus c750 vs. Panasonic z10

Mar 2, 2004 1:38AM PST

I debated between buying the panasonic or the Olympus, and I ended up buying the olympus. Here are my reasons. The olympus is small enough to carry around while the panasonic is kind of big, not a camera to carry to functions without appearing like the press is here.

The Panasonic uses a proprietary battery, that can be a killer if you are far away from home and you run out of juice... worse still, it takes time to charge the battery, and an extra one costed $55 in January when I first tried it out. The olympus uses regular 4 AAs, and I bought an energizer 30 minute charger for $25, I can also buy additional batteries if I am stuck in the bush.

The olympus allows saving in TIFF uncompressed, z10 is stuck on JPEG, even though it's compact, I bought a lens adapter ($14 at bh.com) and I have a 55mm mount for filters, more tele or fisheye lenses, and filters for my hobbying shots. The zoom can be sluggish, but it is not a deal breaker... I can go on and on, but I consider both to be great cameras, only that the Olympus has more flexibilities and I fell for it... Ofcourse the panasonic has advantages such as it's 2.8 f stop zoom all the way, Let me know if you want me to tell you more... if I have not already written too much Wink

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Re:Olympus c750 vs. Panasonic z10
Mar 2, 2004 6:46AM PST

I am definately interested in more about these two cameras, and if you know anything about the Kodak dx6490 too. I am looking for a high resolution camera with at least the 10x optical for my travels to various countries. I am a bit worried about the slow response time of the olympus, whereas I hope to be in Africa this fall, and don't want to miss a snap-second shot. Altough, I currently have an olympus which I love and it did very well on the trips. Any more information you have would be very helpful!
Thanks!

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Olympus C750 - Donny - tell me more about the filters
Jul 26, 2004 10:36AM PDT

Hi Donny,

I have the C750 and just got an adaptor so it will accept 52mm filters. I know very little about the different brands (B&W, Hoya, Tiffen) but have read that B&W is excellent quality. Do you know much about the differences in quality between the major makers? And if I want to spend $50-$60 dollars on a circular polarizer, who would you go with? I don't want to spend the extra for B&W if some others are good enough that my naked eye won't tell a difference.

Thanks,
VJ

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Belated Filter recommendation
May 30, 2006 6:43AM PDT

Hi VJ,

Sorry for the delayed reponse. I am sure that you already made your purchase. My approach to choosing a filter is to get the most features and benefits from a short-list of good brands. For instance, in your case, I would choose the best priced double-coated circular polarizer from the best 3-4 brands.

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