Latest P&S abomination: The Olympus SP-570UZ

It reminds me of people in the 1960s stuffing as many of themselves
into a Volkswagen Beetle as possible. Are you really going to ride
around that way? These things are gimmicks. Toys for know-nothing
buyers.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08...70uz.asp#specs

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:06:39 -0800 (PST), Rich <rander3127@gmail.com>
wrote:

>It reminds me of people in the 1960s stuffing as many of themselves
>into a Volkswagen Beetle as possible. Are you really going to ride
>around that way?

Rich, it's called FUN. You ought to try it some day.

In article
<1065f0d1-51ee-4b89-b488-51b11658b7a4@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
Rich <rander3127@gmail.com> wrote:

> It reminds me of people in the 1960s stuffing as many of themselves
> into a Volkswagen Beetle as possible. Are you really going to ride
> around that way? These things are gimmicks. Toys for know-nothing
> buyers.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08...70uz.asp#specs

Navas might be in the market.

On Jan 22, 7:55 pm, Tom Hise <n...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:06:39 -0800 (PST), Rich <rander3...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >It reminds me of people in the 1960s stuffing as many of themselves
> >into a Volkswagen Beetle as possible. Are you really going to ride
> >around that way?
>
> Rich, it's called FUN. You ought to try it some day.

"Oh wow man, I can zoom in 20x!!!: Pass the halucinogens.

On Jan 22, 6:06*pm, Rich <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It reminds me of people in the 1960s stuffing as many of themselves
> into a Volkswagen Beetle as possible. *Are you really going to ride
> around that way? *These things are gimmicks. *Toys for know-nothing
> buyers.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08...70uz.asp#specs

I disagree. The 570uz looks like it could be a fine point&shoot
"ultra-zoom". While I think the ever increasing number of pixels on a
small sensor doesn't accomplish much for me, I like the trend towards
wider angle lenses.

I don't see this camera replacing anyones good DSLR, but *I* like
point&shoot "ultra-zoom" cameras. Were I in the market for a new
camera, I'd definitely take a look at this one.

The fact you may be looking for something completely different in a
camera hardly justifies the "Toys for know-nothing buyers."

Dan (Woj...)