Some years back I purchased a 5mpx Olympus Camedia C50 and have been
thrilled with it. I thought it time to upgrade and purchased a new Olympus
FE210 at 7.2mpx. I compared the two cameras. The FE210 is a disaster. I
don't understand why.
If you look at the leaves silouetted in the sky and the ripples in the
water, the Camedia has captured them. The FE210 has not.
The color of the grass and flowers is markedly different.
My questions:
Why is the resolution (focus) bad?
Why is the color saturation inferior?
Why is the 7mpx picture smaller than the 5mpx?
Is the new camera faulty?
Are ther some settings I should change?
On Jun 24, 10:46 pm, "Quercus Robur" <quer...@example.invalid> wrote:
> Some years back I purchased a 5mpx Olympus Camedia C50 and have been
> thrilled with it. I thought it time to upgrade and purchased a new Olympus
> FE210 at 7.2mpx. I compared the two cameras. The FE210 is a disaster. I
> don't understand why.
>
> I took a series of pictures, but a comparison of just one of each shows the
> difference. If you would care to look, please see:http://www.jnmoakes.org/Test%20Pics/C50%20006.jpg The Camedia C50http://www.jnmoakes.org/Test%20Pics/FE210%20002.jpgThe new camera.
>
> If you look at the leaves silouetted in the sky and the ripples in the
> water, the Camedia has captured them. The FE210 has not.
> The color of the grass and flowers is markedly different.
>
> These are un-retouched pictures.
>
> Using Adobe Photoshop:
>
> FE210
> Pixel Dimensions 20.3M
> Width 3072pix
> Height 2304pix
> Document
> Width 9.783in
> Height 7.338in
> Resolution 314pix
>
> C50
> Pixel Dimensions 14.1M
> Width 2560pix
> Height 1920pix
> Document
> Width 17.778in
> Height 13.333in
> Resolution 144pix
>
> My questions:
> Why is the resolution (focus) bad?
> Why is the color saturation inferior?
> Why is the 7mpx picture smaller than the 5mpx?
> Is the new camera faulty?
> Are ther some settings I should change?
>
The old one uses a larger sensor and has fewer pixels, which are much
larger than the CRAP sensor (most worthless P&S have the same ones
today) in the new one. You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear,
which is what the endless Chinese mills churning out cookie cutter
P&S's today are not even trying to do.
Beware of anything with the worthless 1/2.5" CCD in it.
On Jun 24, 9:46 pm, "Quercus Robur" <quer...@example.invalid> wrote:
> Some years back I purchased a 5mpx Olympus Camedia C50 and have been
> thrilled with it. I thought it time to upgrade and purchased a new Olympus
> FE210 at 7.2mpx. I compared the two cameras. The FE210 is a disaster. I
> don't understand why.
>
> I took a series of pictures, but a comparison of just one of each shows the
> difference. If you would care to look, please see:
>http://www.jnmoakes.org/Test%20Pics/C50%20006.jpg
>The Camedia C50
>http://www.jnmoakes.org/Test%20Pics/FE210%20002.jpgThe new camera.
>
> If you look at the leaves silouetted in the sky and the ripples in the
> water, the Camedia has captured them. The FE210 has not.
> The color of the grass and flowers is markedly different.
>
> These are un-retouched pictures.
> [...]
On Jun 24, 9:55 pm, Rich <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The old one uses a larger sensor and has fewer pixels, which are much
> larger than the CRAP sensor (most worthless P&S have the same ones
> today) in the new one. You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear,
> which is what the endless Chinese mills churning out cookie cutter
> P&S's today are not even trying to do.
> Beware of anything with the worthless 1/2.5" CCD in it.
No, this looks like a lens problem. Plenty of respectable cameras have
a 1/2.5" CCD.
Compare two Olympus Cameras, problem! 
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