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Tips for Using a Point & Shoot Camera
its products is discontinuous. If you have luck when to buy P & S, you can be very
happy, but if you do not have luck when buying your P & S, you are very displeased and
you have many frustrations.
I have wanted to be brief. I have more information of other simpler cameras: Super
Olympus AF 10 Super, Canon AF 7, Rollei Prego 35-70...
Thank you very much and I wait for your answers. Excuse me, my English is very much
deficient.
Jose M. A. L. (Spain)
-- José Manuel Alvarez López, August 3, 2000
I've just discovered this site but have owned a T4 since 1996 when my local camera shop
recommended it for size & image quality.
I am umcomfortable though with the "buy a T4 or else!" sentiment I infer from this page.
A person makes a picture, the camera just follows instructions! The T4 has a great
lens....and that's it.
I've come to the following conclusions based on my pictures with the T4:
1) The lens produces sharp and detailed images(with exceptions - see 2&3) - better than
zoom P&S. Sometimes the images are breathtaking.
2) The exposure system is not very smart or directional. For example,
Landscape/building shots can appear underexposed due to a bright sky.
3) Frequently, say 5 pictures in every 36, the Autofocus system fails to lock onto the
foreground images
4) The Fill in flash has a limited range - group portraits only work when there are 2 or 3
people close to the camera.
5) Film winding mechanism is dodgy in extreme humid conditions - fails to wind on
after taking a picture, or catch on when loading new film.
Summary: It's a great camera for image quality but, lens aside, is cheap and cheerful with
regards to everything else - and when one element fails (i.e. exposure) so does the
picture!
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