AZ writes: >I was in a pawn shop this afternoon and looked at a couple Oly cams for >around $139.-, a D-230 and a D-360L. I'm looking for a utility camera for >mostly web and 4x6 snaps. Would either of these be worth their asking >price? And, are there any notable problems with either? > >AZ That's certainly a good price for a D-230, assuming that it's in the box with all software and hardware. It's a good little camera in many ways. All auto, with no manual overrides. Excellent metering. Hard-to-fool auto white balance. Relatively fast lens. Shutter lag is shorter than most inexpensive digicams. Will produce a nice 8x10. But the lens distorts significantly--hard to produce a straight horizontal line. It could also be sharper. And note my earlier post... Images saved and printed in tiff (which you must do for adequate quality) will be printed with the words <Olympus Digital Camera> in the margin just outside the image. The words are embedded somewhere in the file, Photoshop reads them as part of the image, and I've found no way to get rid of them. Still, for USD239 (what I paid new) it's a good buy. My gallery photo this week was one of my initial efforts with the D-230. Best, John ===== J. Mason, Charlottesville, Virginia New Pics, Greg Howard Band at Starr Hill Music Hall: http://www.greghoward.com/sights/stills/starrhill/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
