Hmmmmm, odds are your wallet just jumped out of your jeans and ran off whimpering like a dog thats just been told off.............
But is all as it seems ????
Let me go back a few years........When the photography bug first bit me , i started to look for something with a little more oomph than my Nokia N73 cameraphone. I started buying photography magazines to have a look for something that might catch my eye . One time i happened upon an article about photo journalist Alex Majoli, he was telling the magazine about his time covering the US invasion of Afghanistan, accompanying the story were some amazing images he had shot , no doubt taken with something costing in excess of 5 grand . But wait , his camera of choice was not the latest pro spec DSLR , it was something a whole lot smaller .
Jotting down the cameras make and model number , i quickly Googled it , and while impressive , and at the time starting to show its age! , prices were still far more than i could afford, and soon afterwards i bought my Awesome Fujifilm S5700, the rest as they say .........is documented on my Flickr stream and this blog .
About a week ago i was looking thru Ebay , when something suddenly caught my eye .....Wait it cant be! , i remember when i really wanted that camera ! OMG !!! look at the price !! , not quite the fortune it used to cost !
I try not to make rash impulse buys , but the memories of that article and my desire that this was once upon a time my camera of choice , quickly moved my hand over the `buy it now` button......Finally it was mine!!!!
Dont get me wrong , technological leaps and bounds have left this once (dare i say) almost cult camera, about as advanced as the calculator, Max iso of 400 , 5 mega pixels, as aerodynamic as a cardboard box and with a face only a mother could love . But as a backup to my Nikon D60 , i look forward to using it , heck its even brought back a few functions i lost when i sold my s5700 the main thing being auto bracketing and super macro!
Im rambling on now , and i think you all want to see this story reach its long overdue climax .
Let me introduce ..............
The Olympus Camedia C5050 Zoom !!!!!!
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusc5050z/
;-)
Great find Matt!
ReplyDeleteAmazing to find such technological marvels and especially for the low prices they land up for after only a short while. See you've already been enjoying this little thing :-)
Reminds me that I must dig out my old C-745 with the IR conversion as even I was amazed at just what was packed into such a little camera.
No face detection? Pah! Even I know what a face is and how to focus on it! ;-)
All the best mate,
Victor