written by Chris Crum. on 23/09/2001
Good Points
Good picture quality. Good white balance and low light pics. Manual controls and options. Controls are quickly and easily accessed and understood. The manual zoom ring is a welcome change to an electonic button.
Bad Points
Electronic viewfinder may be best in class but is poor. Battery life is terrible. Auto-focus hunts a lot and poor viewfinder makes it all but impossible to manual focus. Silver finish is not to my taste.
General Comments
A really good digital camera that has helped me to produce some great shots. Of the bad points the battery life is really unacceptable, who wants to spend a further £250 on a battery pack and carry the extra bulk? So dispense with the EVF and gives us true through the lens viewfinder or at least a GOOD optical viewfinder. At the same time mount the LCD on an articulated arm as Canon G1 etc. A rubberised grip would be good and the camera would be more to my taste in black.
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