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aladyforty · Sep 13, 2004, 7:50 AM

My friend has just purchased the Olympus C8080 and claims she was advised to buy this over a nikon DSLR and the Drebel because it would produce much better quality photos.:O I have seen some pretty good results from her camera but Im not sure if the salesperson was right in telling her she would get a better photo out of this 8 megapixel camera than what I get out of the Drebel. Any opinions on this:?

NHL · Sep 13, 2004, 8:06 AM

IMO it's the person behind the lens, not the camera!

http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...172869#p172869

Give a $7k 1Ds to my kid and it would come out as a P/S... :-)
From an old and very "noisy" D7:

ohenry · Sep 13, 2004, 8:40 AM

Salesmen arenot always the most accurate authorities on the products the sell. It is not uncommon for them to haveother motivations to sell the product. Of course, this doesn't apply to every salesman out there, but a salesman that touts the "other" product normally doesn't last long in the field. When I was in sales, we were often offered incentives to push certain products.

aladyforty · Sep 13, 2004, 8:48 AM

Im am intersted in the comment he made though, is this camera a better buy than the DSLR????

NHL · Sep 13, 2004, 10:27 AM

aladyforty wrote:

Quote:

Im am intersted in the comment he made though, is this camera a better buy than the DSLR????

o In term of cost - Yes
o In term of noise @ high ISO - No
o In term of convenience and portability - Yes
o In term of speed - No
o In term of Macro - Yes (~ may be depending on $$$ lenses)
o In term of long Tele - No
o In term of ease of use - Yes
o In term of flexibility - No

:-):-):-)

Mikefellh · Sep 13, 2004, 11:10 AM

Should always ask here first! ;-)

Sure we'll give biased answers, but odds are there will be more than one source of advice and in the replies the truth will come out, which is a lot more than what your friend got!

The 8080 is an EXCELLENT camera, BUT the image pickup is the key between the quality and noise of the pictures from the two cameras...the 8080 uses a 8.8x6.6mm CCD, while the dRebel uses a 22.7x15.1mm CMOS.

Although you can blow up the 8080's 8mp file to a larger format, who here uses larger than 8x11; although some my print at 16x20, you can still print at that size with the 6mp dRebel.

aladyforty · Sep 13, 2004, 10:00 PM

Thanks. I have seen some very good macro out of the 8080 but then my G3 takes very good macro shots too, I tend to use the prosumer camera for macro because i dont have a macro lens for the rebel, however I dont think the G3 can go near the rebel with a 300m lens for portrait shots or wildlife.

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Sep 13, 2004, 7:50 AM	#1
aladyforty Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 6,964	My friend has just purchased the Olympus C8080 and claims she was advised to buy this over a nikon DSLR and the Drebel because it would produce much better quality photos.:O I have seen some pretty good results from her camera but Im not sure if the salesperson was right in telling her she would get a better photo out of this 8 megapixel camera than what I get out of the Drebel. Any opinions on this:?

Sep 13, 2004, 8:06 AM	#2
NHL Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: 39.18776, -77.311353333333 Posts: 11,599	IMO it's the person behind the lens, not the camera! http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...172869#p172869 Give a $7k 1Ds to my kid and it would come out as a P/S... :-) From an old and very "noisy" D7:

Sep 13, 2004, 8:40 AM	#3
ohenry Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,676	Salesmen arenot always the most accurate authorities on the products the sell. It is not uncommon for them to haveother motivations to sell the product. Of course, this doesn't apply to every salesman out there, but a salesman that touts the "other" product normally doesn't last long in the field. When I was in sales, we were often offered incentives to push certain products.

Sep 13, 2004, 8:48 AM	#4
aladyforty Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 6,964	Im am intersted in the comment he made though, is this camera a better buy than the DSLR????

Sep 13, 2004, 11:10 AM	#6
Mikefellh Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 1,707	Should always ask here first! ;-) Sure we'll give biased answers, but odds are there will be more than one source of advice and in the replies the truth will come out, which is a lot more than what your friend got! The 8080 is an EXCELLENT camera, BUT the image pickup is the key between the quality and noise of the pictures from the two cameras...the 8080 uses a 8.8x6.6mm CCD, while the dRebel uses a 22.7x15.1mm CMOS. Although you can blow up the 8080's 8mp file to a larger format, who here uses larger than 8x11; although some my print at 16x20, you can still print at that size with the 6mp dRebel.

Sep 13, 2004, 10:00 PM	#7
aladyforty Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 6,964	Thanks. I have seen some very good macro out of the 8080 but then my G3 takes very good macro shots too, I tend to use the prosumer camera for macro because i dont have a macro lens for the rebel, however I dont think the G3 can go near the rebel with a 300m lens for portrait shots or wildlife.