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Altos · Sep 14, 2003, 12:22 PM

Does the S5000 have a manual zoom (ring) ? My Olympus 2500 is a fine camera but, in my search for a replacement, one of the irritating traits I want to get away from is the silly "push the button/lever and eventually.... the zoom moves". For any kind of sports photography, thats a time wasting pain. The Olympus e20 has a manual ring but at $950 it isn't cheap (and only a 4x). The S5000 is only 3mp but thats 50% more than my current Olympus 2500 and probably sufficient for 8x10 prints.

Comments appreciated.

veedee · Sep 14, 2003, 3:13 PM

The S5000 has a manual focus option but you can not adjust the focus via a ring like with s602, but with two buttons ([W]ide and [T]elephoto).
S5000 is not 3MP, it's between 3MP and 6MP (read the Super CCD specifications).

veedee · Sep 14, 2003, 3:15 PM

Sorries after re-reading your post, I realize you were talking about zoom and not focus. Still, my comments apply, just replace "focus" with "zoom".

Sep 14, 2003, 12:22 PM	#1
Altos Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 77	S5000 - manual zoom ? Does the S5000 have a manual zoom (ring) ? My Olympus 2500 is a fine camera but, in my search for a replacement, one of the irritating traits I want to get away from is the silly "push the button/lever and eventually.... the zoom moves". For any kind of sports photography, thats a time wasting pain. The Olympus e20 has a manual ring but at $950 it isn't cheap (and only a 4x). The S5000 is only 3mp but thats 50% more than my current Olympus 2500 and probably sufficient for 8x10 prints. Comments appreciated.

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Sep 14, 2003, 3:13 PM	#2
veedee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 146	The S5000 has a manual focus option but you can not adjust the focus via a ring like with s602, but with two buttons ([W]ide and [T]elephoto). S5000 is not 3MP, it's between 3MP and 6MP (read the Super CCD specifications).

Sep 14, 2003, 3:15 PM	#3
veedee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 146	Sorries after re-reading your post, I realize you were talking about zoom and not focus. Still, my comments apply, just replace "focus" with "zoom".