Desiree M. Boom
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I have an Olympus Mju 7040 compact camera as an extra, to take with me to concerts etc. I bought it just last year, but I don't like it at all. When I'm at a concert, it doesn't focus fast enough, and when it is finally focused, it takes ages to actually shoot. The fastest I can let it shoot is on 1/16 on 1000 ISO, and then the result is this: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p118/DesireeBoom/P6300063.jpg
Also, it focuses on strange spots. The background, or something to the side of the subject, and there's no control there whatsoever. Out of 123 pictures I took last night at this showcase, I have one fairly good one, and about 10 mediocre ones. All the others are blurred, unfocused, too light or too dark. Also, there's not a lot of zoom. The lens is a 5.0-35.0mm with 7x wide optical zoom. So even when I'm relatively close to the stage, the subject is quite small, and of course the maximum zoom doesn't give the best results either.
So, now I'm thinking about buying an Olympus Pen, the E-PL 1 (because the others are quite steep in price, and my budget isn't that big). I can of course buy different lenses for it, which is great, but after reading a few reviews I still have no idea if it is worth the money concert photos-wise. Dpreview has a great slideshow with lovely pictures, so I'm sure during the day and during twilight the camera works great on landscapes etc, but there aren't any concert photos there. So I'm hoping anyone of you has experience with this camera and can help me make a decision.
Or maybe you can give me tips on my Mju 7040, am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!
Also, it focuses on strange spots. The background, or something to the side of the subject, and there's no control there whatsoever. Out of 123 pictures I took last night at this showcase, I have one fairly good one, and about 10 mediocre ones. All the others are blurred, unfocused, too light or too dark. Also, there's not a lot of zoom. The lens is a 5.0-35.0mm with 7x wide optical zoom. So even when I'm relatively close to the stage, the subject is quite small, and of course the maximum zoom doesn't give the best results either.
So, now I'm thinking about buying an Olympus Pen, the E-PL 1 (because the others are quite steep in price, and my budget isn't that big). I can of course buy different lenses for it, which is great, but after reading a few reviews I still have no idea if it is worth the money concert photos-wise. Dpreview has a great slideshow with lovely pictures, so I'm sure during the day and during twilight the camera works great on landscapes etc, but there aren't any concert photos there. So I'm hoping anyone of you has experience with this camera and can help me make a decision.
Or maybe you can give me tips on my Mju 7040, am I doing something wrong?
Thanks!